New Records on FamilySearch 17 December 2023

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FamilySearch expanded its free online archives on 17 December 2023 with over 12 million new indexed family history records from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and collectively 29 million more records from Brazil, Colombia, the Czech Republic, Russia, and the United States. Other collections added records in the thousands from Guatemala, Ireland, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, S Africa, Ukraine, and Zimbabwe. Click on the links below to search for these new records.

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Country	Collection	Indexed Records	Digital Images	Comments
Argentina	Argentina, Buenos Aires, Catholic Church Records, 1635-1981	34	0	Expanded collection
Argentina	Argentina, Catamarca, Civil Registration, 1888-2000	2,083	0	Expanded collection
Argentina	Argentina, Chaco, Civil Registration, 1889-1946	654	0	Expanded collection
Argentina	Argentina, Córdoba, Catholic Church Records, 1557-1974	5,938	0	Expanded collection
Argentina	Argentina, Entre Ríos, Catholic Church Records, 1764-1983	11	0	Expanded collection
Argentina	Computer-aided Indexes	181,276	0	CAI records added
Belgium	Belgium, Brabant, Civil Registration, 1582-1914	1,087	0	Expanded collection
Belgium	Belgium, Namur, Civil Registration, 1800-1912	3,032	0	Expanded collection
Bolivia	Bolivia Catholic Church Records, 1566-1996	1,693	0	Expanded collection
Brazil	Brazil, Alagoas, Church Records, 1802-2016	1,665	0	Expanded collection
Brazil	Brazil, Mato Grosso, Civil Registration, 1845-2013	161	0	Expanded collection
Brazil	Brazil, Minas Gerais, Civil Registration, 1879-1949	2,700	0	Expanded collection
Brazil	Brazil, Pará, Civil Registration, 1815-1995	1,363	0	Expanded collection
Brazil	Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Civil Registration, 1829-2012	1,392	0	Expanded collection
Brazil	Brazil, Santa Catarina, Civil Registration, 1850-1999	612	0	Expanded collection
Brazil	Brazil, Sergipe, Catholic Church Records, 1785-1994	3,469	0	Expanded collection
Brazil	Computer-aided Indexes	7,890,535	0	CAI records added
Colombia	Colombia, Bogotá, AGN, DAS Alphabetical Cards	298	0	Expanded collection
Colombia	Colombia, Catholic Church Records, 1576-2018	21,267	0	Expanded collection
Colombia	Colombia, Censuses, 1777-1967	5,865	0	Expanded collection
Colombia	Computer-aided Indexes	7,164,356	0	CAI records added
Costa Rica	Computer-aided Indexes	7,910	0	CAI records added
Costa Rica	Costa Rica, Catholic Church Records, 1595-1992	984	0	Expanded collection
Croatia	Croatia, Church Books, 1516-1994	214	0	Expanded collection
Czech Republic	Czech Republic, Church Books, 1552-1981	3,248,171	0	Expanded collection
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Democratic Republic of the Congo, Census, 1984	12,126,942	0	Expanded collection
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Democratic Republic of the Congo, National Identity Cards, 1884-2019	254,162	0	Expanded collection
Dominican Republic	Computer-aided Indexes	70,771	0	CAI records added
Dominican Republic	Dominican Republic Civil Registration, 1801-2010	167,004	0	Expanded collection
Dominican Republic	Dominican Republic, Catholic Church Records, 1590-1975	692	0	Expanded collection
El Salvador	Computer-aided Indexes	142,971	0	CAI records added
Germany	Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia, Wuppertal, Civil Registration, 1810-1930	1,584	0	Expanded collection
Gibraltar	Gibraltar, Church Records, 1697-1991	572	0	Expanded collection
Guatemala	Computer-aided Indexes	28,394	0	CAI records added
Guatemala	Guatemala, Chimaltenango, Civil Registration, 1877-1994	464	0	Expanded collection
Guatemala	Guatemala, Chiquimula, Civil Registration, 1877-2008	387	0	Expanded collection
Guatemala	Guatemala, El Progreso, Civil Registration, 1877-1994	130	0	Expanded collection
Guatemala	Guatemala, Guatemala, Civil Registration, 1877-2006	10,549	0	Expanded collection
Guatemala	Guatemala, Huehuetenango, Civil Registration, 1877-1994	43	0	Expanded collection
Guatemala	Guatemala, Izabal, Civil Registration, 1877-1994	46	0	Expanded collection
Guatemala	Guatemala, Quetzaltenango, Civil Registration, 1877-1994	97	0	Expanded collection
