31 March 2011

New Free Records Online for Czech Republic, France, Germany, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia and Spain

Keep updating your wish list as FamilySearch continues to expand its online historical records. New collection additions this week represent seven European countries. Â Millions of records were added for the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Poland, Portugal, and Spain. Oh, and did we forget to mention that over a million new records were added for California, Maryland, Montana, Ohio, Texas, and Washington State? See the table below for more details. You can search all of the record collections now for free at familysearch.org.


If you are enjoying the steady stream of free records added weekly, please consider "giving back" by contributing a little time online as a FamilySearch volunteer. You can start and stop volunteering at any time. Find out more at indexing.familysearch.org.

Collection Records Images Comment
Czech Republic, Northern Bohemia, Litoměřice Archive Church Books, 1552-1905 39,869 0 Added index records from various church parishes within Northern Bohemia from the State Archive of Litoměřice.
Czech Republic, Northern Moravia, Opava Archive Church Books, 1571-1905 0 68,345 Added browsable images from various church parishes within Northern Moravia from the Provincial Archive of Opava.
France, Quimper et Léon Catholic Diocese, 1772-1909 56,003 22,130 Added images and index to existing collection.
Germany, Miscellaneous City Records 0 74,517 Added browsable images for Neumarkt.
Poland, Roman Catholic Church Books, 1600-1950 0 197,923 Added browsable images from Lublin, Gliwice, and Częstochowa Roman Catholic Church Diocese.
Portugal, Catholic Church Records, 1530-1890 0 519,943 Added browsable images from Braga.
Slovakia, Church Books, 1592-1910 0 257,568 Added browsable images from the area of western Slovakia that are within the jurisdiction of the State Regional Archive of Bratislava.
Spain, Catholic Church Records, 1500-1930 50,278 293 Added images and index from Spain, Avila parish (Madrigal and Garganta) to existing collection.
Spain, Municipal Records 20,068 677,871 Â Added marriage record index for the city of Malaga, Spain; and browsable images from the Sevilla, Spain Municipal Archive.
U.S., California, San Mateo County Records, 1856-1967 0 9,030 Added browsable images to existing collection.
U.S., Maryland, Probate Estate and Guardianship Files, 1796-1940 12,943 441,525 Added images and index to existing collection.
U.S., Maryland, Register of Wills Books, 1792-1983 0 107,465 Added browsable images to existing collection.
U.S., Montana, Rosebud County Records 0 13,818 Added browsable images to existing collection.
U.S., Ohio, Cuyahoga County Probate Files, 1813-1900 0 36,230 Added browsable images to existing collection.
U.S., Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1934 195,240 158,733 Added images and index to existing collection.
U.S., Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977 120,536 0 Added index records to existing collection.
U.S., Washington State County Records; King, Kitsap and Pierce Counties, 1854-1950 0 30,216 New browsable image collection.


FamilySearch International is the largest genealogy organization in the world. FamilySearch is a nonprofit, volunteer-driven organization sponsored by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Millions of people use FamilySearch records, resources, and services to learn more about their family history. To help in this great pursuit, FamilySearch has been actively gathering, preserving, and sharing genealogical records worldwide for over 100 years. Patrons may access FamilySearch services and resources free online at FamilySearch.org or through over 4,600 family history centers in 132 countries, including the main Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah.

28 March 2011

Season Two: The Generations Project

NOTE: The following was received from FamilySearch.

The second season of BYUtv’s The Generation Project premiers Monday, March 28 at 7:00 p.m. MDT. The Generations Project is a reality-based family history show that uncovers the remarkable stories and family histories of everyday people. The people take a hands-on journey to learn about their ancestors, and in the process they discover more about themselves.
The second season of The Generations Project “takes you from Germany to Holland to New York's 'Little Pakistan' and everywhere in between, following eleven journeys into the past: the Denkes explore the origins of their children’s life-threatening genetic disease. Kerry hopes his ancestors will help him find his estranged son, and Ty delves into his complicated heritage as a son of Nazi Germany. They along with eight other guests engage with the past to understand the present.”

BYUtv is available through many local satellite and cable companies. In addition, The Generations Project can be viewed live online at http://www.byutv.org (you'll need to register for a free account to view the show live). All episodes are also available to be viewed immediately after airing at http://www.byutv.org/thegenerationsproject/episodes (no registration required).
A link to more information has been placed on the home page of the FamilySearch.org website. Please share the information in this e-mail with others.

24 March 2011

FamilySearch Indexing - Can you spare 30 minutes?


Are you tired of the bad weather and need a great "feel good" project? Are you finding nothing good on TV these days? Are you into genealogy? Do you read a foreign language? Well here's a great activity for you to get involved in. It's FamilySearch Indexing


72% of the thousands of people who are indexing genealogical records right now claim they are motivated to do it just because they want to help provide free records to the genealogical community! Wouldn't you just love to see your great-grandfather's military record or a record of grandma's marriage?


