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The following information was received this morning from Paul Nauta with FamilySearch:
There were over 150 new collections added or enhanced this week at FamilySearch.org. FamilySearch volunteers indexed over 120 million records — over 300 million new names — from original source documents to accomplish this great feat. The massive release was announced [...]

28 September 2009: Volunteers with Rhode Island roots will be excited about the new indexing projects this week. The Rhode Island 1905 and 1935 State Censuses were added. New international projects for Argentina, Germany, Philippines, Spain, and the U.K. were also added.
Note: the links within the charts won’t work as they are just images [...]

The following news release is courtesy of Paul Nauta, FamilySearch:
28 September 2009 - Family researchers seeking their Mexican heritage have two million new records at their fingertips this week with an update to the 1930 Census collection. There are also new indexes and images for France, Italy, Slovakia, Argentina, and the United States. These [...]

A few weeks ago, I blogged about the various surname distribution maps being posted online by dynastree.com and its associated sites. Now I see that they have posted more of them. I modified the 1st paragraph below to include the Dutch maps which were posted just a few days ago, but not included in the [...]

Thanks to Paul Nauta for the following info.:

Twelve new collections were added to the FamilySearch Record Search pilot this week. International collections were added for Argentina, Australia, Mexico, Netherlands, and Spain. New United States collections were added for Delaware, Massachusetts, New Mexico, Rhode Island, and Utah. Happy searching!
These collections can be searched [...]

The following news about Family Search Indexing was just received from Paul Nauta:
Significant updates were made recently to the FamilySearch Indexing application and Web site. Batch Sharing seems to be the most popular of the new features. Following are brief descriptions of the updates:
Batch Sharing. This exciting new feature appeals to indexers who enjoy [...]

The following are three data sets are recently completed projects that have been removed from the available online indexing batches and will now go through a final completion check process in preparation for future publication:

Argentina Censo 1869—Catamarca y La Rioja
Minnesota—1920 U.S. Federal Census
Minnesota Probate Court Wills 1849–1918

Current FamilySearch Indexing Projects, Record Language, & [...]

Eleven new indexing projects were added this week, most of them international. Five of the projects are birth, marriage, and death records for France.
New indexing projects added this week were:
INTERNATIONAL
Argentina Censo 1869—Jujuy Salta Tucuman
Canada, British Columbia Births, 1854–1903
France, Paroisses de Cherbourg, 1802–1907
France, Paroisses de Saint-Lo, 1802–1907
France, Paroisses de Coutances, 1802–1907
France Registres Protestants, [...]

There are many new, upcoming, and completed indexing projects to report in this update from Paul Nauta, with FamilySearch. Twelve of the projects below are new (see Current Projects). Included are three Belgian and two Argentina projects. The New York 1892 State Census project is exciting! New York has some of the best [...]

March 4, 2009: The FamilySearch indexing application is available in three new languages:

Italian,
Portuguese, and
Russian.

These languages are in addition to English, French, German, and Spanish. They have current indexing projects in all of these languages except Portuguese. They will be introducing a Portuguese project in the near future.
Volunteers can help with any of the [...]

The following Family Search Indexing update information was received from Paul Nauta, Public Affairs Manager for FamilySearch.
February 6, 2009: FamilySearch volunteers wrapped up 14 online indexing projects already in 2009 and continue to make good progress on the 38 open projects. There are two new projects from the 1930 Mexico Census this week, and the [...]

The following news release was just received from Paul Nauta, with FamilySearch:
30 January 2009 - Since the last update on January 5, 2009, FamilySearch added over 40 million new records to its Record Search pilot. Individuals with international roots from Argentina, Canada, Germany, Ireland, Germany, Netherlands, and the Philippines will find some nice surprises [...]