New Records on FamilySearch, 8 January 2024

The rough wilderness of Rwenzori Mountains, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Search over 3 million new indexed records on FamilySearch for the week of 8 January 2024 from all over the world including 1 million new historical records from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and sizeable additions to a census of members for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Take time to browse records from countries as diverse as Brazil, El Salvador, Colombia, Ireland, Sri Lanka, the United States, and Zimbabwe. Click on the links below to search these expanded collections and find promising links for your family tree.

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Country	Collection	Indexed Records	Comments	Collection ID
Argentina	Argentina, Catamarca, Civil Registration, 1888-2000	4,380	Expanded collection	4328763
Argentina	Argentina, Chaco, Civil Registration, 1889-1946	2,237	Expanded collection	4450393
Argentina	Argentina, Córdoba, Catholic Church Records, 1557-1974	1,550	Expanded collection	1974182
Belgium	Belgium, Brabant, Civil Registration, 1582-1914	665	Expanded collection	1482191
Belgium	Belgium, Namur, Civil Registration, 1800-1912	2,689	Expanded collection	2138511
Bolivia	Bolivia Catholic Church Records, 1566-1996	2,548	Expanded collection	1922463
Brazil	Brazil, Alagoas, Church Records, 1802-2016	2,176	Expanded collection	2820768
Brazil	Brazil, Mato Grosso, Civil Registration, 1845-2013	189	Expanded collection	2001286
Brazil	Brazil, Minas Gerais, Civil Registration, 1879-1949	2,997	Expanded collection	3479702
Brazil	Brazil, Pará, Civil Registration, 1815-1995	7,854	Expanded collection	4473609
Brazil	Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Civil Registration, 1829-2012	1,675	Expanded collection	1582573
Brazil	Brazil, Santa Catarina, Civil Registration, 1850-1999	1,504	Expanded collection	2016197
Brazil	Brazil, Sergipe, Catholic Church Records, 1785-1994	3,211	Expanded collection	2177298
Brazil	Computer-aided Indexes	72,973	CAI records added	CAI
Colombia	Colombia, Bogotá, AGN, DAS Alphabetical Cards	1,168	Expanded collection	4447296
Colombia	Colombia, Catholic Church Records, 1576-2018	30,647	Expanded collection	1726975
Colombia	Computer-aided Indexes	11,414	CAI records added	CAI
Croatia	Croatia, Church Books, 1516-1994	293	Expanded collection	2040054
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Democratic Republic of the Congo, National Identity Cards, 1884-2019	1,343,276	Expanded collection	5000100
El Salvador	Computer-aided Indexes	348,431	CAI records added	CAI
Finland	Finland, Tax Lists, 1809-1915	3,973	Expanded collection	2704794
France	France, Haute-Garonne, Census, 1896	14,846	Expanded collection	5000057
Germany	Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia, Wuppertal, Civil Registration, 1810-1930	2,819	Expanded collection	5000010
Gibraltar	Gibraltar, Church Records, 1697-1991	351	Expanded collection	4453925
Guatemala	Guatemala, Chiquimula, Civil Registration, 1877-2008	245	Expanded collection	2790265
Guatemala	Guatemala, Huehuetenango, Civil Registration, 1877-1994	1,077	Expanded collection	2451045
Guatemala	Guatemala, Izabal, Civil Registration, 1877-1994	525	Expanded collection	2443319
Ireland	Ireland, Catholic Parish Registers, 1740-1900	81,852	Expanded collection	2820100
Italy	Italy, Mantova, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1825-1861	266	Expanded collection	5000253
Italy	Italy, Sassari, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1803-1942	142	Expanded collection	4464417
Italy	Italy, Treviso, Treviso, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1871-1941	872	Expanded collection	1947831
Italy	Italy, Venezia, Venezia, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1871-1930	1,522	Expanded collection	2043809
Mexico	Computer-aided Indexes	6,985	CAI records added	CAI
Mexico	Mexico, Michoacán, Catholic Church Records, 1555-1996	4,257	Expanded collection	1883388
Mexico	Mexico, Puebla, Catholic Church Records, 1545-1977	3,695	Expanded collection	1837906
Mexico	Mexico, Querétaro, Catholic Church Records, 1590-1970	979	Expanded collection	1881200
Netherlands	Netherlands, Noord-Holland, Civil Registration, 1811-1950	26,622	Expanded collection	2020117
Palau	Palau, Church Records, 1921-1940	207	Expanded collection	4491580
Paraguay	Paraguay, Births, 1898-1963	204	Expanded collection	5000049
Peru	Computer-aided Indexes	315	CAI records added	CAI
Peru	Peru, Catholic Church Records, 1603-1992	10,574	Expanded collection	1877097
Russia	Russia, Lutheran Church Book Duplicates, 1833-1885	3,737	Expanded collection	1469151
Russia	Russia, Tver Confession Lists, 1728-1913	12,023	Expanded collection	1929531
South Africa	South Africa, Western Cape, Deceased Estate Files, 1951-1958	29,588	Expanded collection	4319131
Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka, Civil Registration, 1768-1990	855,239	Expanded collection	2209866
United States	Iowa, Death Records, 1888-1904	251,928	Expanded collection	5000144
United States	New Hampshire, U.S. District and Circuit Court Naturalization Records, 1873-1945	12,644	Expanded collection	5000161
United States	Ohio, Stillbirths, 1918-1953	1,046	Expanded collection	5000024
United States	Texas, Hidalgo County, Marriage Records, 1875-2021	17,472	Expanded collection	5000017
United States	Vermont, U.S. District Court Naturalization Records, 1790-1954	15,870	Expanded collection	5000152
Uruguay	Uruguay Civil Registration, 1879-1930	8,459	Expanded collection	1837849
Venezuela	Computer-aided Indexes	17,807	CAI records added	CAI
Venezuela	Venezuela Civil Registration, 1873-2003	2,811	Expanded collection	1823609
Venezuela	Venezuela, Archdiocese of Caracas, Catholic Church Records, 1638-2020	3,008	Expanded collection	4465438
World	The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970	48,873	Expanded collection	3714676
Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe, Diocese of Chinhoyi, Catholic Church Records, 1941-2022	32,881	Expanded collection	5000107
Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe, Diocese of Mutare, Catholic Church Records, 1898-2022	18,501	Expanded collection	5000105
	Total	3.336.265

New Free Historical Records on FamilySearch, 8 January 2024

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