New Free Historical Records from 35 Countries | January 2026 Update

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Recently, FamilySearch expanded its free online archives with over 168 million new records from 35 different countries. Some exciting additions include 3.6 million marriage records from the Philippines, 1.5 million Household Examination records from Sweden, and 1.4 million civil registrations from Honduras.

Other countries with significant record additions include the following:

  • Belgium
  • Italy
  • New Zealand
  • United States
  • Wales

To ensure the accuracy of updates, FamilySearch takes time to compile new record update reports. Dates of when a collection was published may not coincide with the date of the report.

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Asia and Middle East

Country

Collection

Indexed Records

Comments

Collection ID

PhilippinesPhilippines, Marriages, 1723-1957

3,621,287

New collection1500713
PhilippinesPhilippines, Deaths and Burials, 1726-1998

2,398,099

Expanded collection1500714
PhilippinesPhilippines, Catholic Church Records, 1520-2014

273,074

Expanded collection2861657
PhilippinesPhilippines Civil Registration (National), 1945-1996

673

Expanded collection1852584
PhilippinesPhilippines, Calabarzon, Civil Registration, 1710-2000

189

Expanded collection5000346
PhilippinesPhilippines, Church Census, 1542-1980

169

Expanded collection5000216
PhilippinesPhilippines, La Union, Diocese of San Fernando de La Union, 1621-1985

133

Expanded collection2071967

Canada and United States of America

Country

Collection

Indexed Records

Comments

Collection ID

United StatesNew York, State Census, 1925

8,940,908

Expanded collection1937489
United StatesUnited States, Civil War and Later Pension Index, 1861-1917

2,498,316

Expanded collection1471019
United StatesNew York, State Census, 1915

1,737,007

Expanded collection1937454
United StatesWashington, Death Certificates, 1907-1960

1,014,891

Expanded collection1454923
United StatesIllinois, Cook County Deaths, 1871-1998

  890,945

Expanded collection1463134
United StatesWest Virginia, Deaths, 1804-1999

 606,806

Expanded collection1417434
United StatesMaine, Death Index, 1960-1996

  334,568

Expanded collection2046945
United StatesUnited States, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942

  83,112

Expanded collection1861144
United StatesAlabama, Births and Christenings, 1881-1930

73,571

Expanded collection1661470
United StatesWest Virginia, Marriages, 1780-1970

34,846

Expanded collection1408729
United StatesTexas, Webb, Laredo, Arrival Manifests, 1903-1955

27,557

Expanded collection2038112
United StatesPennsylvania, Philadelphia, Passenger List Index Cards, 1883-1948

19,130

Expanded collection1921483
United StatesUnited States, Enlisted and Officer Muster Rolls and Rosters, 1916-1939

16,967

Expanded collection3346936
United StatesMinnesota, Will Records, 1849-1985

15,992

Expanded collection1607922
United StatesCalifornia, Passenger and Crew Lists at Various Ports, 1907-1957

11,992

Expanded collection3477653
United StatesUnited States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940

6,619

Expanded collection2968245
United StatesNew York, State Census, 1905

5,845

Expanded collection1463113
United StatesNew York, New York, Index to Passenger Lists, 1820-1846

  4,939

Expanded collection1919703
United StatesIllinois, Northern District Naturalization Index, 1840-1950

  4,292

Expanded collection1838804
United StatesNew York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1958

3,224

Expanded collection1923888
United StatesNorth Carolina, Deaths, 1931-1994

3,003

Expanded collection1584959
United StatesIdaho, Boundary, Eastport, Arrival Manifests, 1924-1956

2,934

Expanded collection2072140
United StatesTexas, Val Verde, Del Rio, Indexes and Manifests of Arrivals at the Port of Del Rio, 1906-1953

2,428

Expanded collection2141027
United StatesUnited States, Famine Irish Passenger Index, 1846-1851

2,414

Expanded collection2110821
United StatesUnited States, Census, 1950

1,895

Expanded collection4464515
United StatesHawaii, Honolulu, Passenger Lists, 1900-1954

