Added and Updated FamilySearch Record Collections - Week of 29 November to 5 December 2025

   Each week, genealogy record collections are added, removed, and/or updated on FamilySearch and listed on the Historical Record Collection list at https://familysearch.org/search/collection/list. In addition, 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 2) and 3) below..

1)  As of 5 December 2025, there are 3,406 historical record collections on FamilySearch (an increase of 1 from last week) on the Signed In screen (and 3,406 on the Signed Out screen).

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

--- Collections Deleted ---
*  Brazil, Rio Grande do Norte, Civil Registration, 1803-2021 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2821278); 141 indexed records with 141 record images, DELETED

--- Collections Added ---
*  Brazil, São Paulo, Immigration Cards, 1902-1980 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2140223); Index only (100 records), no images, ADDED 05-Dec-2025
*  Philippines, Military Records, 1815-1900 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000418); 8,178 indexed records with 8,557 record images, ADDED 04-Dec-2025

--- Collections Updated ---

Argentina, Baptisms, 1645-1930 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1520570); Index only (2,272,426 records), no images (was 2,272,468 records with 0 images), UPDATED 05-Dec-2025
Argentina, Buenos Aires, Catholic Church Records, 1635-2017 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1972912); 2,757,177 indexed records with 978,396 record images (was 2,764,002 records with 978,396 images), UPDATED 05-Dec-2025
Argentina, Capital Federal, Catholic Church Records, 1640-1978 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1974184); 1,544,630 indexed records with 998,148 record images (was 1,544,630 records with 998,148 images), UPDATED 05-Dec-2025
Argentina, Catamarca, Catholic Church Records, 1724-1971 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1974178); 231,281 indexed records with 102,718 record images (was 229,613 records with 102,718 images), UPDATED 04-Dec-2025
Argentina, Chaco, Civil Registration, 1889-2000 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4450393); 205,764 indexed records with 204,898 record images (was 205,557 records with 204,898 images), UPDATED 05-Dec-2025

Argentina, Chubut, Catholic Church Records, 1884-1974 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1974181); 2,330 indexed records with 2,874 record images (was 8,077 records with 2,874 images), UPDATED 05-Dec-2025
Argentina, Corrientes, Catholic Church Records, 1734-2013 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1974183); 247,093 indexed records with 207,943 record images (was 245,823 records with 207,943 images), UPDATED 05-Dec-2025
Argentina, Corrientes, Civil Registration, 1880-2001 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2821282); 756,911 indexed records with 753,273 record images (was 728,109 records with 753,273 images), UPDATED 05-Dec-2025
Argentina, Córdoba, Catholic Church Records, 1557-1974 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1974182); 1,005,459 indexed records with 419,985 record images (was 1,004,188 records with 419,985 images), UPDATED 05-Dec-2025
Argentina, Córdoba, Censuses, 1778-1874 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4475260); 420,226 indexed records with 12,746 record images (was 518,158 records with 12,746 images), UPDATED 05-Dec-2025

Argentina, Entre Ríos, Catholic Church Records, 1764-2011 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1974185); 544,337 indexed records with 235,772 record images (was 540,405 records with 235,772 images), UPDATED 05-Dec-2025
Argentina, Entre Ríos, Civil Registration, 1833-1965 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3006904); 796,689 indexed records with 549,008 record images (was 779,483 records with 549,008 images), UPDATED 05-Dec-2025
Argentina, Jujuy, Catholic Church Records, 1662-1975 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1974186); 172,531 indexed records with 69,981 record images (was 180,783 records with 69,981 images), UPDATED 05-Dec-2025
Argentina, Jujuy, Civil Registration, 1888-2000 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4489444); 17,384 indexed records with 27,656 record images (was 15,753 records with 27,656 images), UPDATED 05-Dec-2025
Argentina, La Rioja, Catholic Church Records, 1714-1970 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1974188); 70,662 indexed records with 74,259 record images (was 78,967 records with 74,259 images), UPDATED 05-Dec-2025

Argentina, Marriages, 1722-1911 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1520572); Index only (103,996 records), no images (was 104,501 records with 0 images), UPDATED 04-Dec-2025
Argentina, Misiones, Catholic Church Records, 1874-1975 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1974190); 33,276 indexed records with 9,155 record images (was 35,228 records with 9,155 images), UPDATED 05-Dec-2025
Argentina, National Census, 1869 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1462401); 1,791,970 indexed records with 158,984 record images (was 1,787,117 records with 158,984 images), UPDATED 04-Dec-2025
Argentina, National Census, 1895 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1410078); 4,280,052 indexed records with 338,844 record images (was 4,286,903 records with 338,844 images), UPDATED 05-Dec-2025
Argentina, Río Negro, Catholic Church Records, 1880-1977 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1974192); 14,601 indexed records with 15,221 record images (was 19,963 records with 15,221 images), UPDATED 05-Dec-2025

Argentina, Salta, Catholic Church Records, 1634-1972 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1974193); 345,557 indexed records with 144,293 record images (was 358,056 records with 144,293 images), UPDATED 05-Dec-2025
Argentina, Salta, Civil Registration, 1880-2000 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3006885); 596,257 indexed records with 537,699 record images (was 588,216 records with 537,699 images), UPDATED 05-Dec-2025
Argentina, San Juan, Catholic Church Records, 1655-2013 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1974194); 198,721 indexed records with 83,087 record images (was 203,156 records with 83,087 images), UPDATED 05-Dec-2025
Argentina, Santa Fe, Catholic Church Records, 1634-2003 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1974196); 755,080 indexed records with 424,329 record images (was 757,007 records with 424,329 images), UPDATED 05-Dec-2025
Argentina, Tucumán, Catholic Church Records, 1727-1955 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1974199); 661,495 indexed records with 184,969 record images (was 661,665 records with 184,969 images), UPDATED 04-Dec-2025

Arizona, Cochise County, Voting Records, 1882-1932 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3734458); 235,487 indexed records with 14,270 record images (was 237,311 records with 14,270 images), UPDATED 02-Dec-2025
Austria, Carinthia, Gurk Diocese, Catholic Church Records, 1527-1986 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2718009); 3,671,754 indexed records with 752,084 record images (was 3,695,256 records with 752,084 images), UPDATED 03-Dec-2025
Austria, Catholic Church Records, 1565-2007 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000002); 6,383,394 indexed records with 1,055,155 record images (was 6,394,733 records with 1,055,155 images), UPDATED 02-Dec-2025
Austria, Evangelical-Lutheran Church Records, 1783-1991 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1393793); 260,233 indexed records with 42,522 record images (was 259,852 records with 42,522 images), UPDATED 02-Dec-2025
Bolivia, Catholic Church Records, 1566-2020 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1922463); 9,837,874 indexed records with 1,649,601 record images (was 9,833,650 records with 1,649,601 images), UPDATED 29-Nov-2025

