FamilySearch New Collections Update 16 May 2014

The following is from FamilySearch.

FamilySearch Adds More Than 5.1 Million Images to Collections from Belgium, England, India, Italy, Sweden, Ukraine, the United States FamilySearch has added more than 5.1 million images to collections from Belgium, England, India, Italy, Sweden, Ukraine, and the United States. Notable collection updates include the 2,571,405 indexed records and images from the new Belgium, East Flanders, Civil Registration, 1541–1910, collection; the 400,841 images from the Ukraine, Donetsk Church Books, 1809–1994, collection; and the 359,550 images from U.S., Georgia, Deaths, 1928–1940, 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 atFamilySearch.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 . 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 Belgium, Antwerp, Civil Registration, 1609–1909 0 4,108 Added images to an existing collection. Belgium, Brabant, Civil Registration, 1582–1912 0 767 Added images to an existing collection. Belgium, East Flanders, Civil Registration, 1541–1910 44,453 2,526,952 Added indexed records and images to an existing collection. Belgium, Hainaut, Civil Registration, 1600–1911 0 17 Added indexed records and images to an existing collection. Belgium, Liège, Civil Registration, 1621–1910 23,957 0 Added indexed records to an existing collection. Belgium, Limburg, Civil Registration, 1798–1906 9,343 0 Added indexed records to an existing collection. Belgium, West Flanders, Civil Registration, 1582–1910 24,079 249 Added images to an existing collection. BillionGraves Index 366,158 366,158 Added indexed records and images to an existing collection. England, Dorset, Parish Registers, 1538–1936 2,536 0 Added indexed records to an existing collection. India, Hindu Pilgrimage Records, 1194–2013 0 89,566 Added images to an existing collection. India, Jharkhand, B. Deoghar, Singh Darwaja, Pandit Dharam Rakshni Sabha, Marriage Records, 1958–2013 0 260,593 New browsable image collection. Italy, Napoli, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1809–1865 139,070 0 Added indexed records to an existing collection. Italy, Pesaro e Urbino, Fano, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1808–1815, 1841–1865, 1890–1908 0 9,911 New browsable image collection. Sweden, Jönköping Church Records, 1581–1935; index 1633-1860 38,589 0 Added indexed records to an existing collection. Ukraine, Donetsk Church Books, 1809–1994 0 400,841 New browsable image collection. U.S., Georgia, Deaths, 1928–1940 0 359,550 Added images to an existing collection. U.S., Illinois, Northern District Petitions for Naturalization, 1906-1991 0 46,984 Added images to an existing collection. U.S., Minnesota, County Marriages, 1860–1949 122,410 0 Added indexed records to an existing collection. U.S., New York, Book Indexes to Passenger Lists, 1906–1942 0 87,677 Added images to an existing collection. U.S., South Carolina, Darlington County Records, 1798–1928 0 73,724 Added images to an existing collection. U.S., Wisconsin, Milwaukee Naturalization Index, 1848–1990 4,593 0 Added indexed records to an existing collection. U.S., Wisconsin, Probate Estate Files, 1848–1948 0 108,549 Added images to an existing collection.