New Records on FamilySearch 3 December 2023

Colorful buildings in a street of the old city of Cartagena in Colombia, South America

FamilySearch expanded its free online archives in the week of 3 December 2023 with over 19 million new fully searchable indexed family history records from all over the world. New historical records in the millions were added from Colombia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Russia. Other sizeable collections added new records in the thousands from El Salvador, the Netherlands, Brazil, El Salvador, Guatemala, Ireland, Palestine, Peru, Spain, Venezuela, and Zimbabwe. Click on the links below to search for new free records records on FamilySearch.

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Country	Collection	Indexed Records	Digital Images	Comments
Argentina	Argentina, Catamarca, Civil Registration, 1888-2000	1,240	0	Expanded collection
Argentina	Argentina, Chaco, Civil Registration, 1889-1946	4,547	0	Expanded collection
Argentina	Argentina, Córdoba, Catholic Church Records, 1557-1974	360	0	Expanded collection
Argentina	Argentina, Entre Ríos, Catholic Church Records, 1764-1983	81	0	Expanded collection
Argentina	Argentina, Jujuy, Catholic Church Records, 1662-1975	17	0	Expanded collection
Argentina	Argentina, Neuquén, Catholic Church Records, 1883-1977	22	0	Expanded collection
Argentina	Computer-aided Indexes	775	0	CAI records added
Belgium	Belgium, Antwerp, Civil Registration, 1588-1913	6,815	0	Expanded collection
Belgium	Belgium, Brabant, Civil Registration, 1582-1914	1,021	0	Expanded collection
Belgium	Belgium, Namur, Civil Registration, 1800-1912	3,257	0	Expanded collection
Bolivia	Bolivia Catholic Church Records, 1566-1996	2,046	0	Expanded collection
Brazil	Brazil, Alagoas, Church Records, 1802-2016	1,572	0	Expanded collection
Brazil	Brazil, Mato Grosso, Civil Registration, 1845-2013	231	0	Expanded collection
Brazil	Brazil, Minas Gerais, Civil Registration, 1879-1949	1,866	0	Expanded collection
Brazil	Brazil, Pará, Civil Registration, 1815-1995	11,196	0	Expanded collection
Brazil	Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Civil Registration, 1829-2012	462	0	Expanded collection
Brazil	Brazil, Santa Catarina, Civil Registration, 1850-1999	293	0	Expanded collection
Brazil	Brazil, Sergipe, Catholic Church Records, 1785-1994	2,634	0	Expanded collection
Brazil	Computer-aided Indexes	16,332	0	CAI records added
Colombia	Colombia, Bogotá, AGN, DAS Alphabetical Cards	372	0	Expanded collection
Colombia	Colombia, Catholic Church Records, 1576-2018	10,245	0	Expanded collection
Colombia	Colombia, Civil Registration, 1553-2021	561	0	Expanded collection
Colombia	Colombia, Costa, Church Records, 1778-2018	54	0	Expanded collection
Colombia	Computer-aided Indexes	10,505,096	0	CAI records added
Costa Rica	Computer-aided Indexes	5,964	0	CAI records added
Costa Rica	Costa Rica, Catholic Church Records, 1595-1992	1,261	0	Expanded collection
Croatia	Croatia, Church Books, 1516-1994	65	0	Expanded collection
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Democratic Republic of the Congo, Census, 1984	94,214	0	Expanded collection
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Democratic Republic of the Congo, National Identity Cards, 1884-2019	5,187,233	0	Expanded collection
Dominican Republic	Computer-aided Indexes	80,814	0	CAI records added
Dominican Republic	Dominican Republic, Catholic Church Records, 1590-1975	482	0	Expanded collection
El Salvador	Computer-aided Indexes	343,870	0	CAI records added
French Polynesia	French Polynesia, Civil Registration, 1780-1999	460	0	Expanded collection
Germany	Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia, Wuppertal, Civil Registration, 1810-1930	1,384	0	Expanded collection
Gibraltar	Gibraltar, Church Records, 1697-1991	556	0	Expanded collection
Guatemala	Computer-aided Indexes	19,207	0	CAI records added
Guatemala	Guatemala, Chiquimula, Civil Registration, 1877-2008	724	0	Expanded collection
Guatemala	Guatemala, Guatemala, Civil Registration, 1877-2006	288	0	Expanded collection
Guatemala	Guatemala, Huehuetenango, Civil Registration, 1877-1994	168	0	Expanded collection
Guatemala	Guatemala, Izabal, Civil Registration, 1877-1994	48	0	Expanded collection
Iceland	Iceland Church Census, 1744-1965	885	0	Expanded collection
Ireland	Ireland, Catholic Parish Registers, 1740-1900	82,265	0	Expanded collection
Italy	Italy, Sassari, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1803-1942	78	0	Expanded collection
Italy	Italy, Treviso, Treviso, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1871-1941	259	0	Expanded collection
Italy	Italy, Venezia, Venezia, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1871-1930	1,270	0	Expanded collection
Martinique	Martinique, Church Records, 1662-1847	1	0	Expanded collection
Mexico	Mexico, Michoacán, Catholic Church Records, 1555-1996	4,594	0	Expanded collection
Mexico	Mexico, Puebla, Catholic Church Records, 1545-1977	1,088	0	Expanded collection
Mexico	Mexico, Querétaro, Catholic Church Records, 1590-1970	335	0	Expanded collection
Netherlands	Aruba, Civil Registration, 1823-2004	333,622	0	Expanded collection
Nicaragua	Computer-aided Indexes	1,444	0	CAI records added
Palestine	Palestine, Ottoman Census and Population Registers, 1876-1917	23,180	0	Expanded collection
Paraguay	Computer-aided Indexes	721	0	CAI records added
Paraguay	Paraguay, Births, 1898-1963	466	0	Expanded collection
Peru	Computer-aided Indexes	91,634	0	CAI records added
Peru	Peru, Catholic Church Records, 1603-1992	13,305	0	Expanded collection
Portugal	Computer-aided Indexes	1,121	0	CAI records added
Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico, Catholic Church Records, 1645-1969	1,513	0	Expanded collection
Russia	Russia, Lutheran Church Book Duplicates, 1833-1885	3,362	0	Expanded collection
Russia	Russia, Tobolsk, Church Books, 1722-1930	342,784	0	Expanded collection
Russia	Russia, Tomsk, Church Books, 1752-1918	1,241,703	0	Expanded collection
Russia	Russia, Tver Church Books, 1722-1918	896,624	0	Expanded collection
South Africa	South Africa, Cape Province, Civil Records, 1840-1972	716	0	Expanded collection
South Africa	South Africa, Western Cape, Deceased Estate Files, 1951-1958	91	0	Expanded collection
Spain	Computer-aided Indexes	27,700	0	CAI records added
St Lucia	St. Lucia, Church Records, 1751-1793	2	0	Expanded collection
Ukraine	Ukraine, Western Ukraine Catholic Church Book Duplicates, 1600-1937	9	0	Expanded collection
United States	Ohio, Stillbirths, 1918-1953	1,533	0	Expanded collection
United States	Texas, Hidalgo County, Marriage Records, 1875-2021	439	0	Expanded collection
United States	Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Birth Records, 1853-1896	1,345	0	Expanded collection
Uruguay	Uruguay Civil Registration, 1879-1930	6,510	0	Expanded collection
Venezuela	Computer-aided Indexes	23,020	0	CAI records added
Venezuela	Venezuela Civil Registration, 1873-2003	2,310	0	Expanded collection
Venezuela	Venezuela, Archdiocese of Caracas, Catholic Church Records, 1638-2020	2,943	0	Expanded collection
Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe, Diocese of Mutare, Catholic Church Records, 1898-2022	29,785	0	Expanded collection

New Free Historical Records on FamilySearch 3 December 2023

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