Saturday, December 20, 2025

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun -- Your 2025 "Dear Genea-Santa" Letter

Calling all Genea-Musings Fans:

It's Saturday Night again -

Time for some more Genealogy Fun!!

(Photo courtesy of footnoteMaven)

Come on, everybody, join in and accept the mission and execute it with precision. Here's your chance to sit on Genea-Santa's lap (virtually) and tell him your Christmas genealogy-oriented wish list:

1) Write your 2025 Genea-Santa letter. Have you been a good genealogy girl or boy? What genealogy-oriented items are on your Christmas wish list? They could be family history items, technology items, or things that you want to pursue in your ancestral quest.

2) Tell us about them in your own blog post, in a comment on this post, or in a Facebook Status post. Please leave a link on this post if you write your own post.

Here's mine:

Dear Genea-Santa,

I tried so hard to be a good genea-boy again this year. I hosted and moderated Zoom meetings with my local society, wrote and edited my society monthly newsletter, wrote over 1080 blog posts, watched and participated in some Zoom webinars, attended RootsTech 2025 virtually, wrote about 25 genealogical sketches, transcribed about 50 probate records or deeds, and helped several friends and colleagues with their research. In addition, I have added more names, facts, notes, and (especially) sources to my database. I used the Artificial Intelligence tools to create engaging biographies of 60 of my ancestors and a number of Linda's ancestors, and wrote many ancestor stories -- that was great fun!

Thank you for last year's genealogy gift - my T-shirt with my wife and myself on it was great! The center of the shirt says "Grandpa's Legacy." The 8 photos on the front of the shirt include all of my descendants - my two daughters and all five grandchildren. On the back of the shirt is a photo of Linda and me celebrating our 50th wedding anniversary.

Another gift was the inspiration of the "Magic Genie AI" request that resulted in the AI-assisted ABC Biography concept, combining an engaging biography (based on my research) with a family group image, poem, song, audio overview, video overview, infographic, narrated slide show and YouTube video about an ancestor. Did you have something to do with that?

Was I a bad genea-boy, or maybe you thought I had enough, or you were out of the other things? I'll ask for some of them again, and add a few more! I still BELIEVE!!!!! Come on, Santa, all I want for Christmas in 2025 are:

One of my descendants (out of two daughters and five grandchildren) becomes interested in their ancestry and family history, and wants to share the fun.
More visits from my daughters and grandchildren to me and Linda. Also, more photos of the daughters and grandchildren living their lives.
A new Windows 11 laptop and a new Windows 11 desktop computer.
A monthly subscription to Google One so that I can make an unlimited number of deep research requests, infographics, video overviews and slide decks every day.
An AI agent that will create an ABC Biography with one custom prompt to generate all of the elements of the ABC Biography.
More ancestor story ideas to write AI-assisted stories about.
Solid leads on the parents of William Knapp (1775-1856), Devier James Lamphear Smith (1839-1894), Hannah Smith (1768-1827), Sarah Fletcher (1806-b1850), Mary Palmer (1790-1845), Ann Warren (1764-????), Ann Kenyon (1742-1824), Hannah Brown (1725-1774), and the name of the wife Stephen Feather (1736-1804), would be welcome too!
Good health and wealth for me and my family, all of my genealogy friends and their families, and for your wife, elves and reindeer. I feel the sands of time are sifting out of my hourglass.

Thank you, Genea-Santa, for listening to my pleas. I will leave a nice personal meat-lovers pizza in the freezer for you (you can heat it in the kitchen microwave), a rosy red apple and some delicious chocolate chip cookies on the fireplace hearth, and some eggnog (in the refrigerator) for you on Christmas Eve just in case you need fortification. You can get a yummy Dove chocolate ice cream bar out of the freezer for dessert if you'd like. Nothing's too good for Genea-Santa - mi casa es su casa! Please don't let your reindeer trample my solar panels on the roof.

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A Seaver Family Christmas in 1875 in Massachusetts

One hundred years ago, the Isaac Seaver (1823-1901) family resided in Leominster, Massachusetts at 7 Cedar Street. The ABC Biography for Isaac is in ABC Biography of #16 Isaac Seaver (1823-1901) of Massachusetts and for his wife Lucretia is in ABC Biography of #17 Lucretia Townsend (Smith) Seaver (1828-1884) of Massachusetts. They had four children. Life was good. Isaac and Lucretia (Smith) Seaver are my paternal 2nd great-grandparents through my great-grandfather, Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922).

(AI NotebookLM Infographic - The Isaac Seaver family Christmas in 1875)

I wondered what Christmas 1875 might have been like for this family. I asked Anthropic Claude to tell me, based on information in the Biographies and additional information about the family members. Here is the story:

Christmas Day 1875: The Seaver Family of Leominster

The first pale light of Christmas morning crept through the frost-etched windows at 7 Cedar Street, casting delicate patterns across the wooden floorboards. Isaac Seaver stirred in bed, listening to the familiar sounds of his home beginning to wake. At 52 years old, with his sandy hair now streaked with gray, he had seen many Christmases, but none quite matched the joy of watching his children experience the magic of the day.

From down the hallway came a whispered giggle, then the patter of feet trying desperately to be quiet and failing spectacularly. Isaac smiled in the darkness, knowing his youngest, fourteen-year-old Ellen Maria—Nellie, as everyone called her—was likely leading the charge. He could picture sixteen-year-old Elizabeth and twenty-one-year-old Benjamin trying to maintain some semblance of mature restraint while being pulled along by their sister's enthusiasm.

"They're awake," Lucretia murmured beside him, her voice warm with amusement. At 47, his wife still managed the household with capable hands, and Isaac knew she'd been up late the night before, making final preparations for the day's festivities.

"Have been for the past hour, I'd wager," Isaac replied, sitting up and reaching for his clothes. "Best go down before Nellie explodes from anticipation."

The family gathered in the parlor, where a modest Christmas tree stood decorated with strings of popcorn, paper chains the children had made, and a few precious glass ornaments that caught the morning light. Stockings hung from the mantelpiece, bulging with promised treasures.

"Can we, Mama? Can we?" Nellie bounced on her toes, her dark eyes shining.

"You've been patient this long," Lucretia said, settling into her chair with a smile. "Go ahead."

The room erupted in controlled chaos as the children descended upon their stockings. Nellie squealed with delight at finding an orange—a rare treat—along with some peppermint sticks, a small wooden whistle, and a new hair ribbon. Elizabeth carefully extracted a lovely handkerchief with embroidered edges, a packet of needles and thread, and her own orange. Benjamin, trying to appear nonchalant despite his obvious pleasure, discovered a new pocketknife, some tobacco for his pipe, and several pieces of horehound candy.

"Look, Papa! Look what Saint Nicholas brought!" Nellie held up each treasure as if it were made of gold.

Isaac watched from his chair near the fire, his blue eyes soft with contentment. His work-roughened hands—perpetually marked by the soot and burns of the blacksmith's forge despite Lucretia's best efforts with soap and salve—rested on his knees. These were the moments that made all the years of hard labor worthwhile.

After stockings came the gifts beneath the tree. Isaac had spent several evenings in his workshop behind the house, creating a small wooden jewelry box for Elizabeth, its lid carefully fitted and the corners precisely joined. For Nellie, he'd fashioned a wooden sled with iron runners he'd forged and carefully shaped in his shop. Benjamin received a new leather belt with a brass buckle Isaac had cast and polished himself.

"Oh, Papa, it's beautiful!" Elizabeth ran her fingers over the smooth wood of the box, admiring the grain.

Nellie was already imagining sledding adventures. "Can I take it out today? Please?"

"After dinner," Lucretia interjected firmly, though her eyes sparkled. "We have much to do before our guests arrive."

