New Collections Update: Week of August 29, 2016
SALT LAKE CITY, UT—Almost 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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