Brazil, Alagoas, Church Records, 1802-2016 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2820768); 644,719 indexed records with 208,789 record images (was 642,025 records with 208,789 images), UPDATED 05-Dec-2025
Brazil, Bahia, Civil Registration, 1877-2021 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3694028); 69,038 indexed records with 270,262 record images (was 69,018 records with 270,262 images), UPDATED 04-Dec-2025
Brazil, Bahía, Catholic Church Records, 1598-2007 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2177272); 1,641,159 indexed records with 368,634 record images (was 1,646,397 records with 368,634 images), UPDATED 05-Dec-2025
Brazil, Baptisms, 1688-1935 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1500708); Index only (2,384,349 records), no images (was 2,486,145 records with 0 images), UPDATED 05-Dec-2025
Brazil, Ceará, Catholic Church Records, 1725-2019 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2175764); 1,243,823 indexed records with 774,950 record images (was 2,106,955 records with 774,950 images), UPDATED 05-Dec-2025

Brazil, Cemetery Records, 1799-2024 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2137269); 2,321,688 indexed records with 150,972 record images (was 4,414,028 records with 150,972 images), UPDATED 05-Dec-2025
Brazil, Deaths, 1750-1890 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1500710); Index only (43,569 records), no images (was 43,570 records with 0 images), UPDATED 04-Dec-2025
Brazil, Foreigner Files, 1653-2022 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000160); 133,998 indexed records with 2,207,771 record images (was 133,783 records with 2,207,771 images), UPDATED 05-Dec-2025
Brazil, Maranhão, Catholic Church Records, 1673-2018 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2177273); 72,704 indexed records with 41,812 record images (was 180,947 records with 41,812 images), UPDATED 05-Dec-2025
Brazil, Marriages, 1730-1955 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1500709); Index only (314,946 records), no images (was 326,098 records with 0 images), UPDATED 05-Dec-2025

Brazil, Mato Grosso do Sul, Civil Registration, 1875-2019 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2296929); 334,372 indexed records with 1,358,078 record images (was 334,362 records with 1,358,078 images), UPDATED 04-Dec-2025
Brazil, Minas Gerais, Catholic Church Records, 1706-2018 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2177275); 2,139,711 indexed records with 930,569 record images (was 2,243,294 records with 930,569 images), UPDATED 05-Dec-2025
Brazil, Minas Gerais, Civil Registration, 1820-2021 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3479702); 615,061 indexed records with 404,256 record images (was 664,444 records with 404,256 images), UPDATED 05-Dec-2025
Brazil, Paraná, Catholic Church Records, 1704-2008 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2177282); 545,709 indexed records with 138,743 record images (was 581,997 records with 138,743 images), UPDATED 05-Dec-2025
Brazil, Paraná, Civil Registration, 1852-2017 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2016194); 2,076,045 indexed records with 1,689,031 record images (was 2,162,564 records with 1,689,031 images), UPDATED 05-Dec-2025

Brazil, Paraíba, Catholic Church Records, 1731-2016 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2177286); 1,203,727 indexed records with 788,492 record images (was 1,616,732 records with 788,492 images), UPDATED 05-Dec-2025
Brazil, Paraíba, Civil Registration, 1879-2021 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2015754); 1,475,568 indexed records with 852,268 record images (was 1,590,326 records with 852,268 images), UPDATED 05-Dec-2025
Brazil, Pará, Catholic Church Records, 1795-1977 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2177288); 139,322 indexed records with 103,313 record images (was 294,305 records with 103,313 images), UPDATED 05-Dec-2025
Brazil, Pernambuco, Catholic Church Records, 1762-2019 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2177293); 1,726,905 indexed records with 578,073 record images (was 2,631,795 records with 578,073 images), UPDATED 05-Dec-2025
Brazil, Pernambuco, Civil Registration, 1804-2023 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2016195); 1,337,400 indexed records with 5,387,756 record images (was 1,337,033 records with 5,387,756 images), UPDATED 05-Dec-2025

Brazil, Piauí, Civil Registration, 1875-2015 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2001150); 373,253 indexed records with 1,295,575 record images (was 367,811 records with 1,295,575 images), UPDATED 05-Dec-2025
Brazil, Rio Grande do Norte, Catholic Church Records, 1755-2019 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2177294); 1,678,988 indexed records with 54,182 record images (was 2,020,714 records with 54,182 images), UPDATED 05-Dec-2025
Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul, Catholic Church Records, 1738-1952 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2177295); 728,609 indexed records with 184,012 record images (was 754,180 records with 184,012 images), UPDATED 05-Dec-2025
Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul, Civil Registration, 1810-2022 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3741255); 1,512,176 indexed records with 933,552 record images (was 1,591,820 records with 933,552 images), UPDATED 05-Dec-2025
Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul, Miscellaneous Records, 1748-1998 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1985805); Browse 2,919,774 Images only, no index (was 0 records with 2,919,774 images), UPDATED 05-Dec-2025
Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Catholic Church Records, 1616-2017 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1719212); 2,269,532 indexed records with 368,464 record images (was 2,571,856 records with 368,464 images), UPDATED 05-Dec-2025

Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Civil Registration, 1804-2013 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1582573); 6,279,750 indexed records with 5,100,470 record images (was 6,379,080 records with 5,100,470 images), UPDATED 05-Dec-2025
Brazil, Santa Catarina, Catholic Church Records, 1714-1977 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2177296); 624,242 indexed records with 166,596 record images (was 665,543 records with 166,596 images), UPDATED 05-Dec-2025
Brazil, Santa Catarina, Civil Registration, 1850-1999 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2016197); 406,713 indexed records with 1,037,638 record images (was 438,092 records with 1,037,638 images), UPDATED 05-Dec-2025
Brazil, Sergipe, Catholic Church Records, 1785-1994 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2177298); 877,010 indexed records with 273,847 record images (was 873,403 records with 273,847 images), UPDATED 05-Dec-2025
Brazil, São Paulo, Catholic Church Records, 1640-2013 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2177299); 3,879,689 indexed records with 1,610,067 record images (was 4,018,558 records with 1,610,067 images), UPDATED 05-Dec-2025

Brazil, São Paulo, Civil Registration, 1925-2023 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2765317); 4,518,691 indexed records with 21,090,537 record images (was 4,486,374 records with 21,090,537 images), UPDATED 05-Dec-2025
Brazil, São Paulo, São Paulo, Burial Records, 1858-1977 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1639714); Browse 128,839 Images only, no index (was 0 records with 128,839 images), UPDATED 05-Dec-2025
Canada, Births and Baptisms, 1661-1959 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1520604); Index only (163,273 records), no images (was 177,418 records with 0 images), UPDATED 02-Dec-2025
Canada, New Brunswick County Deed Registry Books, 1780-1930 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1392378); Browse 792,235 Images only, no index (was 0 records with 792,235 images), UPDATED 02-Dec-2025
Canada, New Brunswick County Register of Births, 1801-1920 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3734436); 40,849 indexed records with 17,045 record images (was 467,484 records with 17,045 images), UPDATED 02-Dec-2025

Canada, New Brunswick County Registers of Births Index, ca. 1812-1919 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2258166); 17,061 indexed records with 5,992 record images (was 142,670 records with 5,992 images), UPDATED 02-Dec-2025
Canada, New Brunswick County Registers of Births, ca. 1812-1919 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2258137); Browse 3,754 Images only, no index (was 51,575 records with 3,754 images), UPDATED 02-Dec-2025
Canada, New Brunswick Provincial Returns of Births and Late Registrations, 1810-1906 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1726660); 91,380 indexed records with 161,646 record images (was 160,214 records with 161,646 images), UPDATED 02-Dec-2025
Canada, New Brunswick, Births and Baptisms, 1819-1899 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1805645); Index only (16,522 records), no images (was 44,053 records with 0 images), UPDATED 02-Dec-2025
Canada, New Brunswick, Death Certificates, 1920-1934 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1840146); Browse 76,812 Images only, no index (was 0 records with 76,812 images), UPDATED 02-Dec-2025

