FamilySearch adds almost 9 million new FREE records including 8 million historical newspaper obituaries (1815-2011) from U.S. Genealogy Bank!
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SALT LAKE CITY, UT—This week, 8 million historical newspaper obituaries (1815-2011) from U.S. Genealogy Bank were added to FamilySearch.org. More new,
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Country | Collection | Indexed Records | Digital Images | Comments |
Croatia | Croatia, Delnice Deanery Catholic Church Books, 1725-1926 | 2,870 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection |
England | England, Cambridge Parish Registers, 1538-1983 | 468,063 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection |
Ireland | Ireland and Britain, Transatlantic Migration from North America, 1858-1870 | 42,695 | 0 | New indexed records collection |
Ireland | Ireland, Thom’s Official Directory of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 1894, Irish Section | 121,181 | 0 | New indexed records collection |
Ireland | Ireland, Thom’s Official Directory, 1910 | 131,734 | 0 | New indexed records collection |
Netherlands | Netherlands, Archival Indexes, Vital Records | 11,864 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection |
United States | Louisiana, New Orleans Index to Passenger Lists, 1853-1952 | 151,894 | 0 | New indexed records collection |
United States | United States, California, List of United States Citizens Arriving at San Francisco, 1930-1949 | 434,995 | 0 | New indexed records collection |
United States | United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011 | 8,829,622 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection |
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