Paul Nata, Public Affairs Manager for FamilySearch, said in a press release January 31, 2009, that FamilySearch had added over 40 million new records to its Record Search pilot since January 5th.
Individuals with international roots from Argentina, Canada, Germany, Ireland, Germany, Netherlands, and the Philippines will find some nice surprises in the newly added collections.
Birth, marriage, and death records were added for the Netherlands and Ireland. Irish researchers in particular have been anxiously awaiting the 23 million records from the Irish Civil Registration indexes. These records date from 1845-1958 and are also known as the Statutory Registration Records. Statutory registration for Protestants began in 1845 and for Catholics in 1864.
Many thanks to the thousands of online FamilySearch Indexing volunteers who helped make these wonderful records available.
See the chart below for more details. The new records can be searched for free at FamilySearch.org
(Click Search Records, then Record Search pilot).
|
Collection Name |
Indexed Records |
Digital Images |
Comments |
|
1869 Argentina National Census |
232,853 |
157,133 |
New |
|
California, San Francisco Area Funeral Home Records 1835-1931 |
43,407 |
61,017 |
New |
|
Canada Census 1916 |
1,811,736 |
36,263 |
New |
|
Costa Rica Church Records 1595-1992 |
1,387,505 |
260,367 |
New |
|
Germany Burials 1500-1900 |
3,633,851 |
New |
|
|
Ireland, Civil Registration Indexes 1845-1958 |
23,023,320 |
70,971 |
New |
|
Mexico Aguascalientes Catholic Church Records 1616-1961 |
601,572 |
New |
|
|
Netherlands Births and Baptisms |
1,350,335 |
New |
|
|
Netherlands Marriages |
374,659 |
New |
|
|
Netherlands Deaths and Burials |
206,477 |
New |
|
|
Philippines Marriages |
2,224,877 |
New |
|
|
1920 United States Census |
2,437,479 |
50,364 |
Added Alabama |
|
1850 United States Census |
1,425,756 |
Added Alabama and Indian Population |
|
|
1850 United States Census (Slave Schedule) |
869,079 |
Added Alabama, Missouri, and South Carolina |
|
|
1850 United States Census (Mortality Schedule) |
37,993 |
Added Louisiana and Indian Population |
|
|
1870 United States Census |
7,954,406 |
Added Pennsylvania |
