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Honduras
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World

Asia and Middle East

Country	Collection	Indexed Records	Comments	Collection ID
Philippines	Philippines Civil Registration (National), 1945–1996	57,736	Expanded Collection	1852584
Philippines	Philippines, Catholic Church Records, 1520–2014	295	Expanded Collection	2861657
Philippines	Philippines, Church Census, 1542–1980	137	Expanded Collection	5000216

Canada and United States of America

Country	Collection	Indexed Records	Comments	Collection ID
United States	Alabama County Marriages, 1711–1992	6,136	Expanded Collection	1743384
United States	Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837–1957	664	Expanded Collection	1417439
United States	Arkansas, First Draft Registration Cards, 1940–1945	128	Expanded Collection	1875142
United States	California, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940–1947	453	Expanded Collection	2786603
United States	Georgia, Deaths, 1928–1943	287	Expanded Collection	1385727
United States	Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916–1948	451	Expanded Collection	1438856
United States	Indiana, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940–1947	415	Expanded Collection	2852766
United States	Kansas, State Census, 1925	1,003	Expanded Collection	2659395
United States	Louisiana, Parish Marriages, 1787–1958	858	Expanded Collection	1807364
United States	Massachusetts, Revolutionary War, Index Cards to Muster Rolls, 1775–1783	806	Expanded Collection	2548057
United States	Massachusetts, Suffolk, Boston Passenger Lists Index, 1899–1940	5,888	Expanded Collection	2173946
United States	New Jersey, State Census, 1905	1,074	Expanded Collection	1928107
United States	New York, Book Indexes to Passenger Lists, 1906–1942	4,060	Expanded Collection	2299396
United States	New York, State Census, 1905	1,430	Expanded Collection	1463113
United States	North Carolina, Department of Archives and History, Index to Vital Records, 1800–2000	8,361	Expanded Collection	2848682
United States	Oklahoma, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940–1945	134	Expanded Collection	2710650
United States	Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1775–1991	258	Expanded Collection	1589502
United States	Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, City Death Certificates, 1803–1915	521	Expanded Collection	1320976
United States	Rhode Island, Town Deaths and Burials Index, 1639–1932	287	Expanded Collection	2301758
United States	Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790–1959	3,200	Expanded Collection	1619127
United States	Tennessee, Deaths, 1914–1966	514	Expanded Collection	1417505
United States	United States, Bureau of Land Management Tract Books, 1800–c. 1955	3,399	Expanded Collection	2074276
United States	United States, Census (Slave Schedule), 1860	873	Expanded Collection	3161105
United States	United States, Census, 1860	1,218	Expanded Collection	1473181
United States	United States, Census, 1950	1,481	Expanded Collection	4464515
United States	United States, GenealogyBank Marriages, 1815–2011	26,787	Expanded Collection	2603807
United States	United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917–1940	9,650	Expanded Collection	2968245
United States	United States, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942	850	Expanded Collection	1861144
United States	Vermont, Vital Records, 1760–1954	6,011	Expanded Collection	1784223
United States	Vermont, Vital Records, 1760–2008	3,694	Expanded Collection	2075288
United States	Virginia, Vital Records, 1853–1934	100	Expanded Collection	4231103
United States	Washington, County Naturalization Records, 1850-1982	280	Expanded Collection	1932554
United States	Washington, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940–1947	4,646	Expanded Collection	2850193
United States	West Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1776–1971	12,910	Expanded Collection	4375852

