New Historic Records On FamilySearch: Week of November 7, 2016

Summary

Over 4 million birth, death, census, civil, church, and other indexed records were published and made available at FamilySearch this week. Find new historical records from South Africa, Peru, Netherlands, Russia, Philippines, and across the United States including Illinois, Iowa, Utah, Alabama, Oregon, South Dakota and Tennessee. See the interactive table below for these and more free searchable historic records added this week at FamilySearch.org.

Collection	Indexed Records	Digital Images	Comments
Tennessee Birth Records (ER Series) 1908-1912	212,545	213,127	New indexed records and images collection
South Dakota School Records 1879-1970	59,241	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
South Africa Free State Dutch Reformed Church Records 1848-1956	317,868	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
Peru Puno Civil Registration 1890-2005	8	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
Netherlands Archival Indexes Miscellaneous Records	939	0	New indexed records collection
Russia Tatarstan Church Books 1721-1939	0	426,296	Added images to an existing collection
Philippines Manila Civil Registration 1899-1984	252,908	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
BillionGraves Index	313,368	313,368	Added indexed records and images to an existing collection
Oregon Births 1860-1952	12,923	0	New indexed records collection
Alabama Census of Confederate Veterans 1907, 1921, 1927	0	13,710	New browsable image collection.
Utah Birth Certificates 1903-1914	29	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
Iowa Delayed Birth Records 1850-1939	540,796	419,728	New indexed records and images collection
Iowa Death Records 1921-1940	516,904	475,273	New indexed records and images collection
Illinois Archdiocese of Chicago Cemetery Records 1864-1989	1,921,208	1,623,555	New indexed records and images collection

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