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Monthly Record Update for February 2024

April 11, 2024
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FamilySearch added 8 million new records to the US City and Business Directories collection in February 2024.
FamilySearch added 8 million new records to the US City and Business Directories collection in February 2024.

FamilySearch expanded its free online archives in February 2024 with over 29 million records from 42 different countries. This includes 8.5 million records from city directories in the United States, 7.7 million church records from Russia, 4.7 million civil registration records in the Dominican Republic, and over 700,000 new records from church books in the Czech Republic.

Here are some of the top countries with new records:

  • Brazil
  • Colombia
  • Czech Republic
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Dominican Republic
  • El Salvador
  • France
  • Ireland
  • Peru
  • Russia
  • Sri Lanka

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Country

Collection

Indexed

Comments

AlbaniaAlbania, Catholic Church Records, 1799-1967

69

Expanded collection
ArgentinaArgentina, Catamarca, Civil Registration, 1888-2000

18,263

Expanded collection
ArgentinaArgentina, Chaco, Civil Registration, 1889-1946

5,716

Expanded collections
ArgentinaArgentina, Córdoba, Catholic Church Records, 1557-1974

410

Expanded collection
ArgentinaArgentina, Corrientes, Civil Registration, 1880-2000

282

Expanded collection
ArgentinaArgentina, Jujuy, Civil Registration, 1888-2000

2,319

Expanded collection
ArgentinaArgentina, Tucumán, Catholic Church Records, 1727-1955

3,917

Expanded collection
ArgentinaComputer-aided Indexes

39,771

CAI records added
AustraliaAustralia, South Australia, Probate Case Files, 1849-1935

2,646

Expanded collection
BelgiumBelgium, Antwerp, Civil Registration, 1588-1913

12,323

Expanded collection
BelgiumBelgium, Brabant, Civil Registration, 1582-1914

3,233

Expanded collection
BelgiumBelgium, Namur, Civil Registration, 1800-1912

15,807

Expanded collection
BoliviaBolivia Catholic Church Records, 1566-1996

23,123

Expanded collection
BrazilBrazil, Alagoas, Church Records, 1802-2016

18,779

Expanded collection
BrazilBrazil, Mato Grosso, Civil Registration, 1845-2013

1,204

Expanded collection
BrazilBrazil, Minas Gerais, Civil Registration, 1879-1949

12,038

Expanded collection
BrazilBrazil, Pará, Civil Registration, 1815-1995

15,777

Expanded collection
Brazil Brazil, Santa Catarina, Civil Registration, 1850-1999

3,089

Expanded collection
BrazilBrazil, Sergipe, Catholic Church Records, 1785-1994

12,676

Expanded collection
BrazilComputer-aided Indexes

507,468

CAI records added
ChileChile, Catholic Church Records, 1633-2015

18,979

Expanded collection
Colombia—hereColombia, Bogotá, AGN, DAS Alphabetical Cards

3,751

Expanded collection
ColombiaColombia, Catholic Church Records, 1576-2018

156,946

Expanded collection
ColombiaComputer-aided Indexes

505,577

CAI records added
Costa RicaComputer-aided Indexes

545

CAI records added
Costa RicaCosta Rica, Catholic Church Records, 1595-1992

869

Expanded collection
CroatiaCroatia, Church Books, 1516-1994

1,612

Expanded collection
Czech RepublicCzech Republic, Church Books, 1552-1981

764,047

Expanded collections
Democratic Republic of the CongoDemocratic Republic of the Congo, National Identity Cards, 1884-2019

1,552,849

Expanded collection
Dominican RepublicComputer-aided Indexes

33,129

CAI records added
Dominican RepublicDemocratic Republic of the Congo, Kisantu Diocese, Catholic Church Records, 1894-2016

207

Expanded collection
Dominican RepublicDominican Republic Civil Registration, 1801-2010

4,766,778

Expanded collection
Dominican RepublicDominican Republic, Catholic Church Records, 1590-1975

11,887

Expanded collection
Dominican RepublicDominican Republic, Immigration Records, 1925-1999

2,638

Expanded collection
Dominican RepublicDominican Republic, Naturalization Records, 1915-2000

256

Expanded collection
El SalvadorComputer-aided Indexes

1,426,517

CAI records added
FranceFrance, Calvados, Census, 1856

21,943

Expanded collection
FranceFrance, Haute-Garonne, Toulouse, Church Records, 1539-1793

668

Expanded collection
FranceFrance, Pas-de-Calais, Parish and Civil Registration, 1553-1902

341,005

Expanded collection
French PolynesiaFrench Polynesia, Civil Registration, 1780-1999

1,835

Expanded collection
GermanyGermany, North Rhine-Westphalia, Wuppertal, Civil Registration, 1810-1930

