New Free Historical Records from 25 Countries

Manila Cathedral at night, in Intramuros, Manila, Philippines

FamilySearch has expanded its free online archives with more than 8 million new records from 25 different countries. New additions include 4.7 million civil and church records from the Philippines and more than 3 million civil and census records from Italy.

Other countries with significant record additions include the following:

Argentina
Belgium
Chile
Colombia
Cook Islands
England
Ukraine

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Asia and Middle East
Canada and United States of America
Europe (Continental Europe, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Turkey, and so on)
Latin America (South America, Brazil, Central America, Caribbean, Mexico, and so on)
Pacific and Oceania (Australia, New Zealand, Pacific Islands, and so on)

Asia and Middle East

Country	Collection	Indexed Records	Comments	Collection ID
Philippines	Philippines Civil Registration (National), 1945–1996	4,761,806	Expanded Collection	1852584
Philippines	Philippines, Catholic Church Records, 1520–2014	4,061	Expanded Collection	2861657
Philippines	Philippines, Deaths and Burials, 1726–1998	6,466	Expanded Collection	1500714

Canada and United States of America

Country	Collection	Indexed Records	Comments	Collection ID
United States	Georgia, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940–1945	473	Expanded Collection	1880573
United States	United States, Census, 1860	153	Expanded Collection	1473181
United States	United States, Census, 1950	1,554	Expanded Collection	4464515
United States	United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815–2013	151	Expanded Collection	2860782
United States	United States, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917–1918	109	Expanded Collection	1968530
United States	Washington, County Marriages, 1855–2008	307	Expanded Collection	1534448

Europe

Country	Collection	Indexed Records	Comments	Collection ID
Austria	Austria, Catholic Church Records, 1565–2007	5,092	Expanded Collection	5000002
Belgium	Belgium, Brabant, Civil Registration and Church Records, 1704–1916	23,490	Expanded Collection	4496123
Belgium	Belgium, Brabant, Civil Registration, 1582–1950	101,678	Expanded Collection	1482191
England	England Births and Christenings, 1538–1975	56,439	Expanded Collection	1473014
Hungary	Hungary, Civil Registration, 1895–1980	209	Expanded Collection	1452460
Italy	Italy, Agrigento, Agrigento, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866–1942	397,822	Expanded Collection	1946817
Italy	Italy, Ancona, Ancona, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1862–1929	29,334	Expanded Collection	2046896
Italy	Italy, Bari, Bari, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866–1929	71,113	Expanded Collection	2043445
Italy	Italy, Bologna, Bologna, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866–1943	92,057	Expanded Collection	1947797
Italy	Italy, Cagliari, Cagliari, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866–1934	52,366	Expanded Collection	2043426
Italy	Italy, Caltanissetta, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1803–1910	70,754	Expanded Collection	5000544
Italy	Italy, Catania, Catania, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866–1929	73,725	Expanded Collection	2043496
Italy	Italy, Catania, Diocesi di Caltagirone, Catholic Church Records, 1502–1942	112	Expanded Collection	1493344
Italy	Italy, Florence, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866–1910	8,572	Expanded Collection	5000542
Italy	Italy, Foggia, Lucera, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866–1910	39,929	Expanded Collection	2043436
Italy	Italy, Lucca, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866–1929	126,475	Expanded Collection	5000550
Italy	Italy, Macerata, Macerata, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866–1929	10,737	Expanded Collection	2043838
Italy	Italy, Massa e Carrera, Massa, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866–1929	5,718	Expanded Collection	2043539
Italy	Italy, Massa e Carrera, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866–1929	123,737	Expanded Collection	5000545
Italy	Italy, Matera, Matera, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866–1929	472	Expanded Collection	2043814
Italy	Italy, Melfi, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1820–1929	284,636	New Collection	5000608
Italy	Italy, Napoli, Torre Annunziata, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1900–1911	33,328	Expanded Collection	1947578
Italy	Italy, Oristano, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866–1941	5,096	Expanded Collection	5000606
Italy	Italy, Padova, Padova, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1871–1929	364,092	Expanded Collection	1946877
Italy	Italy, Palermo, Termini Imerese, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1862–1910	11,348	Expanded Collection	1947613
Italy	Italy, Pavia, Pavia, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1806–1812, 1866–1935	19,057	Expanded Collection	2043830
Italy	Italy, Pavia, Voghera, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866–1929	48,589	Expanded Collection	2057676
Italy	Italy, Perugia, Perugia, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1861–1929	138,169	Expanded Collection	2043831
Italy	Italy, Pisa, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866–1929	220,651	New Collection	5000548
Italy	Italy, Pisa, Pisa, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866–1935	212,802	Expanded Collection	2043812
Italy	Italy, Pistoia, Pistoia, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866–1937	3,836	Expanded Collection	1493462
Italy	Italy, Potenza, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1864–1929	6,947	Expanded Collection	5000546
Italy	Italy, Potenza, Lagonegro, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866–1910	224,371	Expanded Collection	1947686
Italy	Italy, Ravenna, Ravenna, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866–1943	12,269	Expanded Collection	1947700
Italy	Italy, Saluzzo, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1809–1949	103,031	New Collection	5000604
Italy	Italy, Treviso, Treviso, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1871–1941	3,092	Expanded Collection	1947831
Italy	Italy, Umbria, Perugia, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1810–1978	79,036	Expanded Collection	5000549
Italy	Italy, Venezia, Venezia, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1871–1930	24,312	Expanded Collection	2043809
Germany	Germany, Prussia, Brandenburg and Posen, Church Book Duplicates, 1700–1875	1,864	Expanded Collection	1491272
Spain	Spain, Catholic Church Records, 1307–2005	2,134	Expanded Collection	1784529
Ukraine	Ukraine, Cherkasy, Church Books, 1734–1930	372	Expanded Collection	4133834
Ukraine	Ukraine, Chernigov Church Records, 1717–1935	207	Expanded Collection	3656669
Ukraine	Ukraine, Odessa, Census, 1897	35,007	Expanded Collection	2380520

