FamilySearch Records Update: New records for Australia, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Isle of Man, Nicaragua, and United States

Geoff Rasmussen

14 Oct 2015

Nearly 10 million records have been added to New York New York Passenger and Crew Lists 1909 1925-1957. Also making a splash this week are Australia Queensland Cemetery Records 1802-1990, Illinois County Marriages 1810-1934, British Columbia Death Registrations 1872-1986; 1992-1993, and Pennsylvania Historical Society of Pennsylvania Card Catalog 1553-2015. See additional collection updates made this week in the list below.

COLLECTION	INDEXED RECORDS	DIGITAL RECORDS	COMMENTS
Australia New South Wales 1828 Census	15,461	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
Australia Queensland Cemetery Records 1802-1990	335,738	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
BillionGraves Index	562,082	562,082	Added indexed records and images to an existing collection
Brazil Pernambuco Civil Registration 1804-2014	132,187	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
British Columbia Death Registrations 1872-1986; 1992-1993	317,454	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
British Columbia Marriage Registrations 1859-1932; 1937	18,818	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
Florida Probate Records 1784-1990	0	2,686	Added images to an existing collection
Germany Prussia Brandenburg and Posen Church Book Duplicates 1794-1874	12,729	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
Hawaii Passenger Lists of Airplanes departing Honolulu 1942-1948	80,729	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
Illinois County Marriages 1810-1934	2,858	654,418	Added indexed records and images to an existing collection
Isle of Man Parish Registers 1598-2009	23,097	0	Added images to an existing collection
Maine J. Gary Nichols Cemetery Collection ca. 1780-1999	181,845	177,468	New indexed records and images collection
Massachusetts Salem and Beverly Crew Lists and Shipping Articles 1797-1934	227,863	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
New York New York Passenger and Crew Lists 1909 1925-1957	9,973,898	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
Nicaragua Civil Registration 1809-2013	0	71,067	Added images to an existing collection
Pennsylvania Historical Society of Pennsylvania Card Catalog 1553-2015	0	946,124	New browsable image collection.
Utah Obituaries from Utah Newspapers 1850-2005	412	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
Utah Tremonton and Garland Obituaries 1959-2013	0	18,267	New browsable image collection.

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