As the morning progressed, the house filled with the rich aromas of Christmas dinner preparation. Lucretia had been planning for weeks, saving butter and eggs, and Isaac had purchased a fine goose from a local farmer. The bird was already in the oven, and Lucretia moved efficiently between tasks—checking the roasting goose, preparing potatoes for mashing, cutting turnips, and assembling her apple pie, the crust crimped with practiced precision.

Elizabeth worked alongside her mother, learning the rhythms of meal preparation. She peeled potatoes while Nellie was assigned the task of setting the table with their best dishes—not fine china by any means, but the nicest pieces the family owned, accumulated over years of careful saving.

"Make sure you polish the silver first," Lucretia reminded her youngest. "And use the good tablecloth, the one with the drawn work."

Benjamin, feeling too old for such domestic tasks but not quite old enough to escape them, was dispatched to bring in more firewood and ensure the parlor fire was burning cheerfully. Isaac retreated to his chair with the newspaper, though he found himself reading the same paragraph three times, too distracted by the bustling household around him.

Around noon, a knock at the door announced the arrival of their guests. Isaac rose to answer it, his large frame filling the doorway as he swung it open to the cold December air.

"Merry Christmas, Father!" Frank stood on the step, his arm around his wife Hattie. Behind them stood Hattie's parents, Edward and Sophia Hildreth, who carried their bundled 18-month-old son, Clarence, their faces ruddy from the short walk across Lancaster Street.

"Merry Christmas! Come in, come in, before you all freeze!" Isaac stepped aside, ushering them into the warmth.

The house seemed suddenly fuller, voices overlapping in greetings and exclamations. Hattie, at just eighteen years old, was still growing into her role as Frank's wife, learning from her mother. Sophia unwrapped the baby carefully, revealing a round-faced little boy with curious eyes who immediately reached for the nearest shiny object—one of the ornaments on the tree.

"Frank, my boy, married life suits you!" Isaac clapped his eldest son on the shoulder. At twenty-three, Frank was shorter than Isaac, but had his father's sturdy build and was making his own way in the world as a combmaker, though he still worked alongside Isaac in the fork shop on occasion.

"It does indeed, Father," Frank said warmly, helping Hattie with her coat.

Sophia Hildreth embraced Lucretia like the old friends they'd become. "Something smells absolutely divine, Lucretia. You've outdone yourself."

"I hope there's enough," Lucretia fretted, though Isaac knew she'd prepared portions generous enough to feed twice as many.

Edward Hildreth, a solidly built man in his forties who worked as a machinist, shook Isaac's hand with the firm grip of someone accustomed to manual labor. "Good to see you, Isaac. How's work treating you these days?"

"Well enough," Isaac replied, gesturing for Edward to join him near the fire while the women fussed over baby Clarence and the final dinner preparations. "The fork shop keeps me busy. We've got orders backed up through February."

"That's good, that's good," Edward nodded approvingly, settling into the offered chair. "Steady work's a blessing, especially in winter. I've got a commission to build cabinets for the new house going up on Merriam Avenue, but it's slow going in this cold. The wood doesn't want to cooperate when it's this frozen."

"I can imagine," Isaac said. "Though I'll take cold over the heat of summer in the forge any day. Last July nearly did me in—too old to be working over hot coals in that weather."

Edward chuckled. "We're none of us getting younger, my friend. But at least we've got good families around us. Speaking of which, I want to thank you again for the fine son you've raised. Frank's been good to our Hattie, and they’ve been good helping with little Clarence there—well, he's brought more joy than I knew was possible."

"Frank learned from watching his mother," Isaac said, glancing toward the kitchen where Lucretia directed operations with calm authority. "I can't take credit for his finer qualities."

The two men fell into comfortable conversation, discussing the challenges of their respective trades, the price of materials, and the changes they'd seen in Leominster since Isaac's family had arrived just a few years earlier. The town was growing, new businesses opening, more houses being built. It was a prosperous time, generally speaking, though both men had lived through enough lean years to appreciate their current circumstances without taking them for granted.

"Papa!" Nellie appeared at Isaac's elbow, unable to contain herself. "Mrs. Johnson's twins have their new sled outside, and Tommy Morse got ice skates, and everyone's going to the pond after dinner! May we go? Please?"

Isaac looked to Edward with amusement. "Did you hear that? 'Everyone's going to the pond.' I suspect 'everyone' means about six children who've been cooped up all morning."

"Let them go," Edward said with a grin. "Better they run off that energy outside than bounce off the walls in here."

"After dinner," Isaac said firmly to Nellie. "And you'll bundle up properly, or you won't go at all."

"Yes, Papa!" Nellie dashed off to spread the news to Elizabeth and Benjamin.

Dinner was announced with appropriate fanfare. The family and guests crowded around the table, which practically groaned under the weight of Lucretia's preparations. The golden-brown goose took center stage, surrounded by mashed potatoes, turnips with butter, bread stuffing, cranberry sauce, fresh baked rolls, and various preserves Lucretia had put up during the harvest season.

Isaac said grace, his deep voice warm with genuine gratitude: "Heavenly Father, we thank You for this blessed day, for family gathered together, for the gift of Your son, and for the abundance of Your provision. May we always remember those less fortunate, and may we use Your blessings wisely and generously. Amen."

A chorus of "Amens" circled the table, and then the serious business of eating began.

Frank carved the goose with the skill Isaac had taught him, distributing portions to each plate. Hattie managed to eat while keeping little Clarence entertained, though the boy seemed more interested in grasping at everything within reach than in any food offered to him.

"Do you remember the Christmas when Benjamin was this age?" Lucretia asked, smiling at the memory. "He grabbed the cranberry sauce and upended the entire bowl in his lap."

"I did not!" Benjamin protested, his face reddening.

"You most certainly did," Frank said with brotherly glee. "You were covered head to toe in cranberries. Looked like you'd broken out in red spots."

The table erupted in laughter, and even Benjamin couldn't help but join in, though he muttered good-naturedly about the injustice of family memories.

The meal progressed with the comfortable rhythm of people who genuinely enjoyed each other's company. Stories were shared, gentle teasing exchanged, and seconds of everything were consumed. When Lucretia brought out her apple pie, still warm and fragrant with cinnamon, there were genuine groans of appreciation despite everyone's full stomachs.

"Mrs. Seaver, I don't know how you do it," Sophia Hildreth said, accepting a generous slice. "Everything is perfection itself."

"Years of practice," Lucretia replied modestly, though she clearly appreciated the compliment.

After dinner, the women cleared the table while the men retired to the parlor with pipes and conversation. Baby Clarence, having been passed from lap to lap throughout the meal, finally surrendered to sleep in his mother's arms.

"Can we go now?" Nellie appeared again, this time dressed in her warmest coat, scarf wound around her neck, mittens dangling from strings sewn into her sleeves.

"Let me look at you," Lucretia said, inspecting her youngest daughter with a critical eye. She adjusted Nellie's scarf, pulling it higher around her ears. "Elizabeth, make sure your sister doesn't stay out until she catches her death. Benjamin, you're in charge."

"Yes, Mama," came the dutiful replies.

Isaac watched as his three youngest children bundled into their winter clothes, Elizabeth wrapping herself in her good wool shawl, Benjamin pulling on the leather gloves Isaac had given him last Christmas. Nellie clutched her new sled with barely contained excitement.

"Two hours," Isaac said firmly. "Back before dark."

"Yes, Papa!"

The door burst open, admitting a blast of cold air and releasing three excited young people into the gray December afternoon. Isaac could hear their voices carrying back as they rushed to meet their friends, Nellie's laughter ringing out clear and bright.

Through the window, Isaac watched them go, his children joining the small clusters of other young people making their way toward the pond at the edge of town. Other families' children emerged from houses up and down Cedar Street and Lancaster Street, all bundled in their winter best, carrying sleds and skates, cheeks already pink with cold and anticipation.

