New Free Historical Records on FamilySearch: Week of 20 December 2021

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Country	Collection	Indexed Records	Digital Images	Comments
Argentina	Argentina, Buenos Aires, Catholic Church Records, 1635-1981	1,070,106	0	Expanded collection
Argentina	Argentina, Capital Federal, Catholic Church Records, 1737-1977	526,796	0	Expanded collection
Argentina	Argentina, Catamarca, Catholic Church Records, 1724-1971	5,534	0	Expanded collection
Argentina	Argentina, Chaco, Catholic Church Records, 1882-1955	1,417	0	Expanded collection
Argentina	Argentina, Chubut, Catholic Church Records, 1884-1974	1,555	0	Expanded collection
Argentina	Argentina, Córdoba, Catholic Church Records, 1557-1974	9,932	0	Expanded collection
Argentina	Argentina, Corrientes, Catholic Church Records, 1734-1977	27,622	0	Expanded collection
Argentina	Argentina, Jujuy, Catholic Church Records, 1662-1975	16,219	0	Expanded collection
Argentina	Argentina, La Rioja, Catholic Church Records, 1714-1970	13,760	0	Expanded collection
Argentina	Argentina, Misiones, Catholic Church Records, 1874-1975	4,513	0	Expanded collection
Argentina	Argentina, Neuquén, Catholic Church Records, 1883-1977	5,249	0	Expanded collection
Argentina	Argentina, Río Negro, Catholic Church Records, 1880-1977	14,232	0	Expanded collection
Argentina	Argentina, San Juan, Catholic Church Records, 1655-1975	11,814	0	Expanded collection
Argentina	Argentina, Santa Fe, Catholic Church Records, 1634-1975	2,571	0	Expanded collection
Argentina	Argentina, Santiago del Estero, Catholic Church Records, 1581-1961	1,089	0	Expanded collection
Argentina	Argentina, Tucumán, Catholic Church Records, 1727-1955	3,319	0	Expanded collection
Bolivia	Bolivia Catholic Church Records, 1566-1996	210,697	0	Expanded collection
Brazil	Brazil, Bahía, Catholic Church Records, 1598-2007	73,218	0	Expanded collection
Brazil	Brazil, Ceará, Catholic Church Records, 1725-1971	3,451	0	Expanded collection
Brazil	Brazil, Maranhão, Catholic Church Records, 1673-1962	3,869	0	Expanded collection
Brazil	Brazil, Minas Gerais, Catholic Church Records, 1706-1999	648,280	0	Expanded collection
Brazil	Brazil, Minas Gerais, Civil Registration, 1879-1949	5,773	0	Expanded collection
Brazil	Brazil, Paraíba, Catholic Church Records, 1731-2013	229,110	0	Expanded collection
Brazil	Brazil, Paraná, Catholic Church Records, 1704-2008	26,970	0	Expanded collection
Brazil	Brazil, Paraná, Civil Registration, 1852-1996	3	0	Expanded collection
Brazil	Brazil, Rio Grande do Norte, Catholic Church Records, 1788-1967	11,035	0	Expanded collection
Brazil	Brazil, Santa Catarina, Civil Registration, 1850-1999	3,572	0	Expanded collection
Brazil	Brazil, São Paulo, Catholic Church Records, 1640-2012	51,910	0	Expanded collection
Brazil	Brazil, São Paulo, Civil Registration, 1925-1995	2	0	Expanded collection
Brazil	Brazil, Sergipe, Catholic Church Records, 1785-1994	3,190	0	Expanded collection
Chile	Chile, Catholic Church Records, 1710-1928	706,657	0	Expanded collection
Costa Rica	Costa Rica, Catholic Church Records, 1595-1992	889,736	0	Expanded collection
Cuba	Cuba, Church Records, 1584-1918	185,997	0	Expanded collection
Dominican Republic	Dominican Republic, Catholic Church Records, 1590-1975	248,021	0	Expanded collection
Ecuador	Ecuador, Catholic Church Records, 1565-2011	4,375	0	Expanded collection