Canada, New Brunswick, Death Certificates, 1935-1938 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1840145); Browse 16,806 Images only, no index (was 0 records with 16,806 images), UPDATED 02-Dec-2025
Canada, New Brunswick, Late Registration of Births, 1810-1899 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1967766); Browse 24,015 Images only, no index (was 24,067 records with 24,015 images), UPDATED 02-Dec-2025
Canada, New Brunswick, Marriage Registers, 1789-1889 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2001063); Browse 7,459 Images only, no index (was 0 records with 7,459 images), UPDATED 02-Dec-2025
Canada, New Brunswick, Provincial Deaths, 1815-1938 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1840147); 165,496 indexed records with 177,815 record images (was 172,406 records with 177,815 images), UPDATED 02-Dec-2025
Canada, New Brunswick, Provincial Marriages, 1789-1950 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1824707); 256,385 indexed records with 268,525 record images (was 303,599 records with 268,525 images), UPDATED 02-Dec-2025

Canada, New Brunswick, Provincial Returns of Marriages and Late Registrations, 1920-1950 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2001065); Browse 119,291 Images only, no index (was 0 records with 119,291 images), UPDATED 02-Dec-2025
Chile, Catholic Church Records, 1633-2015 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3405096); 8,732,376 indexed records with 1,129,390 record images (was 8,730,150 records with 1,129,390 images), UPDATED 29-Nov-2025
Cook Islands, Public Records, 1846-2022 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2731435); 78,047 indexed records with 96,455 record images (was 79,316 records with 96,455 images), UPDATED 30-Nov-2025
Costa Rica, Catholic Church Records, 1595-2022 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1460016); 2,672,013 indexed records with 962,203 record images (was 2,672,644 records with 962,203 images), UPDATED 04-Dec-2025
Croatia, Church Books, 1516-1994 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2040054); 6,328,639 indexed records with 1,421,761 record images (was 6,357,158 records with 1,421,761 images), UPDATED 02-Dec-2025

Denmark, Church Records, 1484-1941 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2078555); 18,269,711 indexed records with 2,399,826 record images (was 18,278,131 records with 2,399,826 images), UPDATED 02-Dec-2025
England Marriages, 1538–1973 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1473015); Index only (10,678,884 records), no images (was 10,679,430 records with 0 images), UPDATED 02-Dec-2025
England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1473014); Index only (40,723,271 records), no images (was 40,724,891 records with 0 images), UPDATED 02-Dec-2025
Estonia, Church Books and Synagogue Registers, 1590-1941 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1932350); 6,902,237 indexed records with 679,036 record images (was 6,918,201 records with 679,036 images), UPDATED 30-Nov-2025
Estonia, Lutheran Church Family Lists, 1603-1980 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4445509); 2,780,560 indexed records with 395,295 record images (was 2,783,100 records with 395,295 images), UPDATED 30-Nov-2025

Estonia, Population Registers, 1918-1944 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1983333); Browse 591,903 Images only, no index (was 0 records with 591,903 images), UPDATED 30-Nov-2025
France, Bas-Rhin, Parish and Civil Registration, 1525-1912 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4116416); 4,876,970 indexed records with 2,090,701 record images (was 4,885,463 records with 2,090,701 images), UPDATED 02-Dec-2025
Germany, Baden, Archdiocese of Freiburg im Breisgau, Catholic Church Records, 1463-1931 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2790181); 11,311,393 indexed records with 1,709,697 record images (was 11,346,687 records with 1,709,621 images), UPDATED 02-Dec-2025
Germany, Baden, Church Book Duplicates, 1804-1877 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1395660); 732,740 indexed records with 733,889 record images (was 733,890 records with 733,890 images), UPDATED 02-Dec-2025
Germany, Bavaria, Catholic and Lutheran Church Records, 1591-1963 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4234521); 198,383 indexed records with 214,334 record images (was 205,450 records with 214,334 images), UPDATED 02-Dec-2025

Germany, Bavaria, Deggendorf, Miscellaneous City Records, 1600-1900 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1976115); Browse 121,152 Images only, no index (was 0 records with 121,152 images), UPDATED 02-Dec-2025
Germany, Bavaria, Dinkelsbühl Miscellaneous City Records, 1804-1946 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1475971); Browse 32,488 Images only, no index (was 0 records with 32,488 images), UPDATED 02-Dec-2025
Germany, Bavaria, Middle Franconia, Brenner Collection of Genealogical Records, 1550-1900 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3227343); 747,273 indexed records with 893,668 record images (was 2,710,341 records with 893,668 images), UPDATED 02-Dec-2025
Germany, Bavaria, Mindelheim, Miscellaneous City Records, 1407-1950 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1941345); Browse 119,502 Images only, no index (was 0 records with 119,502 images), UPDATED 02-Dec-2025
Germany, Bavaria, Neuburg an der Donau, Miscellaneous City Records, 1808-1949 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1941341); Browse 68,339 Images only, no index (was 0 records with 68,339 images), UPDATED 02-Dec-2025

Germany, Bavaria, Nördlingen, Miscellaneous City Records, 1385-1943 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1941333); Browse 40,470 Images only, no index (was 0 records with 40,470 images), UPDATED 02-Dec-2025
Germany, Bavaria, Passau, Miscellaneous City Records, 1700-1940 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2015585); 53,070 indexed records with 237,384 record images (was 53,070 records with 237,384 images), UPDATED 02-Dec-2025
Germany, Bavaria, Straubing, Miscellaneous City Records, 1765-1917 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2018409); Browse 71,092 Images only, no index (was 0 records with 71,092 images), UPDATED 02-Dec-2025
Germany, Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1473000); 23,524,255 indexed records with 29,147,064 record images (was 24,603,619 records with 29,147,064 images), UPDATED 02-Dec-2025
Germany, Bremen, Catholic and Lutheran Church Records, 1746-1970 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4234519); 32,926 indexed records with 40,236 record images (was 35,480 records with 40,236 images), UPDATED 02-Dec-2025

Germany, Bremen, Passenger Departure Lists, 1904-1915 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1787826); Index only (42,592 records), no images (was 44,315 records with 0 images), UPDATED 02-Dec-2025
Germany, Deaths and Burials, 1582-1958 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1494474); Index only (2,700,856 records), no images (was 2,882,721 records with 0 images), UPDATED 02-Dec-2025
Germany, Hesse, Civil Registration, 1874-1927 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1921142); 84,112 indexed records with 2,289,166 record images (was 84,358 records with 2,289,166 images), UPDATED 02-Dec-2025
Germany, Hesse, Frankfurt, Civil Registration, 1811-1814, 1833-1978 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2204568); 296,780 indexed records with 386,801 record images (was 296,780 records with 386,801 images), UPDATED 02-Dec-2025
Germany, Hesse-Nassau, Civil Registers and Church Books, 1701-1930 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1768560); 234,502 indexed records with 231,317 record images (was 299,779 records with 231,317 images), UPDATED 02-Dec-2025

