Thursday, September 19, 2013

FamilySearch New Collections Update 17 September 2013

The following is from FamilySearch.
FamilySearch Adds More Than 2.7 Million Indexed Records and Images to Collections from Brazil, England, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Spain, and Switzerland

FamilySearch has recently added more than 2.7 million indexed records and images from Brazil, England, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Peru, Portugal, Spain, and Switzerland. Notable collection updates include the 1,459,211 indexed records and images from the England, Derbyshire, Church of England Parish Registers, 1538-1910, collection, the 534,245 indexed records and images from the new Mexico, Aguascalientes, Civil Registration, 1859-1961, collection, and the 172,333 indexed records from the Italy, Napoli, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1809-1865, collection. See the table below for the full list of updates. Search these diverse collections and more than 3.5 billion other records for free at FamilySearch.org.

Searchable historic records are made available on FamilySearch.org through the help of thousands of volunteers from around the world. These volunteers transcribe (index) information from digital copies of handwritten records to make them easily searchable online. More volunteers are needed (particularly those who can read foreign languages) to keep pace with the large number of digital images being published online at FamilySearch.org. Learn more about volunteering to help provide free access to the world’s historic genealogical records online atFamilySearch.org.

FamilySearch is the largest genealogy organization in the world. FamilySearch is a nonprofit, volunteer-driven organization sponsored by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Millions of people use FamilySearch records, resources, and services to learn more about their family history. To help in this great pursuit, FamilySearch and its predecessors have been actively gathering, preserving, and sharing genealogical records worldwide for over 100 years. Patrons may access FamilySearch services and resources for free at FamilySearch.org or through more than 4,600 family history centers in 132 countries, including the main Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Collection
Indexed Records
Digital Images
Comments
0
83,191
Added images to an existing collection.
1,284,479
174,732
Added indexed records and images to an existing collection.
0
639
New browsable image collection.
0
41,402
New browsable image collection.
0
304
New browsable image collection.
172,333
0
Added indexed records to an existing collection.
96,523
437,722
New indexed records and images collection.
0
69,222
Added images to an existing collection.
71,377
0
Added indexed records to an existing collection.
0
17,712
Added images to an existing collection.
0
40,751
Added images to an existing collection.
0
112,261
Added images to an existing collection.
0
47,555
Added images to an existing collection.
0
127,127
Added images to an existing collection.
0
959
New browsable image collection.
0
2,382
New browsable image collection.

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