1,693

Expanded collection2141044
United StatesGeorgia, Deaths, 1928-1943

809

Expanded collection1385727
United StatesOregon, Marion, Silverton Obituaries, 1893-1912

779

Expanded collection2321530
United StatesMichigan, Naturalization Records, 1837-1997

507

Expanded collection2546149
United StatesNew York, Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1925

329

Expanded collection1368704
United StatesPennsylvania, Eastern District Naturalization Records, 1795-1952

216

Expanded collection1913395
United StatesUnited States, Census, 1900

201

Expanded collection1325221
United StatesUnited States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2013

165

Expanded collection2860782
United StatesUnited States, Census, 1940

148

Expanded collection2000219

Europe

Country

Collection

Indexed Records

Comments

Collection ID

BelgiumBelgium, Liège, Church and Civil Registration, 1590-1947

824,607

Expanded collection4439347
BelgiumBelgium, Brabant, Civil Registration and Church Records, 1704-1916

368,357

Expanded collection4496123
CroatiaCroatia, Church Books, 1516-1994

5,706

Expanded collection2040054
DenmarkDenmark, Census, 1890

 288

Expanded collection2800928
EnglandEngland, Manchester, Miscellaneous Records, 1700-1916

170,232

Expanded collection2075052
EnglandEngland, Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991

18,436

Expanded collection1473016
EnglandEngland, Cheshire, Non-conformist Records, 1671-1900

  2,454

Expanded collection1610550
FranceFrance, Manche, Parish and Civil Registration, 1546-1912

 8,678

Expanded collection4496125
GermanyGermany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500-1971

732

Expanded collection3015626
GermanyGermany, Saxony-Anhalt, Diocese of Magdeburg, Catholic Church Records, 1608-1945

349

Expanded collection4130003
GermanyGermany, Prussia, Pomerania, Catholic and Lutheran Church Records, 1544-1966

103

Expanded collection3665083
IrelandIreland, Civil Registration Indexes, 1845-1958

 2,542

Expanded collection1408347
IrelandIreland, Census, 1911

404

Expanded collection2854327
IrelandIreland, Petty Sessions Court Registers, 1828-1912

249

Expanded collection2487287
ItalyItaly, Caserta, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1809-1866

469,087

Expanded collection2718545
ItalyItaly, Cosenza, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1654-1910

 265,244

Expanded collection3005073
ItalyItaly, Enna, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1866-1944

228,775

Expanded collection2068343
ItalyItaly, Mantova, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1496-1906

149,351

Expanded collection1934580
ItalyItaly, Napoli, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1809-1866

  111,306

Expanded collection1937990
ItalyItaly, Bergamo, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1866-1903

33,021

Expanded collection1986789
ItalyItaly, Modena, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1806-1942

30,358

Expanded collection1968527
ItalyItaly, Treviso, Treviso, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1871-1941

14,003

Expanded collection1947831
ItalyItaly, Salerno, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1806-1949

13,573

Expanded collection1935404
ItalyItaly, Pavia, Voghera, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866-1929

5,607

New collection2057676
ItalyItaly, Verona, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1630-1946

4,510

Expanded collection2016225
ItalyItaly, Bari, Bari, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866-1929

3,940

Expanded collection2043445
ItalyItaly, Piacenza, Census Records, 1569-1921

3,557

New collection5000466
ItalyItaly, Chieti, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1809-1931

3,043

Expanded collection2419833
ItalyItaly, Asti, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1803-1814, 1911-1935

2,694

Expanded collection2146198
ItalyItaly, Frosinone, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1809-1945

1,986

Expanded collection3006902
ItalyItaly, Oristano, Oristano, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866-1941

817

Expanded collection1947719
ItalyItaly, Ragusa, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1900-1940

277

Expanded collection2068330
ItalyItaly, Parma, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1626-1921