Germany, Hessen, Darmstadt City Records, 1627-1940 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1423571); Browse 55,528 Images only, no index (was 0 records with 55,528 images), UPDATED 02-Dec-2025
Germany, Hessen-Nassau, Diocese of Limburg, Catholic Church Records, 1601-1919 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3479701); 1,512,303 indexed records with 301,321 record images (was 1,527,043 records with 301,321 images), UPDATED 02-Dec-2025
Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500-1971 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3015626); 71,447,594 indexed records with 13,806,705 record images (was 76,097,816 records with 13,806,705 images), UPDATED 03-Dec-2025
Germany, Marriages, 1558-1929 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1473009); Index only (5,286,526 records), no images (was 5,619,071 records with 0 images), UPDATED 02-Dec-2025
Germany, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Catholic and Lutheran Church Records, 1639-1943 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4234522); 255,658 indexed records with 61,069 record images (was 266,620 records with 61,069 images), UPDATED 02-Dec-2025

Germany, Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Catholic and Lutheran Church Records, 1664-1937 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4132032); 14,205 indexed records with 19,658 record images (was 22,515 records with 19,658 images), UPDATED 02-Dec-2025
Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia, Paderborn, Catholic Church Records, 1612-1909 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3219562); 845,889 indexed records with 266,792 record images (was 2,342,154 records with 266,792 images), UPDATED 02-Dec-2025
Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia, Wuppertal, Civil Registration, 1810-1930 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000010); 183,479 indexed records with 251,469 record images (was 271,114 records with 251,469 images), UPDATED 02-Dec-2025
Germany, Prussia, Brandenburg and Posen, Church Book Duplicates, 1700-1875 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1491272); 1,700,252 indexed records with 288,145 record images (was 1,702,801 records with 288,145 images), UPDATED 02-Dec-2025
Germany, Prussia, Brandenburg, Angermünde, Miscellaneous City Records 1706-1922 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1952881); Browse 3,650 Images only, no index (was 0 records with 3,650 images), UPDATED 02-Dec-2025

Germany, Prussia, Brandenburg, Landkreis Ostprignitz-Ruppin, Miscellaneous Records, 1559-1945 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2072743); Browse 9,569 Images only, no index (was 0 records with 9,569 images), UPDATED 02-Dec-2025
Germany, Prussia, Catholic and Lutheran Church Records, 1580-1974 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4155762); 193,105 indexed records with 134,254 record images (was 219,226 records with 134,254 images), UPDATED 02-Dec-2025
Germany, Prussia, East Prussia, Catholic and Lutheran Church Records, 1551-1992 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4110912); 4,705,840 indexed records with 874,353 record images (was 4,940,238 records with 874,413 images), UPDATED 02-Dec-2025
Germany, Prussia, Pomerania Church Records, 1544-1945 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1874205); 252,071 indexed records with 141,003 record images (was 252,071 records with 141,003 images), UPDATED 02-Dec-2025
Germany, Prussia, Pomerania, Catholic and Lutheran Church Records, 1544-1966 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3665083); 2,151,798 indexed records with 749,943 record images (was 2,219,940 records with 749,943 images), UPDATED 02-Dec-2025

Germany, Prussia, Posen, Catholic and Lutheran Church Records, 1430-1998 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4116415); 12,543,071 indexed records with 1,872,814 record images (was 12,831,327 records with 1,872,814 images), UPDATED 02-Dec-2025
Germany, Prussia, Saxony, Census Lists, 1585-1935 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2780641); 995,399 indexed records with 48,726 record images (was 1,028,323 records with 52,622 images), UPDATED 02-Dec-2025
Germany, Prussia, Saxony, Halle, Miscellaneous City Records, 1401-1926 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2058582); Browse 125,430 Images only, no index (was 0 records with 125,430 images), UPDATED 02-Dec-2025
Germany, Prussia, Saxony, Nordhausen, City Directories, 1824-1919 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2043435); Browse 5,119 Images only, no index (was 0 records with 5,119 images), UPDATED 02-Dec-2025
Germany, Prussia, West Prussia, Catholic and Lutheran Church Records, 1537-1981 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4111605); 9,831,321 indexed records with 1,067,888 record images (was 10,009,338 records with 1,067,888 images), UPDATED 02-Dec-2025

Germany, Rhineland, Diocese of Trier, Catholic Church Records, 1543-1958 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2790268); 2,942,010 indexed records with 307,298 record images (was 2,967,124 records with 307,298 images), UPDATED 02-Dec-2025
Germany, Rhineland-Palatinate Church Record Extractions and Family Registers, 1600-1925 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1475962); Browse 106,564 Images only, no index (was 0 records with 106,564 images), UPDATED 02-Dec-2025
Germany, Rhineland-Palatinate, Diocese of Mainz, Catholic Church Records, 1540-1968 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4127803); 2,210,858 indexed records with 275,466 record images (was 2,263,151 records with 275,466 images), UPDATED 02-Dec-2025
Germany, Saxony, Bautzen, Church Records, 1699-1915 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1952867); Browse 32,434 Images only, no index (was 0 records with 32,434 images), UPDATED 02-Dec-2025
Germany, Saxony, Bautzen, Citizen Rolls, 1496-1923 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1967764); Browse 3,832 Images only, no index (was 0 records with 3,832 images), UPDATED 02-Dec-2025

Germany, Saxony, Dresden, Citizens' Documents and Business Licenses, 1820-1962 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1951790); Browse 1,243,401 Images only, no index (was 0 records with 1,243,401 images), UPDATED 02-Dec-2025
Germany, Saxony-Anhalt, Diocese of Magdeburg, Catholic Church Records, 1608-1945 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4130003); 250,769 indexed records with 43,622 record images (was 267,218 records with 43,622 images), UPDATED 02-Dec-2025
Germany, Saxony-Anhalt, Halberstadt Kreisarchiv, City Directories, Citizen Rolls, Residence Lists, and School Directories, 1700-1933 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2455253); Browse 58,139 Images only, no index (was 0 records with 58,139 images), UPDATED 02-Dec-2025
Germany, Saxony-Anhalt, Halberstadt, Civil Registration, 1874-1982 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2212665); 180,173 indexed records with 179,072 record images (was 180,514 records with 179,072 images), UPDATED 02-Dec-2025
Germany, Schleswig-Holstein, Kreis Steinburg, Civil Registration, 1874-1983 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2454663); 174,282 indexed records with 192,128 record images (was 227,685 records with 192,128 images), UPDATED 02-Dec-2025

Germany, Württemberg, Albstadt, Miscellaneous City Records, 1705-1850 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1952883); Browse 308,313 Images only, no index (was 0 records with 308,313 images), UPDATED 02-Dec-2025
Germany, Württemberg, Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, Catholic Church Records, 1520-1975 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3499252); 7,200,682 indexed records with 892,334 record images (was 7,261,665 records with 889,539 images), UPDATED 02-Dec-2025
Great Britain, Deaths and Burials, 1778-1988 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1770890); Index only (61,044 records), no images (was 61,160 records with 0 images), UPDATED 02-Dec-2025
Honduras, Civil Registration, 1841-1968 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2135627); 4,839,050 indexed records with 337,976 record images (was 4,381,091 records with 337,976 images), UPDATED 05-Dec-2025
Hungary, Catholic Church Records, 1636-1895 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1743180); 18,253,083 indexed records with 1,114,124 record images (was 18,256,289 records with 1,114,510 images), UPDATED 02-Dec-2025

Italy, Bergamo, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1866-1903 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1986789); 2,836,727 indexed records with 2,514,754 record images (was 2,836,737 records with 2,514,754 images), UPDATED 02-Dec-2025
Italy, Bologna, Bologna, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866-1943 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1947797); 887,656 indexed records with 5,914,917 record images (was 887,656 records with 5,914,917 images), UPDATED 30-Nov-2025
Italy, Bologna, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1806-1899 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2185174); 956,942 indexed records with 335,164 record images (was 956,942 records with 334,997 images), UPDATED 01-Dec-2025
Italy, Catanzaro, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1809-1865 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1937913); 1,714,561 indexed records with 436,534 record images (was 1,714,561 records with 436,534 images), UPDATED 01-Dec-2025
Italy, Cosenza, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1654-1910 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3005073); 3,563,180 indexed records with 3,306,036 record images (was 3,376,663 records with 3,311,768 images), UPDATED 04-Dec-2025

Italy, Mantova, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1496-1906 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1934580); 1,388,930 indexed records with 855,316 record images (was 1,103,300 records with 855,316 images), UPDATED 02-Dec-2025
Italy, Modena, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1806-1942 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1968527); 839,514 indexed records with 2,114,742 record images (was 562,110 records with 2,114,742 images), UPDATED 03-Dec-2025
Italy, Salerno, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1806-1949 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1935404); 4,561,683 indexed records with 5,918,455 record images (was 4,561,650 records with 5,927,277 images), UPDATED 01-Dec-2025
Italy, Teramo, Teramo, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866-1940 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1947829); 192,012 indexed records with 425,736 record images (was 192,012 records with 425,736 images), UPDATED 30-Nov-2025
Italy, Torino, Diocese of Torino, Catholic Church Records, 1801-1899 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000113); 1,986,339 indexed records with 764,097 record images (was 1,978,261 records with 761,652 images), UPDATED 01-Dec-2025

Italy, Trento, Diocesi di Trento, Catholic Church Records, 1548-1937 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1430983); 1,985,100 indexed records with 86,924 record images (was 1,986,927 records with 86,924 images), UPDATED 02-Dec-2025
Italy, Trieste, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1924-1944 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2684447); 15,381 indexed records with 118,496 record images (was 15,381 records with 118,496 images), UPDATED 02-Dec-2025
Italy, Udine, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1806-1815, 1871-1911 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1939238); 696,589 indexed records with 1,262,279 record images (was 696,560 records with 1,262,279 images), UPDATED 01-Dec-2025
Louisiana, First Registration Draft Cards, 1940-1945 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1916286); 385,686 indexed records with 792,451 record images (was 393,514 records with 792,451 images), UPDATED 29-Nov-2025
Mexico, Baptisms, 1560-1950 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1473011); Index only (29,530,505 records), no images (was 29,523,755 records with 0 images), UPDATED 29-Nov-2025

Mexico, Chihuahua, Civil Registration, 1861-1997 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1922462); 1,626,513 indexed records with 1,561,583 record images (was 1,624,008 records with 1,561,583 images), UPDATED 29-Nov-2025
Mexico, Distrito Federal, Catholic Church Records, 1514-1970 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1615259); 4,100,661 indexed records with 4,263,289 record images (was 4,096,125 records with 4,263,289 images), UPDATED 29-Nov-2025
New York, Church and Civil Deaths, 1797-1963 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2373798); Index only (253,898 records), no images (was 253,830 records with 0 images), UPDATED 04-Dec-2025
Pennsylvania, Births and Christenings, 1709-1950 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1681005); Index only (2,514,727 records), no images (was 2,514,727 records with 0 images), UPDATED 02-Dec-2025
Pennsylvania, Eastern District Naturalization Records, 1795-1952 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1913395); 683,997 indexed records with 326,903 record images (was 542,592 records with 326,903 images), UPDATED 29-Nov-2025

Poland, Church Books, 1568-1990 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4135958); 6,709,401 indexed records with 1,151,120 record images (was 11,038,012 records with 1,151,120 images), UPDATED 02-Dec-2025
Poland, Evangelical Church Books, 1700-2005 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2564996); Browse 168,622 Images only, no index (was 0 records with 168,622 images), UPDATED 02-Dec-2025
Poland, Gliwice, Roman Catholic Church Books, 1599-1976 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2114433); Browse 185,526 Images only, no index (was 0 records with 185,526 images), UPDATED 02-Dec-2025
Poland, Tarnow, Roman Catholic Diocese Church Books, 1612-1900 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1985025); Index only (705,085 records), no images (was 997,468 records with 0 images), UPDATED 02-Dec-2025
Portugal, Braga, Priest Application Files (Genere et Moribus), 1596-1911 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2125025); Browse 969,918 Images only, no index (was 0 records with 969,918 images), UPDATED 29-Nov-2025

Rhode Island, Births and Christenings, 1600-1914 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1675525); Index only (334,630 records), no images (was 334,630 records with 0 images), UPDATED 02-Dec-2025
Rhode Island, Deaths and Burials, 1802-1950 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1675536); Index only (5,514 records), no images (was 6,250 records with 0 images), UPDATED 02-Dec-2025
Rhode Island, State Census, 1935 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1529126); 690,874 indexed records with 696,739 record images (was 693,472 records with 696,739 images), UPDATED 02-Dec-2025
Rhode Island, Vital records, 1846-1898, 1901-1955 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1935767); 757,918 indexed records with 32,524 record images (was 771,066 records with 32,524 images), UPDATED 02-Dec-2025
Russia, Births and Baptisms, 1755-1917 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1771027); Index only (117,646 records), no images (was 55,684 records with 0 images), UPDATED 30-Nov-2025

Russia, Deaths and Burials, 1815-1917 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1771042); Index only (93,093 records), no images (was 36,087 records with 0 images), UPDATED 30-Nov-2025
Russia, Lutheran Church Book Duplicates, 1833-1885 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1469151); 554,637 indexed records with 128,317 record images (was 351,548 records with 128,317 images), UPDATED 30-Nov-2025
Russia, Marriages, 1793-1919 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1771044); Index only (27,641 records), no images (was 12,497 records with 0 images), UPDATED 30-Nov-2025
Spain, Consular Records of Emigrants, 1808-1960 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1928310); Browse 105,083 Images only, no index (was 0 records with 105,083 images), UPDATED 29-Nov-2025
Sweden, Household Examination Books, 1874-1931 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2790465); 46,977,151 indexed records with 87,177 record images (was 46,977,151 records with 87,177 images), UPDATED 04-Dec-2025

Switzerland Marriages, 1532-1910 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1520589); Index only (209,134 records), no images (was 214,148 records with 0 images), UPDATED 02-Dec-2025
Switzerland, Baptisms, 1491-1940 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1520585); Index only (781,262 records), no images (was 803,868 records with 0 images), UPDATED 02-Dec-2025
Switzerland, Burials, 1613-1875 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1520590); Index only (137,435 records), no images (was 142,767 records with 0 images), UPDATED 02-Dec-2025
Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418-1996 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4138674); 20,841,007 indexed records with 2,024,045 record images (was 20,891,903 records with 2,024,045 images), UPDATED 02-Dec-2025
Ukraine, Kyiv, Confession Lists, 1741-1918 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2290980); 26,342,676 indexed records with 40,448 record images (was 26,342,676 records with 40,448 images), UPDATED 01-Dec-2025

