FamilySearch Adds Over 9.8 Million Indexed Records & Images for Canada, Costa Rica, Croatia, Jamaica, Peru, the Philippines, Puerto Rico, & the USA

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FamilySearch has added to its collections more than 9.8 million indexed records and images for Canada, Costa Rica, Croatia, Jamaica, Peru, the Philippines, Puerto Rico, and the United States. Notable collection updates include 2,983,594 indexed records from the Croatia, Church Books, 1516–1994 collection; 57,446 indexed records and 1,785,969 images from the Jamaica, Civil Registration, 1880–1999 collection; and 1,087,758 indexed records from the Costa Rica Civil Registration, 1860–1975 collection. See the table below for the full list of updates. Search these diverse collections and more than 3.5 billion other records for free at FamilySearch.org.

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 historical genealogical records online at FamilySearch.org .

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Collection – Indexed Records – Digital Images – Comments

Canada, Saskatchewan, Catholic Church Records, 1846–1957 – 40,494 – 0 – Added indexed records to an existing collection.

Canada, Saskatchewan Cemetery Transcripts, ca. 1850–1994 -164,737 – 139,318 – Added indexed records and images to an existing collection.

Costa Rica Civil Registration, 1860–1975 – 1,087,758 – 0 – Added indexed records to an existing collection.

Croatia, Church Books, 1516–1994 – 2,983,594 – 0 – Added indexed records to an existing collection.

Jamaica, Civil Registration, 1880–1999 -57,446 – 1,785,969 – Added indexed records and images to an existing collection.

Peru, Catholic Church Records, 1603–1992 – 447,186 – 0 – Added indexed records to an existing collection.

Peru, Huánuco, Civil Registration, 1889–1997 – 0 – 46,666 – Added images to an existing collection.

Peru, Lambayeque, Civil Registration, 1873–1998 -53,466 – 0 – Added indexed records to an existing collection.

Philippines, Civil Registration (National), 1945–1984 – 0 – 2,508 -Added images to an existing collection.

Philippines, Northern Samar, Roman Catholic Diocese of Catarman, Church Records, 1860–1983 – 0 – 63,212 – New browsable image collection.

Puerto Rico, Civil Registration, 1805–2001 – 97,379 – 0 – Added indexed records to an existing collection.

US, BillionGraves Index – 363,233 – 363,233 – Added indexed records and images to an existing collection.

US, Georgia, Deaths, 1928–1939 – 15,495 – 1,750 – Added indexed records and images to an existing collection.

US, Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800–1991 – 0 – 894,662 – Added images to an existing collection.

US, North Dakota Census, 1915 – 361,965 – 0 – Added indexed records to an existing collection.

US, North Dakota Census, 1925 – 394,391 – 0 – Added indexed records to an existing collection.

US, Ohio, Bloomfield Township, Brownwood Cemetery Records, 1824–2012 – 0 – 636 – New browsable image collection.

US, Texas, Manifests of Aliens Granted Temporary Admission at El Paso, ca. July 1924–1954 – 117,170 – 0 – Added indexed records to an existing collection.

United States Headstone Applications for U.S. Military Veterans, 1925–1949 – 346,070 – 0 – Added indexed records to an existing collection.

About Leland Meitzler

Leland K. Meitzler founded Heritage Quest in 1985, and has worked as Managing Editor of both Heritage Quest Magazine and The Genealogical Helper. He currently operates Family Roots Publishing Company (www.FamilyRootsPublishing.com), writes daily at GenealogyBlog.com, writes the weekly Genealogy Newsline, conducts the annual Salt Lake Christmas Tour to the Family History Library, and speaks nationally, having given over 2000 lectures since 1983.

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