Saturday, June 27, 2026

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun -- A Revolutionary War Era Ancestor

 Calling all Genea-Musings Fans: 

 It's Saturday Night again - 

time for some more Genealogy Fun!!



Here is your assignment if you choose to play along (cue the Mission Impossible music, please!):

1)  We all have ancestors who were alive in 1776, and some of them may have celebrated the signing of the Declaration of Independence or even served in the military during the War. 

2)  Describe one or more of your ancestors who lived in that time or served in the mlitary.  

3)  Share your information about your 1776 era ancestor in your own blog post, writing a comment on this blog post, or put it in a Substack post, Facebook Note, or some other social media system.  Please leave a comment on this post so others can find it.

Here's mine:

I have at least 22 ancestors who served in the Revolutionary War on the American side, and I have at least four who served on the British side, and many more ancestors who lived through the Revolutionary War.  I have written biographies and family stories about some of them in My "America 250" Compendium - Posts About My Revolutionary War Ancestors.

One ancestor that I have not included in my compendium is Joseph Oatley (1757-1815).  His genelaogical sketch is in 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks - Week 77: #92 Joseph Oatley (1756-1815). Joseph served briefly in the Revolutionary War.  The sketch describes his service as:
"Joseph Oatley appeared in the Rhode Island Military Census of 1777, from the town of South Kingstown, 16-50 age group, 'able to serve.' Joseph Oatley in service for self and father, Benedict Oatley 1775-1781, under Col. Babcock and Col. Lippitt, company of Capt. Stephen Babcock, Col. Noyes, and Charles Dyer." 
I asked the AI tool Google Gemini 3 to briefly describe the service of Joseph Oatley from 1775 to 1781.  Here is the service description:

Your ancestor, Joseph Oatley, had a dynamic record of service that perfectly reflects the grueling reality of the Revolutionary War in Rhode Island. His service spans two different types of military structures: Rhode Island State Troops (who went on long campaigns with the Continental Army) and the local Kings County Militia (who guarded the home front).


The fact that he served "for self and father, Benedict Oatley," was a very common practice back then—families often rotated who went on active duty to fulfill their town's draft quota while allowing someone to stay behind and manage the farm.


The service of the regiments he fought with between 1775 and 1781 can be broken down into two main chapters:

1. Continental Campaigns: Col. Babcock & Col. Lippitt (1776–1777)


In January 1776, Rhode Island raised a special regiment of State Troops under Col. Henry Babcock to protect the mainland and Aquidneck Island from British naval raids. By May 1776, Col. Christopher Lippitt took command.


Shortly after, the regiment was adopted into General George Washington’s Continental Army and marched off to New York to reinforce the Americans after disastrous losses in Manhattan. Joseph's regiment saw intense action:

  • The Battle of White Plains (October 1776).
  • Washington's Winter Campaign: Though their one-year enlistments were about to expire, the men of Lippitt's regiment famously volunteered to stay an extra month. Because of this, they fought side-by-side with Washington at the Second Battle of Trenton and the Battle of Princeton (January 1777), helping turn the tide of the entire war before finally marching to Morristown, New Jersey, to disband.

2. Guarding the Coastline: Col. Noyes, Col. Dyer, & Capt. Babcock (1777–1781)


After returning home, the theater of war shifted directly to Joseph's backyard. In December 1776, the British army captured Newport and occupied Aquidneck Island, staying for nearly three years.


During this timeframe, Joseph served in the local Kings County Militia under Col. Joseph Noyes (1st Regiment, covering South Kingstown) and Col. Charles Dyer (2nd Regiment). This type of militia service wasn't a continuous march; instead, men were called out on sudden "alarms" or short 1-to-3-month rotations to perform coastal guard duty, prevent British foraging parties from stealing cattle, and secure the shores of Narragansett Bay.

