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United States
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Latin America (South America, Brazil, Central America, Caribbean, Mexico, and so on)
Pacific and Oceania (Australia, New Zealand, Pacific Islands, and so on)
World

Asia and Middle East

Country	Collection	Indexed Records	Comments	Collection ID
Philippines	Philippines, Marriages, 1723-1957	3,621,287	New collection	1500713
Philippines	Philippines, Deaths and Burials, 1726-1998	2,398,099	Expanded collection	1500714
Philippines	Philippines, Catholic Church Records, 1520-2014	273,074	Expanded collection	2861657
Philippines	Philippines Civil Registration (National), 1945-1996	673	Expanded collection	1852584
Philippines	Philippines, Calabarzon, Civil Registration, 1710-2000	189	Expanded collection	5000346
Philippines	Philippines, Church Census, 1542-1980	169	Expanded collection	5000216
Philippines	Philippines, La Union, Diocese of San Fernando de La Union, 1621-1985	133	Expanded collection	2071967

Canada and United States of America

Country	Collection	Indexed Records	Comments	Collection ID
United States	New York, State Census, 1925	8,940,908	Expanded collection	1937489
United States	United States, Civil War and Later Pension Index, 1861-1917	2,498,316	Expanded collection	1471019
United States	New York, State Census, 1915	1,737,007	Expanded collection	1937454
United States	Washington, Death Certificates, 1907-1960	1,014,891	Expanded collection	1454923
United States	Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1871-1998	890,945	Expanded collection	1463134
United States	West Virginia, Deaths, 1804-1999	606,806	Expanded collection	1417434
United States	Maine, Death Index, 1960-1996	334,568	Expanded collection	2046945
United States	United States, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942	83,112	Expanded collection	1861144
United States	Alabama, Births and Christenings, 1881-1930	73,571	Expanded collection	1661470
United States	West Virginia, Marriages, 1780-1970	34,846	Expanded collection	1408729
United States	Texas, Webb, Laredo, Arrival Manifests, 1903-1955	27,557	Expanded collection	2038112
United States	Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Passenger List Index Cards, 1883-1948	19,130	Expanded collection	1921483
United States	United States, Enlisted and Officer Muster Rolls and Rosters, 1916-1939	16,967	Expanded collection	3346936
United States	Minnesota, Will Records, 1849-1985	15,992	Expanded collection	1607922
United States	California, Passenger and Crew Lists at Various Ports, 1907-1957	11,992	Expanded collection	3477653
United States	United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940	6,619	Expanded collection	2968245
United States	New York, State Census, 1905	5,845	Expanded collection	1463113
United States	New York, New York, Index to Passenger Lists, 1820-1846	4,939	Expanded collection	1919703
United States	Illinois, Northern District Naturalization Index, 1840-1950	4,292	Expanded collection	1838804
United States	New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1958	3,224	Expanded collection	1923888
United States	North Carolina, Deaths, 1931-1994	3,003	Expanded collection	1584959
United States	Idaho, Boundary, Eastport, Arrival Manifests, 1924-1956	2,934	Expanded collection	2072140
United States	Texas, Val Verde, Del Rio, Indexes and Manifests of Arrivals at the Port of Del Rio, 1906-1953	2,428	Expanded collection	2141027
United States	United States, Famine Irish Passenger Index, 1846-1851	2,414	Expanded collection	2110821
United States	United States, Census, 1950	1,895	Expanded collection	4464515
United States	Hawaii, Honolulu, Passenger Lists, 1900-1954	1,693	Expanded collection	2141044
United States	Georgia, Deaths, 1928-1943	809	Expanded collection	1385727
United States	Oregon, Marion, Silverton Obituaries, 1893-1912	779	Expanded collection	2321530
United States	Michigan, Naturalization Records, 1837-1997	507	Expanded collection	2546149
United States	New York, Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1925	329	Expanded collection	1368704
United States	Pennsylvania, Eastern District Naturalization Records, 1795-1952	216	Expanded collection	1913395
United States	United States, Census, 1900	201	Expanded collection	1325221
United States	United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2013	165	Expanded collection	2860782
United States	United States, Census, 1940	148	Expanded collection	2000219

