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More Family History Records on FamilySearch.org

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

FamilySearch.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 Volunteer Opportunity: US Immigration & Naturalization Genealogy Project

by Lisa Cooke | 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.