"They grow up so fast," Frank said quietly, coming to stand beside his father at the window, little Clarence now asleep against his shoulder.

"That they do," Isaac agreed, thinking of how not so long ago Frank had been the one racing out into winter afternoons with friends. Now here he stood, a husband himself, looking remarkably mature with his sleeping brother-in-law. "That they do."

The afternoon settled into a peaceful lull. The women sat in the parlor with their needlework, talking in the comfortable way of friends who need not fill every silence, with Clarence napping on a pad. Edward and Isaac discussed the potential for spring work, making tentative plans for Edward to build some new storage cabinets for Isaac's workshop.

"The problem is organization," Isaac admitted. "I've got tools and parts scattered everywhere. Lucretia threatens to refuse to wash my work clothes until I can prove I have a proper place to hang them."

"A man's workshop is his domain," Edward said with mock solemnity. "But I've learned it's wise to accommodate reasonable requests from one's wife. Keeps the peace, and peace is worth its weight in gold."

"Truer words were never spoken," Isaac agreed, raising his coffee cup in salute.

As the winter afternoon light began to fade toward evening, the sound of returning children announced itself long before the door opened. They tumbled inside in a rush of cold air and excited voices, faces bright red with cold, mittens soaked through, but eyes shining with happiness.

"It was wonderful!" Nellie exclaimed, shedding her wet outer clothes in a heap that Lucretia immediately began gathering with practiced efficiency. "My sled is the fastest! We raced down Harper's Hill, and I beat Tommy Morse and the Johnson twins!"

"The pond's frozen solid," Benjamin reported, warming his hands by the fire. "Half the town must have been there. The Aldrich boys have a bonfire going near the shore."

Elizabeth, more restrained but no less pleased, added, "We saw the Reverend White and his family. Mrs. White asked after you, Mama. She wants to know if you'll help with the church social in January."

As the children thawed by the fire, sharing tales of their afternoon adventures, Isaac looked around his crowded parlor at his gathered family—his wife of twenty-three years, his grown son with his young wife, his children still at home, and his friends the Hildreths and their Clarence. The room glowed with lamplight and firelight, warm against the gathering dark outside.

This, he thought, was wealth beyond any measure. Not the modest home on Cedar Street, nor the tools in his workshop, nor even the small savings he'd managed to accumulate through years of labor. This—family, friends, health, the simple joy of Christmas shared with those he loved—this was the true treasure of his life.

"More pie, anyone?" Lucretia asked, and the room filled once more with laughter and conversation, the sound of a family complete and content on a cold Christmas evening in 1875.

Outside, snow began to fall softly, dusting Cedar Street with fresh white, each flake catching the lamplight from the windows before settling gently on the frozen ground, while inside the Seaver home, Christmas continued in warmth and joy, creating memories that would last a lifetime.

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3) The Google NotebookLM video about this story is below:

4) This story is, of course, historical fiction with real persons and created dialogue. It's a traditional view, even sappy and positive, but I think it's fairly realistic. It might have been this way in 1875.

I wish I had a photograph of any Christmas that my family celebrated, but the Infographic at the top of the post captures the mood.

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Friday, December 19, 2025

Added and Updated FamilySearch Record Collections - Week of 13 to 19 December 2025

Each week, I try to keep track of the number of Full-Text Search collections (indexed, searchable) and the Images collections (browsable but not searchable) -- see Sections 1) and 2) below. In addition, I list the genealogy historical record collections (often name-indexed) that are added, removed, and/or updated on FamilySearch and listed on the Historical Record Collection list at https://familysearch.org/search/collection/list -- See Section 3.

1) As of 19 December 2025, there are now 6,618 searchable image collections on FamilySearch Full-Text Search this week, an increase of 11 from last week. There are over 1.620 BILLION "results" in the collections. There are 868 collections from the United States, 147 for Canada, 236 for England, and 266 for Ireland. It is not possible to see which collections are new.

2) As of 19 December 2025, there are now 24,554 browsable (but not indexed or transcribed) image collections on FamilySearch Images this week, a decrease of 112 from last week. There are over 5.876 BILLION images in these collections. There are 2,103 collections from the United States, 6,958 from Europe and 224 from Canada. It is not possible to see which collections are new. I wonder where the removed collections go - to Full-Text Search and/or Historical Records?

3) As of 19 December 2025, there are 3,431 historical record collections on FamilySearch (an increase of 1 from last week) on the Signed In screen (and 3,431 on the Signed Out screen).

The added, deleted, and updated collections this week from FamilySearch (from a list supplied by Marshall Clow):

--- Collections Deleted ---

* Hawaii, World War I Service Records, 1917-1919 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3019092); 9,527 indexed records with 9,512 record images, DELETED
* Nebraska, Grand Army of the Republic, Burial Records, 1861-1948 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2721451); 43,367 indexed records with 42,630 record images, DELETED

--- Collections Added ---

* Italy, Massa E Carrera, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866-1929 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000545); 2,360 indexed records with 1,232 record images, ADDED 18-Oct-2025
* Italy, Umbria, Perugia, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1810-1978 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000549); 16,177 indexed records with 5,012 record images, ADDED 18-Oct-2025
* Sierra Leone, Property Records, 1800-2024 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000535); 103,307 indexed records with 103,296 record images, ADDED 18-Dec-2025

--- Collections Updated ---

Canada, Nova Scotia, Deaths, 1890-1955 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2251294); 280,653 indexed records with 251,097 record images (was 336,983 records with 251,097 images), UPDATED 17-Dec-2025
Chile, Cemetery Records, 1701-2021 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1428897); 5,600,036 indexed records with 3,675,058 record images (was 5,486,775 records with 3,675,058 images), UPDATED 19-Dec-2025
Costa Rica, Catholic Church Records, 1595-2022 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1460016); 2,676,711 indexed records with 962,203 record images (was 2,672,013 records with 962,203 images), UPDATED 17-Dec-2025
Denmark, Census, 1911 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2691890); 83,659 indexed records with 251,268 record images (was 2,794,162 records with 251,268 images), UPDATED 18-Dec-2025
England Marriages, 1538–1973 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1473015); Index only (10,626,737 records), no images (was 10,678,884 records with 0 images), UPDATED 18-Dec-2025

England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1473014); Index only (40,529,863 records), no images (was 40,723,271 records with 0 images), UPDATED 15-Dec-2025
England, Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1473016); Index only (13,644,987 records), no images (was 13,734,459 records with 0 images), UPDATED 15-Dec-2025
England, Lincolnshire, Parish Registers, 1538-1990 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2540411); 1,788,503 indexed records with 391,055 record images (was 2,371,569 records with 393,023 images), UPDATED 15-Dec-2025
England, Warwickshire, Parish Registers, 1535-1972 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1462403); 2,362,948 indexed records with 134,087 record images (was 2,370,925 records with 134,087 images), UPDATED 15-Dec-2025
Find a Grave Index (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2221801); 261,300,369 indexed records with 68,320,102 record images (was 260,453,667 records with 68,320,102 images), UPDATED 19-Dec-2025

France, Charente, Parish and Civil Registration, 1550-1936 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4129995); 2,595,028 indexed records with 1,045,469 record images (was 2,595,857 records with 1,045,469 images), UPDATED 15-Dec-2025

France, Loire-Atlantique, Civil Registration, 1792-1960 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3288440); 4 indexed records with 2,783,499 record images (was 4 records with 2,783,499 images), UPDATED 15-Dec-2025

