FamilySearch New Collections Update: Week of September 19, 2016

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New Collections Update: Week of September 19, 2016

Summary

Over 1.5 million indexed records were published this week. The two largest collections provide valuable Minnesota Obituaries and Argentina Catholic Church Records and the collection of Utah LDS Mission Calls and Recommendations 1917-1918 were also expanded.See the interactive table below for these and more historic records added this week atFamilySearch.org. Join our online indexing volunteers anytime and help make more of these exciting collections discoverable to more people. Find out how at FamilySearch.org/Indexing. 

Collection	Indexed Records	Digital Images	Comments
United States World War I Draft Registration Cards 1917-1918	4,831	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
Utah LDS Mission Calls and Recommendations 1877-1918	39,590	80,863	New indexed records and images collection
California San Diego Chinese Passenger and Crew Lists 1905-1923	1,807	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
Texas San Antonio Alien Arrivals May 1944-March 1952	4,445	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
Argentina Córdoba Catholic Church Records 1557-1974	449,874	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
Minnesota Obituaries 1865-2006	977,877	132,398	New indexed records and images collection

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