New Historical Records on FamilySearch 16 Apr 2023

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FamilySearch added a half million new name-searchable records from the South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives) in the week of 16 April 2023. FamilySearch also expanded other collections from Belgium, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, France, Paraguay, Peru, and numerous countries around the world. Click on the links below to begin searching these new, historical records.

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Country	Collection	Indexed Records	Digital Images	Comments
Argentina	Argentina, Catamarca, Catholic Church Records, 1724-1971	3,070	0	Expanded collection
Argentina	Argentina, Corrientes, Catholic Church Records, 1734-1977	734	0	Expanded collection
Argentina	Argentina, Entre Ríos, Civil Registration, 1860-1965	255	0	Expanded collection
Argentina	Argentina, Jujuy, Catholic Church Records, 1662-1975	585	0	Expanded collection
Argentina	Argentina, San Juan, Catholic Church Records, 1655-1975	41	0	Expanded collection
Belgium	Belgium, Antwerp, Civil Registration, 1588-1913	30,932	0	Expanded collection
Belgium	Belgium, Brabant, Civil Registration, 1582-1914	459	0	Expanded collection
Belgium	Belgium, Namur, Civil Registration, 1800-1912	5,905	0	Expanded collection
Benin	Benin, Civil Registration of Deaths, 1891-2014	134	0	Expanded collection
Bolivia	Bolivia Catholic Church Records, 1566-1996	4,320	0	Expanded collection
Brazil	Brazil, Minas Gerais, Civil Registration, 1879-1949	1,826	0	Expanded collection
Brazil	Brazil, Pará, Civil Registration, 1815-1995	891	0	Expanded collection
Brazil	Brazil, Paraná, Civil Registration, 1852-1996	5,523	0	Expanded collection
Brazil	Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Civil Registration, 1829-2012	8,597	0	Expanded collection
Brazil	Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul, Civil Registration, 1860-2006	2,562	0	Expanded collection
Brazil	Brazil, Santa Catarina, Civil Registration, 1850-1999	1,483	0	Expanded collection
Chile	Chile, Catholic Church Records, 1633-2015	23,151	0	Expanded collection
Chile	Chile, Civil Registration, 1885-1932	17	0	Expanded collection
Colombia	Colombia, Bogotá, AGN, DAS Alphabetical Cards	1,742	0	Expanded collection
Colombia	Colombia, Catholic Church Records, 1576-2018	34,618	0	Expanded collection
Costa Rica	Costa Rica, Catholic Church Records, 1595-1992	1,601	0	Expanded collection
Costa Rica	Costa Rica, Civil Registration, 1823-1975	506	0	Expanded collection
Croatia	Croatia, Church Books, 1516-1994	38	0	Expanded collection
Denmark	Denmark, Copenhagen City, Civil Marriages, 1739-1964, Index 1877-1964	16,913	0	Expanded collection
Dominican Republic	Dominican Republic Civil Registration, 1801-2010	9,233	0	Expanded collection
Dominican Republic	Dominican Republic, Catholic Church Records, 1590-1975	4	0	Expanded collection
Ecuador	Ecuador, Catholic Church Records, 1565-2011	5,369	0	Expanded collection
Ecuador	Ecuador, Cemetery Records, 1862-2019	78,076	0	Expanded collection
El Salvador	El Salvador Catholic Church Records, 1655-1977	843	0	Expanded collection
England	England, Cumberland Parish Registers, 1538-1990	9,181	0	Expanded collection
France	France, Calvados, Census, 1891	29,226	0	Expanded collection
Germany	Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia, Wuppertal, Civil Registration, 1810-1930	1,639	0	Expanded collection
Guam	Guam, Census, 1896-1897	7,887	0	Expanded collection
Guatemala	Guatemala, Alta Verapaz, Civil Registration, 1877-1994	224	0	Expanded collection
Guatemala	Guatemala, Baja Verapaz, Civil Registration, 1877-1994	36	0	Expanded collection
Guatemala	Guatemala, El Progreso, Civil Registration, 1877-1994	488	0	Expanded collection
Italy	Italy, Ravenna, Ravenna, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866-1929	440	0	Expanded collection
Italy	Italy, Sassari, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1803-1942	2,607	0	Expanded collection
Italy	Italy, Treviso, Treviso, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1871-1941	28	0	Expanded collection
Italy	Italy, Venezia, Venezia, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1871-1930	1,012	0	Expanded collection
Luxembourg	Luxembourg Census Records, 1843-1900	20,043	0	Expanded collection
Mexico	Mexico, Puebla, Catholic Church Records, 1545-1977	12,342	0	Expanded collection
Paraguay	Paraguay, Military Records, 1870-1965	21,890	0	Expanded collection
Peru	Peru, Arequipa, Catholic Church Records, 1660-2020	23,079	0	Expanded collection
Peru	Peru, Catholic Church Records, 1603-1992	8,466	0	Expanded collection
Portugal	Portugal, Porto, Catholic Church Records, 1535-1949	2,836	0	Expanded collection
Portugal	Portugal, Setúbal, Catholic Church Records, 1555-1911	567	0	Expanded collection
Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico, Catholic Church Records, 1645-1969	952	0	Expanded collection
Russia	Russia, Lutheran Church Book Duplicates, 1833-1885	612	0	Expanded collection
South Africa	South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1970	599,107	0	Expanded collection
United States	California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994	33	0	Expanded collection
United States	Connecticut, County Coroner's Records, 1883-1934	70	0	Expanded collection
United States	Florida, Funeral Home Records, 1887-1971	75	0	Expanded collection
United States	Ohio, Stillbirths, 1918-1953	19,974	0	Expanded collection
United States	Texas, Hardin County, Deed Records, 1840-1920	6,891	0	Expanded collection
Uruguay	Uruguay Civil Registration, 1879-1930	6,948	0	Expanded collection
Venezuela	Venezuela Civil Registration, 1873-2003	2,349	0	Expanded collection
Venezuela	Venezuela, Archdiocese of Caracas, Catholic Church Records, 1638-2020	1,971	0	Expanded collection

New Free Historical Records on FamilySearch 16 April 2023

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