FamilySearch adds almost 80 MILLION new records from German Lutheran Churches 1500-1971 and more!

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

SALT LAKE CITY, UT (20 November 2018)—FamilySearch added an astounding 79.5 million indexed Lutheran records from Germany, and almost 1 million nmore from the Ireland 1901 Census.  Other countries include Benin, Costa Rica, Portugal, South Africa, and the United States (Michigan, Georgia, and Montana).

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Country	Collection	Indexed Records	Digital Images	Comments
Benin	Benin, Civil Registration of Deaths, 1891-2014	3,236	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
Costa Rica	Costa Rica, Civil Registration, 1823-1975	75,801	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
Germany	Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500-1971	79,319,959	0	New indexed records collection
Ireland	Ireland Census, 1901	896,582	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
Portugal	Portugal, Aveiro, Civil Registration, 1911-1915	7,871	0	New indexed records collection
South Africa	South Africa, Transvaal, Civil Marriages, 1870-1930	75	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
United States	Michigan Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880	73	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
United States	Georgia, Fulton County Records from the Atlanta History Center, 1827-1955	286	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
United States	Montana, Toole County Records, 1913-1960	54	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection

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