Friday, September 30, 2016

New Collections Update: Week of August 29, 2016

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New Collections Update: Week of August 29, 2016

SALT LAKE CITY, UTAlmost 3.5 million indexed records have been published recently including a new Freedmen's Bureau collection and others from Australia, New Zealand, Netherlands, England, Spain, France, Paraguay, and the United States. See the interactive table below for these and more historic records added this week at FamilySearch.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 RECORDS
COMMENTS
Maine & Massachusetts Case Files of Deceased and Deserted Seamen 1837- 1965
0
16,231
New browsable image collection.
United States World War II Draft Registration Cards 1942
0
882,986
Added images to an existing collection
Australia Tasmania Civil Registration 1803-1933
425,774
0
Added indexed records to an existing collection
Australia Queensland Maryborough Public Records 1847-1989
17,156
0
Added indexed records to an existing collection
Spain Diocese of Lugo Catholic Parish Records 1550-1966
19,557
76,329
Added indexed records and images to an existing collection
California San Francisco Register of Chinese Immigrant Court Cases and Foreign Seamen Tax Cards 1883-1924
0
12,404
New browsable image collection.
Netherlands Gelderland Province Civil Registration 1800-1952
39,539
0
Added indexed records to an existing collection
Massachusetts Revolutionary War Bounty Land Applications 1805-1845
0
2,522
New browsable image collection.
New Hampshire Revolutionary War Records 1675-1835
0
8,821
New browsable image collection.
Maine Revolutionary War Bounty Land Applications 1835-1838
0
10,288
New browsable image collection.
North Carolina Revolutionary Pay Vouchers 1779-1782
0
97,668
New browsable image collection.
New Zealand Obituaries 1844-1963
14,545
2,385
New indexed records and images collection
England Lancashire Oldham Cemetery Registers 1797-2004
34,891
0
Added indexed records to an existing collection
United States Freedmen's Bureau Labor Contracts Indenture and Apprenticeship Records 1865-1872
620,353
261,750
New indexed records and images collection
Massachusetts Boston Passenger Lists Index 1899-1940
978,688
0
Added indexed records to an existing collection
Arizona Payson Obituaries 1948-2008
213,416
17,032
New indexed records and images collection
Iowa State Census 1905
11,105
2,197,778
Added indexed records and images to an existing
collection
Rhode Island Town Clerk Vital and Town Records 1630-1945
3,290
33,769
New indexed records and images collection
France Dordogne Censuses 1876
347,941
7,280
Added indexed records and images to an existing collection
California Napa and Butte Counties Obituaries 1866-1992
37,422
0
New indexed records and images collection
Luxembourg Civil Registration 1662-1941
32,614
0
New indexed records and images collection
Namibia Dutch Reformed Church Records 1956-1984
2,460
17,342
New indexed records collection
Texas Matagorda County School Census Records 1923-1946
372,298
0
Added indexed records to an existing collection
Florida Confederate Veterans and Widows Pension Applications 1885-1955
43,476
0
Added indexed records to an existing collection
Spain Province of Jaén Municipal Records 1519-1941
31,879
0
Added indexed records to an existing collection
Paraguay Catholic Church Records 1754-2015
95,312
0
Added indexed records to an existing collection
New Hampshire Civil War Service and Pension Records 1861-1866
152,553
69,064
Added indexed records to an existing collection

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 at FamilySearch.org/indexing.

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