Keeping up with online family history record collections

I wrote a post about some of my experiences lately with the FamilySearch.org Historical Record Collections. I just got a list of the newest additions to those collections in an email from FamilySearch. Usually, this list also appears in a blog post from FamilySearch within a few days of receiving the email notification. I usually don't mention this list but I wanted to illustrate that these collections are very rapidly evolving and expanding. The records you need could be added at any time so it is a good idea to check back and see if there is anything you are personally interested in reviewing.

In addition, as the Record Hints expand on FamilySearch.org's Family Tree, there are new collections added to the hints. What is and what is not included is not necessarily announced anywhere. But additions to all the collections eventually will benefit the ability of the programmers to add Record Hints. It is important to understand that the growth is only made available if the records are indexed. Record Hints do not come for records that are not indexed so indexing is a vital part of this whole process of making the records available. This list shows the effects of indexing. Many of the listed records are added indexed records.

Here is the most current list.

New FamilySearch Collections Update: October 5, 2015

Major additions this week to the United States World War II Draft Registration Cards 1942, Brazil Sao Paulo Immigration Cards 1902-1980, Colombia Catholic Church Records 1576-2014, Italy Asti Civil Registration (State Archive) 1803-1814 1911-1935, Maryland Baltimore Passenger Lists 1820-1948, Massachusetts Boston Crew Lists 1811-1921, and New Zealand Archives New Zealand Probate Records 1843-1997 collections. Twelve additional collections were also updated this week.  See the table below for details.

COLLECTION	INDEXED RECORDS	DIGITAL RECORDS	COMMENTS
Brazil São Paulo Immigration Cards 1902-1980	991,910	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
Brazil São Paulo Immigration Cards 1902-1980	0	13,738	Added images to an existing collection
California San Diego Airplane Passenger and Crew Lists 1929-1954	47,380	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
Colombia Catholic Church Records 1576-2014	0	1,377,861	Added images to an existing collection
Honduras Civil Registration 1841-1968	178,391	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
Idaho County Birth and Death Records 1883-1929	33,063	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
Italy Asti Civil Registration (State Archive) 1803-1814 1911-1935	0	279,461	New browsable image collection
Kentucky Confederate Pension Applications 1912-1950	25,786	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
Maryland Baltimore Passenger Lists 1820-1948	873,918	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
Massachusetts Boston Crew Lists 1811-1921	424,219	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
Missouri County Marriage Naturalization and Court Records 1800-1991	29,690	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
Missouri County Marriage Naturalization and Court Records 1800-1991	3,961	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
Montana Cascade County Records 1880-2009	79,821	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
Montana Teton County Records 1881-2012	11,394	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
New Zealand Archives New Zealand Probate Records 1843-1997	0	724,182	Added images to an existing collection
Nicaragua Civil Registration 1809-2013	0	17,580	Added images to an existing collection
Peru Cusco Civil Registration 1889-1997	176,344	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
United States Headstone Applications for U.S. Military Veterans 1925-1949	352,726	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
United States World War II Draft Registration Cards 1942	1,067,147	1,067,143	Added indexed records and images to an existing collection
Utah Weber County Marriages 1887-1939	94,859	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection