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New Free Historical Records from 8 Countries | July 2025 Update

By  FamilySearch
July 1, 2025
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Recently, FamilySearch expanded its free online archives with over 30 million new records from 8 countries. Some exciting additions include 16 million civil registrations from Italy, 5 million cemetery records from Brazil, and nearly 1 million deceased physician records from the American Medical Association (AMA).

Other countries with significant record additions include the following:

  • Belgium
  • Colombia
  • Ecuador
  • France
  • Ukraine

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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Canada and United States of America

Country

Collection

Indexed Records

Comments

Collection ID

United StatesConnecticut, Naturalization Records, 1795–1945

537,636

Expanded collection3238391
United StatesKansas, State Census, 1885

283,089

Expanded collection1825188
United StatesNew Jersey, Reclaim the Records, Geographic Birth Index, 1901–1929

192

Expanded collection4461588
United StatesSouth Carolina, Charleston City Death Records, 1821–1926

351

Expanded collection3477663
United StatesUnited States, Deceased Physician File (AMA), 1864–1968

915,299

Expanded collection2061540

Europe

Country

Collection

Indexed Records

Comments

Collection ID

BelgiumBelgium, Brabant, Civil Registration, 1582–1950

130,871

Expanded collection1482191
FranceFrance, Aude, Parish and Civil Registration, 1537–1882

707,268

Expanded collection5000211
ItalyItaly, Agrigento, Agrigento, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866–1942

21,558

Expanded collection1946817
ItalyItaly, Agrigento, Sciacca, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1861–1929

16,616

Expanded collection2043548
ItalyItaly, Ancona, Ancona, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1862–1929

574,210

Expanded collection2046896
ItalyItaly, Avellino, Sant'Angelo dei Lombardi, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866–1910

23,571

Expanded collection2043434
ItalyItaly, Bari, Bari, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866–1929

61,240

Expanded collection2043445
ItalyItaly, Bologna, Bologna, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866–1943

444,461

Expanded collection1947797
ItalyItaly, Cagliari, Cagliari, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866–1934

167,790

Expanded collection2043426
ItalyItaly, Campobasso, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1809–1918

613

Expanded collection1968528
ItalyItaly, Caserta, Gricignano d'Aversa, Civil Registration (Comune), 1809–1929

238

Expanded collection1884182
ItalyItaly, Caserta, Santa Maria Capua Vetere, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866–1929

1,671,729

Expanded collection2043630
ItalyItaly, Caserta, Sant'Arpino, Civil Registration (Comune), 1876–1980

7,531

Expanded collection1860760
ItalyItaly, Catania, Caltagirone, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1861–1941

118,940

Expanded collection1483039
ItalyItaly, Catania, Catania, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866–1929

695,556

Expanded collection2043496
ItalyItaly, Catania, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1820–1900

597,004

Expanded collection2821289
ItalyItaly, Catanzaro, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1809–1865

16,050

Expanded collection1937913
ItalyItaly, Como, Como, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866–1929

633,807

Expanded collection2043815
ItalyItaly, Cosenza, Castrovillari, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866–1910

38,435

Expanded collection2043557
ItalyItaly, Cosenza, Paola, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866–1910

129,305

Expanded collection2043464
ItalyItaly, Cosenza, Rossano, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866–1910

11,705

Expanded collection2043833
ItalyItaly, Cremona, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1744–1942

182,775

Expanded collection1987747
ItalyItaly, Foggia, Lucera, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866–1910

4,821

Expanded collection2043436
ItalyItaly, Genova, Chiavari, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866–1941

119,096

Expanded collection1482818
ItalyItaly, Genova, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1796–1812, 1838–1859, 1866–1899

3,917

Expanded collection1928859
ItalyItaly, Genova, Genova, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866–1929

1,629,972

Expanded collection2046914
ItalyItaly, Lecco, Lecco, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866–1929

147,713

Expanded collection2046897
ItalyItaly, Macerata, Macerata, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866–1929

25,655

Expanded collection2043838
ItalyItaly, Mantova, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1496–1906

