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what was added- by country and record type

CountryCollection Indexed Records Comment
ArgentinaArgentina, Buenos Aires, Catholic Church Records, 1635-1981                   1,164Expanded collection
ArgentinaArgentina, Capital Federal, Catholic Church Records, 1737-1977                      722Expanded collection
ArgentinaArgentina, Cemetery Records, 1882-2019              186,878Expanded collection
AustraliaAustralia, Victoria, Wills, Probate and Administration Files, 1841-1926                   4,448Expanded collection
AustriaAustria, Carinthia, Gurk Diocese, Catholic Church Records, 1527-1986                   7,443Expanded collection
BoliviaBolivia Catholic Church Records, 1566-1996              153,284Expanded collection
BrazilBrazil, Bahia, Civil Registration, 1877-1976                   3,415Expanded collection
BrazilBrazil, Ceará, Catholic Church Records, 1725-1971                   2,628Expanded collection
BrazilBrazil, Minas Gerais, Catholic Church Records, 1706-1999                   3,191Expanded collection
BrazilBrazil, Minas Gerais, Civil Registration, 1879-1949                23,356Expanded collection
BrazilBrazil, Paraná, Civil Registration, 1852-1996                11,200Expanded collection
BrazilBrazil, Pernambuco, Catholic Church Records, 1762-2002                   3,603Expanded collection
BrazilBrazil, Rio Grande do Norte, Catholic Church Records, 1788-1967                   2,804Expanded collection
BrazilBrazil, Santa Catarina, Catholic Church Records, 1714-1977                      964Expanded collection
BrazilBrazil, Santa Catarina, Civil Registration, 1850-1999                   3,587Expanded collection
BrazilBrazil, São Paulo, Catholic Church Records, 1640-2012                      896Expanded collection
CanadaCanada, Ontario Tax Assessment Rolls, 1834-1899              929,646Expanded collection
ChileChile, Catholic Church Records, 1710-1928              211,848Expanded collection
Costa RicaCosta Rica, Catholic Church Records, 1595-1992              282,922Expanded collection
CroatiaCroatia, Delnice Deanery Catholic Church Books, 1571-1926                   1,560Expanded collection
DenmarkDenmark, Århus Municipal Census, 1918                         28Expanded collection
Dominican RepublicDominican Republic Miscellaneous Records, 1921-1980                12,526Expanded collection
Dominican RepublicDominican Republic, Catholic Church Records, 1590-1955                96,719Expanded collection
EcuadorEcuador, Catholic Church Records, 1565-2011                14,851Expanded collection
El SalvadorEl Salvador Catholic Church Records, 1655-1977                61,399Expanded collection
EnglandEngland, Cambridgeshire Bishop’s Transcripts, 1538-1983              179,948Expanded collection
EnglandEngland, Essex Non-Conformist Church Records, 1613-1971                21,224Expanded collection
EnglandEngland, Gloucestershire Non-Conformist Church Records, 1642-1996                      400Expanded collection
EnglandEngland, Herefordshire Bishop’s Transcripts, 1583-1898                      513Expanded collection
EnglandEngland, Lancashire Non-Conformist Church Records, 1647-1996                31,970Expanded collection
EnglandEngland, Middlesex Parish Registers, 1539-1988              337,816Expanded collection
EnglandEngland, Northumberland Non-Conformist Church Records, 1613-1920                21,779Expanded collection
FinlandFinland, Tax Lists, 1809-1915                12,034Expanded collection
FranceFrance, Haute-Garonne, Toulouse, Civil Registration, 1792-1893                      137Expanded collection
FranceFrance, Rhône, Military Registration Cards, 1865-1932                24,363Expanded collection
FranceFrance, Saône-et-Loire, Parish and Civil Registration, 1530-1892                   1,332Expanded collection
GermanyGermany, Prussia, Saxony, Census Lists, 1770-1934                16,016Expanded collection
GuatemalaGuatemala, Catholic Church Records, 1581-1977                   5,030Expanded collection
HaitiHaiti, Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince, Catholic Church Records, 1866-2017                      159Expanded collection
HaitiHaiti, Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince, Catholic Church Records, 1866-2017                         19New collection
HondurasHonduras, Catholic Church Records, 1633-1978                         32Expanded collection
HungaryHungary, Jewish Vital Records Index, 1800-1945                   1,177Expanded collection
KiribatiKiribati, Vital Records, 1890-1991                      902Expanded collection
LiberiaLiberia Census, 2008              523,982Expanded collection
MexicoMexico, Coahuila, Catholic Church Records, 1627-1978              155,800Expanded collection
MexicoMexico, Oaxaca, Catholic Church Records, 1559-1988              884,261Expanded collection
MexicoMexico, Querétaro, Catholic Church Records, 1590-1970              146,571Expanded collection
MexicoMexico, Tamaulipas, Catholic Church Records, 1703-1964                75,531Expanded collection
NetherlandsNetherlands, Archival Indexes, Vital Records, 1600-2000          1,247,846Expanded collection
New ZealandNew Zealand, Electoral Rolls, 1865-1957                30,054Expanded collection
NicaraguaNicaragua, Catholic Church Records, 1740-1960                26,883Expanded collection