Ukraine, Western Ukraine, Catholic Church Book Duplicates, 1600-1937 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1910265); 465,531 indexed records with 942,391 record images (was 465,531 records with 942,391 images), UPDATED 30-Nov-2025
United States, Census, 1800 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1804228); 540,398 indexed records with 18,454 record images (was 540,398 records with 18,454 images), UPDATED 02-Dec-2025
United States, Census, 1810 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1803765); 827,020 indexed records with 27,366 record images (was 827,020 records with 27,366 images), UPDATED 02-Dec-2025
United States, Census, 1820 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1803955); 1,226,220 indexed records with 37,482 record images (was 1,226,220 records with 37,482 images), UPDATED 02-Dec-2025
United States, Census, 1850 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1401638); 20,200,947 indexed records with 489,683 record images (was 20,224,571 records with 489,683 images), UPDATED 02-Dec-2025

United States, Public Records, 1970-2009 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2199956); Index only (875,600,987 records), no images (was 875,600,995 records with 0 images), UPDATED 04-Dec-2025
World Miscellaneous Marriages, 1662-1945 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1809045); Index only (23,684 records), no images (was 27,655 records with 0 images), UPDATED 01-Dec-2025

--- Collections with new images ---

Argentina, Buenos Aires, Civil Registration, 1861-2018 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000041); 1 indexed records with 111,684 record images (was 1 records with 111,683 images), last updated 07-Jun-2024
Argentina, Military Records, 1911-1936 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000280); 1 indexed records with 2,926,821 record images (was 1 records with 2,926,816 images), last updated 31-Oct-2024
Brazil, Alagoas, Civil Registration, 1876-2023 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4469403); 1 indexed records with 454,019 record images (was 1 records with 454,012 images), last updated 07-Jun-2024
Brazil, Maranhão, Civil Registration, 1827-2022 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4469402); 1 indexed records with 905,699 record images (was 1 records with 905,672 images), last updated 07-Jun-2024
Brazil, Sergipe, Civil Registration, 1866-2021 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4470324); 1 indexed records with 268,807 record images (was 1 records with 268,803 images), last updated 07-Jun-2024

England, Manchester, Miscellaneous Records, 1700-1916 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2075052); 10,600,413 indexed records with 15,859,755 record images (was 10,600,413 records with 15,777,770 images), last updated 22-Sep-2025
Find a Grave Index (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2221801); 260,518,646 indexed records with 200,601,783 record images (was 260,518,646 records with 56,353,676 images), last updated 18-Sep-2025
France, Saône-et-Loire, Military Conscriptions, 1867-1940 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2617739); 244,796 indexed records with 244,796 record images (was 244,796 records with 244,795 images), last updated 22-Apr-2016
United States, Census, 1950 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4464515); 157,892,854 indexed records with 52,723,196 record images (was 157,892,854 records with 52,722,729 images), last updated 16-Jun-2024
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 28,203,743 images), last updated 22-Jul-2024

Wales, Denbighshire, Parish Registers, 1538-1912 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1419318); 685,838 indexed records with 718,267 record images (was 685,838 records with 717,928 images), last updated 23-Sep-2025
West Virginia, Deaths, 1804-1999 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1417434); 2,220,736 indexed records with 2,368,342 record images (was 2,220,736 records with 1,551,143 images), last updated 16-Nov-2023

--- Collections with images removed ---

New York, State Census, 1915 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1937454); 9,742,867 indexed records with 175,947 record images (was 9,742,867 records with 9,742,867 images), last updated 30-Nov-2020
New York, State Census, 1925 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1937489); 11,117,922 indexed records with 1,285,047 record images (was 11,117,922 records with 11,117,922 images), last updated 23-Jun-2012
United States, Civil War and Later Pension Index, 1861-1917 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1471019); 2,990,891 indexed records with 1,557,596 record images (was 2,990,891 records with 2,990,891 images), last updated 24-Mar-2016
United States, Enlisted and Officer Muster Rolls and Rosters, 1916-1939 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3346936); 99,208,871 indexed records with 3,418,365 record images (was 99,208,871 records with 3,418,945 images), last updated 26-Nov-2025
Wales, Flintshire, Parish Registers, 1538-1912 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1426674); 495,063 indexed records with 163,083 record images (was 495,063 records with 518,354 images), last updated 23-Sep-2025

Wales, Monmouthshire, Parish Registers, 1538-1912 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2075051); 271,143 indexed records with 49,566 record images (was 271,143 records with 432,421 images), last updated 22-Sep-2025

--- Collections with new records ---

--- Collections with records removed ---

United States, Residence Database, 1970-2024 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000290); Index only (413,859,570 records), no images (was 413,859,609 records with 0 images), last updated 22-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:

• 1 removed entries
• 2  added entries 
• 188 updated entries
• 18 entries with more or fewer images 
• 1 entries with more or fewer records

The FamilySearch website says there are 3,406 total entries on the list (after signing in). Marshall's list says there are 3,406 (after signing in).  They are definitely in-sync this week.

2)  There are now 6,469 searchable image collections on FamilySearch Full-Text Search this week, an increase of 318 from last week. There are over 1.615 Billion "results" in the collections. It is not possible to see which collections are new.  

3)  There are now 24,712 browsable (but not indexed or transcribed) image collections on FamilySearch Images this week, a decrease of 553 from last week. There are over 5.863 BILLION images in these collections.  2,105 collections from the United States, 6,963 from Europe and 226 from Canada.  It is not possible to see which collections are new. 

See previous FamilySearch-related blog posts in   https://www.geneamusings.com/search/label/FamilySearch

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Added and Updated Ancestry.com Record Collections - Week of 29 November to 5 December 2025

 The following genealogy record collections were added to the Ancestry.com Card Catalog page by Date Updated during the period from 29 November to 5 December 2025:

The ADDED and Updated collections include:

• England and Wales, Death Index, 1989-2025; index; 7,898,156 indexed records without record images, Updated 12/4/2025. This collection is an index of deaths recorded in England and Wales between 1989 and 2024. The information for the index was compiled from funeral directors' records and obituaries. 
• Michigan, U.S., Newspapers.com™ Stories and Events Index, 1800's-current; 948,351,997 indexed records without record images, Updated 12/3/2025. This index allows you to search for your ancestor by name in Michigan newspapers that are available on Newspapers.com™ from the 1800s to the present.
• New Jersey, U.S., Newspapers.com™ Stories and Events Index, 1800's-current; 1,167,607,267 indexed records without record images, Updated 12/3/2025. This index allows you to search for your ancestor by name in New Jersey newspapers that are available on Newspapers.com™ from the 1800s to the present.
• Texas, U.S., Newspapers.com™ Stories and Events Index, 1800's-current; 1,065,959,589 indexed records without record images, Updated 12/3/2025. This index allows you to search for your ancestor by name in Texas newspapers that are available on Newspapers.com™ from the 1800s to the present.
• London, England, University College London Student Records, 1828-1954; 351,715 indexed records with record images, ADDED 12/3/2025. This collection contains records for students who attended University College London between 1828 and 1954.

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The complete Ancestry.com Card Catalog is at https://search.ancestry.com/search/CardCatalog.aspx.  

