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NEW AND UPDATED RECORDS ON FAMILYSEARCH.ORG

The following records are new or updated on FamilySearch.org.

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FamilySearch.org Records

Title	Records	Last Updated
Maryland, Register of Wills Records, 1629-1999	Browse Images	*29 Jul 2014
Dominican Republic, Civil Registration, 1801-2010	32,693	*29 Jul 2014
Spain, Diocese of Lugo, Catholic Parish Records, 1550-1966	145,405	*29 Jul 2014
Korea, Collection of Genealogies, 1500-2012	Browse Images	*29 Jul 2014
Idaho, Southeast Counties Obituaries, 1864-2007	288,830	*28 Jul 2014
Idaho, Southern Counties Obituaries, 1943-2013	67,646	*28 Jul 2014
ObitsUtah Obituary Index	22,113	*25 Jul 2014
Czech Republic, Censuses, 1800-1945	Browse Images	*25 Jul 2014
Utah, Obituaries from Utah Newspapers, 1850-2005	56,535	*24 Jul 2014

FAMILYSEARCH WORLDWIDE DAY OF INDEXING

Myself, along with 66,5010 other indexers and arbitrators set a new record for the greatest number of indexer and arbitrator participants in a single 24 hour period.  If you have never participated in indexing or arbitrating for FamilySearch you have missed out on one of the most enjoyable aspects of genealogy research.

 

NEW AND UPDATED RECORDS FOR FAMILYSEARCH.ORG AND ANCESTRY.COM

The following record collections are shown as new or updated on FamilySearch.org and Ancestry.com.

In addition to enjoying indexing and submitting several batches during FamilySearch World Wide Indexing Day I was pleased and excited to see that Texas Death Obituaries showed up on the updated records list for FamilySearch.  This was one of the first types of files I along with many other FamilySearch indexers indexed when I started back indexing several months ago.  It was a thrill to search through these records and realize that I was a part of getting these records online so my fellow researchers could search for their family ancestors in them.  If you have not done any indexing - give it a try - it is fun and educational.

Happy ancestor hunting.

FamilySearch.org Records

Title	Records	Last Updated
Mormon Migration Database, 1840-1932	143,658	*23 Jul 2014
Idaho, Southeast Counties Obituaries, 1864-2007	289,703	*23 Jul 2014
ObitsUtah Obituary Index	22,113	*23 Jul 2014
Idaho, Southern Counties Obituaries, 1943-2013	67,646	*23 Jul 2014
Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976	4,543,234	*22 Jul 2014
Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956	263,277	*22 Jul 2014
Ukraine, Kyiv Orthodox Consistory Church Book Duplicates, 1840-1845	1,837,807	*21 Jul 2014