Georgia, County Delayed Birth and Death Records, 1829-1961 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3438747); 99,233 indexed records with 3,143 record images (was 102,539 records with 3,143 images), UPDATED 15-Dec-2025
Ghana, Census, 2010 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000267); 27,652 indexed records with 713,103 record images (was 30,720 records with 713,103 images), UPDATED 19-Dec-2025
Guatemala, Civil Registration, 1833-2009 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1682771); 2,614,040 indexed records with 2,755,000 record images (was 2,613,162 records with 2,755,000 images), UPDATED 16-Dec-2025

Haiti, Civil Registration, 1794-2018 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1482819); 2,940,046 indexed records with 31,609 record images (was 2,916,467 records with 31,609 images), UPDATED 18-Dec-2025
Hawaii, Name Change Records, 1874-1995 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000141); 25,179 indexed records with 21,949 record images (was 26,638 records with 21,949 images), UPDATED 15-Dec-2025
Honduras, Civil Registration, 1841-1968 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2135627); 6,104,566 indexed records with 337,976 record images (was 5,757,814 records with 337,976 images), UPDATED 19-Dec-2025
Iowa, Births and Christenings, 1830-1950 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1674820); Index only (395,117 records), no images (was 395,117 records with 0 images), UPDATED 15-Dec-2025
Iowa, Church and Civil Births and Baptisms, 1837-1987 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2366597); 88,313 indexed records with 8,317 record images (was 90,260 records with 8,317 images), UPDATED 15-Dec-2025

Iowa, Church and Civil Deaths, 1845-1987 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2366613); 20,371 indexed records with 7,627 record images (was 20,415 records with 7,627 images), UPDATED 15-Dec-2025
Iowa, County Death Records, 1880-1992 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2110820); Index only (850,994 records), no images (was 853,814 records with 0 images), UPDATED 15-Dec-2025
Iowa, Military Discharge Records, ca.1862 - ca.1976 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4114270); 137,157 indexed records with 56,298 record images (was 184,179 records with 55,531 images), UPDATED 15-Dec-2025
Italy, Avellino, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1809-1947 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2484771); 2,324,501 indexed records with 3,099,458 record images (was 2,325,004 records with 3,099,458 images), UPDATED 15-Dec-2025
Italy, Benevento, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1810-1942 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2475030); 511,982 indexed records with 1,827,400 record images (was 514,321 records with 1,827,400 images), UPDATED 16-Dec-2025

Italy, Campobasso, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1809-1918 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1968528); 1,941,407 indexed records with 2,171,605 record images (was 1,836,917 records with 2,171,605 images), UPDATED 17-Dec-2025
Italy, Chieti, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1809-1931 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2419833); 1,508,566 indexed records with 3,714,370 record images (was 1,511,037 records with 3,714,370 images), UPDATED 18-Dec-2025
Italy, Frosinone, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1809-1945 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3006902); 518,426 indexed records with 120,102 record images (was 258,947 records with 119,600 images), UPDATED 18-Dec-2025
Italy, Modena, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1806-1942 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1968527); 832,227 indexed records with 2,114,742 record images (was 839,514 records with 2,114,742 images), UPDATED 18-Dec-2025
Italy, Padova, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1621-1936 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2120751); 456,594 indexed records with 601,344 record images (was 155,614 records with 601,344 images), UPDATED 12-Dec-2025

Italy, Torino, Ivrea, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1865-1937 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1475996); Browse 722,302 Images only, no index (was 0 records with 722,302 images), UPDATED 15-Dec-2025
Italy, Vercelli, Vercelli, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1802-1813, 1838-1942 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1939214); 70,053 indexed records with 1,499,389 record images (was 70,053 records with 1,500,370 images), UPDATED 18-Dec-2025
Italy, Verona, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1630-1946 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2016225); 641,134 indexed records with 2,976,910 record images (was 641,218 records with 2,976,910 images), UPDATED 15-Dec-2025
Kansas, Grant County, Census Records, 1895-1982 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3288444); 89,611 indexed records with 16,647 record images (was 28,877 records with 16,647 images), UPDATED 15-Dec-2025
Louisiana, First Registration Draft Cards, 1940-1945 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1916286); 211,896 indexed records with 792,451 record images (was 385,686 records with 792,451 images), UPDATED 17-Dec-2025

Mexico, Baptisms, 1560-1950 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1473011); Index only (29,488,965 records), no images (was 29,530,505 records with 0 images), UPDATED 14-Dec-2025
Mexico, Chiapas, Civil Registration, 1841-1991 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1916246); 1,254,017 indexed records with 1,526,718 record images (was 1,421,111 records with 1,526,718 images), UPDATED 14-Dec-2025
Mexico, Chihuahua, Civil Registration, 1861-1997 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1922462); 1,584,744 indexed records with 1,561,583 record images (was 1,626,513 records with 1,561,583 images), UPDATED 14-Dec-2025
Mexico, Coahuila, Catholic Church Records, 1627-1978 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1502401); 1,364,352 indexed records with 393,502 record images (was 1,414,677 records with 393,502 images), UPDATED 16-Dec-2025
Mexico, Distrito Federal, Civil Registration, 1832-2006 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1923424); 6,684,893 indexed records with 4,936,321 record images (was 6,704,219 records with 4,936,321 images), UPDATED 14-Dec-2025

Mexico, Durango, Civil Registration, 1861-1995 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1916235); 1,264,112 indexed records with 1,042,146 record images (was 1,299,447 records with 1,042,146 images), UPDATED 14-Dec-2025
Mexico, Hidalgo, Catholic Church Records, 1546-1971 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1804358); 4,849,345 indexed records with 1,750,627 record images (was 4,946,958 records with 1,750,627 images), UPDATED 15-Dec-2025
Mexico, Jalisco, Catholic Church Records, 1590-2022 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1874591); 8,444,831 indexed records with 5,797,486 record images (was 8,350,860 records with 5,797,486 images), UPDATED 14-Dec-2025
Mexico, Jalisco, Civil Registration, 1857-2000 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1918187); 7,130,679 indexed records with 3,955,679 record images (was 7,166,874 records with 3,955,679 images), UPDATED 14-Dec-2025
Mexico, Marriages, 1570-1950 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1473012); Index only (5,251,033 records), no images (was 5,297,693 records with 0 images), UPDATED 14-Dec-2025

Mexico, Michoacán, Catholic Church Records, 1555-1996 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1883388); 5,392,827 indexed records with 5,283,986 record images (was 5,662,716 records with 5,283,986 images), UPDATED 14-Dec-2025
Mexico, Nayarit, Civil Registration, 1868-2001 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1916242); 552,422 indexed records with 422,997 record images (was 573,586 records with 422,997 images), UPDATED 14-Dec-2025
Mexico, Oaxaca, Catholic Church Records, 1559-2022 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1909191); 5,951,098 indexed records with 3,458,764 record images (was 6,154,826 records with 3,458,764 images), UPDATED 14-Dec-2025
Mexico, Oaxaca, Civil Registration, 1861-2002 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1923401); 5,104,862 indexed records with 3,865,729 record images (was 5,110,561 records with 3,865,729 images), UPDATED 14-Dec-2025
Mexico, Puebla, Civil Registration, 1861-1956 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1918287); 2,958,543 indexed records with 1,459,393 record images (was 2,960,151 records with 1,459,393 images), UPDATED 14-Dec-2025

Mexico, Querétaro, Civil Registration, 1864-2005 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1922415); 1,109,141 indexed records with 624,300 record images (was 1,126,739 records with 624,300 images), UPDATED 14-Dec-2025
Mexico, Sonora, Civil Registration, 1861-1995 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1918289); 684,295 indexed records with 745,080 record images (was 726,802 records with 745,080 images), UPDATED 14-Dec-2025
Mexico, Tamaulipas, Civil Registration, 1800-2002 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1916237); 1,217,811 indexed records with 1,184,297 record images (was 1,224,852 records with 1,184,297 images), UPDATED 14-Dec-2025
Mexico, Veracruz, Civil Registration, 1821-1963 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1922413); 2,656,241 indexed records with 1,624,732 record images (was 2,674,522 records with 1,624,732 images), UPDATED 14-Dec-2025
Mexico, Yucatán, Civil Registration, 1860-2005 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1916248); 2,266,866 indexed records with 1,521,336 record images (was 2,290,333 records with 1,521,336 images), UPDATED 14-Dec-2025

Mexico, Zacatecas, Catholic Church Records, 1605-1980 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1804458); 2,855,664 indexed records with 1,663,800 record images (was 2,853,924 records with 1,663,800 images), UPDATED 14-Dec-2025
Nebraska, Marriages, 1855-1995 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1708654); Index only (926,377 records), no images (was 926,377 records with 0 images), UPDATED 15-Dec-2025
New Hampshire, Marriage Certificates, 1948-1959 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1876926); 94,876 indexed records with 96,581 record images (was 96,585 records with 96,581 images), UPDATED 15-Dec-2025
New Mexico, Births and Christenings, 1726-1918 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1680839); Index only (264,938 records), no images (was 263,905 records with 0 images), UPDATED 14-Dec-2025
New Mexico, Marriages, 1751-1918 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1680844); Index only (66,434 records), no images (was 66,029 records with 0 images), UPDATED 14-Dec-2025

New York, Yonkers, Birth and Death Registration and Indexes, 1875-1916 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4116431); 76,978 indexed records with 1,693 record images (was 71,248 records with 1,693 images), UPDATED 15-Dec-2025
Nicaragua, Catholic Church Records, 1740-2014 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1494432); 450,506 indexed records with 86,119 record images (was 825,362 records with 86,119 images), UPDATED 18-Dec-2025
Nicaragua, Civil Registration, 1809-2014 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1601210); 978,508 indexed records with 2,591,542 record images (was 2,655,067 records with 2,591,542 images), UPDATED 18-Dec-2025
Paraguay, Civil Registration, 1842-2012 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000049); 9,271 indexed records with 9,434 record images (was 8,915 records with 9,434 images), UPDATED 16-Dec-2025
Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1775-1991 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1589502); 3,628,856 indexed records with 1,789,697 record images (was 3,618,274 records with 1,789,697 images), UPDATED 15-Dec-2025

Pennsylvania, Delayed Birth Records, 1780-1977 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3743274); 178,440 indexed records with 135,675 record images (was 193,892 records with 135,675 images), UPDATED 15-Dec-2025
Philippines, Bicol, Church Records, 1738-1989 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000336); 27,112 indexed records with 23,142 record images (was 5,703 records with 2,825 images), UPDATED 12-Dec-2025
Philippines, Catholic Church Records, 1520-2014 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2861657); 12,234,884 indexed records with 2,919,193 record images (was 12,213,164 records with 2,867,383 images), UPDATED 12-Dec-2025
Philippines, Eastern Visayas, Church Records, 1716-2014 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000329); 318,586 indexed records with 267,236 record images (was 121,106 records with 192,597 images), UPDATED 12-Dec-2025
Philippines, Ilocos, Church Records, 1718-2007 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000330); 175,859 indexed records with 150,928 record images (was 9,555 records with 34,989 images), UPDATED 12-Dec-2025

Philippines, Western Visayas, Church Records, 1712-2006 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000338); 79,193 indexed records with 99,217 record images (was 60,056 records with 58,504 images), UPDATED 12-Dec-2025
Poland, Lublin, Roman Catholic Church Books, 1784-1964 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1867931); 326,092 indexed records with 397,530 record images (was 346,464 records with 397,530 images), UPDATED 17-Dec-2025
Portugal, Vila Real, Catholic Church Records, 1533-1953 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1976140); 768,751 indexed records with 396,243 record images (was 769,525 records with 396,243 images), UPDATED 15-Dec-2025
Prisoners of War, 1715-1947 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4459223); 2,349,449 indexed records with 283,791 record images (was 2,434,805 records with 283,791 images), UPDATED 15-Dec-2025
Puerto Rico, Naturalization Records, 1897-1985 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2774942); 91,927 indexed records with 67,302 record images (was 91,157 records with 67,290 images), UPDATED 16-Dec-2025

Sierra Leone, Marriage and Divorce Records, 1854-2022 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000423); 82,165 indexed records with 101,840 record images (was 82,165 records with 101,840 images), UPDATED 18-Dec-2025
Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418-1996 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4138674); 20,798,224 indexed records with 2,024,010 record images (was 20,841,007 records with 2,024,045 images), UPDATED 17-Dec-2025
Switzerland, Church Records, 1277-1992 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1640373); Browse 517,510 Images only, no index (was 0 records with 517,510 images), UPDATED 17-Dec-2025
Tennessee, Deaths, 1914-1966 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1417505); 1,888,109 indexed records with 2,017,500 record images (was 1,923,635 records with 2,017,500 images), UPDATED 15-Dec-2025
Texas, Grimes County, Marriage Records, 1916-1971 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3518927); 6,237 indexed records with 7,015 record images (was 11,647 records with 7,015 images), UPDATED 15-Dec-2025

United States, Obituaries, American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1899-2012 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2367299); 6,633,957 indexed records with 539,877 record images (was 6,633,957 records with 539,877 images), UPDATED 17-Dec-2025
United States, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1861144); 12,446,109 indexed records with 19,317,962 record images (was 12,868,306 records with 19,317,962 images), UPDATED 17-Dec-2025
Venezuela, Catholic Church Records, 1577-2022 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1951777); 17,395,647 indexed records with 1,899,876 record images (was 17,397,795 records with 1,899,876 images), UPDATED 14-Dec-2025
Wales, Flintshire, Parish Registers, 1538-1912 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1426674); 495,043 indexed records with 518,340 record images (was 495,063 records with 518,340 images), UPDATED 17-Dec-2025
Washington, Soldier Home Records, 1891-1945 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2143178); 1,734 indexed records with 98,141 record images (was 12,798 records with 98,141 images), UPDATED 15-Dec-2025

Zambia, Archdiocese of Lusaka, Church Records, 1908-2019 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3736255); 40,553 indexed records with 328,682 record images (was 1,480,684 records with 328,682 images), UPDATED 18-Dec-2025
Zimbabwe, Diocese of Hwange, Catholic Church Records, 1924-2022 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000103); 4,017 indexed records with 20,941 record images (was 7,577 records with 20,941 images), UPDATED 18-Dec-2025
Zimbabwe, Diocese of Mutare, Catholic Church Records, 1898-2023 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000105); 13,890 indexed records with 38,410 record images (was 12,438 records with 38,410 images), UPDATED 18-Dec-2025

--- Collections with new images ---

Argentina, Buenos Aires, Civil Registration, 1861-2018 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000041); 1 indexed records with 111,687 record images (was 1 records with 111,684 images), last updated 07-Jun-2024
Argentina, Military Records, 1911-1936 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000280); 1 indexed records with 2,926,827 record images (was 1 records with 2,926,824 images), last updated 31-Oct-2024
Arizona, Yavapai County, Voting Records, 1875-1932 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3734454); 157,847 indexed records with 5,710 record images (was 157,847 records with 5,693 images), last updated 15-Jun-2024
Brazil, Alagoas, Civil Registration, 1876-2023 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4469403); 1 indexed records with 454,031 record images (was 1 records with 454,022 images), last updated 07-Jun-2024
Brazil, Maranhão, Civil Registration, 1827-2022 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4469402); 1 indexed records with 905,710 record images (was 1 records with 905,708 images), last updated 07-Jun-2024

Brazil, Sergipe, Civil Registration, 1866-2021 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4470324); 1 indexed records with 268,808 record images (was 1 records with 268,807 images), last updated 07-Jun-2024
England and Wales, Census, 1911 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1921547); 36,354,828 indexed records with 8,898,192 record images (was 36,354,828 records with 8,700,952 images), last updated 01-Aug-2019
Netherlands, Archival Indexes, Vital Records, 1600-2000 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2704829); 46,579,094 indexed records with 46,579,094 record images (was 46,579,094 records with 46,322,205 images), last updated 08-Feb-2024
New Jersey, State Census, 1905 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1928107); 2,146,861 indexed records with 43,525 record images (was 2,146,861 records with 43,515 images), last updated 13-Jun-2024
Northern Ireland, Tithe Applotment Books, 1822-1840 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2729531); 397,856 indexed records with 164,318 record images (was 397,856 records with 164,259 images), last updated 14-Jun-2024

United Kingdom, British Armed Forces and Overseas Vital Records, 1761-2005 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4324570); 2,878,200 indexed records with 2,860,706 record images (was 2,878,200 records with 2,609,291 images), last updated 22-Sep-2021

--- Collections with images removed ---

England, Cambridgeshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1538-1983 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1465708); 1,108,130 indexed records with 107,282 record images (was 1,108,130 records with 113,963 images), last updated 14-Jun-2024
England, Hampshire, Parish Registers, 1538-1980 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2556014); 1,781,411 indexed records with 135,903 record images (was 1,785,222 records with 136,206 images), last updated 23-Sep-2025
France, Ariège, Parish and Civil Registration, 1583-1923 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000206); 1,660,594 indexed records with 691,421 record images (was 1,660,594 records with 692,921 images), last updated 05-May-2025
Georgia, Tax Digests, 1787-1900 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4130006); 2,880,488 indexed records with 124,697 record images (was 2,880,488 records with 125,164 images), last updated 11-Apr-2025
Italy, Foggia, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1809-1902 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2821290); 2,897,985 indexed records with 1,414,666 record images (was 2,897,985 records with 1,428,270 images), last updated 10-Nov-2025

Italy, Teramo, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1809-1936 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3006903); 1,131,025 indexed records with 801,965 record images (was 1,131,865 records with 825,479 images), last updated 02-Oct-2025
Russia, Tula, Church Books, 1722-1936 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000050); 4,397,945 indexed records with 1,572,032 record images (was 4,394,031 records with 1,574,069 images), last updated 16-Sep-2025
United States, Obituary Records, 2014-2023 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000145); 1 indexed records with 28,203,751 record images (was 1 records with 28,203,752 images), last updated 22-Jul-2024
Uruguay, Passenger Lists, 1888-1980 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2691993); 1,914,849 indexed records with 115,438 record images (was 1,911,888 records with 143,013 images), last updated 11-Dec-2025

--- Collections with new records ---

El Salvador, Baptisms, 1750-1940 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1584970); Index only (145,495 records), no images (was 145,490 records with 0 images), last updated 16-Sep-2025
El Salvador, Catholic Church Records, 1655-1977 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1919582); 3,173,907 indexed records with 592,191 record images (was 2,605,819 records with 592,191 images), last updated 03-Nov-2025
El Salvador, Marriages, 1810-1930 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1584975); Index only (22,778 records), no images (was 19,137 records with 0 images), last updated 16-Sep-2025
England, Essex, Non-Conformist Church Records, 1613-1971 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3584542); 147,362 indexed records with 18,153 record images (was 140,738 records with 18,153 images), last updated 23-Sep-2025
England, Leicestershire, Parish Registers, 1533-1991 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2840172); 2,404,551 indexed records with 338,632 record images (was 2,404,408 records with 338,632 images), last updated 22-Sep-2025

England, Sussex, Parish Registers, 1538-1910 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1465706); Index only (1,860,912 records), no images (was 1,858,227 records with 0 images), last updated 23-Sep-2025
Idaho, Boundary, Eastport, Arrival Manifests, 1924-1956 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2072140); 230,180 indexed records with 436,334 record images (was 228,564 records with 436,334 images), last updated 23-Sep-2025
Jamaica, Civil Registration, 1878-2000 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1538386); 1,376,493 indexed records with 3,838,605 record images (was 1,373,375 records with 3,838,605 images), last updated 03-Nov-2025
Liberia, Vital Records, 1912-2018 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2100287); 112,105 indexed records with 24,406 record images (was 111,796 records with 24,406 images), last updated 01-Oct-2025
Louisiana, Confederate Pensions, 1898-1950 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1838535); 97,279 indexed records with 199,883 record images (was 96,050 records with 199,883 images), last updated 20-Nov-2025

Mexico, Nuevo León, Civil Registration, 1859-1962 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1916238); 1,425,205 indexed records with 701,908 record images (was 1,424,128 records with 701,908 images), last updated 02-Aug-2025
Mexico, San Luis Potosí, Civil Registration, 1859-2000 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1916239); 3,232,389 indexed records with 1,896,240 record images (was 3,231,603 records with 1,896,240 images), last updated 02-Aug-2025
Mississippi, Enumeration of Educable Children, 1850-1892; 1908-1957 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1856425); 6,873,237 indexed records with 211,757 record images (was 6,845,001 records with 211,757 images), last updated 22-Sep-2025
Pennsylvania, Births and Christenings, 1709-1950 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1681005); Index only (2,515,805 records), no images (was 2,514,727 records with 0 images), last updated 02-Dec-2025
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, City Births, 1860-1915 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1951739); 1,272,816 indexed records with 139,194 record images (was 1,271,615 records with 139,194 images), last updated 12-Sep-2025

Russia, Samara, Church Books 1748-1934 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1807365); 4,754,124 indexed records with 1,909,956 record images (was 4,713,729 records with 1,909,956 images), last updated 16-Sep-2025
Zimbabwe, Archdiocese of Bulawayo, Catholic Church Records, 1896-2022 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000106); 9,121 indexed records with 63,643 record images (was 8,070 records with 63,643 images), last updated 31-Oct-2024
Zimbabwe, Catholic Church Records, 1897-2022 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4475014); 10,730 indexed records with 64,555 record images (was 9,815 records with 64,555 images), last updated 12-Jun-2025

--- Collections with records removed ---

Arkansas, First Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1875142); 499,726 indexed records with 1,003,703 record images (was 500,274 records with 1,003,703 images), last updated 13-Jun-2024
British Newspaper Archive, Family Notices (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2562514); 4,012,326 indexed records with 271,979 record images (was 4,014,549 records with 271,979 images), last updated 03-Nov-2025
Canada, New Brunswick, Provincial Marriages, 1789-1950 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1824707); 252,025 indexed records with 268,525 record images (was 256,385 records with 268,525 images), last updated 02-Dec-2025
Canada, Nova Scotia, Deaths, 1956-1957 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2251301); 1,074 indexed records with 12,185 record images (was 11,869 records with 12,185 images), last updated 14-Jun-2024
Canada, Nova Scotia, Delayed Births, 1837-1907 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2241429); 117,028 indexed records with 70,782 record images (was 117,044 records with 70,782 images), last updated 12-Jun-2025

Denmark, Census, 1834 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2771431); Browse 39,570 Images only, no index (was 1,042,384 records with 39,570 images), last updated 14-Jun-2024
El Salvador, Civil Registration, 1704-2001 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1821208); 3,129,559 indexed records with 1,381,210 record images (was 3,296,811 records with 1,381,210 images), last updated 16-Sep-2025
England, Hampshire, Portsmouth, Baptisms, 1538-1940 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4469393); 534,166 indexed records with 45,104 record images (was 535,242 records with 45,104 images), last updated 23-Sep-2025
England, Hampshire, Portsmouth, Burials, 1538-1926 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4469392); 309,678 indexed records with 17,442 record images (was 311,181 records with 17,442 images), last updated 23-Sep-2025
England, Hampshire, Portsmouth, Marriages, 1537-1930 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4469394); 390,716 indexed records with 54,670 record images (was 392,578 records with 54,670 images), last updated 23-Sep-2025

England, Northumberland, Non-Conformist Church Records, 1613-1974 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3648677); 349,847 indexed records with 48,186 record images (was 363,173 records with 48,186 images), last updated 23-Sep-2025
England, Northumberland, Parish Registers, 1538-1950 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2353070); 2,594,769 indexed records with 280,015 record images (was 2,601,979 records with 280,015 images), last updated 23-Sep-2025
England, Shropshire, Parish Registers, 1538-1922 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3155854); 898,887 indexed records with 62,897 record images (was 904,814 records with 62,897 images), last updated 23-Sep-2025
England, Somerset, Church Records, 1501-1999 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4380193); 4,486,050 indexed records with 4,776,791 record images (was 4,532,246 records with 4,776,791 images), last updated 23-Sep-2025
England, Surrey, Parish Registers, 1536-1992 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2475028); Index only (1,776,903 records), no images (was 1,778,512 records with 0 images), last updated 23-Sep-2025

England, Wiltshire, Church Records, 1518-1990 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4380174); 2,502,214 indexed records with 189,689 record images (was 2,570,836 records with 189,689 images), last updated 23-Sep-2025
England, Yorkshire, Parish Registers, 1538-2016 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4439317); 10,994,894 indexed records with 933,231 record images (was 10,995,346 records with 933,231 images), last updated 23-Sep-2025
Georgia, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1880573); 836,654 indexed records with 1,682,137 record images (was 837,843 records with 1,682,137 images), last updated 03-Nov-2025
Ghana, Census, 1984 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1615258); 729,534 indexed records with 904,488 record images (was 761,161 records with 904,488 images), last updated 01-Oct-2025
Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1805551); Index only (2,309,289 records), no images (was 2,314,574 records with 0 images), last updated 13-Jun-2024

Iowa, Marriages, 1809-1992 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1674842); Index only (191,286 records), no images (was 192,124 records with 0 images), last updated 23-Sep-2025
Iowa, Old Age Tax Assistance Records, 1934-1958 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2573700); Index only (922,767 records), no images (was 926,046 records with 0 images), last updated 14-Jun-2024
Italy, Births and Baptisms, 1806-1900 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1708706); Index only (1,150,938 records), no images (was 1,151,133 records with 0 images), last updated 05-Aug-2025
Italy, Catania, Arcidiocesi di Catania, Catholic Church Records, 1515-1941 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2013622); 1,159,099 indexed records with 1,762,909 record images (was 1,160,421 records with 1,762,909 images), last updated 19-Nov-2025
Italy, Grosseto, Diocesi di Grosseto, Catholic Church Records, 1521-1983 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000381); 172,846 indexed records with 88,318 record images (was 175,966 records with 88,318 images), last updated 19-Nov-2025

Italy, Macerata, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1808-1814 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2152678); 57,378 indexed records with 93,143 record images (was 57,835 records with 93,143 images), last updated 18-Sep-2025
Italy, Marriages, 1809-1900 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1711678); Index only (277,109 records), no images (was 277,147 records with 0 images), last updated 05-Aug-2025
Italy, Matera, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1809-1925 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2819382); 912,986 indexed records with 1,323,614 record images (was 913,957 records with 1,323,614 images), last updated 11-Nov-2025
Italy, Rovigo, Rovigo, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1871-1937 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1482864); 828,399 indexed records with 1,082,856 record images (was 828,557 records with 1,082,856 images), last updated 20-Nov-2025
Kansas, Marriages, 1840-1935 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1674845); Index only (304,636 records), no images (was 306,042 records with 0 images), last updated 16-Nov-2023

Louisiana Second Registration Draft Cards, 1948-1959 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1921443); 202,408 indexed records with 490,208 record images (was 243,676 records with 490,208 images), last updated 01-Oct-2024
Mexico, Aguascalientes, Catholic Church Records, 1601-1962 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1502404); 905,705 indexed records with 618,532 record images (was 907,909 records with 618,532 images), last updated 01-Aug-2025
Mexico, Baja California and Baja California Sur, Catholic Church Records, 1750-1984 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1506640); 60,085 indexed records with 29,943 record images (was 75,472 records with 29,943 images), last updated 13-Jun-2024
Mexico, Baja California and Baja California Sur, Civil Registration, 1860-2004 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1916086); 39,433 indexed records with 110,234 record images (was 41,762 records with 110,234 images), last updated 01-Aug-2025
Mexico, Campeche, Catholic Church Records, 1638-2003 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1473200); 469,525 indexed records with 189,697 record images (was 566,457 records with 189,697 images), last updated 01-Aug-2025

Mexico, Chiapas, Catholic Church Records, 1557-1978 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1616412); 1,357,719 indexed records with 968,865 record images (was 1,487,143 records with 968,865 images), last updated 02-Aug-2025
Mexico, Chihuahua, Catholic Church Records, 1632-2005 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1521780); 1,085,966 indexed records with 378,612 record images (was 1,117,955 records with 378,612 images), last updated 01-Aug-2025
Mexico, Coahuila, Civil Registration, 1861-1998 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1916233); 1,867,979 indexed records with 1,179,899 record images (was 1,876,519 records with 1,179,899 images), last updated 02-Aug-2025
Mexico, Colima, Catholic Church Records, 1707-1969 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1508604); 335,002 indexed records with 228,566 record images (was 343,067 records with 228,566 images), last updated 01-Aug-2025
Mexico, Colima, Civil Registration, 1860-1997 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1916241); 319,506 indexed records with 225,991 record images (was 323,296 records with 225,991 images), last updated 01-Aug-2025

Mexico, Deaths, 1680-1940 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1473013); Index only (257,827 records), no images (was 260,793 records with 0 images), last updated 02-Aug-2025
Mexico, Distrito Federal, Catholic Church Records, 1514-1970 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1615259); 4,076,396 indexed records with 4,263,289 record images (was 4,100,661 records with 4,263,289 images), last updated 29-Nov-2025
Mexico, Durango, Catholic Church Records, 1604-1985 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1554576); 1,512,340 indexed records with 504,812 record images (was 1,607,381 records with 504,812 images), last updated 02-Aug-2025
Mexico, Guanajuato, Catholic Church Records, 1519-1984 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1860831); 10,935,753 indexed records with 4,584,983 record images (was 11,057,682 records with 4,584,983 images), last updated 22-Sep-2025
Mexico, Guerrero, Catholic Church Records, 1576-1979 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1823323); 2,359,066 indexed records with 1,584,621 record images (was 2,502,193 records with 1,584,621 images), last updated 05-Aug-2025

Mexico, Guerrero, Civil Registration, 1860-1996 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1918291); 1,709,104 indexed records with 1,550,638 record images (was 1,721,757 records with 1,550,638 images), last updated 02-Aug-2025
Mexico, Hidalgo, Civil Registration, 1861-2001 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1919702); 2,098,389 indexed records with 1,575,430 record images (was 2,104,064 records with 1,575,430 images), last updated 02-Aug-2025
Mexico, Michoacán, Civil Registration, 1859-1940 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1916243); 2,394,046 indexed records with 1,337,669 record images (was 2,397,449 records with 1,337,669 images), last updated 01-Aug-2025
Mexico, Morelos, Catholic Church Records, 1598-1994 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1837907); 914,908 indexed records with 531,787 record images (was 934,680 records with 531,787 images), last updated 05-Aug-2025
Mexico, México, Catholic Church Records, 1567-1970 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1837908); 8,350,332 indexed records with 4,823,124 record images (was 8,394,844 records with 4,823,124 images), last updated 05-Aug-2025