Latin America

Country	Collection	Indexed Records	Comments	Collection ID
Argentina	Argentina, Buenos Aires, Catholic Church Records, 1635–2017	51,525	Expanded Collection	1972912
Argentina	Argentina, La Pampa, Catholic Church Records, 1882–1976	500	Expanded Collection	1974187
Brazil	Brazil, Cemetery Records, 1799–2024	110	Expanded Collection	2137269
Brazil	Brazil, Minas Gerais, Catholic Church Records, 1706–2018	173	Expanded Collection	2177275
Brazil	Brazil, Paraná, Civil Registration, 1852–2017	184	Expanded Collection	2016194
Brazil	Brazil, Pernambuco, Civil Registration, 1804–2023	372	Expanded Collection	2016195
Brazil	Brazil, Piauí, Civil Registration, 1875–2015	208	Expanded Collection	2001150
Brazil	Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Civil Registration, 1804–2013	1,486	Expanded Collection	1582573
Brazil	Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul, Civil Registration, 1810–2022	870	Expanded Collection	3741255
Brazil	Brazil, Santa Catarina, Civil Registration, 1850–1999	163	Expanded Collection	2016197
Brazil	Brazil, São Paulo, Catholic Church Records, 1640–2013	612	Expanded Collection	2177299
Brazil	Brazil, São Paulo, Civil Registration, 1925–2023	372	Expanded Collection	2765317
Chile	Chile, Catholic Church Records, 1633–2015	100,700	Expanded Collection	3405096
Colombia	Colombia, Catholic Church Records, 1576–2019	2,142	Expanded Collection	1726975
Colombia	Colombia, Migration Records, 1885–2014	27,274	Expanded Collection	5000159
Dominican Republic	Dominican Republic, Civil Registration, 1744–2019	549	Expanded Collection	1619814
El Salvador	El Salvador, Civil Registration, 1704–2001	311	Expanded Collection	1821208
Guatemala	Guatemala, Catholic Church Records, 1581–2023	6,337	Expanded Collection	1614809
Mexico	Mexico, Jalisco, Catholic Church Records, 1590–2022	733	Expanded Collection	1874591
Mexico	Mexico, Puebla, Catholic Church Records, 1545–2009	695	Expanded Collection	1837906
Panama	Panama, Catholic Church Records, 1707–1982	370	Expanded Collection	1913397
Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico, Catholic Church Records, 1645–2021	164	Expanded Collection	1807092
Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico, Civil Registration, 1805–2002	221	Expanded Collection	1682798
Uruguay	Uruguay, Civil Registration, 1879–2020	293	Expanded Collection	1837849
Venezuela	Venezuela, Catholic Church Records, 1577–2022	545	Expanded Collection	1951777
Venezuela	Venezuela, Civil Registration, 1843–2021	138	Expanded Collection	1823609

Pacific and Oceania

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Cook Islands

Cook Islands, Public Records, 1846–2022

35,401

Expanded Collection

2731435

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