  • The Battle of Rhode Island (August 1778): The absolute peak of this militia's service occurred during this massive, combined American-French attempt to kick the British out of Newport. Col. Noyes’ and Col. Dyer's regiments were heavily called up to support the Continental troops. They participated in a hard-fought retreat under intense heat and naval bombardment, a battle later praised for the bravery of the local forces.

After the British evacuated Newport in late 1779, the militia’s primary role returned to coastal watch and defense until the war wound down in 1781.


A Quick Local Distinction: "Kings County" was renamed Washington County in 1781 to honor the General, which is why modern records of South Kingstown list it under Washington County today.

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Compendium of Family Biographies, Stories and Videos For My Carringer Family Line

 Over four decades, I have done genealogical research for my ancestry, and have found quite a bit of information about my ancestral families.  Over the past two years, I have written and published genealogical sketches for each couple in my ancestry back through my 3rd great-grandparents, plus additional sketches for my Carringer line and selected Revolutionary War ancestors. 

From the genealogical sketches have come AI-assisted biographies based solely on the sketches, and from the biographies have come AI-assisted ancestor life memoirs and stories for each person or couple. Finally, I have used Google NotebookLM to create infographics, video overviews and slide decks for the biographies and many of the stories.  

The purpose of this blog post is to collect the information for each of my ancestral Carringer families in one compendium:

1)  My parents:  Frederick Walton Seaver Jr. (1911-1983) and Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002):

* Genealogical Sketch: Frederick Walton Seaver, Jr. (1911-1983).

* Genealogical Sketch:  Betty Virginia (Carringer) Seaver (1919-2002).



*  Story:  "Betty and Fred's Story" Series listed in Randy's AI and Genealogy.

* Slide Presentation:

2)  My Grandparents:  Lyle Lawrence Carringer (1891-1976) and Emily Kemp Auble (1899-1977):

*  Genealogical Sketch:  Lyle Lawrence Carringer (1891-1976).
*  Genealogical Sketch:  Emily Kemp (Auble) Carringer (1899-1977).






*  Slide Presentation:

3)  My Great Grandparents:  Henry Austin Carringer (1853-1946) and Abbey Ardelle "Della" Smith (1862-=1944):

*  Genealogical Sketch:  #12 Henry Austin Carringer (1853-1946)




*  Story:

*  Video:
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*  Slide Presentation:

4)  My 2nd Great-Grandparents:  David Jackson "D.J." Carringer (1828-1902) and Rebecca Spangler (1832-1901):

*  Genealogical Sketch:  #24 David Jackson "D.J." Carringer (1828-1902)


*  Life Memoir:



*  Video:

*  Slide Presentation:

5)  My 3rd Great-Grandparents:  Henry Carringer (1800-1879) and Sarah Feather (1804-1848):

*  Genealogical Sketch:  #48 Henry Carringer (1800-1879)
*  Genealogical Sketch:  #49 Sarah (Feather) Carringer (1804-1848)


*  Life Memoir:




*  Slide Presentation:

6)  My 4th Great-Grandparents:  Martin Carringer (1758-1835) and Maria Magdalena "Molly" Houx (1768-1851): 

*  Genealogical Sketch:  #96 Martin Carringer (1758-1835) 


*  Life Memoir:




*  Slide Presentation:

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A benefit of creating these AI-assisted stories is that I have learned much more about the lives of my Carringer ancestors. I've learned more about their families, their communities, their education, their work, their community activities, their entertainment and fun.  Each person and family experiences unqiue historical and family events throughout their lives, and these stories capture at least some of them.  

One of the benefits of creating this compendium is seeing where I've missed a biography, a memoir, a story, a poem, a song, a video, or a slide presentation.  I will try to fill in those "blanks" as time permits, and update this compendium.

First Updated:  27 June 2026
Last Updated:  27 June 2026

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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 the Life of the John Rich Family in Hilperton, Wiltshire in 1840"

 I wondered if my AI Assistant Anthropic Claude could provide me with information about an ancestral family's life in 1840 in Hilperton, Wiltshire.  My 3rd great-grandparents John Rich (1790-1868) and Rebecca Hill (1788-1862) married in 1815 in Hilperton, and had eight living children in 1840.  I posted ABC Biographies for them in ABC Biography of #42 John Rich (1790-1868) of Hilperton, Wiltshire and ABC Biography of #43 Rebecca (Hill) Rich (1788-1862) of Hilperton, Wiltshire.