El Salvador	El Salvador Catholic Church Records, 1655-1977	35,887	0	Expanded collection
England	England, Middlesex Parish Registers, 1539-1988	100,205	0	Expanded collection
England	England, Northumberland Non-Conformist Church Records, 1613-1920	4,049	0	Expanded collection
Estonia	Estonia, Lutheran Church Family Lists, 1603-1980	2,501,510	0	New collection
Finland	Finland, Passport Registers, 1900-1920	7,905	0	Expanded collection
France	France, Saône-et-Loire, Parish and Civil Registration, 1530-1892	313	0	Expanded collection
Germany	Germany, Prussia, Saxony, Census Lists, 1770-1934	9,594	0	Expanded collection
Guatemala	Guatemala, Catholic Church Records, 1581-1977	419,372	0	Expanded collection
India	India, Madras Diocese Protestant Church Records, 1743-1990	2,844	0	Expanded collection
Kiribati	Kiribati, Vital Records, 1890-1991	7,815	0	Expanded collection
Malta	Malta, Passport Applications, 1865-1943	18,401	0	New collection
Mexico	Mexico, Aguascalientes, Catholic Church Records, 1601-1962	141,129	0	Expanded collection
Mexico	Mexico, Baja California and Baja California Sur, Catholic Church Records, 1750-1984	24,561	0	Expanded collection
Mexico	Mexico, Campeche, Catholic Church Records, 1638-1944	333,035	0	Expanded collection
Mexico	Mexico, Chiapas, Catholic Church Records, 1557-1978	436,677	0	Expanded collection
Mexico	Mexico, Chihuahua, Catholic Church Records, 1632-1958	246,241	0	Expanded collection
Mexico	Mexico, Coahuila, Catholic Church Records, 1627-1978	218,914	0	Expanded collection
Mexico	Mexico, Colima, Catholic Church Records, 1707-1969	107,731	0	Expanded collection
Mexico	Mexico, Distrito Federal, Catholic Church Records, 1514-1970	1,767,592	0	Expanded collection
Mexico	Mexico, Durango, Catholic Church Records, 1604-1985	356,958	0	Expanded collection
Mexico	Mexico, Guanajuato, Catholic Church Records, 1519-1984	2,080,920	0	Expanded collection
Mexico	Mexico, Guerrero, Catholic Church Records, 1576-1979	428,837	0	Expanded collection
Mexico	Mexico, Hidalgo, Catholic Church Records, 1546-1971	562,719	0	Expanded collection
Mexico	Mexico, Jalisco, Catholic Church Records, 1590-1979	1,492,685	0	Expanded collection
Mexico	Mexico, México, Catholic Church Records, 1567-1970	1,770,990	0	Expanded collection
Mexico	Mexico, Michoacán, Catholic Church Records, 1555-1996	833,175	0	Expanded collection
Mexico	Mexico, Morelos, Catholic Church Records, 1598-1994	248,962	0	Expanded collection
Mexico	Mexico, Nayarit, Catholic Church Records, 1596-1967	460,360	0	Expanded collection
Mexico	Mexico, Nuevo León, Catholic Church Records, 1667-1981	270,028	0	Expanded collection
Mexico	Mexico, Oaxaca, Catholic Church Records, 1559-1988	2,271,209	0	Expanded collection
Mexico	Mexico, Puebla, Catholic Church Records, 1545-1977	1,684,556	0	Expanded collection
Mexico	Mexico, Querétaro, Catholic Church Records, 1590-1970	252,295	0	Expanded collection
Mexico	Mexico, San Luis Potosí, Catholic Church Records, 1586-1977	2,759,305	0	Expanded collection
Mexico	Mexico, Sinaloa, Catholic Church Records, 1671-1968	200,476	0	Expanded collection
Mexico	Mexico, Sonora, Catholic Church Records, 1657-1994	193,030	0	Expanded collection
Mexico	Mexico, Tabasco, Catholic Church Records, 1803-1970	125,542	0	Expanded collection
