New Free Historical Records on FamilySearch: Week of 23 November 2020
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| Country | Collection | Indexed Records | Digital Images | Comments |
| Argentina | Argentina, Salta, Civil Registration, 1880-2000 | 4,816 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection |
| Brazil | Brazil, Bahia, Civil Registration, 1877-1976 | 43 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection |
| Brazil | Brazil, Civil Registration, 1860-2006 | 6,792 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection |
| Brazil | Brazil, Minas Gerais, Civil Registration, 1879-1949 | 11,225 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection |
| Brazil | Brazil, Santa Catarina, Civil Registration, 1850-1999 | 2,143 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection |
| Canada | Manitoba Church Records, 1800-1959 | 627 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection |
| Canada | Nova Scotia Births, 1864-1877 | 18,985 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection |
| Canada | Nova Scotia Church Records, 1720-2001 | 2,382 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection |
| Canada | Nova Scotia Deaths, 1864-1877 | 12,185 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection |
| Canada | Nova Scotia Marriages, 1864-1918 | 169,148 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection |
| Denmark | Denmark, Århus Municipal Census, 1936 | 1,365 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection |
| Dominican Republic | Dominican Republic, Catholic Church Records, 1590-1955 | 25,620 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection |
| England | England, Essex Non-Conformist Church Records, 1613-1971 | 1,196 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection |
| England | England, Herefordshire Bishop’s Transcripts, 1583-1898 | 8,379 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection |
| England | England, Middlesex Parish Registers, 1539-1988 | 19,564 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection |
| England | England, Norfolk Bishop’s Transcripts, 1685-1941 | 15,004 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection |
| England | England, Norfolk, Parish Registers (County Record Office), 1510-1997 | 64,856 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection |
| England | England, Northumberland Non-Conformist Church Records, 1613-1920 | 4,564 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection |
| Fiji | Fiji, General Register of Immigrants, 1870-1911 | 15,731 | 0 | New indexed records collection |
| France | France, Saône-et-Loire, Parish and Civil Registration, 1530-1892 | 96 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection |
| Germany | Germany, Paderborn, Catholic Church Records, 1653-1875 | 2,358,751 | 0 | New indexed records collection |
| Germany | Germany, Prussia, East Prussia, Catholic and Lutheran Church Records, 1551-1992 | 2,819,997 | 0 | New indexed records collection |
| Kiribati | Kiribati, Vital Records, 1890-1991 | 330 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection |
| Mexico | Mexico, Chiapas, Catholic Church Records, 1557-1978 | 792,672 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection |
| Mexico | Mexico, Coahuila, Catholic Church Records, 1627-1978 | 520,295 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection |
| Mexico | Mexico, Sonora, Catholic Church Records, 1657-1994 | 261,993 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection |
| Micronesia | Micronesia, Civil Registration, 1883-1983 | 5,137 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection |
| Papua New Guinea | Papua New Guinea, Birth Records, 1888-2004 | 6,229 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection |
| Peru | Peru, Pasco, Civil Registration, 1931-1996 | 40 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection |
| Peru | Peru, Piura, Civil Registration, 1874-1996 | 53,585 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection |
| Peru | Peru, Prelature of Yauyos-Cañete-Huarochirí, Catholic Church Records, 1665-2018 | 8,206 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection |
| Peru | Peru, San Martín, Civil Registration, 1850-1999 | 448 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection |
| Puerto Rico | Puerto Rico, Civil Registration, 1805-2001 | 692 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection |
| Samoa | Samoa, Vital Records, 1846-1996 | 2,000 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection |
| South Africa | South Africa, Church of the Province of South Africa, Parish Registers, 1801-2004 | 11,414 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection |
| South Africa | South Africa, Civil Death Registration, 1955-1966 | 42,080 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection |
| South Africa | South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1970 | 1,652 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection |
| South Africa | South Africa, KwaZulu Natal, Vital Records, 1868-1976 | 2,691 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection |
| Tuvalu | Tuvalu, Vital Records, 1866-1979 | 181 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection |
| United Kingdom | Great Britain, War Office Registers, 1772-1935 | 96,152 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection |
| United States | Alabama Voter Registration and Poll Tax Cards, 1834-1981 | 366,281 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection |
| United States | Arizona, Apache County, Voting Records, 1882-1920 | 1,248 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection |
| United States | Arizona, Gila County, Voting Registers, 1881-1920 | 54,212 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection |
| United States | Arizona, Pinal County, Voting Records, 1876-1920 | 24,047 | 0 | New indexed records collection |
| United States | California, Los Angeles, Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery/Crematory Records, 1884-2002 | 15,383 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection |
| United States | Connecticut, Deaths, 1640-1955 | 14,234 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection |
| United States | Hawaii, Honolulu, Voter Registration Applications, ca. 1920-1966 | 183,919 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection |
| United States | Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007 | 133,630 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection |
| United States | Iowa, Church and Civil Births and Baptisms, 1837-1987 | 28,691 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection |
| United States | Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915 | 3 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection |
| United States | Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, 1921-1924 | 2,886 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection |
| United States | Massachusetts Town Births Index, ca. 1630-1905 | 131,763 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection |
| United States | Massachusetts Town Deaths Index, ca. 1640-1961 | 358,173 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection |
| United States | Michigan, Saginaw County, Biographical Card File, ca. 1830-2000 | 150 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection |
| United States | Minnesota, Death Records and Certificates, 1900-1955 | 187,495 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection |
| United States | Mississippi, County Marriages, 1858-1979 | 21,553 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection |
| United States | Montana, County Voting Records, 1884-1992 | 58,944 | 0 | New indexed records collection |
| United States | New Jersey, Death Index, 1901-1903; 1916-1929 | 288 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection |
| United States | North Carolina, Voter Registers and Certificates of Registration, 1868-1964 | 76,827 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection |
| United States | Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003 | 1,056 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection |
| United States | Ohio, County Death Records, 1840-2001 | 621 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection |
| United States | Ohio, Voter Records, 1893-1960 | 85,667 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection |
| United States | Pennsylvania Cemetery Records, ca. 1700-ca. 1950 | 275 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection |
| United States | Pennsylvania Delayed Birth Records, 1941-1976 | 6,009 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection |
| United States | Rhode Island, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1630-1945 | 95,689 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection |
| United States | Texas, Grimes County, Marriage Records, 1951-1966 | 95 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection |
| United States | Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, County Marriage Registers, 1853-1935 | 20,896 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection |
| United States | Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Death Records, 1853-1912 | 1,772 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection |
| United States | Virginia, Rockingham County, Marriage Registers, 1864-1926 | 81 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection |
| United States | Virginia, United Daughters of the Confederacy, Applications for the Relief of Needy Confederate Women, 1915-1967 | 1,933 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection |
| United States | Washington, County Birth Registers, 1873-1965 | 45,595 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection |
| United States | Washington, County Death Registers, 1881-1922 | 4 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection |
| Venezuela | Venezuela, Catholic Church Records, 1577-1995 | 340,003 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection |
| Zambia | Zambia, Archdiocese of Lusaka, Church Records, 1950-2015 | 4,647 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection |
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The Family History Library announces free ONLINE family history classes for November 2020 featuring Latin handwriting and Scottish genealogy!
[Editor’s Note: We received the following announcement from our friends at FamilySearch regarding their free classes and webinars coming up in November 2020. Please take advantage of this great opportunity!]
The FamilySearch Family History Library’s November 2020 line-up of free webinars feature Latin Handwriting Seminars (five sessions), classes emphasizing Scottish research, Swedish Genealogy, and Norwegian Emigration, a Spanish language seminar, “Registros Migratorios” (Migratory Records), and Quebec Notarial Records. Other beginner classes include using the FamilySearch Catalog, and Family Search Mobile apps.
No registration is required for these online webinars. See the table of classes below for more details.
If you cannot attend a live event, most sessions are recorded and can be viewed later at your convenience at Family History Library classes and webinars.
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All class times are in Mountain Daylight Time (MDT).
| DATE/TIME | CLASS | WEBINAR |
| Mon, Nov 2, 10:00 AM MDT | Using the FamilySearch Catalog (Beginner) | Yes |
| Tue, Nov 3, 10:00 AM MDT | Using the FamilySearch Mobile Apps (Beginner) | Yes |
| Thu, Nov 5, 3:00 PM MDT | Swedish Genealogy Files: Mystery of the Unknown Father in 1800 (Intermediate) | Yes |
| Mon, Nov 9, 10:00 AM MDT | Latin Handwriting Seminar, Day 1 (Intermediate) | Yes |
| Tue, Nov 10, 10:00 AM MDT | Latin Handwriting Seminar, Day 2 (Intermediate) | Yes |
| Wed, Nov 11, 10:00 AM MDT | Latin Handwriting Seminar, Day 3 (Intermediate) | Yes |
| Thu, Nov 12, 10:00 AM MDT | Latin Handwriting Seminar, Day 4 (Intermediate) | Yes |
| Fri, Nov 13, 10:00 AM MDT | Latin Handwriting Seminar, Day 5 (Intermediate) | Yes |
| Fri, Nov 13, 2:00 PM MDT | Sjeleregister (Index of Literacy and Religion) for Norway (Intermediate) | Yes |
| Mon, Nov 16, 1:00 PM MDT | Skimming the Surface: A Look Into Quebec Notarial Records (Intermediate) | Yes |
| Tue, Nov 17, 11:00 AM MDT | Registros Migratorios (Migratory Records in Spanish) (Beginner) | Yes |
| Fri, Nov 20, 2:00 PM MDT | Pre-1867 Emigration for Norway (Intermediate) | Yes |
| Mon, Nov 30, 8:30 AM MDT | Using the Wiki and Scotlands People for Scots Research (Beginner) | Yes |
| Mon, Nov 30, 10:00 AM MDT | Scotland’s ‘Lost’: Researching Non-Church of Scotland Ancestry (Beginner) | Yes |
| Mon, Nov 30, 11:30 AM MDT | Och Aye! Understanding Scottish Words and Phrases (Beginner) | Yes |
| Mon, Nov 30, 1:00 PM MDT | Scotland Probate Records (Beginner) | Yes |
Visit our website for more Classes and Online Webinars.
About FamilySearch
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 and its predecessors have 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 5,000 family history centers in 129 countries, including the main Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah.
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