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If you have been waiting for new genealogy resources to become available online, your wait may be over. The month of July 2012 saw some great additions to genealogy resources by FamilySearch.

The new additions span the globe from the USA to Asia…some dating from the 1400s.

 

 

Keep reading for a complete list of the July’s new records:

Record For	Record Type	Date Added
United States
Alabama, Madison County	Chancery and Circuit Court Records, 1847-1950	10 Jul 2012
California, San Mateo	County Records, 1856-1991	17 Jul 2012
Indiana	Marriages, 1811-1959	7 Jul 2012
Maine	State Archive Collections, 1790-1966	10 Jul 2012
Missouri, Jackson	County Voter Registration Records, 1928-1956	17 Jul 2012
Nevada	County Birth and Death Records, 1871-1992	10 Jul 2012
New York, Orange County	Probate records	10 Jul 2012
Oregon	Douglas County Records, 1852-1952	10 Jul 2012
Texas	Deaths, 1977-1986	19 Jul 2012
United States	Census, 1940	6 Jul 2012
United States	Social Security Death Index	2 Jul 2012
United States	Civil War Widows and Other Dependents Pension Files	7 Jul 2012
United States	National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938	10 Jul 2012
Utah	County Marriages, 1887-1937	6 Jul 2012
Utah	Marriages 1887-1966	16 Jul 2012
Canada
Canada	Census, 1916	3 Jul 2012
Nova Scotia	Vital Records, 1763-1957	3 Jul 2012
Ontario	Marriages, 1869-1927	6 Jul 2012
Quebec	Notarial Records, 1800-1900	17 Jul 2012
Saskatchewan	Probate Estate Files 1887-1931	6 Jul 2012
Great Britain
Scotland	Census, 1881	2 Jul 2012
Scotland	Census, 1891	2 Jul 2012
Western Europe
Italy, L’Aquila, Camarda, Parrocchia di San Giovanni Battista	Catholic Church Records, 1606-1941	3 Jul 2012
Italy, Palermo, Diocesi di Monreale	Catholic Church Records, 1531-1998	3 Jul 2012
Italy, Trento, Diocesi di Trento, Catholic	Catholic Church Records, 1548-1937	21 Jul 2012
Italy, Vicenza, Casoni, Parocchia di San Rocco,	Catholic Church Records, 1597-1937	3 Jul 2012
Spain, Province of Sevilla	Municipal Records, 1903-1918	10 Jul 2012
Spain, Province of Tarragona	Records of Widows and Orphans of Spanish Officials, 1860-1960	10 Jul 2012
Eastern Europe
Czech Republic	Censuses, 1843-1921	10 Jul 2012
Czech Republic	Land Records, 1450-1889	10 Jul 2012
Poland	Roman Catholic Church Books,	16 Jul 2012
Slovakia	Church and Synagogue Books, 1592-1910	19 Jul 2012
South America
Chile, Santiago	Collection of Genealogies, 1500-1980	11 Jul 2012
Chile, Santiago	Cementerio General, 1821-2011	11 Jul 2012
Peru, Lima	Civil Registration, 1874-1996	11 Jul 2012
Peru, La Libertad	Civil Registration, 1903-1997	2 Jul 2012
Dominican Republic	Civil Registration, 1801-2010	11 Jul 2012
Ecuador	Catholic Church Records, 1565-1996	2 Jul 2012
Guatemala	Civil Registration, 1877-2008	3 Jul 2012
Portugal, Braga	Catholic Church Records 1530-1911	11 Jul 2012
Portugal, Castelo Branco	Catholic Church Records	20 Jul 2012
Portugal, Diocese of Lamego	Catholic Church Records, 1529-1916	11 Jul 2012
Portugal, Diocese of Vila Real	Catholic Church Records, 1575-1975	11 Jul 2012
Asia
Korea	Collection of Genealogies, 1500-2009	10 Jul 2012
South Africa
South Africa	Free State Dutch Reformed Church Records, 1848-1956	19 Jul 2012
South Africa	Orange Free State, Estate Files, 1951-2004	11 Jul 2012
South Africa, Western Cape	Various Records	10 Jul 2012

 

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Genealogy News: Over 172 Million New Records for your Family Tree

October has been a very busy month for family tree enthusiasts on the internet and genealogy Sites are bursting at the seams with new records on an international scale. There are new additions to databases from Canada, Europe, Ireland, Scotland England and the US, giving a combined total of 172,082,000.00 plus records. All made available in October alone.

The new records come in great variety, from Home children, Poor Law Immigrants, land records, baptisms, marriages, deaths, prison records, estate files and much more.

North American Records

In Canada, additions were made to the Home Children database at Library and Archives Canada with 20,000 new names added.  The new names, extracted are from the Canadian Passenger lists collection 1925 to 1932.  Each record contains the name and age of the child, name and type of ship along with both the dates and ports of arrival and departure.

Another October contribution from Canada comes via Olive Tree Genealogy and includes a database of Poor Law immigrants 1836 to 1871.  The English Poor Law was legislation that made immigration available to very poor UK citizens living in workhouses. The law allowed immigration to the British Colonies of Australia, New Zealand and Canada. Thanks to Olive Tree, there is a new compilation of immigrants from 23 ships available on their site.

With the addition of 134 million newspaper articles GenealogyBank leads the pack for this resource while FamilySearch backs up the US contribution with 281,000 estate files for North Carolina 1663 to 1917.

For military records look to FindMyPast, they have published approximately 10,000 records of allied POW’s for WWII.  These records are of soldiers who had escaped or attempted escape from POW camps through central Europe. The information available in this record collection is name, rank, serial number and references to files kept in the National Archives. You may also find references to the POW camp where the prisoner was held, along with their date of capture.

European Records

FamilySearch has done it again with the addition of 220,000 plus land records originating from the Czech Republic.  The land records cover the period 1450 to 1850 and can be accessed through “Browse-Only” also known as Waypointing (see, LDS Family Search: How to access un-indexed records for the Genealogy Beginner).  The images themselves largely predate parish records and although the value of these resources cannot be questioned translation may be necessary.

(In addition to this, FamilySearch has also made 289,000 images available containing the land records of Guam 1898 to 1964.)

New Records from Great Britain

October online searches continue to amaze as Irelands, FindMyPast includes Irish Prison Records 1790 to 1924.   This record set contains 2.7 million records and is a first time online premier. Director of FindMyPast, Brian Donovan states, “These records provide an invaluable resource for anyone tracing their Irish ancestors, as during the period covered almost every household in Ireland had a convict in their family. These records provide such a wealth of information that they are sure to shock and surprise almost anyone looking for the missing links in their Irish family tree.”

Chalk up another fantastic genealogical resource to The Ireland Genealogy Project. With an update to the Royal Irish Constabulary records, this collection covers Derry/Londonderry, Kerry, Kildare, Kilkenny, Limerick, Longford and Offaly for 1845. Best of all it access to the records are entirely free.

Those of you with Irish roots will be even more excited to know that Roots Ireland and IrishGenealogy have also had a very busy October. Over 543,000 birth and baptism records for Waterford have been added to the Roots Ireland database. With a substantial contribution of their own, IrishGenealogy has included more Roman Catholic Church records covering Carlow, Cork, Dublin and Kerry.  IrishGenealogy is the website of the Irish government and access is free of charge.

In Scotland, FamilyRelatives offers up a banquet of trade directories, adding over 80 volumes from Pigot’s Directory Scotland.  The Directories cover the years 1825 to 1826, 1837, 1902 and 1912.

More New Records From Great Britain

Not to be outdone by their neighbors, the UK’s GenesReunited, Anscestry.co.uk, and TheGenealogist.co.uk all have made an October contribution.

GenesReunited has updated their already considerable collection with 35 million parish records. Included in this compilation are baptismal, marriage and death records in addition to Boyde’s Marriage Index 1538 to 1840. Access to these records requires a subscription that is well worth it.

If you have been looking for parish records from Warwickshire and Dorset with Dorset Poor Law records inclusive, then you should check out Ancestry.co.uk. The new record additions cover a wide span beginning in 1910 with some records reaching into the 1500’s.

Finally yet importantly, TheGenealogist.co.uk released the 1911 census records for Wales, Kent and the Isle of Man. Available with these long awaited records are high-resolution images, in color.

October Wrap Up

What an incredible ancestor filled October it has been and how fitting during Family History Month to have so many additional resources contributed.  For more information on how to access these great new records, existing members can join us on the forums at Genealogy News and Events

If you are not yet a member, take advantage of our two-week free trial and join us on the forums today.