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New Free Historical Records on FamilySearch 30 September 2024

By  FamilySearch
September 30, 2024
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Recently, FamilySearch added 7 million new records to its free online archives. Some exciting additions include 3.8 million parish and civil registration records from France, 1 million cemetery records from Chile, and over 500,000 civil registration records from Sri Lanka.

Other countries with significant record additions include the following:

  • Ecuador
  • Ireland
  • Italy
  • South Africa
  • United States (Montana)
  • Venezuela
  • Zambia

To ensure the accuracy of updates, FamilySearch takes time to compile new record update reports for you. Dates of when a collection is published may not coincide with the date of the report, so check back frequently for updates so you do not miss new records in your area of interest.

Follow the links in the chart below to browse new records to expand your family tree.

Country

Collection

Records

Images

Comments

Collection ID
AlbaniaAlbania, Catholic Church Records, 1799-1967

1,059

0

Expanded collection4293706
ArgentinaArgentina, Jujuy, Civil Registration, 1888-2000

721

0

Expanded collection4489444
BelgiumBelgium, Brabant, Civil Registration, 1582-1950

144

0

Expanded collection1482191
BelgiumBelgium, Namur, Civil Registration, 1800-1912

4,806

0

Expanded collection2138511
BelgiumBelgium, West Flanders, Civil Registration, 1582-1950

10,291

0

Expanded collection2139860
BrazilBrazil, Cemetery Records, 1799-2024

3,380

0

Expanded collection2137269
BrazilBrazil, Pará, Civil Registration, 1815-1995

10,556

0

Expanded collection4473609
BrazilBrazil, Piauí, Church Records, 1767-2019

5,176

0

Expanded collection4382070
BrazilBrazil, Sergipe, Catholic Church Records, 1785-1994

4,484

0

Expanded collection2177298
BrazilComputer-aided Indexes

3,810

0

CAI records added
ChileChile, Catholic Church Records, 1633-2015

12,189

0

Expanded collection3405096
ChileChile, Cemetery Records, 1701-2015

1,385,430

0

Expanded collection1428897
ColombiaColombia, Bogotá, AGN, DAS Alphabetical Cards

512

0

Expanded collection4447296
ColombiaColombia, Catholic Church Records, 1576-2018

10,604

0

Expanded collection1726975
ColombiaColombia, Civil Registration, 1553-2021

4,560

0

Expanded collection4469480
ColombiaComputer-aided Indexes

10,071

0

CAI records added
Democratic Republic of the CongoDemocratic Republic of the Congo, Kisantu Diocese, Catholic Church Records, 1894-2016

5,613

0

Expanded collection5000138
EcuadorComputer-aided Indexes

16,797

0

CAI records added
El SalvadorEl Salvador Catholic Church Records, 1655-1977

9,340

0

Expanded collection1919582
FranceFrance, Ariège, Parish and Civil Registration, 1583-1923

641,260

0

Expanded collection5000206
FranceFrance, Aude, Parish and Civil Registration, 1537-1882

3,133,406

0

Expanded collection5000211
FranceFrance, Landes, Parish and Civil Registration, 1580-1898

65,390

0

Expanded collection5000213
GermanyGermany, Baden, Church Book Duplicates, 1804-1877

883

0

Expanded collection1395660
GermanyGermany, North Rhine-Westphalia, Wuppertal, Civil Registration, 1810-1930

2,755

0

Expanded collection5000010
GuadeloupeGuadeloupe, Church Records, 1639-1830

2,017

0

Expanded collection4316498
GuatemalaGuatemala, Chiquimula, Civil Registration, 1877-2008

1,698

0

Expanded collection2790265
GuatemalaGuatemala, Guatemala, Civil Registration, 1877-2006

209

0

Expanded collection2075150
HondurasHonduras, Catholic Church Records, 1633-1978

5,885

0

Expanded collection1823595
HungaryHungary Civil Registration, 1895-1980

6,682

0

Expanded collection1452460
IrelandIreland, Catholic Parish Registers, 1740-1900

54,500

0

Expanded collection2820100
ItalyItaly, Cagliari, Cagliari, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866-1929

8,268

0

Expanded collection2043426
ItalyItaly, Catania, Diocesi di Caltagirone, Catholic Church Records, 1502-1942

102

0

Expanded collection1493344
ItalyItaly, Padova, Padova, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1871-1929

12,225

0

Expanded collection1946877
ItalyItaly, Treviso, Treviso, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1871-1941

27,450

0

Expanded collection1947831
MadagascarMadagascar, Sainte-Marie Island, Civil Registration, 1820-1870

119

0

Expanded collection5000242
MartiniqueMartinique, Civil Registration Records, 1809-1874

1,064

0

Expanded collection4316501
MexicoMexico, Michoacán, Catholic Church Records, 1555-1996

11,507

0

Expanded collection1883388
MexicoMexico, Puebla, Catholic Church Records, 1545-1977

1,915

0

Expanded collection1837906
NetherlandsAruba, Civil Registration, 1823-2004

1,525

0

Expanded collection4285043
PanamaComputer-aided Indexes

3,656

0

CAI records added
Papua New GuineaPapua New Guinea, Vital Records, 1867-2000

3,037

0

Expanded collection2114430
PeruComputer-aided Indexes

6,531

0

CAI records added
PeruPeru, Catholic Church Records, 1603-1992

2,379

0

Expanded collection1877097
PeruPeru, Diocese of Huaraz, Catholic Church Records, 1641-2016

9,769

0

Expanded collection2787829
PortugalComputer-aided Indexes

2,940

0

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

344

0

Expanded collection1935451
Puerto RicoPuerto Rico, Catholic Church Records, 1645-1969

492

0

Expanded collection1807092
RussiaRussia, Lutheran Church Book Duplicates, 1833-1885

4,238

0

Expanded collection1469151
South AfricaSouth Africa, Western Cape, Deceased Estate Files, 1951-1958

29,766

0

Expanded collection4319131
Sri LankaSri Lanka, Civil Registration, 1768-1990

534,834

0

Expanded collection2209866
United StatesMontana, Flathead County, School Census, 1903-1969

238,478

0

Expanded collection5000177
United StatesPennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950

558

0

Expanded collection1589502
United StatesUnited States City and Business Directories, ca. 1749 - ca. 1990

199

0

Expanded collection3754697
UruguayUruguay Civil Registration, 1879-1930

7,650

0

Expanded collection1837849
VenezuelaVenezuela Civil Registration, 1873-2003

1,370

0

Expanded collection1823609
VenezuelaVenezuela, Archdiocese of Barquisimeto, Catholic Church Records, 1634-2018

12,249

0

Expanded collection2373794
VenezuelaVenezuela, Archdiocese of Mérida, Catholic Church Records, 1654-2015

1,970

0

Expanded collection1417520
WorldThe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970

840,306

0

Expanded collection3714676
ZambiaZambia, Archdiocese of Lusaka, Church Records, 1950-2015

15,566

0

Expanded collection3736255
ZimbabweZimbabwe, Diocese of Gweru, Catholic Church Records, 1904-2022

765

0

Expanded collection5000102
ZimbabweZimbabwe, Diocese of Masvingo, Catholic Church Records, 1893-2022

11,602

0

Expanded collection5000104

Total

7,207,281

0

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