Europe

Country	Collection	Indexed Records	Comments	Collection ID
Austria	Austria, Carinthia, Gurk Diocese, Catholic Church Records, 1527–1986	2,196	Expanded Collection	2718009
Belgium	Belgium, Antwerp, Civil Registration and Church Records, 1798–1909	79,159	Expanded Collection	4496124
England	England Marriages, 1538–1973	588	Expanded Collection	1473015
England	England, Lincolnshire, Parish Registers, 1538–1990	2,597	Expanded Collection	2540411
England	England, Manchester, Miscellaneous Records, 1700–1916	531	Expanded Collection	2075052
England	England, Staffordshire, Church Records, 1538–1944	3,938	Expanded Collection	2364451
Finland	Finland, Church Census and Pre-Confirmation Books, 1600–1916	1,632	Expanded Collection	2805467
France	France, Eure-et-Loir, Parish and Civil Registration, 1526–1902	4,012	Expanded Collection	3460907
France	France, Hautes-Alpes, Parish and Civil Registration, 1583–1931	5,180	Expanded Collection	4320731
France	France, Isere, Parish and Civil Registration, 1540–1900	3,571	Expanded Collection	3661061
France	France, Nord, Parish and Civil Registration, 1524–1893	1,676	Expanded Collection	3216848
Germany	Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500–1971	16,273	Expanded Collection	3015626
Germany	Germany, Prussia, Pomerania, Catholic and Lutheran Church Records, 1544–1966	106	Expanded Collection	3665083
Hungary	Hungary, Catholic Church Records, 1636–1895	577	Expanded Collection	1743180
Hungary	Hungary, Church Books, 1624–1950	177	Expanded Collection	4133831
Ireland	Ireland, Civil Registration Indexes, 1845–1958	6,106	Expanded Collection	1408347
Italy	Italy, Agrigento, Agrigento, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866–1942	8,985	Expanded Collection	1946817
Italy	Italy, Agrigento, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1820–1865	32,457	Expanded Collection	2480962
Italy	Italy, Ancona, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1544–1945	1,490	Expanded Collection	2310701
Italy	Italy, Asti, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1803–1814, 1911–1935	8,082	Expanded Collection	2146198
Italy	Italy, Avellino, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1809–1947	12,885	Expanded Collection	2484771
Italy	Italy, Bari, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1809–1908	197,438	Expanded Collection	1968511
Italy	Italy, Bergamo, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1866–1903	891,847	Expanded Collection	1986789
Italy	Italy, Bologna, Bologna, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866–1943	22,231	Expanded Collection	1947797
Italy	Italy, Bologna, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1806–1899	468,400	Expanded Collection	2185174
Italy	Italy, Bologna, Imola, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1805–1815	144	Expanded Collection	2306526
Italy	Italy, Brindisi, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1809–1955	211	Expanded Collection	2328379
Italy	Italy, Cagliari, Cagliari, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866–1934	109,651	Expanded Collection	2043426
Italy	Italy, Caltanissetta, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1820–1935	268	Expanded Collection	1986780
Italy	Italy, Caserta, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1809–1866	17,774	Expanded Collection	2718545
Italy	Italy, Caserta, Santa Maria Capua Vetere, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866–1929	78,718	Expanded Collection	2043630
Italy	Italy, Catania, Caltagirone, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1861–1941	2,659	Expanded Collection	1483039
Italy	Italy, Catania, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1820–1900	1,114,093	Expanded Collection	2821289
Italy	Italy, Catania, Diocesi di Caltagirone, Catholic Church Records, 1502–1942	504,966	Expanded Collection	1493344
Italy	Italy, Catanzaro, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1809–1865	5,002	Expanded Collection	1937913
Italy	Italy, Chieti, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1809–1931	5,965	Expanded Collection	2419833
Italy	Italy, Como, Como, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866–1929	235	Expanded Collection	2043815
Italy	Italy, Cuneo, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1795–1915	67,007	Expanded Collection	1392991
Italy	Italy, Enna, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1866–1944	32,642	Expanded Collection	2068343
Italy	Italy, Foggia, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1809–1902	1,107,130	Expanded Collection	2821290
Italy	Italy, Foggia, Lucera, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866–1910	18,831	Expanded Collection	2043436
Italy	Italy, Genova, Chiavari, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866–1941	83,111	Expanded Collection	1482818
Italy	Italy, Isernia, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1809–1914	105	Expanded Collection	3049866
