FamilySearch has added nearly 5 million New York death records from 1880-1956 this week – all free!

[Editor’s Note: We just received this press release from FamilySearch outlining new records added to their online site.]

SALT LAKE CITY, UT—FamilySearch added nearly 5 million New York death records from 1880-1956. Additional records include areas from Austria, Brazil, Norway, South Africa, and the United States, including Arkansas, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, South Carolina and the Native American Birth and Death Records. (Find and share this announcement from the FamilySearch Newsroom).

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Country	Collection	Indexed Records	Digital Images	Comments
Austria	Austria, Vienna, Jewish Registers of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1784-1911	16,067	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
Brazil	Brazil, Pernambuco, Civil Registration, 1804-2016	345,819	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
Norway	Norway, Probate Index Cards, 1640-1903	96,443	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
South Africa	South Africa, Cape Province, Civil Deaths, 1895-1972	192,343	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
United States	Arkansas Confederate Pensions, 1901-1929	18,918	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
United States	Illinois, County Naturalization Records, 1800-1998	1,773	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
United States	Iowa, Monroe County, Card Index of Births, Deaths & Marriages from Newspaper Clippings, 1898-2015	1,706	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
United States	Iowa, Old Age Tax Assistance Records, 1934-1958	84,429	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
United States	Missouri, Jackson County Voter Registration Records, 1928-1956	97,491	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
United States	New York, State Death Index, 1880-1956	4,749,222	0	New indexed records collection
United States	South Carolina, Colleton County Marriage Licenses, 1911-1951	22,417	0	New indexed records collection
United States	United States, Native American Birth and Death Records, 1885-1940	1,167	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection

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