I asked Anthropic Claude to create a description of the John Rich family life, work, education, and entertainment in Hilperton, Wiltshire in 1840, based on the biographies and social history.

           (AI NotebookLM Infographic -- John Rich Family Life in 1840 in Wiltshire)

The Claude Sonnet 4.6 response was:


The John Rich Family in 1840, Hilperton, Wiltshire

The Family

In 1840, John Rich was about 49 years old, living with his wife Rebecca (Hill) Rich, age roughly 50, in a small rented house and garden in Hilperton Marsh — a hamlet a half-mile northwest of the Hilperton village proper. They held two plots leased from Grace Shrapnell: a house with garden and a small additional garden plot, located on the south side of what is now Horse Road. The property was modest by any measure — less than a quarter of an acre in total.

The 1841 census, taken just a year later, shows the household still included five of their children at home: James (18), Elizabeth (16), Hannah (15), William (10), and Samuel (7). Their older children — Ann, the two Johns (the first having died in infancy), Jesse, Emma — were either deceased, married, or in other households by this point. It was a crowded cottage by modern standards, but entirely typical for a weaving family of the time and place.

Rebecca would have managed the household while contributing to the family's weaving work. Children like Elizabeth, Hannah, and even young William and Samuel likely assisted at the loom or with preparatory tasks such as winding yarn. A survey of Hilperton families made in 1840 found that 90 adults and children were employed in weaving in their homes — the work was genuinely a family enterprise, not just a father's occupation.

The Work

John's occupation throughout his adult life was hand loom weaver, producing woolen cloth. Hilperton's economy in 1840 was almost entirely built on this trade. Before the localization of the cloth industry in towns, Hilperton played a major part in the domestically organized industry of the region, and even after the introduction of machinery into the Trowbridge cloth mills, weaving continued for some time to be done in Hilperton and other neighboring villages.

But 1840 was a deeply troubled moment in this trade. The poor condition of handloom weavers was notorious in the 1830s, and was rapidly deteriorating, so much so that the British government launched a Royal Commission on Hand-Loom Weavers in 1837. Power looms in the Trowbridge mills were steadily stealing the work. Handloom weavers, though they labored fourteen hours or more daily, earned only five to seven shillings a week — a pittance that barely kept a family fed, clothed, and sheltered.

The loom itself would have dominated the living space of the Rich cottage. Some Hilperton cottages show evidence that a loom was fixed in one of the upper rooms, and the characteristic large three-light windows of weavers' cottages were designed to flood the workspace with natural light — artificial light being too expensive to rely on for fine work. John would have sat at his loom from before dawn until after dark, with the rhythmic clatter of the shuttle and the thump of the beater defining the soundscape of every day. The children would have grown up with that sound as their constant backdrop.

The adoption of power looms led to great distress for the handloom weavers. The labor market was overstocked with weavers and, in a recession, the unemployed in any village could run to hundreds. John was keeping his family afloat, but only just, and the knowledge that the trade was dying must have cast a long shadow.

Education

A school with 100 places was built near the church around 1840 — a National School, meaning it was affiliated with the Church of England and supported partly by public subscription. It served both sexes, and the curriculum was basic: reading, writing, and arithmetic, with a strong overlay of scripture and religious instruction. The school was genuinely new in 1840, so the younger Rich children — William (10) and Samuel (7) — may have been among its earliest pupils.

That said, attendance was neither compulsory nor free, and for a weaving family under financial pressure, sending children to school rather than to the loom was a real sacrifice. John and Rebecca themselves both signed their 1815 marriage register with a mark rather than their names, suggesting neither had received any formal schooling. Whether they prioritized it differently for their children is unknown, though the wider culture was shifting: handloom weavers were celebrated for their rich cultural life and, during the earlier "golden age" when wages were good, were often able to gain an education and buy books. By 1840 that golden age was over, but the aspiration lingered.