Europe

Country	Collection	Indexed Records	Comments	Collection ID
Belgium	Belgium, Liège, Church and Civil Registration, 1590-1947	824,607	Expanded collection	4439347
Belgium	Belgium, Brabant, Civil Registration and Church Records, 1704-1916	368,357	Expanded collection	4496123
Croatia	Croatia, Church Books, 1516-1994	5,706	Expanded collection	2040054
Denmark	Denmark, Census, 1890	288	Expanded collection	2800928
England	England, Manchester, Miscellaneous Records, 1700-1916	170,232	Expanded collection	2075052
England	England, Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991	18,436	Expanded collection	1473016
England	England, Cheshire, Non-conformist Records, 1671-1900	2,454	Expanded collection	1610550
France	France, Manche, Parish and Civil Registration, 1546-1912	8,678	Expanded collection	4496125
Germany	Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500-1971	732	Expanded collection	3015626
Germany	Germany, Saxony-Anhalt, Diocese of Magdeburg, Catholic Church Records, 1608-1945	349	Expanded collection	4130003
Germany	Germany, Prussia, Pomerania, Catholic and Lutheran Church Records, 1544-1966	103	Expanded collection	3665083
Ireland	Ireland, Civil Registration Indexes, 1845-1958	2,542	Expanded collection	1408347
Ireland	Ireland, Census, 1911	404	Expanded collection	2854327
Ireland	Ireland, Petty Sessions Court Registers, 1828-1912	249	Expanded collection	2487287
Italy	Italy, Caserta, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1809-1866	469,087	Expanded collection	2718545
Italy	Italy, Cosenza, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1654-1910	265,244	Expanded collection	3005073
Italy	Italy, Enna, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1866-1944	228,775	Expanded collection	2068343
Italy	Italy, Mantova, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1496-1906	149,351	Expanded collection	1934580
Italy	Italy, Napoli, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1809-1866	111,306	Expanded collection	1937990
Italy	Italy, Bergamo, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1866-1903	33,021	Expanded collection	1986789
Italy	Italy, Modena, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1806-1942	30,358	Expanded collection	1968527
Italy	Italy, Treviso, Treviso, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1871-1941	14,003	Expanded collection	1947831
Italy	Italy, Salerno, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1806-1949	13,573	Expanded collection	1935404
Italy	Italy, Pavia, Voghera, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866-1929	5,607	New collection	2057676
Italy	Italy, Verona, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1630-1946	4,510	Expanded collection	2016225
Italy	Italy, Bari, Bari, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866-1929	3,940	Expanded collection	2043445
Italy	Italy, Piacenza, Census Records, 1569-1921	3,557	New collection	5000466
Italy	Italy, Chieti, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1809-1931	3,043	Expanded collection	2419833
Italy	Italy, Asti, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1803-1814, 1911-1935	2,694	Expanded collection	2146198
Italy	Italy, Frosinone, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1809-1945	1,986	Expanded collection	3006902
Italy	Italy, Oristano, Oristano, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866-1941	817	Expanded collection	1947719
Italy	Italy, Ragusa, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1900-1940	277	Expanded collection	2068330
Italy	Italy, Parma, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1626-1921	241	Expanded collection	3743481
Italy	Italy, Potenza, Civil Registration (Courthouse) 1890-1929	167	New collection	5000114
Italy	Italy, Vercelli, Vercelli, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1802-1813, 1838-1942	156	Expanded collection	1939214
Poland	Poland, Church Books, 1568-1990	251	Expanded collection	4135958
Portugal	Portugal, Coimbra, Catholic Church Records, 1459-1999	804	Expanded collection	1928593
Portugal	Portugal, Azores, Catholic Church Records, 1542-2019	129	Expanded collection	4449047
Slovakia	Slovakia, Church and Synagogue Books, 1592-1935	621	Expanded collection	1554443
Spain	Spain, Catholic Church Records, 1307-2005	4,742	Expanded collection	1784529
Spain	Spain, Diocese of Cartagena, Catholic Church Records, 1503-1969	169	Expanded collection	2345225
Sweden	Sweden, Household Examination Books, 1874-1931	1,559,815	Expanded collection	2790465
Switzerland	Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418-1996	160	Expanded collection	4138674
Ukraine	Ukraine, Kharkiv Church Records, 1710-1938	205	Expanded collection	3511744
Ukraine	Ukraine, Kyiv, Confession Lists, 1741-1918	190	Expanded collection	2290980
United Kingdom	England and Wales, Death Registration Index 1837-2007	53,391	Expanded collection	2285341
United Kingdom	England and Wales, National Register, 1939	27,050	Expanded collection	2836130
United Kingdom	United Kingdom, Maritime Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1787-1933	458	Expanded collection	1967749
United Kingdom	United Kingdom, Merchant Seamen Records, 1918-1941	317	Expanded collection	4496118
Wales	Wales, Glamorganshire, Parish Registers, 1538-1912	610,750	New collection	2075047
Wales	Wales, Montgomeryshire, Parish Registers, 1538-1912	416,043	New collection	2075048
Wales	Wales, Flintshire, Parish Registers, 1538-1912	414,035	Expanded collection	1426674
Wales	Wales, Monmouthshire, Parish Registers, 1538-1912	262,069	New collection	2075051
Wales	Wales, Merionethshire, Parish Registers, 1538-1912	65,542	Expanded collection	2075049
Wales	Wales, Radnorshire, Parish Registers, 1538-1912	8,018	Expanded collection	2075050
Wales	Wales, Denbighshire, Parish Registers, 1538-1912	1,307	Expanded collection	1419318

Latin America

Country	Collection	Indexed Records	Comments	Collection ID
Argentina	Argentina, Entre Ríos, Catholic Church Records, 1764-2011	494	Expanded collection	1974185
Argentina	Argentina, La Rioja, Catholic Church Records, 1714-1970	344	Expanded collection	1974188
Argentina	Argentina, Santa Fe, Catholic Church Records, 1634-2003	337	Expanded collection	1974196
Argentina	Argentina, Catamarca, Civil Registration, 1888-2001	325	Expanded collection	4328763
Argentina	Argentina, Salta, Civil Registration, 1880-2000	323	Expanded collection	3006885
Argentina	Argentina, Salta, Catholic Church Records, 1634-1972	256	Expanded collection	1974193
Argentina	Argentina, Buenos Aires, Catholic Church Records, 1635-2017	104	Expanded collection	1972912
Brazil	Brazil, Cemetery Records, 1799-2024	17,811	Expanded collection	2137269
Brazil	Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul, Civil Registration, 1810-2022	602	Expanded collection	3741255
Brazil	Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Civil Registration, 1804-2013	600	Expanded collection	1582573
Brazil	Brazil, Paraná, Civil Registration, 1852-2017	393	Expanded collection	2016194
Brazil	Brazil, Pernambuco, Civil Registration, 1804-2023	321	Expanded collection	2016195
Brazil	Brazil, Rio Grande do Norte, Catholic Church Records, 1755-2019	314	Expanded collection	2177294
Brazil	Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Catholic Church Records, 1616-2017	197	Expanded collection	1719212
Brazil	Brazil, Pará, Catholic Church Records, 1795-1977	157	Expanded collection	2177288
Brazil	Brazil, Ceará, Catholic Church Records, 1725-2019	148	Expanded collection	2175764
Brazil	Brazil, Minas Gerais, Catholic Church Records, 1706-2018	148	Expanded collection	2177275
Brazil	Brazil, São Paulo, Civil Registration, 1925-2023	133	Expanded collection	2765317
Brazil	Brazil, Santa Catarina, Civil Registration, 1850-1999	118	Expanded collection	2016197
Chile	Chile, Cemetery Records, 1701-2021	164,328	Expanded collection	1428897
Colombia	Colombia, Catholic Church Records, 1576-2019	2,138	Expanded collection	1726975
Dominican Republic	Dominican Republic, Civil Registration, 1744-2019	186	Expanded collection	1619814
El Salvador	El Salvador, Civil Registration, 1704-2001	117	Expanded collection	1821208
Guatemala	Guatemala, Huehuetenango, Civil Registration, 1796-2008	1,609	Expanded collection	2451045
Guatemala	Guatemala, Sololá, Civil Registration, 1877-2008	182	Expanded collection	2444805
Guatemala	Guatemala, Guatemala, Civil Registration, 1874-2008	149	Expanded collection	2075150
Guatemala	Guatemala, Quetzaltenango, Civil Registration, 1877-2008	114	Expanded collection	2274796
Honduras	Honduras, Civil Registration, 1841-1968	1,473,749	Expanded collection	2135627
Mexico	Mexico, Oaxaca, Civil Registration, 1861-2002	547	Expanded collection	1923401
Mexico	Mexico, San Luis Potosí, Civil Registration, 1859-2000	290	Expanded collection	1916239
Mexico	Mexico, Chihuahua, Civil Registration, 1861-1997	277	Expanded collection	1922462
Mexico	Mexico, Jalisco, Catholic Church Records, 1590-2022	254	Expanded collection	1874591
Mexico	Mexico, Michoacán, Catholic Church Records, 1555-1996	222	Expanded collection	1883388
Mexico	Mexico, Coahuila, Civil Registration, 1861-1998	217	Expanded collection	1916233
Mexico	Mexico, Hidalgo, Civil Registration, 1861-2001	210	Expanded collection	1919702
Mexico	Mexico, Guanajuato, Civil Registration, 1862-1930	206	Expanded collection	1922031
Mexico	Mexico, Jalisco, Civil Registration, 1857-2000	201	Expanded collection	1918187
Mexico	Mexico, Durango, Civil Registration, 1861-1995	106	Expanded collection	1916235
Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico, Naturalization Records, 1897-1985	727	Expanded collection	2774942
Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico, Catholic Church Records, 1645-2021	269	Expanded collection	1807092
Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico, Civil Registration, 1805-2002	162	Expanded collection	1682798
Uruguay	Uruguay, Civil Registration, 1879-2020	158	Expanded collection	1837849
Venezuela	Venezuela, Civil Registration, 1843-2021	487	Expanded collection	1823609
Venezuela	Venezuela, Catholic Church Records, 1577-2022	184	Expanded collection	1951777

Pacific and Oceania

Country	Collection	Indexed Records	Comments	Collection ID
Brazil	Brazil, Santa Catarina, Civil Registration, 1850-1999	118	Expanded collection	2016197
El Salvador	El Salvador, Civil Registration, 1704-2001	117	Expanded collection	1821208
New Zealand	New Zealand, Cemetery Transcriptions, 1835-2006	432,018	Expanded collection	2780088
New Zealand	New Zealand, Archives New Zealand, Passenger Lists, 1839-1974	1,036	Expanded collection	1609792
New Zealand	New Zealand, Archives New Zealand, Probate and Miscellaneous Records, 1842-1998	340	Expanded collection	1865481

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