FamilySearch Records Update – new records for Australia and United States

Geoff Rasmussen

27 Sep 2016

The Find A Grave Index continues to grow with a new addition of over 6 million indexed records. Also, find more indexed records from Australia and the United States Revolutionary War. See the interactive table below for these and more historic records added this week at FamilySearch.org. Join our online indexing volunteers anytime and help make more of these exciting collections discoverable to more people. Find out how at FamilySearch.org/Indexing.

Collection	Indexed Records	Digital Images	Comments
United States Revolutionary War Pension Payment Ledgers 1818-1872	156,667	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
Australia Tasmania Civil Registration of Births 1899-1912	69,290	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
Australia Cemetery Inscriptions 1802-2005	352,527	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
Find A Grave Index	6,298,610	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection

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