By my count, there is 1 NEW record collections ADDED this past week, per the list above.  There are now 33,908 collections available as of 5 December, an INCREASE of 1 from last week.  

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Disclosure: I pay for an All-Access subscription from Ancestry.com. In past years, Ancestry.com  provided a complimentary All Access subscription, an autosomal DNA test, material considerations for travel expenses to meetings, and hosted events and meals that I attended in Salt Lake City.

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Google NotebookLM Infographic and Slide Presentation Narrated Video for Joseph Seaver (1672-1754) of Massachusetts

I posted Turning the Google NotebookLM Slide Show Into a Narrated Video recently, with my process to create the Slide Deck created by NotebookLM into a Google Vids video that could be put on my YouTube channel and included in the ABC Biographies of my ancestors. 

The ABC Biography for Joseph Seaver (based on my genealogical research) is in ABC Biography of Joseph Seaver (1672-1754) of Massachusetts includes a poem, song, audio overview and video overview about his life.

Here is the Google NotebookLM Infographic image telling the story of Joseph Seaver's life:

The Slide Presentation made into a narrated video using Google Vids (with extra slides before and after the Slide Deck slides) for the Joseph Seaver and Mary (Read) Seaver biography can be played below: 

I need to add the Infographic and the slide presentation to the ABC Biography post.  I added this Slide Presentation Video to my YouTube Channel (https://www.youtube.com/@RandySeaver).

I hope that the Video Overview, the Infographic and the Slide Deck Narrated Videos for my ancestors will interest my brothers, children, grandchildren and cousins. Heretofore, they haven't been interested in my blog posts, whether genealogical sketches, family stories, or ABC biographies.

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Links to my blog posts about using Artificial Intelligence are on my Randy's AI and Genealogy page. Links to AI information and articles about Artificial Intelligence in Genealogy by other genealogists are on my AI and Genealogy Compendium page.

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Ask AI: Describe Elijah McKnew's Life As a Gold Miner in Tuolumne County, California in 1860

 After developing the AI-assisted ABC Biography of Elijah McKnew and Jane Whittle in ABC Biography of Elijah Pickrell McKnew (1836-1912) and Jane (Whittle) McKnew (1847-1921) Family of San Francisco, California, I was intrigued by the 1860 U.S. census record that indicated both Elijah McKnew (at age 24) and Jane Whittle (at age 13) were neighbors residing in Township No. 2 (now Tuttletown) in Tuolumne County, California.  They married in 1865 there, and are my wife Linda's great-grandparents.  

(AI ChatGPT5 image - California gold miner in 1860)

I wondered what their lives were like, so I asked Anthropic Claude Sonnet 4.5 and here is the story about Elijah's life in 1860:

Elijah McKnew's Life in Tuttletown, 1860

In 1860, twenty-four-year-old Elijah Pickrell McKnew was living the hard life of a gold miner in Township No. 2, Tuolumne County, California. He had come west from Maryland sometime after deserting from the U.S. Army in 1856, perhaps seeking both escape from his past and opportunity in the goldfields. Interestingly, he appears to have adopted his middle name "Pickrell" as his surname during this period—the 1860 census lists him as "Elijah Picrell," possibly an attempt to avoid detection or simply start fresh in a new land.

The Mining District

Tuttletown had been established around 1848 when Judge Tuttle discovered rich gold deposits on Mormon Creek and built the first log cabin there. By 1860, the initial frenzy of the Gold Rush had passed, but Tuolumne County remained one of California's leading gold producers during the 1850-70 period, with placer gold being extracted primarily from Tertiary and Quaternary gravels.

The area around Tuttletown was part of the Mother Lode belt, and the district became known for pocket-mining during the 1860s and was worked almost continuously until World War II. Elijah would have been mining during a transitional period—the easy surface gold was largely gone, but the area still held promise for those willing to work hard.

Daily Life as a Miner

The 1860 census provides a snapshot of Elijah's circumstances. He lived in a household with Lewis B. Pratt, a 33-year-old miner from New York, and each man claimed $200 in personal property—a modest but respectable amount for working miners of that era. They likely shared a simple cabin or tent, pooling resources as was common among miners.

During the early years of mining in the area, individual miners used simple equipment including gold pans, bateas, sluice boxes, and rockers, By 1860, as the easily accessible gold diminished, miners increasingly formed companies to build Long Toms, elaborate wingdams, and flutter wheels, using various means to divert rivers and extract nuggets from stream beds.

Working the Stanislaus River

Gold was found along the banks of the Stanislaus River and in virtually every stream drainage in the area, with extensive placer mining carried out in nearly all the ravines and gulches. Parrott's Ferry, established in 1860, connected Tuttletown with Vallecito across the Stanislaus River, and Elijah likely crossed this ferry regularly as he worked different claims and visited neighboring camps.

The work was backbreaking. Miners spent long days standing in cold water, bent over sluice boxes, or digging into gravel deposits. Placer mining required large quantities of water, resulting in the development of numerous water conveyance systems in the area. The physical toll was immense—miners developed chronic back problems, rheumatism from constant exposure to cold water, and injuries from the heavy labor.

The Mining Community

The Tuolumne County foothills in this era were covered with miners, gamblers, and all sorts of people, and crime had become a problem. By 1860, however, after the violent conflicts following the Foreign Miners Act of 1850 and its repeal, things had somewhat stabilized, though some trouble persisted until 1858.

The mining camps were rough places, populated mostly by men living in crude conditions far from family and civilization. Tuttletown would have had a few stores, perhaps a saloon or two, and maybe a boarding house. Entertainment was limited—card games, drinking, and storytelling around campfires were the main diversions after exhausting days of labor.

Modest Success and Future Hope

Elijah's $200 in personal property suggests he was getting by but not striking it rich. By 1868, voter registration records show him listing his occupation as "Farmer" in Tuttletown, suggesting he had begun to transition away from purely mining to a more stable agricultural life—a common trajectory as the easy gold played out.

It was in this rough mining country that Elijah would meet Jane Whittle, who was living nearby with her sister's family. The 1860 census captured them both in Tuolumne County, just two lines apart—she a thirteen-year-old girl from Australia, he a young miner trying to make his fortune. Five years later, they would marry and begin building the family that would eventually bring them to San Francisco and sustain them for nearly half a century.

In 1860, though, Elijah was simply another miner among thousands, working hard in the California goldfields, hoping that tomorrow's pan would finally reveal the color that would change his fortune. Like most miners, he would never strike it rich, but the perseverance and work ethic he developed in those Tuolumne County diggings would serve him well in the decades to come.

That response didn't tell me much about the Gold Mining process, so I asked my AI assistant Claude to explain how Elijah might have mined for gold in Mormon Creek or Stanislaus River:

 Elijah McKnew's Gold Placer Mining Process 

in Tuttletown, 1860

In 1860, Elijah McKnew was working as a placer miner in the gold-bearing gravels along the creeks and streams around Tuttletown in Tuolumne County. Placer mining methods used in California had been known for centuries and included use of the familiar pan, cradle (rocker), long tom, and sluice box, with each being a refinement of the earlier method. By 1860, the initial gold rush frenzy had passed, and miners like Elijah had to work harder and smarter to extract gold from increasingly depleted deposits.

