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.

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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.