FamilySearch Records Update – Adds More Than 10 Million Indexed Records and Images to Canada, Czech Republic, Ukraine, and the United States

Geoff Rasmussen

13 Aug 2014

FamilySearch has added more than 10 million indexed records and images to collections from Canada, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, New Zealand, South Korea, Ukraine, and the United States. Notable collection updates include the 3,427,354 indexed records from the Canada Census, 1911, collection; the 1,334,575 image records from the Czech Republic, Censuses, 1800–1945, collection; and the 2,545,965 indexed records from U.S., Idaho, Southeast Counties Obituaries, 1864–2007, 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
Canada Census, 1911	3,427,354		Added indexed records to an existing collection.
Czech Republic, Censuses, 1800-1945	0	1,334,575	Added images to an existing collection.
Dominican Republic, Civil Registration, 1801–2010	0	199,481	Added images to an existing collection.
New Zealand, Archives New Zealand, Probate Records, 1848–1991	145,146	145,146	Added indexed records and images to an existing collection.
South, Korea, Collection of Genealogies, 1500–2012	0	143,281	Added images to an existing collection.
Ukraine, Kyiv Orthodox Consistory Church Book Duplicates, 1840–1845	386,265	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection.
U.S., Idaho, Southeast Counties Obituaries, 1864–2007	2,545,965	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection.
U.S., Idaho, Southern Counties Obituaries, 1943–2013	585,880	52,677	New indexed records and images collection.
U.S., Maine, State Archive Collections, 1718–1957	0	83,424	Added images to an existing collection.
U.S., Maryland, Register of Wills Records, 1629–1999	0	70,174	Added images to an existing collection.
U.S., Mormon Migration Database, 1840–1932	143,658	0	New indexed record collection.
U.S., New York, Queens County Probate Records, 1785–1950	0	241,319	Added images to an existing collection.
U.S., ObitsUtah Obituary Index	372,279	0	New indexed record collection.
U.S., Ohio, Cuyahoga County Probate Files, 1813–1932	0	221,657	Added images to an existing collection.
U.S., Utah, Obituaries from Utah Newspapers, 1850–2005	511,361	0	New indexed record collection.
U.S., Virginia, African-American Funeral Programs, 1920–2009	0	22,727	New browsable image collection.