24,294

Expanded collection
GibraltarGibraltar, Church Records, 1697-1991

1,762

Expanded collection
GuadeloupeGuadeloupe, Church Records, 1639-1830

524

Expanded collection
GuatemalaComputer-aided Indexes

24,470

CAI records added
GuatemalaGuatemala, Chiquimula, Civil Registration, 1877-2008

3,801

Expanded collection
GuatemalaGuatemala, Guatemala, Civil Registration, 1877-2006

270

Expanded collection
GuatemalaGuatemala, Huehuetenango, Civil Registration, 1877-1994

4,772

Expanded collection
GuatemalaGuatemala, Izabal, Civil Registration, 1877-1994

865

Expanded collection
IrelandIreland, Catholic Parish Registers, 1740-1900

292,063

Expanded collection
ItalyItaly, Agrigento, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1820-1865

686

Expanded collection
ItalyItaly, Nuoro, Nuoro, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866-1915

2,118

Expanded collections
ItalyItaly, Sassari, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1803-1942

662

Expanded collections
ItalyItaly, Teramo, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1809-1936

3,942

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

4,737

Expanded collection
ItalyItaly, Venezia, Venezia, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1871-1930

5,365

Expanded collections
Luxembourg Luxembourg Census Records, 1843-1900

12,155

Expanded collection
Mexico Computer-aided Indexes

54,007

CAI records added
MexicoMexico, Michoacán, Catholic Church Records, 1555-1996

37,069

Expanded collection
MexicoMexico, Puebla, Catholic Church Records, 1545-1977

13,193

Expanded collection
MexicoMexico, Querétaro, Catholic Church Records, 1590-1970

782

Expanded collection
New ZealandNew Zealand, Cemetery Transcriptions, 1840-1981

1,258

Expanded collection
PalauPalau, Church Records, 1921-1940

50

Expanded collection
ParaguayParaguay, Births, 1898-1963

2,811

Expanded collection
PeruComputer-aided Indexes

227,840

CAI records added
PeruPeru, Catholic Church Records, 1603-1992

32,966

Expanded collection
Portugal hereComputer-aided Indexes

1,279

Expanded collection
PortugalPortugal, Setúbal, Catholic Church Records, 1555-1911

211

Expanded collection
Puerto RicoPuerto Rico, Catholic Church Records, 1645-1969

201

Expanded collection
Puerto RicoPuerto Rico, San Juan, Cemetery Records, 1888-1988

25,409

Expanded collection
RussiaRussia, Lutheran Church Book Duplicates, 1833-1885

21,351

Expanded collection
RussiaRussia, Tobolsk, Church Books, 1722-19307,758,834Expanded collection
Russia Russia, Tomsk, Church Books, 1752-1918

41,095

Expanded collection
RussiaRussia, Tver Confession Lists, 1728-1913

15,008

Expanded collection
SlovakiaSlovakia Church and Synagogue Books, 1592-1935

2,220

Expanded collection
South AfricaSouth Africa, Western Cape, Deceased Estate Files, 1951-1958

10,681

Expanded collection
SpainComputer-aided Indexes

26,884

CAI records added
Sri Lanka hereSri Lanka, Civil Registration, 1768-1990711,863Expanded collections
United StatesMaine, United States Naturalization Records, 1918-1991

63,038

Expanded collection
United StatesMassachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920

556

Expanded collection
United StatesMissouri, County Naturalization Records, 1830-1985

1,209

Expanded collection
United StatesOhio, Stillbirths, 1918-1953

7,617

Expanded collection
United StatesTexas, Hidalgo County, Marriage Records, 1875-2021

83,110

Expanded collection
United StatesUnited States Census (Mortality Schedule), 1850

259,092

Expanded collection
United States United States City and Business Directories, ca. 1749 - ca. 1990

8,553,487

Expanded collections
United StatesUnited States, California, San Francisco, Records of Chinese Laborers Returning to the US, 1882-1888

2,893

Expanded collection
United StatesUnited States, Masters’ of Vessels Oaths, 1897-1992

141,585

Expanded collection
United StatesUnited States, New York Land Records, 1630-1975

6,399

Expanded collection
United StatesVirginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Birth Records, 1853-1896

443

Expanded collection
UruguayUruguay Civil Registration, 1879-1930

45,674

Expanded collection
VenezuelaComputer-aided Indexes

70,106

CAI records added
Venezuela Venezuela Civil Registration, 1873-2003

20,055

Expanded collection
VenezuelaVenezuela, Archdiocese of Caracas, Catholic Church Records, 1638-2020

22,672

Expanded collection
WorldFind A Grave Index

713,831

Expanded collection
ZimbabweZimbabwe, Diocese of Chinhoyi, Catholic Church Records, 1941-2022

1,855

Expanded collection
ZimbabweZimbabwe, Diocese of Gokwe, Catholic Church Records, 1956-2022

16,102

Expanded collection
ZimbabweZimbabwe, Diocese of Mutare, Catholic Church Records, 1898-2022

7,541

Expanded collection

Total

29,702,133

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