Thursday, October 28, 2010

FamilySearch Records Update: No Halloween Trick, 2 Million New Records Provide Genealogical Treat

The following is from FamilySearch.


28 October 2010

No Halloween Trick, Just Genealogical Treats
Over 2 million records from 6 countries now available
People with ancestors from Ghana now have free online access to valuable census records, the first images from that African country to be published on FamilySearch. Other new collections include over two million indexed records from Germany, Norway, Puerto Rico, and three U.S. states: Arkansas, Idaho, and Minnesota. Search these records now athttp://Beta.FamilySearch.org.
See the chart below for the complete list of newly added or updated collections.
Project
Indexed Records
Digital Images
Comments
Germany, Ludwigshafen Church
Record Extractions and Family
Registers

106,564
New indexed
records
Germany, 1890 -
Mecklenburg-Schwerin Census
31,499

Additional images
added
Ghana, 1982-1984 - Census

458,716
New indexed
records
Norway, 1875 - Census
41,701

Additional images
added
Puerto Rico, Civil Registration,
1836-2001
3,763

Additional images
added
U.S., Arkansas County Marriages,
1837-1957
94,181
43,301
Additional records
and images added
U.S., Idaho, County Marriages,
1864-1950
148,053
62,274
New indexed records
and images
U.S., Minnesota State Census, 1905
1,973,884
52,150
New indexed records
and images
U.S., Minnesota, State Census, 1865
3,396

New indexed records

Note: For a link to this news release, please visit: https://news.beta.familysearch.org/node/975
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