New Free Historical Records on FamilySearch 24 September 2023

Wildlife in jungle (Sri Lanka)
Wildlife in jungle (Sri Lanka)

In the week of 24 September 2023, FamilySearch added over 2 1/2 million new indexed family history records to its online collections from countries all over the world. Sri Lanka led out with 700,000 new records followed by El Salvador, the United States, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Czech Republic, and Guadeloupe. Other countries with significant record expansions include Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Ireland, Mexico, Peru, and Zimbabwe. Click on the links below to search for new records.

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Country

Collection

Indexed Records

Digital Images

Comments

ArgentinaArgentina, Catamarca, Catholic Church Records, 1724-1971

11

0

Expanded collection
ArgentinaArgentina, Chaco, Civil Registration, 1889-1946

3,790

0

Expanded collection
ArgentinaArgentina, Corrientes, Catholic Church Records, 1734-1977

43

0

Expanded collection
ArgentinaArgentina, Jujuy, Catholic Church Records, 1662-1975

245

0

Expanded collection
ArgentinaArgentina, Salta, Catholic Church Records, 1634-1972

228

0

Expanded collection
ArgentinaArgentina, Salta, Civil Registration, 1880-2000

5,626

0

Expanded collection
ArgentinaComputer-aided Indexes

20,894

0

CAI records added
AustraliaAustralia, Victoria, Wills, Probate and Administration Files, 1841-1926

2,072

0

Expanded collection
BelgiumBelgium, Brabant, Civil Registration, 1582-1914

1,116

0

Expanded collection
BelgiumBelgium, Namur, Civil Registration, 1800-1912

2,891

0

Expanded collection
BoliviaBolivia Catholic Church Records, 1566-1996

5,299

0

Expanded collection
BrazilBrazil, Alagoas, Church Records, 1802-2016

5,894

0

Expanded collection
BrazilBrazil, Mato Grosso, Civil Registration, 1845-2013

361

0

Expanded collection
BrazilBrazil, Minas Gerais, Civil Registration, 1879-1949

2,150

0

Expanded collection
BrazilBrazil, Pará, Civil Registration, 1815-1995

2,670

0

Expanded collection
BrazilBrazil, Paraná, Civil Registration, 1852-1996

2,894

0

Expanded collection
BrazilBrazil, Rio Grande do Sul, Civil Registration, 1860-2006

2,546

0

Expanded collection
BrazilBrazil, Santa Catarina, Civil Registration, 1850-1999

4,804

0

Expanded collection
BrazilBrazil, Sergipe, Catholic Church Records, 1785-1994

2,642

0

Expanded collection
BrazilComputer-aided Indexes

1,458

0

CAI records added
Cape VerdeCape Verde, Catholic Church Records, 1787-1957

509

0

Expanded collection
ChileChile, Catholic Church Records, 1633-2015

5,717

0

Expanded collection
ColombiaColombia, Archivo Distrital de Bogotá, Cemetery Indexes, 1887-1995

68,949

0

Expanded collection
ColombiaColombia, Bogotá, AGN, DAS Alphabetical Cards

875

0

Expanded collection
ColombiaColombia, Catholic Church Records, 1576-2018

1,441

0

Expanded collection
ColombiaColombia, Civil Registration, 1553-2021

80

0

Expanded collection
ColombiaColombia, Costa, Church Records, 1778-2018

13,410

0

Expanded collection
ColombiaComputer-aided Indexes

740

0

CAI records added
Costa RicaCosta Rica, Catholic Church Records, 1595-1992

1,105

0

Expanded collection
Costa RicaCosta Rica, Civil Registration, 1823-1975

101

0

Expanded collection
CroatiaCroatia, Church Books, 1516-1994

238

0

Expanded collection
CubaCuba, Church Records, 1584-1960

229

0

Expanded collection
Czech RepublicCzech Republic, Church Books, 1552-1981

155,028

0

Expanded collection
Democratic Republic of the CongoDemocratic Republic of the Congo, Census, 1984

249,670

0

Expanded collection
Democratic Republic of the CongoDemocratic Republic of the Congo, National Identity Cards, 1884-2019

12

0

Expanded collection
DenmarkDenmark Church Records, 1484-1941

20,307

0

Expanded collection
Dominican RepublicDominican Republic, Catholic Church Records, 1590-1975

1,710

0

Expanded collection
El SalvadorComputer-aided Indexes

484,336

0

CAI records added
GermanyGermany, North Rhine-Westphalia, Wuppertal, Civil Registration, 1810-1930

1,341

0

Expanded collection
GibraltarGibraltar, Church Records, 1697-1991

30

0

Expanded collection
GuadeloupeComputer-aided Indexes

77,380

0

CAI records added
GuadeloupeGuadeloupe, Civil Registration Records, 1792-1872

446

0

Expanded collection
GuatemalaGuatemala, Chimaltenango, Civil Registration, 1877-1994

2,088

0

Expanded collection
GuatemalaGuatemala, Chiquimula, Civil Registration, 1877-2008

1,617

0

Expanded collection
GuatemalaGuatemala, Guatemala, Civil Registration, 1877-2006

12,561

0

Expanded collection
GuatemalaGuatemala, Huehuetenango, Civil Registration, 1877-1994

