Collections Update: September 1, 2016
3.5 Million Newly Published Indexed Records!
Almost 3.5 million indexed records have been published recently including a new Freedmen's Bureau collection and others from Australia, New Zealand, Netherlands, England, Spain, France, Paraguay, and the United States. 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 RECORDS |
COMMENTS |
Maine & Massachusetts Case Files of Deceased and Deserted Seamen 1837- 1965 |
0 |
16,231 |
New browsable image collection. |
0 |
882,986 |
Added images to an existing collection |
|
425,774 |
0 |
Added indexed records to an existing collection |
|
17,156 |
0 |
Added indexed records to an existing collection |
|
19,557 |
76,329 |
Added indexed records and images to an existing collection |
|
0 |
12,404 |
New browsable image collection. |
|
Netherlands Gelderland Province Civil Registration 1800-1952 |
39,539 |
0 |
Added indexed records to an existing collection |
Massachusetts Revolutionary War Bounty Land Applications 1805-1845 |
0 |
2,522 |
New browsable image collection. |
0 |
8,821 |
New browsable image collection. |
|
0 |
10,288 |
New browsable image collection. |
|
0 |
97,668 |
New browsable image collection. |
|
14,545 |
2,385 |
New indexed records and images collection |
|
34,891 |
0 |
Added indexed records to an existing collection |
|
United States Freedmen's Bureau Labor Contracts Indenture and Apprenticeship Records 1865-1872 |
620,353 |
261,750 |
New indexed records and images collection |
978,688 |
0 |
Added indexed records to an existing collection |
|
213,416 |
17,032 |
New indexed records and images collection |
|
11,105 |
2,197,778 |
Added indexed records and images to an existing collection |
|
3,290 |
33,769 |
New indexed records and images collection |
|
347,941 |
7,280 |
Added indexed records and images to an existing collection |
|
37,422 |
0 |
New indexed records and images collection |
|
32,614 |
0 |
New indexed records and images collection |
|
2,460 |
17,342 |
New indexed records collection |
|
372,298 |
0 |
Added indexed records to an existing collection |
|
Florida Confederate Veterans and Widows Pension Applications 1885-1955 |
43,476 |
0 |
Added indexed records to an existing collection |
31,879 |
0 |
Added indexed records to an existing collection |
|
95,312 |
0 |
Added indexed records to an existing collection |
|
New Hampshire Civil War Service and Pension Records 1861-1866 |
152,553 |
69,064 |
Added indexed records to an existing 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 worldís historic genealogical records online at FamilySearch.org/indexing.
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