The following information was received from Paul Nauta, with FamilySearch:
The latest free collection updates might just have what you’re seeking!
What a grab bag of records added this week! Let’s see—for its online patrons’ free viewing pleasure, internationally, FamilySearch added church records from Costa Rico and Mexico, Bishop’s Transcripts and Poor Law records from England, Hindu pilgrimage records from India, municipal records from Spain, and civil registrations from Nicaragua and Peru. In the U.S., those with Arkansas and Oklahoma ancestors are going to have a proverbial field trip with the 500,000 new county marriage records added—and the indexes are linked to the original images! Additional records were also added for Maine and Texas. See the table below for details. You can search all of the record collections now for free at FamilySearch.org.
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Collection |
Records |
Images |
Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
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Costa Rica Church Records, 1595–1992 |
7,249 |
3,948 |
Added images and index to existing collection. |
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England, Norfolk Bishop’s Transcripts, 1685–1941 |
0 |
81,941 |
Added browsable images to existing collection. |
|
England, Norfolk Poor Law Union Records, 1796–1900 |
0 |
939 |
Added browsable images to existing collection. |
|
India, Hindu Pilgrimage Records |
0 |
31,436 |
New browsable image collection. |
|
Mexico, Distrito Federal, Catholic Church Records, 1886–1933 |
0 |
2,596,692 |
Added browsable images to existing collection. |
|
Nicaragua, Managua, Civil Registration, 1879–2007 |
42,195 |
0 |
Added records to existing collection. |
|
Peru, Lima Civil Registration, 1874–1930 |
64,182 |
0 |
Added records to existing collection. |
|
Spain, Municipal Records |
0 |
56,152 |
Added browsable images to existing collection. |
|
U.S., Arkansas County Marriages, 1837–1957 |
93,584 |
38,426 |
Added Arkansas, Washington, White, and Woodruff Counties to existing collection. |
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U.S., Maine, State Archive Collections |
0 |
3,019 |
Added browsable images to existing collection. |
|
U.S., Oklahoma County Marriages, 1891–1959 |
222,471 |
151,140 |
New collection. Counties included: Adair, Alfalfa, Atoka, Beaver, Beckham, Blaine, Bryan, Caddo, Canadian, Dewey, Garfield, Harmon, Hughes, Jackson, Jefferson, and Kingfisher. |
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U.S., Texas, Eastland County Records, 1868–1949 |
0 |
6,978 |
Added browsable images to existing collection. |
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Addition of Costa Rica church records and images is going to have a big impact in tracing latin roots. Excellent.
Cheers, Tee
Tee is the founder and senior editor of Costa Rica CLOSEUP a Travel Guide to Costa Rica with Events, Articles and Information for everyone traveling, retiring and/or purchasing real estate in Costa Rica. Please visit http://www.costaricacloseup.com for more information.