Starting the Day: Locating Pay Dirt

Elijah's day began at dawn. He would head to his claim along one of the creeks feeding into the Stanislaus River, carrying his mining tools—a shovel, pick, gold pan, and likely access to a rocker box or long tom that he might share with his mining partner Lewis Pratt or other miners in the area.

The first task was identifying promising "pay dirt"—gravel and sediment that contained gold. Experienced miners like Elijah learned to read the landscape, looking for places where gold would naturally accumulate: inside bends of streams, behind large boulders, in cracks and crevices of bedrock, or in gravel bars. Gold, being heavier than other materials, settled in these natural "traps" as water slowed and dropped its sediment.

The Gold Pan: The Basic Tool

The basic procedure was to place some gold-bearing materials, such as river gravel, into a shallow pan, add some water, and then carefully swirl the mixture around so the water and light material spilled over the side, with the heavier gold nuggets or gold dust settling to the bottom of the pan.

For Elijah, panning was both a prospecting tool and a way to process small amounts of material. Gold panning was slow even for the most skillful miner—on a good day, one miner could wash about 50 pans in the usual 12-hour workday and obtain a small amount of gold dust. This meant that relying solely on panning was barely profitable by 1860, when the easy surface gold was long gone.

The physical technique required patience and skill. Elijah would:

• Fill his pan about three-quarters full with gravel from a promising spot

• Submerge it in water (standing in the cold creek)

• Break up any clay lumps with his hands

• Use a circular swirling motion to agitate the material

• Carefully tilt the pan to let water and lighter materials wash over the edge

• Repeat this process, gradually washing away sand and gravel

• Eventually, only the heaviest materials—black sand and hopefully gold—would remain at the bottom

The Rocker Box (Cradle): Increasing Efficiency

To process more material and increase his chances of finding gold, Elijah likely used a rocker box, also called a cradle. Rockers generally ranged in length from 24 to 60 inches, in width from 12 to 25 inches, and in height from 6 to 24 inches, resembling a box on skids or a poorly designed sled that sorts materials through screens.

The rocker consisted of three main parts:

• A screen or "riddle-box" on top with half-inch holes to catch larger rocks

• An apron (often canvas or carpet) underneath the screen where most gold was caught

• A sluice box below with wooden riffles to trap any gold that escaped the apron

Rather than using an active flow like a sluice, water was fed into the head of the rocker box manually using a tin can that miners would usually nail to the end of a stick so they could ladle water into the box. As Elijah poured water into the top, he would rock it back and forth like a cradle, which helped separate the lighter material from the heavier gold and black sands.

The man who rocks a cradle learns to appreciate the fact that the "golden sands" of California are not pure sand, but are often extremely tough clay, a hopperful of which must be shaken about for ten minutes before it will dissolve under a constant pouring of water.

The process was labor-intensive but more efficient than panning alone. One to three cubic yards, bank measure, could be dug and washed in a rocker per man-shift, depending upon the distance the gravel or water had to be carried, the character of the gravel, and the size of the rocker.

A Typical Working Day

A typical day for Elijah would unfold like this:

Morning (dawn to mid-morning):

• Dig pay dirt from the creek bank or exposed gravel deposits using pick and shovel

• Carry buckets of gravel to the rocker location

• Fill buckets with water from the creek

• Begin processing: shovel gravel into the rocker's screen, pour water from the dipper, and rock the cradle back and forth

• Large stones caught in the screen would be inspected for nuggets and tossed aside

• Continue this repetitive cycle

Midday:

• Take a brief break to eat whatever simple meal he'd brought—perhaps beans, hardtack, bacon, or bread

• Clean up the rocker after every 2 to 3 hours, or oftener when rich ground is worked and gold begins to show on the apron or in the riffles

• Water would be poured through while gently rocking, and the top surface sand and dirt washed away

• The apron would be dumped into a pan, and the material from behind the riffles scooped up and washed

Afternoon (until dusk):

• Continue the digging, carrying, shoveling, pouring, and rocking cycle

• By this point, Elijah's back would ache from the constant bending and shoveling

• His hands would be raw from the shovel handle and cold from the creek water

• His legs would be sore from standing in cold water for hours

Evening cleanup:

• Conduct a final cleanup of the rocker

• Pan the concentrated material from the apron and riffles to separate the final gold from the black sand

• Store the day's gold (if any) in a small leather pouch or glass vial

• Clean and secure tools for the next day

The Long Tom: A More Advanced Method

If water was plentiful and Elijah was working with other miners, they might have used a long tom instead. A long tom usually has a greater capacity than a rocker and does not require the labor of rocking. It consists essentially of a short receiving launder, an open washing box 6 to 12 feet long with the lower end a perforated plate or a screen set at an angle, and a short sluice with riffles.

A long-tom is a trough about sixteen feet long, with a perforated sheet of iron inserted at one end; water is let on, and dirt thrown in, which it is only necessary to stir up and throw out the stones. This method was more efficient but required a constant supply of running water and often a team of workers—one shoveling in dirt, another forking out large stones, and others managing the water flow.

The Physical Toll

The work was brutally hard. Elijah spent his days:

• Standing in cold mountain water that numbed his feet and legs

• Bent over constantly, shoveling hundreds of pounds of gravel

• Swinging a pick to loosen compacted material

• Carrying heavy buckets of gravel and water

• Rocking the cradle in a repetitive motion that strained his arms and back

• Squinting in the sun to spot the elusive glint of gold

Miners commonly developed chronic back problems, rheumatism from constant exposure to cold water, and various injuries from the heavy labor. The work was monotonous, exhausting, and often disappointing.

The Uncertain Reward

By 1860, the easy gold was gone. Elijah's $200 in personal property listed in the census suggests he was making a modest living but certainly not striking it rich. On a good day, he might find a few dollars' worth of gold dust and small flakes. On bad days—which were probably more common—he might find almost nothing despite hours of backbreaking labor.

The uncertainty was psychologically exhausting. Every shovelful might contain gold, or might be worthless. Miners lived on hope, sustained by occasional small finds and the dream that tomorrow they might hit a rich pocket.

Why Continue?

Despite the hardships, placer mining offered something that few other occupations did for a man like Elijah, who had deserted from the Army and might have had limited other opportunities. It offered:

• Independence—he worked for himself, not a boss

• Possibility—however slim, the chance of a big strike always existed

• Freedom—from regular employment, from questions about his past

• Community—the rough camaraderie of other miners who didn't ask too many questions

By 1868, voter records show Elijah listing his occupation as "Farmer" rather than miner, suggesting he had transitioned to more stable agricultural work. The mining life had taught him perseverance and hard work—qualities that would serve him well in the decades to come as he built a family and eventually moved to San Francisco.

The placer mining years were formative for Elijah, teaching him that success came not from lucky strikes but from steady, determined effort. It was a lesson he would carry throughout his life.

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3)  The Google NotebookLM Video Overview of this post is below. 

4)   I have no easy way to double check on these responses from Claude. I don't have many book resources for the subjects and the locality,  but there are published books available for this time period and general location. The families mentioned are my wife's ancestral families and I have significant information about their lives from the available records, but know nothing about their daily lives.  

5)  After I read these types of social history summaries, I wish that I could be a time traveler for one day to visit the McKnew family in Tuttletown and witness their daily lives.  I'm glad that the general lifestyles and occupations are known from historical records and witness accounts.

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