FamilySearch has published over 1.5 billion records so far including extracted records! Yes that's BILLION! And the indexing project just started in 2006! There are billions more records available that need to be transcribed and it's so easy for you to help!


Just go to FamilySearch Indexing and click on "Get Started".  Fifteen to 30 minutes is all you need. Once you get the hang of it you will become addicted and really have fun. This can be a great family project. You know our young people -- they love their technology and find the process to be a great break from their daily homework and fast-paced life! And indexing is something you can do at midnight when you can't get to sleep or after you get the kids off to school each morning. Get a challenge going within your family or with a group of friends. Maybe you even belong to an organization and you are interested in specific records. Well you group can contact FamilySearch and make arrangements to index specific records.


FamilySearch has a goal of completing 220 million more records this year alone. Volunteers have indexed almost 46 million records so far this year. But your help is needed. If you can read a foreign language, indexing needs your help. Even if you don't, you can use the language information on FamilySearch Wiki and give another language a try. For instance, here is the Spanish Genealogy Word List and the French Word List


FamilySearch has a number of new features that will be added to the existing system sometime soon. You'll be able to see your accuracy rate, get RSS feeds, be able to invite a friend, and create links from the old extracted records to their respective images. They are also working on creating an app for your mobile device! So lets all pass this info along and gather some extra help in getting these records available to the world for FREE.

22 March 2011

9 Million Free Browsable Images from 9 Countries Added

New Records for Brazil, Canada, Chile, El Salvador, Guatemala,
Italy, Mexico, U.S., and Venezuela

The bounty just keeps coming from FamilySearch’s digital pipeline. Mexico collections earned the top spot this week, with nearly 5 million new browsable images added. The Mexico records date from 1545 to 1984. In addition to Mexico, FamilySearch continued this week to strengthen its freeonline international collections by expanding 7 more of its collections. Millions more records or images were added for Brazil, Canada, Chile, El Salvador, Guatemala, Italy, and Venezuela. The U.S. collections were also expanded, with new data for California, Illinois, Louisiana, Maine, Montana, Nebraska, New York, Texas, Union Provost Marshal’s File, and Virginia. See the table below for more details. You can search all of the record collections now for free at FamilySearch.org.

If you enjoy the steady stream of free records added weekly, please consider “giving back” by contributing a little time online as a FamilySearch volunteer. You can start and stop volunteering at any time. Find out more at indexing.familysearch.org.

Collection
Records
Images
Comment
Brazil, Catholic Church Records
0
1,007,788
New images added to existing collection:
Minas Gerais: Diocese of Luz, Diocese of Patos de Minas; Paraná: Archdiocese of Curitiba; Rio Grande Do Sul: Diocese of Santa Cruz Do Sul; Sao Paulo: Archdiocese of Sao Paulo, Diocese of Itapeva, Diocese of Presidente Prudente.
Canada, Quebec, Notarial Records, 1800-1900
0
113,475
Added browsable images to existing collection.
Chile, Concepcion, Civil Registration, 1885-1903
0
696,721
New browsable image collection.
El Salvador, Civil Registration Records, 1836-1910
0
41,876
New browsable image collection.
Guatemala Civil Registration, 1877-1934
0
5,241
New browsable image collection.
Italy, Civil Registration, 1806-1940  
0
115,035
New browsable images added to existing collection: Rovigo, Oristano, Trieste, and Teramo.
Mexico, Chiapas, Catholic Church Records, 1558-1978
0
752,385
New browsable image collection.
Mexico, Guanajuato, Catholic Church Records, 1576-1984
0
168,067
New browsable image collection.
Mexico, Morelos, Catholic Church Records, 1598-1969
0
1,448
New browsable image collection.
Mexico, Nayarit, Catholic Church Records, 1596-1967
0
452,505
New browsable image collection.
Mexico, Puebla, Catholic Church Records, 1545-1970
0
4,378,429
New browsable image collection.
U.S., California, County Marriages, 1850-1952
281,432
0
New index collection.
U.S., California, San Diego Naturalization Index, 1868-1958
22,506
0
Records courtesy of Footnote.com. Indexed records linked to images on Footnote.com.
U.S., California, San Mateo County Records, 1856-1967
0
18,857
New browsable image collection.
U.S., Illinois, Probate Records, 1819-1970
0
244,131
New browsable image collection.
U.S., Louisiana Confederate Pensions, 1898-1950
0
198,414
New browsable image collection.
U.S., Louisiana, Orleans Parish Estate Files, 1804-1846
0
83,768
Added browsable images to existing collection.
U.S., Maine, State Archive Collections
0
13,919
New browsable image collection.
U.S., Montana, Rosebud County Records
0
40,990
Added browsable images to existing collection.
U.S., Nebraska, Broken Bow Homestead Records, 1890-1908
39,373
0
Records courtesy of Footnote.com. Indexed records linked to images on Footnote.com.
U.S., New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1891
0
422,545
New browsable image collection.
U.S., New York, Kings County Estate Files, 1866-1923
26,082
492,465
Added images and index to existing collection.
U.S., Texas, Mills County Clerk Records, 1841-1985
0
1,506
Added images to existing collection.
U.S., Union Provost Marshal Files of Two or More Civilians, 1861-1866
0
107,471
New browsable image collection.
U.S., Virginia, Surry County Marriage Records, 1735-1950
0
19,618
New browsable image collection.
Venezuela, Civil Registration
0
88,680
New browsable image collection.