Community and Religion

The Rich family lived in Hilperton Marsh, a small and tight-knit hamlet. The fabric of community life was woven around the parish church of St. Michael and All Angels, where John and Rebecca had baptized all their children and where they would eventually be buried. The church had a tower with four bells, and the weekly rhythm of services gave structure to the week in a way that secular institutions did not yet provide.

Nonconformist chapels for Particular Baptists and Wesleyan Methodists were also active in the village, and these congregations had a significant following among the weaving community. Methodism in particular had taken deep root in working-class textile communities across England, offering not just spiritual sustenance but mutual support, literacy classes, and a sense of dignity and community belonging that the established church — with its ties to the gentry landlord class — sometimes did not.

The Long family of Hilperton House were lords of the manor and principal landowners, and the social distance between them and a hand loom weaver in Hilperton Marsh was vast. The Overseers of the Poor kept their rate books and the Surveyors their accounts — the parish administered what little safety net existed, and a family like the Riches lived always within sight of having to apply for poor relief. The local lock-up on the village street was a reminder that community order had its sharp edges too.

Entertainment and Leisure

Leisure for a family working fourteen-hour days at the loom was scarce, but not entirely absent. The year was marked by seasonal rhythms: church festivals at Easter, Whitsuntide, and Christmas brought breaks from work and communal celebrations. Hiring fairs and market days in nearby Trowbridge, just a mile and a half down the road, offered noise, commerce, and spectacle.

Closer to home, the Kennet and Avon Canal ran along the northern edge of the parish, and Hilperton Marsh Wharf was an active hub — coal and machinery coming in by water, cloth going out. The canal brought outsiders and news with it, and for children like William and Samuel, the boats and the bargemen would have been a source of fascination. The undulating countryside of the Avon valley offered fishing, walking, and the gathering of fuel and food to supplement the family's sparse diet.

The public house was central to working-class male sociability in this era — a place for conversation, song, local news, and the occasional skittles match. Weavers were noted for their culture of song, poetry, and natural history, and their communities, even in hard times, maintained a tradition of self-improvement and communal storytelling. Whether John Rich participated in any of this is unrecorded, but the culture was there around him.

For the children, the fields, the canal path, and the village street were their playground. For Rebecca, Sunday may have been the only day the relentless cycle of domestic work — cooking over the hearth, washing, mending, tending the garden plot — eased even slightly.

Summary

In sum, the Rich household in 1840 was a family of skilled but increasingly precarious workers, rooted in a weaving community that had sustained the valley for generations but was now visibly fraying. John was near fifty, his trade in slow decline, his cottage full of children still dependent on him, and the future uncertain. They were not starving — the census finds them still intact a year later — but comfort and security were not words that would have described their daily life. What they had was each other, the church, the rhythms of the loom, and the deep roots that come from being of a place through and through.

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The AI Google NotebookLM Video Overview of this story is in:  

This is historical fiction based on known events in the lives of my ancestors -- it might have been this way. John and Rebecca (Hill) Rich are my 3rd great-grandparents, and I have significant information about this family from the available records, but I know nothing about their day-to-day lives.

As always, I am amazed at what life was like in any place over 180 years ago. This description of their family life in Wiltshire is interesting and so different from our current daily activities.

After I read these types of social history summaries, I wish that I could be a time traveler for one day to visit this Rich family in 1840 Wiltshire 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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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.

Copyright (c) 2026, Randall J. Seaver


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Friday, June 26, 2026

Added and Updated FamilySearch Record Collections - Week of 20 to 26 June 2026

  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  --  See Section 3.

1)  As of 26 June 2026, there are now 6,658 searchable and full-text transcribed image collections on FamilySearch Full-Text Search this week, a decrease of 6 from last week. There are over 2 BILLION "results" in the collections.  It is not possible to see which collections are new.


