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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
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
England Lancashire Oldham Cemetery Registers 1797-2004 – 34,891 – 0 – Added indexed records to an existing collection
France Dordogne Censuses 1876 – 347,941 – 7,280 – Added indexed records and images to an existing 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
Netherlands Gelderland Province Civil Registration 1800-1952 – 39,539 – 0 – Added indexed records to an existing collection
New Zealand Obituaries 1844-1963 – 14,545 – 2,385 – New indexed records and images collection
Paraguay Catholic Church Records 1754-2015 – 95,312 – 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
Spain Diocese of Lugo Catholic Parish Records 1550-1966 – 19,557 – 76,329 – Added indexed records and images to an existing collection
UNITED STATES COLLECTIONS
Arizona Payson Obituaries 1948-2008 – 213,416 – 17,032 – New indexed records and images collection
California Napa and Butte Counties Obituaries 1866-1992 – 37,422 – 0 – New indexed records and images collection
California San Francisco Register of Chinese Immigrant Court Cases and Foreign Seamen Tax Cards 1883-1924 – 0 – 12,404 – New browsable image collection.
Florida Confederate Veterans and Widows Pension Applications 1885-1955 – 43,476 – 0 – Added indexed records to an existing collection
Iowa State Census 1905 – 11,105 – 2,197,778 – Added indexed records and images to an existing collection
Maine & Massachusetts Case Files of Deceased and Deserted Seamen 1837- 1965 – 0 – 16,231 – New browsable image collection.
Maine Revolutionary War Bounty Land Applications 1835-1838 – 0 – 10,288 – New browsable image collection.
Massachusetts Boston Passenger Lists Index 1899-1940 – 978,688 – 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 Civil War Service and Pension Records 1861-1866 – 152,553 – 69,064 – Added indexed records to an existing collection
North Carolina Revolutionary Pay Vouchers 1779-1782 – 0 – 97,668 – New browsable image collection.
New Hampshire Revolutionary War Records 1675-1835 – 0 – 8,821 – New browsable image collection.
Rhode Island Town Clerk Vital and Town Records 1630-1945 – 3,290 – 33,769 – New indexed records and images collection
Texas Matagorda County School Census Records 1923-1946 – 372,298 – 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
United States World War II Draft Registration Cards 1942 – 0 – 882,986 – Added images 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.
FamilySearch is the largest genealogy organization in the world. FamilySearch is a nonprofit, volunteer-driven organization sponsored by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Millions of people use FamilySearch records, resources, and services to learn more about their family history. To help in this great pursuit, FamilySearch and its predecessors have been actively gathering, preserving, and sharing genealogical records worldwide for over 100 years. Patrons may access FamilySearch services and resources for free at FamilySearch.org or through more than 4,921 family history centers in 129 countries, including the main Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah.