Guatemala	Guatemala, Quiché, Civil Registration, 1877-1994	31	0	Expanded collection
Guatemala	Guatemala, Retalhuleu, Civil Registration, 1877-1994	57	0	Expanded collection
Guatemala	Guatemala, Sacatepéquez, Civil Registration, 1877-1994	91	0	Expanded collection
Guatemala	Guatemala, San Marcos, Civil Registration, 1877-1994	88	0	Expanded collection
Guatemala	Guatemala, Santa Rosa, Civil Registration, 1877-1994	81	0	Expanded collection
Guatemala	Guatemala, Sololá, Civil Registration, 1877-1994	61	0	Expanded collection
Guatemala	Guatemala, Suchitepéquez, Civil Registration, 1877-1994	536	0	Expanded collection
Guatemala	Guatemala, Totonicapán, Civil Registration, 1930-2008	118	0	Expanded collection
Guatemala	Guatemala, Zacapa, Civil Registration, 1877-1994	99	0	Expanded collection
India	India, Catholic Church Records, 1751-2014	3,613,598	0	Expanded collection
India	India, Madras Diocese Protestant Church Records, 1743-1990	276	0	Expanded collection
Ireland	Ireland, Catholic Parish Registers, 1740-1900	73,527	0	Expanded collection
Italy	Italy, Sassari, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1803-1942	331	0	Expanded collection
Italy	Italy, Treviso, Treviso, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1871-1941	742	0	Expanded collection
Italy	Italy, Venezia, Venezia, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1871-1930	701	0	Expanded collection
Mexico	Computer-aided Indexes	3,605	0	CAI records added
Mexico	Mexico, Michoacán, Catholic Church Records, 1555-1996	4,390	0	Expanded collection
Mexico	Mexico, Puebla, Catholic Church Records, 1545-1977	1,471	0	Expanded collection
Mexico	Mexico, Querétaro, Catholic Church Records, 1590-1970	962	0	Expanded collection
Netherlands	Aruba, Civil Registration, 1823-2004	233	0	Expanded collection
Palau	Palau, Church Records, 1921-1940	443	0	Expanded collection
Paraguay	Computer-aided Indexes	45,600	0	CAI records added
Paraguay	Paraguay, Births, 1898-1963	183	0	Expanded collection
Peru	Computer-aided Indexes	46,344	0	CAI records added
Peru	Peru, Catholic Church Records, 1603-1992	17,561	0	Expanded collection
Portugal	Computer-aided Indexes	944,206	0	CAI records added
Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico, Catholic Church Records, 1645-1969	5	0	Expanded collection
Russia	Russia, Lutheran Church Book Duplicates, 1833-1885	3,371	0	Expanded collection
Russia	Russia, Tobolsk, Church Books, 1722-1930	5,887,617	0	Expanded collection
Russia	Russia, Tomsk, Church Books, 1752-1918	451,188	0	Expanded collection
Russia	Russia, Tver Church Books, 1722-1918	123,610	0	Expanded collection
South Africa	South Africa, Western Cape, Deceased Estate Files, 1951-1958	17,733	0	Expanded collection
Spain	Computer-aided Indexes	113,610	0	CAI records added
Spain	Spain, Province of Gerona, Municipal Records, 1566-1956	11,932	0	Expanded collection
Sweden	Sweden, Stockholm City Archives, Index to Church Records, 1546-1927	996	0	Expanded collection
Ukraine	Ukraine, Kiev Confession Lists, 1741-1918	38,495	0	Expanded collection
United States	Arizona, U.S. District Court Naturalization Records, 1870-1955	17	0	Expanded collection
United States	North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979	282	0	Expanded collection
United States	Ohio, Stillbirths, 1918-1953	1,594	0	Expanded collection
United States	Texas, Hidalgo County, Marriage Records, 1875-2021	50,221	0	Expanded collection
United States	United States, New York Land Records, 1630-1975	960,668	0	Expanded collection
United States	Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Birth Records, 1853-1896	2,672	0	Expanded collection
Uruguay	Uruguay Civil Registration, 1879-1930	7,423	0	Expanded collection
Venezuela	Computer-aided Indexes	240,875	0	CAI records added
Venezuela	Venezuela Civil Registration, 1873-2003	1,810	0	Expanded collection
Venezuela	Venezuela, Archdiocese of Caracas, Catholic Church Records, 1638-2020	3,151	0	Expanded collection
Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe, Diocese of Chinhoyi, Catholic Church Records, 1941-2022	220	0	Expanded collection
Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe, Diocese of Mutare, Catholic Church Records, 1898-2022	42,243	0	Expanded collection
	Total	44,066,646	0

New Free Historical Records on FamilySearch 17 December 2023

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