More Family History Records on FamilySearch.org

by | Apr 25, 2013 | 01 What's New, FamilySearch, Records & databases

Thanks a BillionFamilySearch.org keeps adding records at a phenomenal pace, thanks in large part to the efforts of thousands of volunteer indexers around the world. In fact, they recently celebrated the billionth record indexed since they started community indexing in September 2006.

Here’s a list of online collections with records recently added or improved. Do you notice that this new list is “browsable only?” That means you can scroll through them online, but there’s not a searchable index yet. FamilySearch staff and volunteers are imaging record sets even faster than indexers can get them indexed!
Want to help? Join over 133,000 active indexers who index projects of their choice, from U.S. naturalizations to Brazilian church records. Join the effort here.

Collection

Indexed Records

Digital Images

Comments

Australia, Tasmania, Civil Registration, 1803-1933

0

73,580

New browsable image collection.

England, Northumberland, Miscellaneous Records, 1570-2005

0

11,631

Added images to an existing collection.

Italy, Bari, Trani, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866-1910

0

6,549

Added images to an existing collection.

Italy, Caserta, Santa Maria Capua Vetere, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866-1929

0

2,961

Added images to an existing collection.

Philippines, La Union, Diocese of San Fernando de La Union, 1801-1981

0

25,464

New browsable image collection.

Spain, Cádiz, Testaments, 1550-1920

0

48,616

Added images to an existing collection.

Spain, Province of Cádiz, Municipal Records, 1784-1931

0

49,363

New browsable image collection.

Spain, Records of Widows and Orphans of Spanish Officials, 1835-1960

0

44,021

Added images to an existing collection.

U.S., Missouri, Cole County Circuit Court Case Files, 1820-1926

0

28,638

Added images to an existing collection.

U.S., Ohio, Southern District Naturalization Index, 1852-1991

0

92,436

New browsable image collection.

U.S., South Dakota, County Naturalization Records, 1865-1972

0

124,277

New browsable image collection.

lection  Indexed Records  Digital Images  Comments 
Australia, Tasmania, Civil Registration, 1803-1933  0 73,580 New browsable image collection. 
England, Northumberland, Miscellaneous Records, 1570-2005  0 11,631 Added images to an existing collection. 
Italy, Bari, Trani, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866-1910  0 6,549 Added images to an existing collection. 
Italy, Caserta, Santa Maria Capua Vetere, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866-1929  0 2,961 Added images to an existing collection. 
Philippines, La Union, Diocese of San Fernando de La Union, 1801-1981  0 25,464 New browsable image collection. 
Spain, Cádiz, Testaments, 1550-1920  0 48,616 Added images to an existing collection. 
Spain, Province of Cádiz, Municipal Records, 1784-1931  0 49,363 New browsable image collection. 
Spain, Records of Widows and Orphans of Spanish Officials, 1835-1960  0 44,021 Added images to an existing collection. 
U.S., Missouri, Cole County Circuit Court Case Files, 1820-1926  0 28,638 Added images to an existing collection. 
U.S., Ohio, Southern District Naturalization Index, 1852-1991  0 92,436 New browsable image collection. 
U.S., South Dakota, County Naturalization Records, 1865-1972  0 124,277 New browsable image collection. 
Brazil, Civil Registration, 1870-2012 0 44,220 Added images to an existing collection.
Germany, Brandenburg, Berlin, Probate Records, 1796-1853 0 449,478 New browsable image collection.
Germany, Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach, Jena, City Directories, 1810-1935 0 3,721 New browsable image collection.
Germany, Saxe-Meiningen, Saalfeld an der Saale, Miscellaneous City Records, 1876-1920 0 8,433 New browsable image collection.
Italy, Benevento, Benevento, Civil Registration (Comune), 1861-1929 0 5,700 Added images to an existing collection.
Italy, Cagliari, Cagliari, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866-1929 0 53,195 Added images to an existing collection.
Italy, Siracusa, Siracusa, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1900-1942 0 146,387 New browsable image collection.
Luxembourg, Census Records, 1843-1900 0 199 Added images to an existing collection.
Netherlands, Bibliothéque Wallonne, Card Indexes, ca. 1500-1858 0 1,033,852 New browsable image collection.
Peru, Huánuco, Civil Registration, 1889-1997 0 13,015 Added images to an existing collection.
Peru, Junín, Civil Registration, 1890-2005 0 43,771 Added images to an existing collection.
Peru, La Libertad, Civil Registration, 1903-1998 0 28,331 New browsable image collection.
Ukraine, Kyiv Orthodox Consistory Church Book Duplicates, 1840-1845 149,902 0 Added index records to an existing collection.
U.S., Alabama, Estate Files, 1830-1976 0 181,004 Added images to an existing collection.
U.S., Maryland, Probate Estate and Guardianship Files, 1796-1940 16,963 173,751 Added index records and images to an existing collection.
U.S., Oregon, Tillamook County Records, 1854-1967 0 64,546 New browsable image collection.
U.S., Washington, County Records, 1856-2009 0 210 Added images to an existing collection.
Venezuela, Archdiocese of Merida, Catholic Church Records, 1654-2012 0 7,472 Added images to an existing collection.