241

Expanded collection3743481
ItalyItaly, Potenza, Civil Registration (Courthouse) 1890-1929

167

New collection5000114
ItalyItaly, Vercelli, Vercelli, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1802-1813, 1838-1942

156

Expanded collection1939214
PolandPoland, Church Books, 1568-1990

251

Expanded collection4135958
PortugalPortugal, Coimbra, Catholic Church Records, 1459-1999

804

Expanded collection1928593
PortugalPortugal, Azores, Catholic Church Records, 1542-2019

129

Expanded collection4449047
SlovakiaSlovakia, Church and Synagogue Books, 1592-1935

621

Expanded collection1554443
SpainSpain, Catholic Church Records, 1307-2005

4,742

Expanded collection1784529
SpainSpain, Diocese of Cartagena, Catholic Church Records, 1503-1969

169

Expanded collection2345225
SwedenSweden, Household Examination Books, 1874-1931

1,559,815

Expanded collection2790465
SwitzerlandSwitzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418-1996

160

Expanded collection4138674
UkraineUkraine, Kharkiv Church Records, 1710-1938

205

Expanded collection3511744
UkraineUkraine, Kyiv, Confession Lists, 1741-1918

190

Expanded collection2290980
United KingdomEngland and Wales, Death Registration Index 1837-2007

53,391

Expanded collection2285341
United KingdomEngland and Wales, National Register, 1939

27,050

Expanded collection2836130
United KingdomUnited Kingdom, Maritime Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1787-1933

458

Expanded collection1967749
United KingdomUnited Kingdom, Merchant Seamen Records, 1918-1941

317

Expanded collection4496118
WalesWales, Glamorganshire, Parish Registers, 1538-1912

610,750

New collection2075047
WalesWales, Montgomeryshire, Parish Registers, 1538-1912

416,043

New collection2075048
WalesWales, Flintshire, Parish Registers, 1538-1912

414,035

Expanded collection1426674
WalesWales, Monmouthshire, Parish Registers, 1538-1912

262,069

New collection2075051
WalesWales, Merionethshire, Parish Registers, 1538-1912

65,542

Expanded collection2075049
WalesWales, Radnorshire, Parish Registers, 1538-1912

8,018

Expanded collection2075050
WalesWales, Denbighshire, Parish Registers, 1538-1912

1,307

Expanded collection1419318

Latin America

Country

Collection

Indexed Records

Comments

Collection ID

ArgentinaArgentina, Entre Ríos, Catholic Church Records, 1764-2011

494

Expanded collection1974185
ArgentinaArgentina, La Rioja, Catholic Church Records, 1714-1970

344

Expanded collection1974188
ArgentinaArgentina, Santa Fe, Catholic Church Records, 1634-2003

337

Expanded collection1974196
ArgentinaArgentina, Catamarca, Civil Registration, 1888-2001

    325

Expanded collection4328763
ArgentinaArgentina, Salta, Civil Registration, 1880-2000

     323

Expanded collection3006885
ArgentinaArgentina, Salta, Catholic Church Records, 1634-1972

256

Expanded collection1974193
ArgentinaArgentina, Buenos Aires, Catholic Church Records, 1635-2017

104

Expanded collection1972912
BrazilBrazil, Cemetery Records, 1799-2024

17,811

Expanded collection2137269
BrazilBrazil, Rio Grande do Sul, Civil Registration, 1810-2022

   602

Expanded collection3741255
BrazilBrazil, Rio de Janeiro, Civil Registration, 1804-2013

600

Expanded collection1582573
BrazilBrazil, Paraná, Civil Registration, 1852-2017

   393

Expanded collection2016194
BrazilBrazil, Pernambuco, Civil Registration, 1804-2023

  321

Expanded collection2016195
BrazilBrazil, Rio Grande do Norte, Catholic Church Records, 1755-2019

314

Expanded collection2177294
BrazilBrazil, Rio de Janeiro, Catholic Church Records, 1616-2017

197

Expanded collection1719212
BrazilBrazil, Pará, Catholic Church Records, 1795-1977

157

Expanded collection2177288
BrazilBrazil, Ceará, Catholic Church Records, 1725-2019

148

Expanded collection2175764
BrazilBrazil, Minas Gerais, Catholic Church Records, 1706-2018

  148

Expanded collection2177275
BrazilBrazil, São Paulo, Civil Registration, 1925-2023

  133

Expanded collection2765317
BrazilBrazil, Santa Catarina, Civil Registration, 1850-1999

   118

Expanded collection2016197
ChileChile, Cemetery Records, 1701-2021

164,328

Expanded collection1428897
ColombiaColombia, Catholic Church Records, 1576-2019

2,138

Expanded collection1726975
Dominican RepublicDominican Republic, Civil Registration, 1744-2019

186

Expanded collection1619814
El SalvadorEl Salvador, Civil Registration, 1704-2001

117

Expanded collection1821208
GuatemalaGuatemala, Huehuetenango, Civil Registration, 1796-2008

1,609

Expanded collection2451045
GuatemalaGuatemala, Sololá, Civil Registration, 1877-2008

182

Expanded collection2444805
GuatemalaGuatemala, Guatemala, Civil Registration, 1874-2008

  149

Expanded collection2075150
GuatemalaGuatemala, Quetzaltenango, Civil Registration, 1877-2008

114

Expanded collection2274796
HondurasHonduras, Civil Registration, 1841-1968

1,473,749

Expanded collection2135627
MexicoMexico, Oaxaca, Civil Registration, 1861-2002

547

Expanded collection1923401
MexicoMexico, San Luis Potosí, Civil Registration, 1859-2000

  290

Expanded collection1916239
MexicoMexico, Chihuahua, Civil Registration, 1861-1997

    277

Expanded collection1922462
MexicoMexico, Jalisco, Catholic Church Records, 1590-2022

254

Expanded collection1874591
MexicoMexico, Michoacán, Catholic Church Records, 1555-1996

 222

Expanded collection1883388
MexicoMexico, Coahuila, Civil Registration, 1861-1998

   217

Expanded collection1916233
MexicoMexico, Hidalgo, Civil Registration, 1861-2001

  210

Expanded collection1919702
MexicoMexico, Guanajuato, Civil Registration, 1862-1930

 206

Expanded collection1922031
MexicoMexico, Jalisco, Civil Registration, 1857-2000

  201

Expanded collection1918187
MexicoMexico, Durango, Civil Registration, 1861-1995

  106

Expanded collection1916235
Puerto RicoPuerto Rico, Naturalization Records, 1897-1985

727

Expanded collection2774942
Puerto RicoPuerto Rico, Catholic Church Records, 1645-2021

269

Expanded collection1807092
Puerto RicoPuerto Rico, Civil Registration, 1805-2002

162

Expanded collection1682798
UruguayUruguay, Civil Registration, 1879-2020

158

Expanded collection1837849
VenezuelaVenezuela, Civil Registration, 1843-2021

487

Expanded collection1823609
VenezuelaVenezuela, Catholic Church Records, 1577-2022

184

Expanded collection1951777

Pacific and Oceania

Country

Collection

Indexed Records

Comments

Collection ID

BrazilBrazil, Santa Catarina, Civil Registration, 1850-1999

118

Expanded collection2016197
El SalvadorEl Salvador, Civil Registration, 1704-2001

117

Expanded collection1821208
New ZealandNew Zealand, Cemetery Transcriptions, 1835-2006

432,018

Expanded collection2780088
New ZealandNew Zealand, Archives New Zealand, Passenger Lists, 1839-1974

                                1,036

Expanded collection1609792
New ZealandNew Zealand, Archives New Zealand, Probate and Miscellaneous Records, 1842-1998

340

Expanded collection1865481

World

Country

Collection

Indexed Records

Comments

Collection ID

WorldwideFind a Grave Index

 137,627,893

Expanded collection2221801

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