448

Expanded collection1934580
ItalyItaly, Matera, Matera, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866–1929

157,658

Expanded collection2043814
ItalyItaly, Messina, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1820–1865

361,447

Expanded collection1935770
ItalyItaly, Messina, Messina, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866–1939

493,911

Expanded collection1887904
ItalyItaly, Messina, Patti, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1823–1941

33,964

Expanded collection1946858
ItalyItaly, Milano, Milano, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866–1929

971,819

Expanded collection5000032
ItalyItaly, Modena, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1806–1942

168,254

Expanded collection1968527
ItalyItaly, Napoli, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1809–1866

2,953

Expanded collection1937990
ItalyItaly, Napoli, Torre Annunziata, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1900–1911

28,687

Expanded collection1947578
ItalyItaly, Nuoro, Nuoro, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866–1942

139,307

Expanded collection1946873
ItalyItaly, Ogliastra, Lanusei, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866–1910

62,922

Expanded collection2043441
ItalyItaly, Olbia-Tempio, Tempio Pausania, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866–1910

24,171

Expanded collection2043493
ItalyItaly, Oristano, Oristano, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866–1940

1,448

Expanded collection1947719
ItalyItaly, Oristano, Oristano, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866–1941

256,962

Expanded collection1947719
ItalyItaly, Padova, Padova, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1871–1929

367,814

Expanded collection1946877
ItalyItaly, Palermo, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1820–1947

468,453

Expanded collection2608509
ItalyItaly, Pavia, Pavia, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1806–1812, 1866–1935

120,294

Expanded collection2043830
ItalyItaly, Potenza, Lagonegro, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866–1910

44,553

Expanded collection1947686
ItalyItaly, Potenza, Melfi, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1861–1929

254,425

Expanded collection1483052
ItalyItaly, Potenza, Potenza, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866–1910

283,701

Expanded collection2043547
ItalyItaly, Ragusa, Ragusa, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1864–1950

29,199

Expanded collection2510894
ItalyItaly, Ravenna, Ravenna, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866–1943

422,128

Expanded collection1947700
ItalyItaly, Reggio Calabria, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1784–1943

40,117

Expanded collection2068331
ItalyItaly, Roma, Velletri, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1871–1931

36,717

Expanded collection1947702
ItalyItaly, Rovigo, Rovigo, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1871–1937

12,545

Expanded collection1482864
ItalyItaly, Salerno, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1806–1949

41

Expanded collection1935404
ItalyItaly, Siracusa, Siracusa, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1900–1942

18,274

Expanded collection2110810
ItalyItaly, Teramo, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1809–1936

143,185

Expanded collection3006903
ItalyItaly, Torino, Torino, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866–1899

1,313,402

Expanded collection1967801
ItalyItaly, Toscana, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1804–1874

2,145,934

Expanded collection1932364
ItalyItaly, Venezia, Venezia, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1871–1930

319,010

Expanded collection2043809
ItalyItaly, Vercelli, Vercelli, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1802–1813, 1838–1942

5,277

Expanded collection1939214
ItalyItaly, Viterbo, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1870–1943

20,329

Expanded collection2016212
UkraineUkraine, Kyiv Confession Lists, 1741–1918

1,320

Expanded collection2290980

Latin America

Country

Collection

Indexed Records

Comments

Collection ID

BrazilBrazil, Alagoas, Church Records, 1802–2016

168,927

Expanded collection2820768
BrazilBrazil, Cemetery Records, 1799–2024

5,313,264

Expanded collection2137269
BrazilBrazil, Rio de Janeiro, Civil Registration, 1804–2013

365,716

Expanded collection1582573
ColombiaColombia, Catholic Church Records, 1576–2019

84,251

Expanded collection1726975
ColombiaColombia, Censuses, 1777–1967

11,784

Expanded collection5000123
EcuadorEcuador, Catholic Church Records, 1565–2023

534,005

Expanded collection1923402

World

Country

Collection

Indexed Records

Comments

Collection ID

WorldFind a Grave Index

5,081,403

Expanded collection2221801

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