FamilySearch Adds New Records

by | Apr 2, 2013 | 01 What's New, FamilySearch, Records & databases

Recently FamilySearch announced the addition of another 1.7 million indexed records and images to its free online Historical Records Collection. According to FamilySearch, “Notable collection updates include the 13,110 images from the new Arizona, Maricopa, Mesa City Cemetery Records, 1885-1960, collection and the 105,745 indexed records and images from the New Zealand, Immigration Passenger Lists, 1855-1973, collection.”

Whether you have roots in North Carolina or New Zealand, it may be worth it to check out their list of new records:

Collection Indexed Records Digital Images
Australia, Tasmania, Miscellaneous Records, 1829-1961 0 8,191
Austria, Upper Austria, Linz, Miscellaneous buy premature ejaculation medication online City Records, 1485-1894 0 20,711
China, Collection of Genealogies, 1239-2010 0 120,111
Dominican Republic, Miscellaneous Records, 1921-1980 0 29,543
England, Northumberland, Miscellaneous Records, 1570-2005 0 3,897
Italy, Bologna, Bologna, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866-1941 0 188,632
Mexico, San Luis Potosí, Miscellaneous Records, 1570-1842 0 171,391
Mexico, Yucatán, Civil Registration, 1860-2005 0 297,064
New Zealand, Immigration Passenger Lists, 1855-1973 105,744 1
Nicaragua, Civil Registration, 1809-2011 0 47,728
Paraguay, Asunción, Cemetery Records, 1842-2011 0 11,121
Peru, La Libertad, Civil Registration, 1903-1998 0 203,673
U.S., Arizona, Maricopa, Mesa City Cemetery Records, 1885-1960 0 13,110
U.S., Delaware, Death Records, 1855-1961 28,958 33,144
U.S., Maine, Veterans Cemetery Records, 1676-1918 51,541 0
U.S., Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Estate Files, 1686-1915 0 147,293
U.S., Montana, Sweet Grass County Records, 1885-2011 0 64,754
U.S., North Carolina, Civil Action Court Papers, 1712-1970 0 220,321
U.S., Tennessee, Death Records, 1914-1955 26 0

 

FamilySearch Volunteer Opportunity: US Immigration & Naturalization Genealogy Project

by | Aug 24, 2012 | 01 What's New, FamilySearch

The following was announced today by FamilySearch:

More than 160,000 volunteer indexers made the 1940 U.S. Census available for searching in just five months. The project was an unprecedented success that dramatically illustrated what the genealogical community can accomplish when united in a common cause.

Now many volunteers are turning their attention to the U.S. Immigration & Naturalization Community Project, an indexing effort to make passenger lists, naturalization records, and other immigration related records freely searchable online. Hundreds of thousands of North American volunteers are expected to contribute over the next 18-24 months, focusing initially on passenger lists from the major US ports.

Individuals, societies and other groups that want to participate should visit familysearch.org/immigration to learn more.

FamilySearch Updates Logon, International Genealogy Index

by | Aug 14, 2012 | 01 What's New, FamilySearch, images, Records & databases, Video

The folks at FamilySearch.org are constantly tweaking their already-great free data site. The latest update involves two important features:

1. There’s now a drop-down menu for logging on to FamilySearch, which makes it easier to access the settings and source boxes from anywhere on the site. (Why have a log-in on a free site? Because FamilySearch doesn’t own most of its record sets, and those who do sometimes place restrictions on use. Those who log in have access to more records than those who don’t.)

2. That “classic” data set, the International Genealogy Index (IGI), is now fully searchable. From FamilySearch’s home page, just click on “All Record Collections” toward the bottom of the page, then enter “IGI” in the search field. (Why search the IGI? It accounts for about 20% of the 3 billion or so records on FamilySearch.org. Both indexed record sets and user-submitted trees are part of the IGI. The IGI has been around for a long time–long before digitized data sets came into use. The IGI can be particularly helpful if you are reviewing or updating research that was done many years ago and/or may have been submitted by Latter-day Saint (Mormon) families.)

Here’s a new, brief video that will walk you through the updates:

 

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