 2)  As of 26 June 2026, there are now 24,823 browsable (some indexed, none transcribed) image lections on FamilySearch Images this week, an increase of 5 from last week. There are over 6.070 BILLION images in these collections.  There are 2,118 collections from the United States, 7,077 from Europe and 223 from Canada.  It is not possible to see which collections are new.


3)  As of 26 June 2026, there are 3,445 Historical Record Collections (many indexed, many browsable) on FamilySearch (an increase of 10 from last week):

The Deleted, Added and Updated Historical Record Collections this week include:

--- Collections Deleted ---

--- Collections Added ---

*  Italy, Florence, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866-1910 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000542); 23,317 indexed records with 11,871 record images, ADDED 24-Jun-2026
*  Italy, Frosinone, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1897-1930 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000614); 107 indexed records with 45 record images, ADDED 23-Jun-2026
*  Italy, Genova, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866-1930 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1482828); 1,378 indexed records with 856 record images, ADDED 23-Jun-2026
*  Italy, Lanusei, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1911-1929 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000598); 9,670 indexed records with 5,654 record images, ADDED 23-Jun-2026
*  Italy, Melfi, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1820-1929 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000608); 192,166 indexed records with 132,659 record images, ADDED 24-Jun-2026

*  Italy, Nuoro Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866-1929 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000541); 7,031 indexed records with 4,154 record images, ADDED 24-Jun-2026
*  Italy, Oristano, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866-1941 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000606); 20,549 indexed records with 47,594 record images, ADDED 24-Jun-2026
*  Italy, Pisa, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866-1929 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000548); 288,153 indexed records with 143,892 record images, ADDED 24-Jun-2026
*  Italy, Saluzzo, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1809-1949 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000604); 77,723 indexed records with 76,212 record images, ADDED 24-Jun-2026
*  Italy, Torino, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866-1966 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000602); 69,339 indexed records with 21,774 record images, ADDED 23-Jun-2026

--- Collections Updated ---

Argentina, Capital Federal, Census, 1855 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1469065); 261,813 indexed records with 7,630 record images (was 261,772 records with 7,630 images), UPDATED 26-Jun-2026
Australia, South Australia, School Admission Registers, 1873-1994 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2862204); 213,801 indexed records with 10,759 record images (was 213,799 records with 10,759 images), UPDATED 22-Jun-2026
Brazil, Cemetery Records, 1799-2024 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2137269); 1,585,075 indexed records with 150,972 record images (was 1,527,342 records with 150,972 images), UPDATED 23-Jun-2026
Canada, Border Entry Lists, 1908-1918 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4123954); 942,161 indexed records with 76,786 record images (was 939,553 records with 76,737 images), UPDATED 22-Jun-2026
Delaware, U.S. District and Circuit Courts, Naturalization Records, 1817-1936 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000142); 31,661 indexed records with 22,530 record images (was 31,655 records with 22,526 images), UPDATED 22-Jun-2026

Find a Grave Index (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2221801); 272,435,268 indexed records with 789,280 record images (was 268,931,463 records with 790,893 images), UPDATED 26-Jun-2026
Great Britain, War Office Registers, 1772-1935 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2366620); 395,375 indexed records with 3,617 record images (was 1,010,565 records with 3,617 images), UPDATED 22-Jun-2026
Hawaii, Deed Records, 1846-1900 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3478266); 75,162 indexed records with 37,464 record images (was 74,956 records with 35,538 images), UPDATED 22-Jun-2026
Italy, Agrigento, Agrigento, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866-1942 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1946817); 209,419 indexed records with 852,371 record images (was 40,037 records with 852,371 images), UPDATED 23-Jun-2026
Italy, Ancona, Ancona, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1862-1929 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2046896); 72,772 indexed records with 2,361,451 record images (was 742,051 records with 2,361,451 images), UPDATED 24-Jun-2026

Italy, Bari, Bari, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866-1929 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2043445); 109,088 indexed records with 1,626,044 record images (was 301,213 records with 1,626,044 images), UPDATED 24-Jun-2026
Italy, Bologna, Bologna, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866-1943 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1947797); 14,443 indexed records with 5,914,917 record images (was 891,877 records with 5,914,917 images), UPDATED 25-Jun-2026
Italy, Cagliari, Cagliari, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866-1934 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2043426); 159,208 indexed records with 1,791,108 record images (was 620,818 records with 1,791,108 images), UPDATED 24-Jun-2026
Italy, Caltanissetta, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1803-1910 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000544); 176,986 indexed records with 65,457 record images (was 27,557 records with 10,464 images), UPDATED 23-Jun-2026
Italy, Caserta, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1809-1866 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2718545); 1,603 indexed records with 4,543,698 record images (was 17,474 records with 4,543,698 images), UPDATED 25-Jun-2026

Italy, Catania, Catania, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866-1929 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2043496); 350,193 indexed records with 434,962 record images (was 747,768 records with 434,962 images), UPDATED 24-Jun-2026
Italy, Foggia, Lucera, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866-1910 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2043436); 39,937 indexed records with 706,597 record images (was 20,412 records with 706,597 images), UPDATED 24-Jun-2026
Italy, Genova, Census, 1626-1926 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000448); 32,074 indexed records with 1,089 record images (was 13,295 records with 416 images), UPDATED 26-Jun-2026
Italy, Gorizia, Census, 1742-1895 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000449); 17,250 indexed records with 5,241 record images (was 17,250 records with 4,396 images), UPDATED 26-Jun-2026
Italy, Grosseto, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1866-1942 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2015751); 74,903 indexed records with 393,814 record images (was 113,911 records with 393,814 images), UPDATED 25-Jun-2026

Italy, Lucca, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866-1929 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000550); 190,486 indexed records with 82,088 record images (was 18,654 records with 8,705 images), UPDATED 24-Jun-2026
Italy, Macerata, Macerata, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866-1929 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2043838); 141,950 indexed records with 792,563 record images (was 640,524 records with 792,563 images), UPDATED 24-Jun-2026
Italy, Massa E Carrera, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866-1929 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000545); 136,431 indexed records with 61,879 record images (was 2,360 records with 1,232 images), UPDATED 24-Jun-2026
Italy, Massa e Carrara, Massa, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866-1929 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2043539); 88,522 indexed records with 513,674 record images (was 138,337 records with 513,674 images), UPDATED 24-Jun-2026
Italy, Matera, Matera, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866-1929 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2043814); 180,912 indexed records with 237,814 record images (was 201,255 records with 237,814 images), UPDATED 24-Jun-2026

Italy, Napoli, Torre Annunziata, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1900-1911 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1947578); 223,083 indexed records with 41,398 record images (was 134,522 records with 41,398 images), UPDATED 23-Jun-2026
Italy, Padova, Padova, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1871-1929 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1946877); 56,883 indexed records with 1,745,536 record images (was 1,141,213 records with 1,745,536 images), UPDATED 23-Jun-2026
Italy, Palermo, Termini Imerese, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1825-1941 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000552); 180,460 indexed records with 68,192 record images (was 126,310 records with 46,650 images), UPDATED 23-Jun-2026
Italy, Palermo, Termini Imerese, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1862-1910 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1947613); 74,921 indexed records with 1,021,654 record images (was 132,859 records with 1,021,654 images), UPDATED 25-Jun-2026
Italy, Pavia, Pavia, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1806-1812, 1866-1935 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2043830); 124,855 indexed records with 306,382 record images (was 265,040 records with 306,382 images), UPDATED 24-Jun-2026