Mexico, México, Civil Registration, 1861-1941 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1916244); 3,057,215 indexed records with 1,339,715 record images (was 3,058,651 records with 1,339,715 images), last updated 01-Aug-2025
Mexico, Nayarit, Catholic Church Records, 1596-1967 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1883377); 725,410 indexed records with 499,694 record images (was 760,175 records with 499,694 images), last updated 22-Sep-2025
Mexico, Nuevo León, Catholic Church Records, 1544-1982 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1473204); 1,112,254 indexed records with 447,381 record images (was 1,148,399 records with 447,381 images), last updated 05-Aug-2025
Mexico, Puebla, Catholic Church Records, 1545-2009 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1837906); 6,354,491 indexed records with 6,124,553 record images (was 6,431,957 records with 6,124,553 images), last updated 15-Sep-2025
Mexico, Querétaro, Catholic Church Records, 1590-1970 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1881200); 2,519,647 indexed records with 1,380,077 record images (was 2,531,604 records with 1,380,077 images), last updated 30-Sep-2025

Mexico, San Luis Potosí, Catholic Church Records, 1586-1977 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1860864); 4,546,336 indexed records with 2,162,812 record images (was 4,573,278 records with 2,162,812 images), last updated 06-Aug-2025
Mexico, Sinaloa, Catholic Church Records, 1671-1968 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1473206); 836,682 indexed records with 521,512 record images (was 882,678 records with 521,512 images), last updated 01-Aug-2025
Mexico, Sonora, Catholic Church Records, 1657-1994 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1473203); 593,340 indexed records with 383,518 record images (was 614,875 records with 383,518 images), last updated 02-Aug-2025
Mexico, Tabasco, Catholic Church Records, 1803-1970 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1909106); 116,767 indexed records with 121,509 record images (was 130,207 records with 121,509 images), last updated 02-Aug-2025
Mexico, Tamaulipas, Catholic Church Records, 1703-1964 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1790934); 805,637 indexed records with 199,328 record images (was 838,867 records with 199,328 images), last updated 02-Aug-2025

Mexico, Tlaxcala, Catholic Church Records, 1576-1994 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1837905); 1,719,101 indexed records with 1,012,693 record images (was 1,743,018 records with 1,012,693 images), last updated 02-Aug-2025
Mexico, Veracruz, Catholic Church Records, 1590-1978 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1883382); 3,795,751 indexed records with 2,563,917 record images (was 3,870,475 records with 2,563,917 images), last updated 22-Sep-2025
Mexico, Yucatán, Catholic Church Records, 1543-1977 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1909116); 2,942,005 indexed records with 1,234,534 record images (was 2,960,561 records with 1,234,534 images), last updated 02-Aug-2025
Mexico, Zacatecas, Civil Registration, 1857-2001 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1916240); 2,849,292 indexed records with 1,371,091 record images (was 2,867,222 records with 1,371,091 images), last updated 01-Aug-2025
Micronesia, Pohnpei, Civil Registration, 1948-2009 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1886069); 75,431 indexed records with 79,408 record images (was 75,594 records with 79,408 images), last updated 13-Jun-2024

Minnesota, Naturalization Card Index, 1930-1988 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2120721); 69,090 indexed records with 86,132 record images (was 71,366 records with 86,132 images), last updated 14-Jun-2024
Nebraska, Naturalization Records, 1855-1989 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3241361); 142,654 indexed records with 140,784 record images (was 144,058 records with 140,784 images), last updated 15-Jun-2024
Nebraska, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2759156); 205,382 indexed records with 297,841 record images (was 310,174 records with 297,841 images), last updated 14-Jun-2024
New Zealand, Auckland, Albertland Index, 1862-1962 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2212661); 19,931 indexed records with 30,652 record images (was 22,580 records with 30,652 images), last updated 14-Jun-2024
New Zealand, Central Otago, Cemetery Gravestones, 1861-2009 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2115582); 3,640 indexed records with 6,615 record images (was 8,128 records with 6,615 images), last updated 15-Oct-2025

Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1932106); 4,072,188 indexed records with 1,431,304 record images (was 4,072,562 records with 1,431,304 images), last updated 22-Sep-2025
Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1614804); 5,783,466 indexed records with 1,547,844 record images (was 5,784,355 records with 1,547,844 images), last updated 21-Apr-2025
Rhode Island, Town Deaths and Burials Index, 1639-1932 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2301758); 132,993 indexed records with 27,903 record images (was 134,187 records with 27,903 images), last updated 15-Jun-2024
Rhode Island, Town Marriages Index, 1639-1932 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2301760); Index only (58,340 records), no images (was 58,342 records with 0 images), last updated 14-Jun-2024
South Africa, Cape, Probate Records of the Master of the High Court, 1822-1990 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2517051); 2,004,994 indexed records with 1,167,010 record images (was 2,014,794 records with 1,167,010 images), last updated 01-Oct-2025

South Africa, Church of the Province of South Africa, Parish Registers, 1801-2004 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1468076); 1,214,127 indexed records with 355,318 record images (was 1,236,063 records with 355,318 images), last updated 01-Oct-2025
South Africa, Methodist Parish Registers, 1822-1996 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1463648); 45,432 indexed records with 18,726 record images (was 46,270 records with 18,726 images), last updated 01-Oct-2025
South Africa, Netherdutch Reformed Church Registers (Pretoria Archive), 1838-1991 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2155416); 241,951 indexed records with 140,942 record images (was 340,005 records with 140,942 images), last updated 03-Nov-2025
Spain, Barcelona, Municipal Records, 1387-1986 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2015324); 912,265 indexed records with 1,615,372 record images (was 913,381 records with 1,615,372 images), last updated 14-Jun-2024
Sweden, Household Examination Books, 1874-1931 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2790465); 46,971,569 indexed records with 87,177 record images (was 46,977,151 records with 87,177 images), last updated 09-Dec-2025

Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1803987); 1,579,466 indexed records with 127,811 record images (was 1,581,544 records with 127,811 images), last updated 14-Jun-2024
Texas, Marriages, 1837-1973 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1681052); Index only (1,155,237 records), no images (was 1,156,501 records with 0 images), last updated 22-Jul-2021
United States, Public Records, 1970-2009 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2199956); Index only (875,600,958 records), no images (was 875,600,984 records with 0 images), last updated 04-Dec-2025
United States, Residence Database, 1970-2024 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000290); Index only (413,859,496 records), no images (was 413,859,547 records with 0 images), last updated 22-Jun-2024
United States, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1968530); 32,587,072 indexed records with 24,999,338 record images (was 32,592,786 records with 24,999,338 images), last updated 09-Sep-2025

Uruguay, Baptisms, 1750-1900 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1520616); Index only (113,842 records), no images (was 113,953 records with 0 images), last updated 15-Sep-2025
Uruguay, Catholic Church Records, 1726-2000 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4134697); 1,053,680 indexed records with 293,845 record images (was 1,068,815 records with 293,845 images), last updated 15-Sep-2025
Utah, Death Certificates, 1904-1966 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1747615); 325,026 indexed records with 301,799 record images (was 326,544 records with 301,799 images), last updated 14-Jun-2024

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My friend and SDGS colleague, Marshall, has come up with a way to determine which collections are ADDED, DELETED or UPDATED, and to alphabetize the entries in each category. Thanks to Marshall for helping me out here!

Marshall notes that there are:

2 removed entries
3 added entries
88 updated entries
20 entries with more or fewer images
106 entries with more or fewer records

The FamilySearch website says there are 3,431 total entries on the list (after signing in). Marshall's list says there are 3,431 (after signing in). They are definitely in-sync this week.

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