Italy	Italy, Lecce, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1901–1941	480,623	Expanded Collection	2310702
Italy	Italy, Lecco, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1911–1947	199	Expanded Collection	3031547
Italy	Italy, Macerata, Macerata, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866–1929	1,414	Expanded Collection	2043838
Italy	Italy, Mantova, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1496–1906	13,571	Expanded Collection	1934580
Italy	Italy, Matera, Matera, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866–1929	5,679	Expanded Collection	2043814
Italy	Italy, Messina, Patti, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1823–1941	109,763	Expanded Collection	1946858
Italy	Italy, Milano, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1866–1942	935,505	Expanded Collection	2537277
Italy	Italy, Milano, Milano, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866–1929	80,838	Expanded Collection	5000032
Italy	Italy, Napoli, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1809–1866	2,098,318	Expanded Collection	1937990
Italy	Italy, Napoli, Torre Annunziata, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1900–1911	4,245	Expanded Collection	1947578
Italy	Italy, Oristano, Oristano, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866–1941	32,710	Expanded Collection	1947719
Italy	Italy, Padova, Padova, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1871–1929	37,977	Expanded Collection	1946877
Italy	Italy, Palermo, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1820–1947	1,099,477	Expanded Collection	2608509
Italy	Italy, Parma, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1626–1921	246,610	Expanded Collection	3743481
Italy	Italy, Pavia, Pavia, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1806–1812, 1866–1935	16,026	Expanded Collection	2043830
Italy	Italy, Piacenza, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1662–1930	1,436,997	Expanded Collection	4117582
Italy	Italy, Potenza, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1697–1923	787,747	Expanded Collection	2450876
Italy	Italy, Ravenna, Ravenna, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866–1943	70,954	Expanded Collection	1947700
Italy	Italy, Reggio Calabria, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1784–1943	9,304	Expanded Collection	2068331
Italy	Italy, Reggio Emilia, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1769–1944	861	Expanded Collection	2388826
Italy	Italy, Rieti, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1840–1945	1,897	Expanded Collection	2146202
Italy	Italy, Salerno, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1806–1949	1,866,897	Expanded Collection	1935404
Italy	Italy, Siracusa, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1943–1945	746,715	Expanded Collection	2612833
Italy	Italy, Teramo, Teramo, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866–1940	3,857	Expanded Collection	1947829
Italy	Italy, Torino, Torino, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866–1899	1,461,021	Expanded Collection	1967801
Italy	Italy, Trapani, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1906–1928	363,817	Expanded Collection	2052404
Italy	Italy, Trento, Diocesi di Trento, Catholic Church Records, 1548–1937	1,351,103	Expanded Collection	1430983
Italy	Italy, Treviso, Treviso, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1871–1941	56,797	Expanded Collection	1947831
Italy	Italy, Verona, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1630–1946	240,913	Expanded Collection	2016225
Luxembourg	Luxembourg, Church and Civil Registration, 1601–1923	5,672	Expanded Collection	5000012
Netherlands	Netherlands, Archival Indexes, Public Records	328	Expanded Collection	2841008
Netherlands	Netherlands, Archival Indexes, Vital Records, 1600–2000	56,145	Expanded Collection	2704829
Portugal	Portugal, Civil Records, 1437–2023	296	Expanded Collection	4474701
Portugal	Portugal, Coimbra, Catholic Church Records, 1459–1999	1,377	Expanded Collection	1928593
Slovakia	Slovakia, Church and Synagogue Books, 1592–1935	5,815	Expanded Collection	1554443
Spain	Spain, Catholic Church Records, 1307–2005	286	Expanded Collection	1784529
Sweden	Sweden, Household Examination Books, 1874–1931	1,506,716	Expanded Collection	2790465
Ukraine	Ukraine, Cherkasy, Church Books, 1734–1930	593	Expanded Collection	4133834
Ukraine	Ukraine, Chernigov Church Records, 1717–1935	332	Expanded Collection	3656669
Ukraine	Ukraine, Kyiv, Confession Lists, 1741–1918	1,678,211	Expanded Collection	2290980
Ukraine	Ukraine, Mykolaiv, Church Books, 1770–1930	392	Expanded Collection	3753061
United Kingdom	United Kingdom, British India Office, Births and Baptisms, 1712–1965	565	Expanded Collection	5000023
United Kingdom	United Kingdom, World War I Service Records, 1914–1920	134	Expanded Collection	2125045
Wales	Wales, Anglesey, Parish Registers, 1538–1912	969,696	Expanded Collection	2072798

Latin America

Country	Collection	Indexed Records	Comments	Collection ID
Argentina	Argentina, La Rioja, Catholic Church Records, 1714–1970	190	Expanded Collection	1974188
Argentina	Argentina, Santa Fe, Catholic Church Records, 1634–2003	277	Expanded Collection	1974196
Brazil	Brazil, Minas Gerais, Catholic Church Records, 1706–2018	443	Expanded Collection	2177275
Brazil	Brazil, Paraná, Civil Registration, 1852–2017	290	Expanded Collection	2016194
Brazil	Brazil, Pernambuco, Civil Registration, 1804–2023	181	Expanded Collection	2016195
Brazil	Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Civil Registration, 1804–2013	350	Expanded Collection	1582573
Brazil	Brazil, Rio Grande do Norte, Catholic Church Records, 1755–2019	148	Expanded Collection	2177294
Brazil	Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul, Civil Registration, 1810–2022	697	Expanded Collection	3741255
Brazil	Brazil, Santa Catarina, Civil Registration, 1850–1999	201	Expanded Collection	2016197
Brazil	Brazil, São Paulo, Catholic Church Records, 1640–2013	982	Expanded Collection	2177299
Brazil	Brazil, São Paulo, Civil Registration, 1925–2023	269	Expanded Collection	2765317
Chile	Chile, Civil Registration, 1880–1933	159,359	Expanded Collection	1630787
Colombia	Colombia, Catholic Church Records, 1576–2019	611	Expanded Collection	1726975
Costa Rica	Costa Rica, Civil Registration, 1823–2023	517	Expanded Collection	1925429
Ecuador	Ecuador, Catholic Church Records, 1565–2023	150	Expanded Collection	1923402
Honduras	Honduras, Civil Registration, 1841–1968	964,435	Expanded Collection	2135627
Jamaica	Jamaica, Civil Registration, 1878–2000	349	Expanded Collection	1538386
Mexico	Mexico, Chihuahua, Civil Registration, 1861–1997	254	Expanded Collection	1922462
Mexico	Mexico, Coahuila, Catholic Church Records, 1627–1978	331	Expanded Collection	1502401
Mexico	Mexico, Jalisco, Catholic Church Records, 1590–2022	223	Expanded Collection	1874591
Mexico	Mexico, Jalisco, Civil Registration, 1857–2000	125	Expanded Collection	1918187
Mexico	Mexico, Puebla, Catholic Church Records, 1545–2009	113	Expanded Collection	1837906
Panama	Panama, Catholic Church Records, 1707–1982	137	Expanded Collection	1913397
pPuerto Rico	Puerto Rico, Catholic Church Records, 1645–2021	197	Expanded Collection	1807092
Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico, Civil Registration, 1805–2002	207	Expanded Collection	1682798
Uruguay	Uruguay, Civil Registration, 1879–2020	412	Expanded Collection	1837849
Venezuela	Venezuela, Catholic Church Records, 1577–2022	374	Expanded Collection	1951777
Venezuela	Venezuela, Civil Registration, 1843–2021	618	Expanded Collection	1823609

Pacific and Oceania

Country	Collection	Indexed Records	Comments	Collection ID
Australia	Australia, South Australia, Will and Probate Records, 1844–1916	134	Expanded Collection	3007557
Fiji	Fiji, Vital Records, 1871–1990	2,343	Expanded Collection	3753995
New Zealand	New Zealand, Archives New Zealand, Passenger Lists, 1839–1974	1,233	Expanded Collection	1609792
Tuvalu	Tuvalu, Vital Records, 1866–1979	10,712	Expanded Collection	3875191

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Worldwide

Find a Grave Index

114,605,570

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2221801

Worldwide

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914–1960

118

Expanded Collection

3438701

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