FamilySearch International is the largest genealogy organization in the world. FamilySearch is a nonprofit, volunteer-driven organization sponsored by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Millions of people use FamilySearch records, resources, and services to learn more about their family history. To help in this great pursuit, FamilySearch has been actively gathering, preserving, and sharing genealogical records worldwide for over 100 years. Patrons may access FamilySearch services and resources free online at FamilySearch.org orthrough over 4,600 family history centers in 132 countries, including the main Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah.

15 March 2011

9 Million Hungarian Records Added This Week


New Records for Argentina, Brazil, Germany, Italy, Philippines, 

Spain, U.S., and Zimbabwe Also Added

Can you believe that 11.5 million new international records were added this week? And 9 million of those were from Hungary! FamilySearch continued this week to strengthen its free online international collections by expanding 8 of its collections. It also added 2 million U.S. records. See the table below for more details. Search all of the record collections now for free at FamilySearch.org.
If you enjoy the steady stream of free records added weekly, please consider “giving back” by contributing a little time online as a FamilySearch volunteer. You can start and stop volunteering at any time. Find out more at indexing.familysearch.org.

Collection
Records
Images
Comment
Argentina, Catholic Church Records
0
202,698
Images added.
Brazil, Catholic Church Records
0
156,092
Images added. Minas Gerais, Diocese of Luz, Diocese of Patos de Minas; Paraná: Archdiocese of Curitiba;
Rio Grande Do Sul, Diocese of Santa Cruz Do Sul;
Sao Paulo, Diocese of Itapeva, Diocese of Presidente Prudente
Germany, Baden, Church Book Duplicates, 1810-1869
58,296
12,011
Portion of Achern index added.
Germany, Mecklenburg-Schwerin Census, 1890
37,625
864
Last portion of this census is now added.
Germany, Posen, Church Book Duplicates, 1794-1874
113,713
0
Records added to this collection. Images can be found at www.landesarhiv-brandenburg.de.
Hungary Catholic Church Records
9,065,513
0
Partial publication of records. First installment (38%) of a much larger collection that will be published over the next year.
Italy, Civil Registration, 1806-1940
0
119,921
More localities added: Revere, San Giorgio di Mantova, San Martino dall' Argine, Sermide, and Teramo
Philippines, Manila Civil Registration, 1899-1994
0
1,535,971
Images added.
Spain, Lugo Diocese, Catholic Parish Records, 1550-1930
11,629
0
Additional index data added to this collection.
U.S., Colorado State Census, 1885
0
3,520
New browsable collection.
U.S., Illinois State Census, 1855
256,004
0
Name indexes for the 1885 Illinois State Census. The census names the head of household. Schedules do not exist for the following counties: Carroll, Champaign, Franklin, Gallatin, Henry, Jefferson, Jo Davies, Lake, Stark, Will, and Woodford.
U.S., Texas, Comanche County Records, 1858-1955
0
283,870
Images added to existing content.
U.S., Texas, Mills County Clerk Records, 1841-1985
0
61,358
Images added to existing content.
U.S., Union Provost Marshal Files of Individual Civilians, 1861-1866
0
2,798
Images added to existing content.
U.S., Veterans Administration Pension Payment Cards, 1907-1933
0
1,800,495
New browsable image collection.
Zimbabwe, Death Notices, 1904-1976
0
328,546
Death notices from Zimbabwe.
Zimbabwe, Rhodesia Death Registers, 1890-1977; Index to Death Register, 1892-1977
0
74,045
Register of deaths of citizens of Rhodesia.
FamilySearch International is the largest genealogy organization in the world. FamilySearch is a nonprofit, volunteer-driven organization sponsored by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Millions of people use FamilySearch records, resources, and services to learn more about their family history. To help in this great pursuit, FamilySearch has been actively gathering, preserving, and sharing genealogical records worldwide for over 100 years. Patrons may access FamilySearch services and resources free online at FamilySearch.org orthrough over 4,600 family history centers in 132 countries, including the main Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah.