FamilySearch Records Update: New records from Brazil, Chile, Peru, Samoa, South Africa, United States, and Venezuela

Geoff Rasmussen

17 Nov 2016

Check out the astounding 11.8 million new records from the New York Passenger List indexes! Also, more immigration records and other historic records were recently published in American Samoa, Brazil, Chile, Peru, South Africa, Venezuela, and the United States. Many thanks go to the diligent indexers around the world for completing these projects. See the interactive table below for these and more free searchable historic records added this week at FamilySearch.org.

Collection	Indexed Records	Digital Images	Comments
American Samoa Passenger Lists and Travel Documents 1918-1965	0	6,563	New browsable image collection.
Brazil Pernambuco Civil Registration 1804-2014	272,691	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
Chile Civil Registration 1885-1903	1,792,848	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
Peru Lambayeque Civil Registration 1873-1998	168	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
Peru Amazonas Civil Registration 1939-1998	32,618	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
Peru La Libertad Civil Registration 1903-1998	189,810	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
South Africa Cape Province Kimberley Probate Records of the Supreme Court 1871-1937	148,844	96,578	New indexed records and images collection
New York Book Indexes to Passenger Lists 1906-1942	11,883,075	748,065	New indexed records and images collection
Washington Applications for Enrollment and Adoption of Washington Indians 1911-1919	51,169	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
Pennsylvania Obituary and Marriage Collection 1947-2010	0	5,996	Added images to an existing collection
Rhode Island Town Clerk Vital and Town Records 1630-1945	0	198,109	Added images to an existing collection
New York Rouses Point and Waddington Crew Lists 1954-1956	4,158	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
North Carolina World War I Service Cards 1917-1919	92,649	92,578	New indexed records and images collection
West Virginia Naturalization Records 1814-1991	717	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
Massachusetts Index to Boston Passenger Lists 1848-1891	24,002	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
Maine J. Gary Nichols Cemetery Collection ca. 1780-1999	1,815	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
California Chinese Partnerships and Departures from San Francisco 1893-1943	54,617	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
Venezuela Diocese of San Cristóbal Catholic Church Records 1601-1962	688,583	128,484	New indexed records and images collection

Searchable historic records are made available on FamilySearch.org through the help of thousands of volunteers from around the world. These volunteers transcribe (index) information from digital copies of handwritten records to make them easily searchable online. More volunteers are needed (particularly those who can read foreign languages) to keep pace with the large number of digital images being published online at FamilySearch.org. Learn more about volunteering to help provide free access to the world's historic genealogical records online at FamilySearch.org /indexing.