Italy, Pavia, Voghera, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866-1929 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2057676); 46,798 indexed records with 165,651 record images (was 0 records with 165,651 images), UPDATED 25-Jun-2026
Italy, Perugia, Perugia, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1861-1929 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2043831); 100,878 indexed records with 405,632 record images (was 39,264 records with 405,632 images), UPDATED 25-Jun-2026
Italy, Pisa, Pisa, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866-1935 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2043812); 104,017 indexed records with 618,446 record images (was 219,442 records with 618,446 images), UPDATED 24-Jun-2026
Italy, Pistoia, Pistoia, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866-1937 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1493462); 45,380 indexed records with 834,726 record images (was 38,616 records with 834,726 images), UPDATED 24-Jun-2026
Italy, Pordenone, Pordenone, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1871-1911 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2043819); 280,842 indexed records with 236,209 record images (was 0 records with 236,209 images), UPDATED 24-Jun-2026

Italy, Potenza, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1864-1929 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000546); 29,598 indexed records with 10,064 record images (was 15,644 records with 5,060 images), UPDATED 24-Jun-2026
Italy, Potenza, Lagonegro, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866-1910 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1947686); 287,137 indexed records with 154,261 record images (was 44,553 records with 154,261 images), UPDATED 24-Jun-2026
Italy, Ragusa, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1900-1940 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2068330); Browse 1,460,681 Images only, no index (was 7,104 records with 1,460,681 images), UPDATED 25-Jun-2026
Italy, Ravenna, Ravenna, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866-1943 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1947700); 119,454 indexed records with 1,759,182 record images (was 698,358 records with 1,759,182 images), UPDATED 25-Jun-2026
Italy, Reggio Calabria, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1784-1943 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2068331); Browse 2,245,171 Images only, no index (was 108,490 records with 2,245,171 images), UPDATED 25-Jun-2026

Italy, Teramo, Teramo, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866-1940 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1947829); 148,644 indexed records with 425,736 record images (was 192,334 records with 425,736 images), UPDATED 23-Jun-2026
Italy, Treviso, Treviso, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1871-1941 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1947831); 31,698 indexed records with 427,232 record images (was 348,515 records with 427,232 images), UPDATED 23-Jun-2026
Italy, Umbria, Perugia, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1810-1978 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000549); 150,789 indexed records with 65,370 record images (was 16,177 records with 5,012 images), UPDATED 23-Jun-2026
Italy, Venezia, Venezia, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1871-1930 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2043809); 453,230 indexed records with 628,744 record images (was 1,025,162 records with 628,744 images), UPDATED 24-Jun-2026

New York, U.S. District and Circuit Court Naturalization Records, 1824-1991 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2060123); 185,379 indexed records with 2,187,206 record images (was 5,236,621 records with 2,187,206 images), UPDATED 23-Jun-2026
North Dakota, Red River Valley Genealogical Society, Pioneer Files, 1880-1953 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3155904); 5,545 indexed records with 920 record images (was 5,531 records with 920 images), UPDATED 26-Jun-2026
Pennsylvania, Western District, Naturalizations, 1820-1931 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000034); 112,856 indexed records with 332,930 record images (was 423,123 records with 332,767 images), UPDATED 22-Jun-2026
Philippines Civil Registration (National), 1945-1996 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1852584); 656,976 indexed records with 20,274,621 record images (was 525,402 records with 20,274,621 images), UPDATED 24-Jun-2026
Portugal, Aveiro, Passport Registers, 1882-1965 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1923672); 165,880 indexed records with 51,306 record images (was 165,840 records with 51,306 images), UPDATED 22-Jun-2026

Ukraine, Odessa, Census, 1897 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2380520); 43,896 indexed records with 67,250 record images (was 163,988 records with 67,250 images), UPDATED 24-Jun-2026
Utah, Box Elder, Brigham City Family History Center, Obituary Collection, 1930-2016 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3657641); 350,017 indexed records with 24,559 record images (was 350,005 records with 24,814 images), UPDATED 23-Jun-2026

