FamilySearch Adds 12 Million New Records and Images This Week

Geoff Rasmussen

20 Jul 2011

England and Mexico Collections See the Lion’s Share of the New Additions

The recent collection updates at FamilySearch.org are too diverse to summarize—seigniorial and notarial records, bishop’s transcripts and parish registers, citizen lists, court case files—well, okay, you get the picture. The largest collection updates this week are from England and Mexico—eight million records and images between the two countries’ collections. Another 4 million records and images were added for Austria, Belgium, Canada, Germany, Italy, South Africa, Sweden, USA, and Wales. Search the records online now at FamilySearch.org. See the list below for more details.

Collection	Records	Images	Comments
Austria, Upper Austria Seigniorial Records, 1537-1888	0	116,182	New browsable image collection.
Belgium Civil Registration, 1795-1920	0	29,195	Added browsable images to existing collection.
Canada, Quebec Notarial Records, 1800-1900	0	150,480	Added browsable images to existing collection.
Canada, Quebec Notarial Records, 1800-1900	0	35,342	Added browsable images to existing collection.
England, Cheshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1598-1900	202,219	0	Added index records to existing collection.
England, Cheshire Parish Registers, 1538-2000	929,054		Added images and index to existing collection.
England, Lancashire, Cheshire, Yorkshire, Parish Registers, 1603-1910	947,377	332,814	New index collection.
Germany, Westfalen, Minden Citizen Lists, 1574-1902	14,707	902	New index collection.
Italy, Civil Registration, 1806-1940	0	4,284	Added browsable images to existing collection for Salerno.
Italy, Waldensian Evangelical Church Records	0	16,082	Added browsable images to existing collection.
Mexico, Guanajuato, Catholic Church Records, 1576-1984	0	2,271,610	Added browsable images to existing collection.
Mexico, Querétaro, Catholic Church Records	0	1,352,091	New browsable image collection.
Mexico, San Luis Potosí, Catholic Church Records, 1586-1970	0	2,110,380	Added browsable images to existing collection.
Mexico, Veracruz, Catholic Church Records	0	2,486,833	New browsable image collection.
South Africa, Methodist Parish Registers, 1822-1996	0	18,726	New browsable image collection.
Sweden, Södermanland Church Records, 1640-1860	19,783	1,302	Added images and index to existing collection.
U.S., Arkansas, Draft Registration Cards, compiled 1948-1959	0	14,402	Added browsable images to existing collection.
U.S., California, San Mateo County Records, 1856-1967	0	62,131	Added browsable images to existing collection.
U.S., California, San Mateo County, Colma, Italian Cemetery Records	0	4,902	Added browsable images to existing collection.
U.S., Louisiana, Second Registration Draft Cards, compiled 1948-1959	0	35,210	Added browsable images to existing collection.
U.S., Maine, State Archive Collections	0	17,613	Added browsable images to existing collection.
U.S., Maryland, Register of Wills Books, 1792-1983	0	23,884	Added browsable images to existing collection.
U.S., Michigan, State Census, 1894	381,961	0	New index collection.
U.S., Mississippi, Tippah County Marriages, 1858-1979	0	17,039	New browsable image collection.
U.S., Montana, Rosebud County Records	0	43,056	Added browsable images to existing collection.
U.S., New York, Orange County Probate Records, 1787-1938	0	30,344	Added browsable images to existing collection.
U.S., North Carolina, State Supreme Court Case Files, 1800-1909	0	256,204	New browsable image collection.
U.S., Texas County Tax Rolls, 1846-1910	9,723	0	Added index records to existing collection.
U.S., Texas, Daughters of the Republic of Texas, Membership Applications, 1892-2010	0	3,375	Added browsable images to existing collection.
U.S., Washington State, Army National Guard Records, 1880-1947	0	11,647	Added browsable images to existing collection.
U.S., Wisconsin, Probate Estate Files, 1848-1933	0	26,634	Added browsable images to existing collection for Green County.
Wales, Probate Abstracts, 1773-1780	0	3,466	Added browsable images to existing collection.

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