NorwayNorway, Probate Index Cards, 1640-1903                   2,834Expanded collection
PanamaPanama, Catholic Church Records, 1707-1973              164,962Expanded collection
Papua New GuineaPapua New Guinea, Vital Records, 1867-2000                         25Expanded collection
ParaguayParaguay, Catholic Church Records, 1754-2015              426,216Expanded collection
PeruPeru, Catholic Church Records, 1603-1992                20,919Expanded collection
PeruPeru, Diocese of Huaraz, Catholic Church Records, 1641-2016                   3,329Expanded collection
PeruPeru, Moquegua, Civil Registration, 1850-1996                20,523Expanded collection
PeruPeru, Pasco, Civil Registration, 1931-1996                         15Expanded collection
Puerto RicoPuerto Rico, Catholic Church Records, 1645-1969                35,528Expanded collection
SamoaSamoa, Vital Records, 1846-1996                   7,787Expanded collection
South AfricaSouth Africa, Cape Province, Civil Records, 1840-1972                      938Expanded collection
South AfricaSouth Africa, Church of the Province of South Africa, Parish Registers, 1801-2004                   1,150Expanded collection
South AfricaSouth Africa, Civil Death Registration, 1955-1966                           4Expanded collection
South AfricaSouth Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1970                 10,045Expanded collection
South AfricaSouth Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1970                23,579Expanded collection
South AfricaSouth Africa, KwaZulu Natal, Vital Records, 1868-1976                24,914Expanded collection
South AfricaSouth Africa, Netherdutch Reformed Church Registers (Pretoria Archive), 1838-1991                         83Expanded collection
South AfricaSouth Africa, Reformed Church Records, 1856-1988                      292Expanded collection
SpainSpain, Province of La Coruña, Municipal Records, 1648-1941                   8,138Expanded collection
SwedenSweden, Stockholm City Archives, Index to Church Records, 1546-1927                   1,277Expanded collection
SwedenSweden, Västerbotten Church Records, 1619-1896; index, 1688-1860                   4,643Expanded collection
SwitzerlandSwitzerland, Fribourg, Census, 1850                   2,558Expanded collection
SwitzerlandSwitzerland, Fribourg, Census, 1880                   1,900Expanded collection
TuvaluTuvalu, Vital Records, 1866-1979                   1,229Expanded collection
United KingdomEngland, Hertfordshire, Marriage Bonds, 1682-1837                      134Expanded collection
United KingdomEngland, Lancashire, Marriage Bonds and Allegations, 1746-1799                10,188Expanded collection
United KingdomEngland, Lincolnshire, Marriage Bonds and Allegations, 1574-1885                      422Expanded collection
United KingdomEngland, Surrey Marriages Bonds and Licenses, 1536-1992                   6,197Expanded collection
United StatesAlabama Voter Registration and Poll Tax Cards, 1834-1981                13,200Expanded collection
United StatesGeorgia, Tax Digests, 1787-1900                95,923Expanded collection
United StatesHawaii, Registrar of Bureau of Conveyances, Deed Records, 1846-1900                      563Expanded collection
United StatesIndiana Marriages, 1811-2019              114,104Expanded collection
United StatesIowa, Military Discharge Records, ca.1862 – ca.1976                      317Expanded collection
United StatesLouisiana, Orleans and St. Tammany Parish, Voter Registration Records, 1867-1905              380,832Expanded collection
United StatesLouisiana, Orleans Parish, State Museum Historical Center, Cemetery Records, 1805-1944                   1,007Expanded collection
United StatesMassachusetts, Boston Tax Records, 1822-1918              547,542Expanded collection
United StatesMichigan, Saginaw County, Biographical Card File, ca. 1830-2000                         28Expanded collection
United StatesNew Jersey, County Naturalization Records, 1749-1986                23,811Expanded collection
United StatesNew Jersey, Death Index, 1901-1903; 1916-1929                   3,276Expanded collection
United StatesNew York, Yonkers, Birth and Death Registration and Indexes, 1875-1916              115,291New collection
United StatesOklahoma, Military Discharge Records, 1898-1993                      515New collection
United StatesSouth Carolina, Charleston District, Bill of sales of Negro slaves, 1774-1872                   1,155Expanded collection
United StatesUnited States Bureau of Land Management Tract Books, 1800-c. 1955                   9,559Expanded collection
United StatesUtah, County Marriages, 1871-1941                         26Expanded collection
United StatesVirgin Islands US, Census Records, 1841-1911              363,176New collection
United StatesWashington Voting Records, 1876-1940                      266Expanded collection
United StatesWashington, County Death Registers, 1881-1979                20,749Expanded collection
UruguayUruguay Civil Registration, 1879-1930                   8,983Expanded collection
VanuatuVanuatu, Vital Records, 1900-2001                28,748Expanded collection
VenezuelaVenezuela, Catholic Church Records, 1577-1995              800,823Expanded collection
ZambiaZambia, Archdiocese of Lusaka, Church Records, 1950-2015                27,121Expanded collection
ZimbabweZimbabwe, Voter Registration, 1938-1973                   3,464Expanded collection