657

0

Expanded collection
GuatemalaGuatemala, Izabal, Civil Registration, 1877-1994

49

0

Expanded collection
GuatemalaGuatemala, Quetzaltenango, Civil Registration, 1877-1994

367

0

Expanded collection
GuatemalaGuatemala, Quiché, Civil Registration, 1877-1994

827

0

Expanded collection
GuatemalaGuatemala, Retalhuleu, Civil Registration, 1877-1994

2,486

0

Expanded collection
GuatemalaGuatemala, Sacatepéquez, Civil Registration, 1877-1994

521

0

Expanded collection
GuatemalaGuatemala, San Marcos, Civil Registration, 1877-1994

458

0

Expanded collection
GuatemalaGuatemala, Santa Rosa, Civil Registration, 1877-1994

467

0

Expanded collection
GuatemalaGuatemala, Sololá, Civil Registration, 1877-1994

1,056

0

Expanded collection
GuatemalaGuatemala, Suchitepéquez, Civil Registration, 1877-1994

2,272

0

Expanded collection
GuatemalaGuatemala, Totonicapán, Civil Registration, 1930-2008

4

0

Expanded collection
GuatemalaGuatemala, Zacapa, Civil Registration, 1877-1994

402

0

Expanded collection
HaitiHaiti, Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince, Catholic Church Records, 1866-2017

1,108

0

Expanded collection
IrelandIreland, Catholic Parish Registers, 1740-1900

73,651

0

Expanded collection
ItalyItaly, Ravenna, Ravenna, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866-1929

1,727

0

Expanded collection
ItalyItaly, Sassari, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1803-1942

159

0

Expanded collection
ItalyItaly, Treviso, Treviso, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1871-1941

51

0

Expanded collection
ItalyItaly, Venezia, Venezia, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1871-1930

1,058

0

Expanded collection
LuxembourgLuxembourg, Church and Civil Registration, 1601-1923

8,872

0

Expanded collection
MartiniqueMartinique, Civil Registration Records, 1809-1874

162

0

Expanded collection
MexicoComputer-aided Indexes

15,218

0

CAI records added
MexicoMexico, Puebla, Catholic Church Records, 1545-1977

6,982

0

Expanded collection
MexicoMexico, Querétaro, Catholic Church Records, 1590-1970

480

0

Expanded collection
NicaraguaNicaragua, Catholic Church Records, 1740-1960

29

0

Expanded collection
NorwayNorway, Probate Index Cards, 1640-1903

1,259

0

Expanded collection
ParaguayParaguay, Births, 1898-1963

2

0

Expanded collection
PeruPeru, Arequipa, Catholic Church Records, 1660-2020

6,159

0

Expanded collection
PeruPeru, Catholic Church Records, 1603-1992

10,377

0

Expanded collection
PortugalComputer-aided Indexes

1,015

0

CAI records added
PortugalPortugal, Setúbal, Catholic Church Records, 1555-1911

322

0

Expanded collection
Puerto RicoPuerto Rico, Catholic Church Records, 1645-1969

2,839

0

Expanded collection
RussiaRussia, Lutheran Church Book Duplicates, 1833-1885

3,618

0

Expanded collection
SpainComputer-aided Indexes

2,136

0

CAI records added
Sri LankaSri Lanka, Civil Registration, 1768-1990

699,837

0

Expanded collection
St LuciaSt. Lucia, Church Records, 1751-1793

9

0

Expanded collection
SwedenSweden, Stockholm City Archives, Index to Church Records, 1546-1927

709

0

Expanded collection
United StatesConnecticut, Naturalization Records, 1795-1945

148

0

Expanded collection
United StatesHawaii, Hawaii State Archives, Probate Packet Records, 1814-1917

806

0

Expanded collection
United StatesHawaii, Registrar of Bureau of Conveyances, Deed Records, 1846-1900

1,268

0

Expanded collection
United StatesIndiana, Mortality Schedules, 1860-1880

13,683

0

Expanded collection
United StatesNew York, U.S. District and Circuit Court Naturalization Records, 1824-1991

455,583

0

Expanded collection
United StatesOhio, Stillbirths, 1918-1953

1,072

0

Expanded collection
United StatesPennsylvania, Western District, Naturalizations, 1820-1930

1,164

0

Expanded collection
United StatesVirginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Birth Records, 1853-1896

4,594

0

Expanded collection
UruguayComputer-aided Indexes

316

0

CAI records added
UruguayUruguay Civil Registration, 1879-1930

7,083

0

Expanded collection
VenezuelaVenezuela Civil Registration, 1873-2003

1,189

0

Expanded collection
VenezuelaVenezuela, Archdiocese of Caracas, Catholic Church Records, 1638-2020

1,170

0

Expanded collection
WalesWales, Glamorganshire, Parish Registers, 1538-1912

4

0

Expanded collection
ZimbabweZimbabwe, Archdiocese of Bulawayo, Catholic Church Records, 1896-2022

47,813

0

Expanded collection
ZimbabweZimbabwe, Voter Registration, 1938-1973

4,537

0

Expanded collection

Total

2,560,873

0

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