--- Collections with new images ---

Argentina, Buenos Aires, Civil Registration, 1861-2018 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000041); 1 indexed records with 111,712 record images (was 1 records with 111,710 images), last updated 07-Jun-2024
Brazil, Alagoas, Civil Registration, 1876-2023 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4469403); 1 indexed records with 454,228 record images (was 1 records with 454,226 images), last updated 07-Jun-2024
United States, Census, 1950 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4464515); 157,892,854 indexed records with 52,749,963 record images (was 157,892,854 records with 52,748,723 images), last updated 16-Jun-2024
United States, Obituary Records, 2014-2023 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000145); 1 indexed records with 28,206,224 record images (was 1 records with 28,205,712 images), last updated 22-Jul-2024

--- Collections with images removed ---

Uruguay, Passenger Lists, 1888-1980 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2691993); 1,572,940 indexed records with 158,305 record images (was 1,914,849 records with 158,435 images), last updated 11-Dec-2025

--- Collections with new records ---

--- Collections with records removed ---

Belgium, Brabant, Civil Registration and Church Records, 1704-1916 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4496123); 83,876 indexed records with 893,752 record images (was 1,638,075 records with 893,752 images), last updated 28-Jan-2026
California, Birth Index, 1905-1995 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2001879); Index only (24,589,379 records), no images (was 24,589,387 records with 0 images), last updated 01-Mar-2012
England, Cheshire, Bishop's Transcripts, 1598-1900 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1469935); Index only (1,012,513 records), no images (was 2,151,994 records with 0 images), last updated 26-Dec-2025
England, Cheshire, Parish Registers, 1538-2000 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1614792); Index only (648,543 records), no images (was 2,854,942 records with 0 images), last updated 26-Dec-2025
Honduras, Civil Registration, 1841-1968 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2135627); 1,537,947 indexed records with 337,976 record images (was 12,532,093 records with 337,976 images), last updated 22-May-2026

Illinois, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2832983); 104,246 indexed records with 2,115,152 record images (was 2,118,577 records with 2,115,152 images), last updated 29-Apr-2025
Massachusetts, State Vital Records, 1638-1927 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1928860); 2,926,409 indexed records with 742,594 record images (was 11,820,050 records with 742,594 images), last updated 06-Feb-2026
Philippines, Deaths and Burials, 1726-1998 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1500714); Index only (8,603 records), no images (was 2,786,099 records with 0 images), last updated 27-Jan-2026
Spain, Gerona, Municipal Records, 1566-1960 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2015355); Browse 390,067 Images only, no index (was 1,328,675 records with 390,067 images), last updated 14-May-2026
Texas, Birth Index, 1903-1997 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1949342); Index only (17,102,109 records), no images (was 17,102,110 records with 0 images), last updated 17-Feb-2012

Texas, Births and Christenings, 1840-1981 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1681015); Index only (250,519 records), no images (was 1,339,376 records with 0 images), last updated 17-Nov-2023
Texas, Marriages, 1837-1973 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1681052); Index only (244,374 records), no images (was 1,155,237 records with 0 images), last updated 22-Jul-2021
United States, Public Records, 1970-2009 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2199956); Index only (875,600,579 records), no images (was 875,600,588 records with 0 images), last updated 23-Dec-2025
United States, Residence Database, 1970-2024 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000290); Index only (413,858,174 records), no images (was 413,858,194 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); 877,975 indexed records with 24,999,338 record images (was 32,587,072 records with 24,999,338 images), last updated 09-Sep-2025

Utah, Death Certificates, 1904-1966 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1747615); 136,419 indexed records with 301,799 record images (was 325,026 records with 301,799 images), last updated 14-Jun-2024
West Virginia, Marriages, 1780-1970 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1408729); 190,572 indexed records with 35,261 record images (was 1,470,588 records with 35,261 images), last updated 07-Apr-2026

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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:

  • 3,445 Historical Record Collection entries
  • 0 removed entries
  • 10  added entries 
  • 52 updated entries
  • 5 entries with more or fewer images 
  • 17 entries with more or fewer records
Marshall's list shows 3,445 Historical Record Collections this week, an increase of 10 collections. The image above shows 3,445 collections, so the website number is in sync with Marshall's list number.

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