This week FamilySearch published its first digital Chinese collection, along with additional digital image collections from Belgium, Germany, Guatemala, Mexico, Netherlands, Philippines, and Puerto Rico. Twenty million additional indexed records were also published for Civil War and Revolutionary War collections and the 1851 Census for England and Wales. Search these records now at http://Beta.FamilySearch.org.
See the chart below for the complete list of newly added or updated collections.
Project | Indexed Records | Digital Images | Comments |
Belgium, Civil Registration, 1795-1910—Part 1 | 4,306,478 | New images* | |
Central America, Colonial Census Records—Guatemala, 1662-1900 | 31,443 | New images | |
China, Feng Ping Shan Library—Chinese Genealogies, 1500-1900 | 77,527 | New images published as “Chinese Genealogies” | |
Germany, Hessen-Nassau Civil Registers and Church Books, 1701-1875 | 233,196 | New images | |
Germany, Mecklenburg-Schwerin Census, 1890 | 57,723 | 96,982 | New records and images |
Mexico, Guerrero—Catholic Church Records, 1576-1969 | 1,248,009 | Additional images added | |
Mexico, Hidalgo—Catholic Church Records, 1546-1963 | 151,539 | Additional images added | |
Mexico, Mexico (Estado)—Catholic Church Records, 1567-1970 |
| 4,684,171 | Additional images added |
Mexico, Tlaxcala—Catholic Church Records, 1576-1989 | 980,189 | Additional images added | |
Netherlands, Drenthe—Civil Registration, 1811-1942 | 177,438 | Additional images added | |
Netherlands, Friesland—Civil Registration, 1811-1932, Part 2 | 938,253 | Additional images added | |
Netherlands, Friesland—Civil Registration, 1811-1950, Part 1 | 610,369 | Additional images added | |
Netherlands, Gelderland Province Civil Registration, 1811-1950 | 3,115 | New images | |
Netherlands, Zeeland—Civil Registration, 1796-1922 | 317,736 | Additional images added | |
Netherlands, Zuid-Holland—Civil Registration, 1811-1942 | 1,976,874 | Additional images added | |
Philippines, Manila—Civil Registration, 1899-1994, Part 1 | 2,555,676 | New images | |
Puerto Rico, Roman Catholic Church Records, 1645-1969 | 62,751 | Additional images added | |
United Kingdom, 1851 Census—England and Wales | 18,341,933 | New indexed records | |
United States, South Carolina—Civil War Confederate Service Records, 1861-1865 | 1,192,363 | New index pointing to Footnote.com's website | |
United States—Civil War Pension Index Cards | 291,369 | Additional records added | |
United States—Navy Widows' Certificates, 1861-1910 | 1,003,115 | New index pointing to Footnote.com's website | |
United States—Revolutionary War Service Records, 1775-1785 | 1,997,022 | New index pointing to Footnote.com's websit |
*To view the images in this collection, patrons must be logged in at beta.familysearch.org. There is no access or subscription fee.