FamilySearch Records Update – More Than 4.9 Million New Indexed Records and Images for Belgium, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, United States, and Venezuela

Geoff Rasmussen

24 Jun 2014

FamilySearch has added more than 4.9 million indexed records and images to collections from Belgium, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Portugal, Switzerland, United States, and Venezuela. Notable collection updates include the 2,596,134 indexed records from the Costa Rica, Civil Registration, 1860–1975, collection; the 638,381 images from the Portugal, Viana do Castelo, Miscellaneous Records, 1636–1962, collection; and the 403,057 indexed records from Venezuela, Catholic Church Records, 1577–1995, 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
Belgium, Hainaut, Civil Registration, 1600–1913	0	56,613	Added images to an existing collection.
Canada, Ontario Births, 1869–1912	334,375	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection.
Colombia, Military Records, 1809–1958	0	167,753	Added images to an existing collection.
Costa Rica, Civil Registration, 1860–1975	2,596,134	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection.
Mexico, Sonora, Catholic Church Records, 1657–1994	10,922	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection.
Portugal, Braga, Priest Application Files (Genere et Moribus), 1596–1911	0	472,737	Added images to an existing collection.
Portugal, Viana do Castelo, Miscellaneous Records, 1636–1962	0	638,381	Added images to an existing collection.
Russia, Samara Church Books, 1779-1923	272,894	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection.
Switzerland, Bern, Civil Registration, 1792–1876	13,423	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection.
United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917–1918	27,071	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection.
Venezuela, Catholic Church Records, 1577–1995	403,057	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection.