The following News Release was received from Paul Nauta, with FamilySearch:
FamilySearch Kicks Off 2011 with the Addition of 90 Million New Online Records
Includes 18 Million Digital Images from 13 Countries
No doubt family history enthusiasts will have a heyday looking over the latest collection updates! The 18 million free,browsable digital images are just a sample of what should be a banner year as FamilySearch continues to plug away at digitizing its massive microfilm collection for online access. U.S. researchers will be excited to begin poring over the 3 million new digital images of U.S. naturalization records included in this update.
Patrons will also find 72 million new, searchable, indexed records to search for free thanks to FamilySearch’s cadre of online volunteer indexers and agreements with Ancestry.com and findmypast.com. Findmypast.com’s index to the 1881 and 1891 England and Wales censuses and Ancestry.com’s indexes for U.S. border crossings from Canada to U.S. and Mexico to U.S. can now be searched free of charge at FamilySearch.org.
See the table below for additional details of the latest collection updates.
Collection Images Records Comment Brazil, Catholic Church Records 588,020 Images added to the following collections: Sao Paulo, Rio Grande do Sul, and Rio de Janeiro Canada, Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937, and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947 188,756 Index only. Canada, Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927 363,464 Index only. Canada, Quebec Notarial Records, 1800-1900 71,036 Notary records from Montreal and Terrebonne. England, Bristol, Church of England Parish Registers, 1538-1900 271,298 Index only. England and Wales Census, 1881 30,262,586 Index only. Images available at findmypast.com. England and Wales Census, 1891 31,782,845 Index only. Images available at findmypast.com. Guatemala Civil Registration, 1877-1934 2,085,501 Images have waypoints. Italy, Civil Registration 51,466 Localities published: Rovigo Italy, Napoli Province Municipal Records, 1809-1936 84 37,416 Images and records added to this collection: Castellammare di Stabia Jamaica, Civil Birth Registration 305,360 New records added to existing collection. Images were already published. Mexico, Catholic Church Records 4,031,651 Images added for localities in the following states: Guerrero, Mexico (Estada), Morelos, Puebla, Tlaxcala, Zacatecas Mexico Census, 1930 (San Luis Potosi) 526 501,486 Netherlands, Civil Registration, 1792-1952 4,180,580 Images and waypoints added for Drenthe, Gelderland, Groningen, Limburg, Overijssel, and Utrecht. New Zealand, Immigration Passenger Lists, 1839-1973 1,446 144,523 Nicaragua, Managua, Civil Registration, 1879-2007 1,263,191 New images. Philippines, Manila Civil Registration, 1899-1994 1,972,249 New images. Poland, Radom Roman Catholic Diocese Church Books, 1654-1946, Part 1 254,375 Digital images of baptism, birth, marriage, burial and death records for parishes in the Radom, Poland, diocese. U.S., Border Crossings From Canada to United States, 1895-1956 4,335,400 Data courtesy of Ancestry.com. U.S., Border Crossings From Mexico to United States, 1903-1957 3,610,754 Data courtesy of Ancestry.com. U.S., California, Northern U.S. District Court Naturalization Index, 1852-1989 581,198 Images and waypoints added. U.S., California, Southern District Court (Central) Naturalization Index, 1915-1976 567,808 Images and waypoints added. U.S., Delaware Death Records, 1855-1955 180,832 14,584 U.S., Illinois, Northern District Naturalization Index, 1840-1950 1,493,775 Images and waypoints added. U.S., Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915 200,672 18,134 New records and images added to the existing collection. 2,126,586 records were moved to this collection from the legacy collection. U.S., Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915 72,760 15,110 New records and images added to the existing collection. 1,083,931 records were moved to this collection from the legacy collection. U.S., Montana, County Marriages, 1865-1950 207,650 338,109 U.S., New England Naturalization Index, 1791-1906 635,867 Images and browse entries are available. U.S., New York State Census, 1892, Part 2 9,589 Images added for the following localities: Albany, Broome, Essex, Greene, Hamilton, Herkimer, Lewis, Long Island City, Madison, Onondaga, Ontario, Oswego, Queens, Warren U.S., Rhode Island, State Census, 1935 693,472 693,472 Contains information from index cards created for each person in the 1935 state census. Wales, Probate Abstracts, 1773-1780 186 New images. Total 18,936,289 72,883,291 FamilySearch International is the largest genealogy organization in the world. Millions of people use FamilySearch records, resources, and services to learn more about their family history. To help in this great pursuit, FamilySearch has been actively gathering, preserving, and sharing genealogical records worldwide for over 100 years. FamilySearch is a nonprofit organization sponsored by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Patrons may access FamilySearch services and resources free online at FamilySearch.org or through over 4,600 family history centers in 132 countries, including the main Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah.