Ancestry.com Records

	Web: Ashtabula County, Ohio, Obituary Index, 1858-2012	Birth, Marriage & Death	92,877	Updated
	U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, 1942-1949	Military	93,053	New
	New South Wales, Australia, Passengers Arriving at Port Phillip, 1846	Immigration & Travel	1,927	New
	England, Norfolk Non-conformist Records, 1613-1901	Birth, Marriage & Death	7,521	New
	London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921	Birth, Marriage & Death	7,549,807	Updated
	London, England, Deaths and Burials, 1813-1980	Birth, Marriage & Death	2,616,957	Updated
	London, England, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812	Birth, Marriage & Death	8,844,994	Updated
	Jamaica, Church of England Parish Register Transcripts, 1664-1879	Birth, Marriage & Death	1,086,193	New
	U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989	Schools, Directories & Church Histories	1,483,125,419	Updated
	New England, The Great Migration and The Great Migration Begins, 1620-1635	Immigration & Travel	62,840	Updated
	Canada, South African War Land Grants, 1908-1910	Military	7,143	New
	London, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906	Birth, Marriage & Death	6,240,093	Updated
	Puebla, Mexico, Civil Registration, 1861-1930 (in Spanish)	Birth, Marriage & Death	1,460,020	New
	Chiapas, Mexico, Civil Registration, 1861-1990 (in Spanish)	Birth, Marriage & Death	1,542,585	New
	Guanajuato, Mexico, Civil Registration, 1862-1930 (in Spanish)	Birth, Marriage & Death	1,415,684	New
	Zacatecas, Mexico, Civil Registration, 1860-2000 (in Spanish)	Birth, Marriage & Death	1,371,091	New
	Hidalgo, Mexico, Civil Registration, 1861-1967 (in Spanish)	Birth, Marriage & Death	1,575,744	New
	Quintana Roo, Mexico, Civil Registration, 1866-1902 (in Spanish)	Birth, Marriage & Death	3,739	New
	U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918	Military	24,613,963	Updated
	Guerrero, Mexico, Civil Registration, 1833-1996 (in Spanish)	Birth, Marriage & Death	1,551,143	New
	Yucatán, Mexico, Civil Registration, 1860-1926 (in Spanish)	Birth, Marriage & Death	1,521,336	New
	Nayarit, Mexico, Civil Registration, 1868-2001 (in Spanish)	Birth, Marriage & Death	427,659	New
	Chihuahua, Mexico, Civil Registration, 1861-1997 (in Spanish)	Birth, Marriage & Death	1,562,821	New
	Distrito Federal, Mexico, Civil Registration, 1832-2005 (in Spanish)	Birth, Marriage & Death	4,937,323	New
	Sonora, Mexico, Civil Registration, 1861-1995 (in Spanish)	Birth, Marriage & Death	745,194	New

	Nuevo León, Mexico, Civil Registration, 1859-1962 (in Spanish)	Birth, Marriage & Death	702,190	New
	Morelos, Mexico, Civil Registration, 1861-1920 (in Spanish)	Birth, Marriage & Death	41,623	New
	San Luis Potosí, Mexico, Civil Registration, 1859-2000 (in Spanish)	Birth, Marriage & Death	1,896,237	New
	Tlaxcala, Mexico, Civil Registration, 1639-1950 (in Spanish)	Birth, Marriage & Death	64,861	New
	Baja California and Baja California Sur, Mexico, Civil Registration, 1860-2004 (in Spanish)	Birth, Marriage & Death	110,234	New
	Aguascalientes, Mexico, Civil Registration, 1859-1961 (in Spanish)	Birth, Marriage & Death	437,717	New
	Michoacán, Mexico, Civil Registration, 1859-1940 (in Spanish)	Birth, Marriage & Death	1,337,676	New
	Oaxaca, Mexico, Civil Registration, 1861-2002 (in Spanish)	Birth, Marriage & Death	3,866,681	New
	Coahuila, Mexico, Civil Registration, 1861-1998 (in Spanish)	Birth, Marriage & Death	1,186,296	New
	México Estado, Mexico, Civil Registration, 1861-1941 (in Spanish)	Birth, Marriage & Death	1,340,414	New
	Querétaro, Mexico, Civil Registration, 1864-2005 (in Spanish)	Birth, Marriage & Death	624,300	New
	Durango, Mexico, Civil Registration, 1861-1995 (in Spanish)	Birth, Marriage & Death	1,042,678	New
	Jalisco, Mexico, Civil Registration, 1857-2000 (in Spanish)	Birth, Marriage & Death	3,957,765	New
	Tamaulipas, Mexico, Civil Registration, 1800-2002 (in Spanish)	Birth, Marriage & Death	1,184,297	New
	Colima, Mexico, Civil Registration, 1860-1997 (in Spanish)	Birth, Marriage & Death	225,991	New
	Veracruz, Mexico, Civil Registration, 1821-1949 (in Spanish)	Birth, Marriage & Death	1,624,732	New
	Campeche, Mexico, Civil Registration, 1860-1926 (in Spanish)	Birth, Marriage & Death	78,926	New

FAMILYSEARCH WORLD WIDE INDEXING EVENT PROGRESS REPORT

After a slow start the FamilySearch indexing event is off and running.  I just submitted my first batch with no problem. Last night I lost internet to the house and when it came back on FamilySearch was very slow.  Finally indexed a batch and after trying to submit it four times I gave up and went to bed.  The site is working just fine today.  So get to indexing.

WHAT IS YOUR STORY?

I subscribed to the Alabama Pioneers Newsletter about a year ago and have found some very enjoyable and informative information about my Alabama ancestors.  My Jones line moved to Bibb/Chilton Counties, Alabama about 1820.  Some moved on to Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas after the Civil War, but many stayed in this area of Alabama.

Click on "Alabama Pioneers" below to go to their website and while you are there subscribe to their newsletter.  Click on the Framed Picture to see their latest newsletter with a article about storytelling that I found very interesting.

Happy ancestor hunting.

HAVE YOU EXPERIENCED QUIRKY COINCIDENCES OR OCCURRENCES IN YOUR FAMILY TREE?

Last week John Prime spoke to our SAR group about experiencing serendipity while doing research for his newspaper articles.  At first, I did not understand exactly how serendipity applied to research but as he continued, I began to understand what he was talking about.

The official dictionary definition  or serendipity is: "the faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for; also :  an instance of this"

I began to research how this would apply to genealogy research and found the following definition from the Ancestry Ancestor - It is as though our ancestors want to be found. Uncanny coincidence. Olympian luck. Phenomenal fate. Tremendous intuition. Remarkable miracle. We call It, “Serendipity in Genealogy.”  Now, I like that much better!

I kind of think of genealogy serendipity as a fancy word for going off on what I call "rabbit trails" when doing our genealogy research and forgetting what we were searching for in the first place.

In the short youtube video below preeminent family historian Helen Leary, CG (Emeritus), FASG, FNGS, reflects on why people do genealogy and on the comforts that people find in researching their ancestors. In addition she touches on the unique experiences that researchers often encounter when researching their family tree -- those little touches of unexplained serendipity.

 Happy serendipity in your ancestor hunting.

NEW AND UPDATED RECORDS ON FAMILYSEARCH.ORG AND ANCESTRY.COM

The following records are new or updated on FamilySearch.org and Ancestry.com

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FamilySearch.org Records

Title	Records	Last Updated
New Zealand, Archives New Zealand, Probate Records, 1848-1991	158,732	*18 Jul 2014
Illinois, Cook County Birth Certificates, 1878-1938	1,509,422	*18 Jul 2014
Utah, Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah, 1847-1868	5,897	*18 Jul 2014
Poland, Radom Roman Catholic Church Books, 1587-1966	41,259	*17 Jul 2014
Netherlands, Utrecht Province, Church Records, 1542-1955	Browse Images	*17 Jul 2014
Luxembourg, Civil Registration, 1662-1941	Browse Images	*17 Jul 2014
Poland, Częstochowa Roman Catholic Church Books, 1226-1950	Browse Images	*17 Jul 2014
Portugal, Braga, Catholic Church Records, 1530-1911	Browse Images	*16 Jul 2014
Quebec, Catholic Parish Registers, 1621-1979	79,535	*16 Jul 2014
Croatia, Church Books, 1516-1994	Browse Images	*16 Jul 2014

Ancestry.com Records

	Georgia, Marriage Records From Select Counties, 1828-1978	Birth, Marriage & Death	2,322,348	Updated
	Slave Registers of former British Colonial Dependencies, 1813-1834	Tax, Criminal, Land & Wills	2,980,774	Updated
	New York, Estate Inventories and Accounts, 1666-1822	Tax, Criminal, Land & Wills	1,104	New

FAMILY SEARCH WORLDWIDE INDEXING EVENT

If you are an indexer or arbitrator for FamilySearch be sure and participate in the 24 hour indexing event starting Sunday, 20 July 2014.  For details click on the picture below.

