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FamilySearch Historical Records Collection Update - 29 Apr 2014

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FamilySearch Adds More Than 5.8 Million Images to Collections from Belgium, England, Philippines, Portugal, Spain, and the United States

April 29, 2014

FamilySearch has added more than 5.8 million images to collections from Belgium, England, Philippines, Portugal, Spain, and the United States. Notable collection updates include the 90,674 images from the new Belgium, West Flanders, Civil Registration, 1582–1910, collection; the 485,188 indexed records from the England, Essex Parish Registers, 1538–1900, collection ; and the 1,188,800 indexed records from United States Registers of Enlistments in the U.S. Army, 1798–1914, 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 worldís historic genealogical records online at FamilySearch.org.

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Collection Indexed Records Digital Images Comments
Belgium, Brabant, Civil Registration, 1582–1912 0 66 Added images to an existing collection.
Belgium, Hainaut, Civil Registration, 1600–1911 0 89 Added images to an existing collection.
Belgium, West Flanders, Civil Registration, 1582–1910 0 90,674 Added images to an existing collection.
Canada, Saskatchewan Provincial Records, 1879–1987 0 47,351 Added images to an existing collection.
England, Bristol Parish Registers, 1538–1900 3,979 0 Added indexed records to an existing collection.
England, Essex Parish Registers, 1538–1900 485,188 0 New indexed record collection.
Germany, Hesse, Frankfurt, Civil Registration, 1811–1978 0 362,474 Added images to an existing collection.
Italy, Modena, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1806–1942 249,802 0 Added indexed records to an existing collection.
Netherlands, Limburg Province, Civil Registration, 1792–1938 0 164,158 Added images to an existing collection.
Netherlands, Overijssel Province, Civil Registration, 1811–1960 0 24,770 Added images to an existing collection.
Philippines, Civil Registration (Local), 1888–1983 0 16,268 New browsable image collection.
Philippines, Pangasinan, Civil Registration, 1945–1981 11,684 0 Added indexed records to an existing collection.
Portugal, Bragança, Catholic Church Records, 1541–1985 0 119,514 Added images to an existing collection.
Portugal, Lamego, Diocesan Records, 1529–1963 0 123 Added images to an existing collection.
Portugal, Setúbal, Catholic Church Records, 1555–1911 0 652 Added images to an existing collection.
South Korea, Korea, Collection of Genealogies, 1500–2012 0 265,996 Added images to an existing collection.
Spain, Province of Málaga, Municipal Records, 1760–1956 0 25,065 Added images to an existing collection.
United States Registers of Enlistments in the U.S. Army, 1798–1914 1,188,800 0 Added indexed records to an existing collection.
U.S., Delaware Vital Records, 1680–1971 0 120,764 Added images to an existing collection.
U.S., Illinois, Northern District Petitions for Naturalization, 1906–1991 0 278,371 Added images to an existing collection.
U.S., Indiana, Marriages, 1811–1959 0 96,935 Added images to an existing collection.
U.S., Maryland and Delaware, Freedmen's Bureau Field Office Records, 1865–1872 0 36,376 New browsable image collection.
U.S., Massachusetts, Boston Crew Lists, 1917–1943 0 327,118 New browsable image collection.
U.S., Massachusetts, Boston Tax Records, 1822–1918 0 183,770 Added images to an existing collection.
U.S., New Hampshire, Marriage Certificates, 1948–1959 0 96,581 New browsable image collection.
U.S, New York, Naturalization Index, 1792–1906 0 1,493,371 New browsable image collection.
U.S., North Carolina, Freedmen's Bureau Records, 1863–1872 0 69,605 New browsable image collection.
U.S, Ohio, Cuyahoga County Probate Files, 1813–1931 0 197,614 Added images to an existing collection.
U.S, Rhode Island, District Court Naturalization Indexes, 1906–1991 0 136,490 New browsable image collection.
U.S, Texas, Freedmen's Bureau Field Office Records, 1865–1870 0 29,370 New browsable image collection.
U.S, West Virginia Will Books, 1756–1971 50,891 0 Added indexed records to an existing collection.

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