Mexico	Mexico, Tamaulipas, Catholic Church Records, 1703-1964	614,965	0	Expanded collection
Mexico	Mexico, Tlaxcala, Catholic Church Records, 1576-1994	1,308,501	0	Expanded collection
Mexico	Mexico, Veracruz, Catholic Church Records, 1590-1978	1,055,634	0	Expanded collection
Mexico	Mexico, Yucatán, Catholic Church Records, 1543-1977	1,498,138	0	Expanded collection
Mexico	Mexico, Zacatecas, Catholic Church Records, 1605-1980	429,013	0	Expanded collection
Nicaragua	Nicaragua, Catholic Church Records, 1740-1960	103,231	0	Expanded collection
Norway	Norway, Probate Index Cards, 1640-1903	3,280	0	Expanded collection
Other	Find A Grave Index	3,001,877	0	Expanded collection
Panama	Panama, Catholic Church Records, 1707-1973	1,190	0	Expanded collection
Paraguay	Paraguay, Catholic Church Records, 1754-2015	35,768	0	Expanded collection
Peru	Peru, Catholic Church Records, 1603-1992	2,401,678	0	Expanded collection
Peru	Peru, Diocese of Huaraz, Catholic Church Records, 1641-2016	13,194	0	Expanded collection
Peru	Peru, Prelature of Yauyos-Cañete-Huarochirí, Catholic Church Records, 1665-2018	916	0	Expanded collection
Samoa	Samoa, Vital Records, 1846-1996	18,646	0	Expanded collection
South Africa	South Africa, Church of the Province of South Africa, Parish Registers, 1801-2004	4,080	0	Expanded collection
South Africa	South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1970	7,624	0	Expanded collection
South Africa	South Africa, KwaZulu Natal, Vital Records, 1868-1976	4,168	0	Expanded collection
South Africa	South Africa, Reformed Church Records, 1856-1988	5,160	0	Expanded collection
Spain	Spain, Catholic Church Records, 1307-1985	764	0	Expanded collection
Spain	Spain, Diocese of Cartagena, Catholic Church Records, 1503-1969	1,083	0	Expanded collection
Sweden	Sweden, Örebro Church Records, 1613-1918; index 1635-1860	3,410	0	Expanded collection
Switzerland	Switzerland, Ticino, Census, 1837	1,030	0	Expanded collection
Tuvalu	Tuvalu, Vital Records, 1866-1979	1,323	0	Expanded collection
United Kingdom	England, Lincolnshire, Marriage Bonds and Allegations, 1574-1885	1,138	0	Expanded collection
United States	Illinois, Cook County, Birth Certificates, 1871-1949	2,424	0	Expanded collection
United States	Kentucky, Supplemental Schedule of Defective, Dependent & Delinquents, 1850-1880	17,715	0	New collection
United States	New Jersey, Death Index, 1901-1903; 1916-1929	453	0	Expanded collection
United States	New York, New York, Index to Passengers Lists of Vessels, 1897-1902	857,089	0	Expanded collection
United States	Oklahoma, Garfield County, Obituaries, 1963-1986	17,861	0	Expanded collection
United States	United States, California, Indexes to Private Land Claims Dockets, 1849-1895	1,340	0	New indexed records collection
United States	United States, War Relocation Authority centers, final accountability rosters, 1942-1946	55,805	0	Expanded collection
United States	Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1771-1989	12,444	0	Expanded collection
Uruguay	Uruguay Civil Registration, 1879-1930	2,223	0	Expanded collection
Uruguay	Uruguay, Catholic Church Records, 1726-2000	112,460	0	Expanded collection
Venezuela	Venezuela, Catholic Church Records, 1577-1995	3,799,762	0	Expanded collection

New Free Historical Records on FamilySearch: Week of 20 December 2021

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