I you have never indexed for FamilySearch and want to give it a try, I will be glad to meet you at Broadmoor library any time Monday, 21 July and help you get started.  Just email me at jgjones09@gmail.com.

Happy ancestor hunting.

NEW AND UPDATED RECORDS ON FAMILYSEARCH.ORG AND ANCESTRY.COM

The following records are shown as updated or new on FamilySearch.org and Ancestry.com

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FamilySearch.org Records

Title	Records	Last Updated
United States Census, 1910	93,682,083	*16 Jul 2014
Poland, Częstochowa Roman Catholic Church Books, 1873-1948	Browse Images	*16 Jul 2014
Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-1997	4,536,489	*15 Jul 2014

Ancestry.com Records

	Great Britain, Holocaust Records From The Religious Society of Friends, 1933-1942 (USHMM)	Stories, Memories & Histories	5,291	New
	Victoria, Australia, Assisted and Unassisted Passenger Lists, 1839–1923	Immigration & Travel	1,656,966	Updated
	UK, Selected Records Relating to Kindertransport, 1938-1939 (USHMM) (in German)	Immigration & Travel	2,179	New
	UK, Holocaust Records from the British Federation of University Women, 1938-1951 (USHMM)	Stories, Memories & Histories	2,656	New
	UK, Naturalisation Certificates and Declarations, 1870-1912	Immigration & Travel	62,803	New

NEW AND UPDATED RECORDS ON FAMILYSEARCH.ORG

The following record collections are show as new or updated on FamilySearch.org records.

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FamilySearch.org Records

Title	Records	Last Updated
United States Census, 1940	134,867,562	*14 Jul 2014
Canadian Headstones	766,368	*14 Jul 2014
United States Census, 1920	107,543,064	*14 Jul 2014
Hawaii, Honolulu Passenger Lists, 1900-1953	1,160,179	*14 Jul 2014
United States, Panama Canal Zone, Employment Records and Sailing lists, 1905-1937	99,950	*14 Jul 2014
Peru, Cusco, Civil Registration, 1889-1997	167,102	*14 Jul 2014

WWI RECORDS FREE AT MYHERITAGE

If you are searching for records of one of your ancestors who served in World War I, this is the ideal time to check out the records on MyHeritage. Look-ups on these records are free through the end of July.

Happy ancestor hunting. 

ALABAMA PIONEERS WEBSITE

 One of our GENCOM members who has moved to Alabama sent me the link to Alabama Pioneers Website and Blog.  This is a very informative website for anyone having Alabama ancestors and it also has many old time stories of Alabama that I really enjoy.

I also subscribe to their newsletter which delivers updates of all new information on Alabama Pioneers directly to my inbox.

Happy ancestor hunting.

Welcome to Alabama Pioneers

Those who walk in another’s tracks leave no footprints  

Alabama Pioneers is devoted to discovering and sharing the footprints left behind by our ancestors through documents, stories and biographies as we journey through our state’s history. We report the news of the past!

Though we have considerable information for those interested in genealogy, we are not just another genealogy website. In Days Gone By you will find many heart-warming stories and memories from various authors that will touch your heart, inspire you and sometimes make you laugh.

The website is totally FREE! If you find an article you enjoy, pleas comment in the Reply section of the article. Our authors appreciate hearing from you.

We are nearing one thousand biographies of Alabama Pioneers on the site. Some people are notable people you may have read about while others are not-so-notable and a few could be your ancestors.

At Alabama Pioneers, we search through thousands of historical documents to report important news of Alabama’s past. From historical accounts, genealogy queries and wonderful memories from our contributing authors, you will always find something interesting on Alabama Pioneers.

- See more at: http://alabamapioneers.com/about/#sthash.VHHE54xI.dpuf