FamilySearch Records Update: FamilySearch Adds More Than 1.9 Million Indexed Records and Images to Collections from Austria, Denmark, Hungary, and the United States

Geoff Rasmussen

27 Dec 2013

FamilySearch has added more than 1.9 million indexed records and images to collections from Austria, Denmark, Hungary, and the United States. Notable collection updates include the 834,729 indexed records and images from the U.S., Maryland, Baltimore Passenger Lists, 1820–1948, collection, the 590,658 indexed records from the new U.S., New York, State Health Department, Genealogical Research Death Index, 1957–1963, collection, and the 12,338 indexed records and images from the new Hungary, Jewish Vital Records Index, 1800–1945, collection. See the table below for the full list of updates. Search these diverse collections and more than 3.5 billion other records for free at FamilySearch.org.

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Collection	Indexed Records	Digital Images	Comments
Austria, Vienna Population Cards, 1850–1896	21,278	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection.
Denmark Civil Marriages, 1851–1961	99,586	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection.
Hungary, Jewish Vital Records Index, 1800–1945	11,066	1,272	New indexed records and images collection.
U.S., Delaware Orphan Court Records, 1680–1978	0	23,026	Added images to an existing collection.
U.S., Maryland, Baltimore Passenger Lists, 1820–1948	798,916	35,813	Added indexed records and images to an existing collection.
U.S., Massachusetts, Boston Tax Records, 1822–1918	0	261,257	New browsable image collection.
U.S., New York, State Health Department, Genealogical Research Death Index, 1957–1963	590,658	0	New indexed record collections.
U.S., South Carolina, Freedmen's Bureau Records, 1865–1872	0	118,737	New browsable image collection.