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| Collection | Indexed Records | Digital Images | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium, East Flanders, Civil Registration, 1541–1912 | 70,174 | 49,538 | Added indexed records and images to an existing collection. |
| Belgium, Limburg, Civil Registration, 1798–1906 | 2,962 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection. |
| Brazil, São Paulo, Immigration Cards, 1902–1980 | 380,334 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection. |
| Canada, Ontario Marriages, 1869–1927 | 246,273 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection. |
| China Collection of Genealogies, 1239–2014 | 0 | 232,895 | Added images to an existing collection. |
| England, Derbyshire, Church of England Parish Registers, 1537–1918 | 0 | 53,151 | Added images to an existing collection. |
| Italy, Caserta, Gricignano d’Aversa, Civil Registration (Comune), 1809–1929 | 5,472 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection. |
| South Africa, Orange Free State, Estate Files, 1951–2006 | 43,036 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection. |
| US, Alabama, County Marriages, 1809–1950 | 700,220 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection. |
| US, Alabama, Mobile Magnolia Cemetery Interment Cards, 1836–1995 | 32,735 | 32,865 | New indexed records and images collection. |
| US, Arizona Obituary Index to Arizona Newspapers, 1993–1994 | 223,443 | 51,701 | New indexed records and images collection. |
| US, California, San Francisco Passenger Lists, 1893–1953 | 21,052 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection. |
| US, Illinois, Cook County Birth Certificates, 1878–1938 | 201,363 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection. |
| US, Maine, Faylene Hutton Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780–1990 | 297,412 | 298,228 | New indexed records and images collection. |
| US, Montana, Cascade County Records, 1880–2009 | 461,167 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection. |
| US, Montana, Sanders County Records, 1866–2010 | 1,527 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection. |
| US, New York, Passenger Lists, 1820–1891 | 349,251 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection. |
| US, Texas, El Paso Manifests of Arrivals at the Port of El Paso, 1905–1927 | 218,031 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection. |
| US, Texas, Indexes and Manifests of Arrivals at the Port of Del Rio, 1906–1953 | 104,679 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection. |
Are there any plans to add Puerto Rico birth records after 1931?