NEW AND UPDATED RECORD COLLECTIONS ON FAMILYSEARCH.ORG AND ANCESTRY.COM

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The following record collections are shown as new or updated on FamilySearch.org and Ancestry.com.

Happy ancestor hunting for all of 2016.


FamilySearch.org Record Collections

United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014	15,860,544	*09 Jan 2016
Ukraine, Kyiv Orthodox Consistory Church Book Duplicates, 1734-1920	1,837,807	*07 Jan 2016
North Carolina, State Supreme Court Case Files, 1800-1909	876,769	*07 Jan 2016
Bolivia Catholic Church Records, 1566-1996	61,549	*07 Jan 2016
Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964	322,898	*07 Jan 2016
Belgium, Hainaut, Civil Registration, 1600-1913	321,812	*07 Jan 2016
Rhode Island, District Court Naturalization Indexes, 1906-1991	136,534	*06 Jan 2016
Sweden, Örebro Church Records, 1613-1918; index 1635-1860	243,219	*06 Jan 2016
Italy, Napoli, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1809-1865	559,011	*05 Jan 2016
Australia, Tasmania, Miscellaneous Records, 1829-2001	106,224	*05 Jan 2016
Alaska, Vital Records, 1816-1959	57,479	*31 Dec 2015
United States Census, 1860	27,150,234	*31 Dec 2015
Missouri, Pre-WWII Adjutant General Enlistment Contracts, 1900-1941	Browse Images	*30 Dec 2015
BillionGraves Index	18,259,763	*29 Dec 2015
United States Census, 1880	50,471,461	*29 Dec 2015
Germany, Baden, Church Book Duplicates, 1800-1870	395,152	28 Dec 2015
Italy, Udine, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1806-1815, 1871-1911	252,037	28 Dec 2015
Italy, L'Aquila, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1809-1865, 1911-1943	75,870	28 Dec 2015
Colombia, Catholic Church Records, 1576-2014	1,411,038	23 Dec 2015
South Africa, Netherdutch Reformed Church Registers (Pretoria Archive), 1838-1991	Browse Images	22 Dec 2015
Austria, Upper Austria, Catholic Church Records, 1581-1919	74,482	22 Dec 2015
New Hampshire Death Records, 1654-1947	581,056	21 Dec 2015
Italy, Pescara, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1809-1929	282,543	18 Dec 2015
Missouri, Cole County Circuit Court Case Files, 1820-1927	Browse Images	18 Dec 2015
England, Lancashire, Cheshire, Yorkshire, Parish Registers, 1603-1910	1,727,712	18 Dec 2015
Wales, Glamorgan, West Glamorgan, Electoral Registers, 1839-1925	1,643,483	16 Dec 2015
United States Census, 1920	107,658,849	16 Dec 2015
England, Kent, Parish Registers, 1538-1911	579,777	16 Dec 2015
England, Kent, Register of Electors, 1570-1907	4,706,636	16 Dec 2015
England, Lancashire, Parish Registers 1538-1910	1,214,837	16 Dec 2015
Spain, Province of Sevilla, Municipal Records, 1293-1966	1,224,251	16 Dec 2015
Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950	4,599,297	16 Dec 2015
Find A Grave Index	136,052,405	15 Dec 2015
Philippines, Manila, Civil Registration, 1899-1984	2,247,411	14 Dec 2015
Italy, Ragusa, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1900-1940	7,104	14 Dec 2015
Italy, Savona, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1806-1813, 1838-1936	153,763	14 Dec 2015
United States Census, 1930	125,176,439	14 Dec 2015
Venezuela, Archdiocese of Mérida, Catholic Church Records, 1654-2013	596,635	12 Dec 2015
Japan Village Records, 709-1949	Browse Images	11 Dec 2015
United States Census, 1940	134,867,562	11 Dec 2015

Ancestry.com Record Collections

	Braunschweig, Germany, Forced Laborers Who Died in Braunschweig, 1939-1945	Stories, Memories & Histories	218	New
	Web: Minnesota, Alien Registration Index, 1918	Immigration & Travel	111,827	New
	Poland, French Prisoners in Stutthof, 1939-1945	Stories, Memories & Histories	237	New
	Zbąszyń, Poland, Polish-German Children Expelled from Germany, 1938	Stories, Memories & Histories	219	New
	Northamptonshire, England, Burials, 1813-1912	Birth, Marriage & Death	484,456	Updated
	Balta, Ukraine, Orphans in Balta Ghetto, 1941-1943	Stories, Memories & Histories	643	New
	Web: Minnesota, Women in Industry, 1919	Schools, Directories & Church Histories	41,684	New
	Algeria, Prisoner Exchange from Bergen-Belsen to UNRRA Camp, 1945	Stories, Memories & Histories	200	New
	Sands Directories: Sydney and New South Wales, Australia, 1858-1933	Schools, Directories & Church Histories	9,731,017	Updated
	Czechoslovakia, Selected Jewish Holocaust Records, 1939-1945 (USHMM) (in German)	Schools, Directories & Church Histories	66,473	New
	Northamptonshire, England, Marriages, 1754-1912	Birth, Marriage & Death	733,877	New
	Northamptonshire, England, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1532-1812	Birth, Marriage & Death	4,138,400	New
	U.S., Southern Claims Commission Allowed Claims, 1871-1880	Wills, Probates, Land, Tax & Criminal	2,353	Updated
	Northamptonshire, England, Baptisms, 1813-1912	Birth, Marriage & Death	2,323,156	Updated
	NARA Collections on Ancestry.com	Reference, Dictionaries & Almanacs	1,433	Updated
	Texas, Wills and Probate Records, 1833-1974	Wills, Probates, Land, Tax & Criminal	110,840	Updated
	Rhode Island, Wills and Probate Records, 1582-1932	Wills, Probates, Land, Tax & Criminal	106,591	Updated
	Rostock, Germany, Births, 1876-1902 (in German)	Birth, Marriage & Death	86,860	Updated
	Victoria, Australia, Assisted and Unassisted Passenger Lists, 1839–1923	Immigration & Travel	1,856,643	Updated
	Fargo, North Dakota, Passenger Lists, 1958	Immigration & Travel	280	Updated
	U.S., School Yearbooks, 1880-2012	Schools, Directories & Church Histories	359,973,947	Updated
	Angermünde, Germany, Marriages, 1874-1923 (in German)	Birth, Marriage & Death	12,265	New
	Ebersberg, Germany, Births, 1876-1905 (in German)	Birth, Marriage & Death	11,029	New
	Ludwigshafen, Germany, Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1798-1875 (in German)	Birth, Marriage & Death	247,379	New
	Ludwigshafen, Germany, Births, 1876-1903 (in German)	Birth, Marriage & Death	198,500	New

	Ebersberg, Germany, Deaths, 1876-1951 (in German)	Birth, Marriage & Death	16,991	New
	Ludwigshafen, Germany, Family Tables, 1730-1903 (in German)	Birth, Marriage & Death	197,927	New
	Ahlem, Germany, Prisoner Deaths, 1944-1945	Stories, Memories & Histories	257	New
	Würzburg, Germany, Deported Jews, 1941-1943	Stories, Memories & Histories	276	New
	Ahlem, Germany, Jewish Survivors, 1945	Stories, Memories & Histories	243	New
	Oranienburg, Germany, Auschwitz-Sachsenhausen Transfers, 1944	Stories, Memories & Histories	356	New
	Gurs, France, Deportations to Auschwitz-Birkenau, 1942-1943	Stories, Memories & Histories	1,661	New
	Erfurt, Germany, House Lists, 1859-1872 (in German)	Schools, Directories & Church Histories	395,758	New
	Ebersberg, Germany, Marriages, 1876-1921 (in German)	Birth, Marriage & Death	8,698	New
	Germany and Poland, Hungarian-Jewish Women in Labor Camps, 1944	Stories, Memories & Histories	193	New
	Port Stephens, Australia, Area Cemeteries, 1845-2010	Birth, Marriage & Death	2,436	New
	Web: Indiana, County Marriage Indexes, 1993-2015	Birth, Marriage & Death	1,886,853	New
	Pennsylvania, Wills and Probate Records, 1683-1993	Wills, Probates, Land, Tax & Criminal	1,928,279	Updated
	Angermünde, Germany, Births, 1874-1903 (in German)	Birth, Marriage & Death	27,358	New
	Web: Victoria, Australia, Outward Passenger Index, 1852-1915	Immigration & Travel	1,754,004	New
	Angermünde, Germany, Deaths, 1874-1950 (in German)	Birth, Marriage & Death	36,641	New
	South Carolina, Passenger Lists, 1906-1962	Immigration & Travel	140,501	Updated
	Rostock, Germany, Deaths, 1876-1950 (in German)	Birth, Marriage & Death	183,015	New
	North Carolina, Death Certificates, 1909-1976	Birth, Marriage & Death	7,543,578	Updated
	Summit County, Ohio, Marriage Records, 1840-1980	Birth, Marriage & Death	1,598,986	Updated
	Australia, Handbook and Almanac, 1886	Reference, Dictionaries & Almanacs	1,115	New
	New South Wales, Australia, Bailliere's Gazetteer and Road Guide, 1870	Maps, Atlases & Gazetteers	723	New
	Australia, Fox's History of Queensland	Reference, Dictionaries & Almanacs	2,815	New
	South Australia, Australia, Bailliere's Gazetteer and Road Guide, 1866	Maps, Atlases & Gazetteers	354	New
	Australia, Pastoral Directories, 1913-1954	Schools, Directories & Church Histories	108,359	New

	Tasmania, Australia, Bailliere's Gazetteer and Road Guide, 1877	Maps, Atlases & Gazetteers	258	New
	Queensland, Australia, Bailliere's Gazetteer and Road Guide, 1876	Maps, Atlases & Gazetteers	320	New
	Victoria, Australia, Bailliere's Gazetteer and Road Guide, 1879	Maps, Atlases & Gazetteers	544	New
	Puerto Rico, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1901-1962	Immigration & Travel	2,378,523	Updated
	Web: Alabama, Episcopal Church Registers Index, 1832-1972	Birth, Marriage & Death	14,276	New
	Web: Chester County, Pennsylvania, Poor School Children, 1810-1841	Schools, Directories & Church Histories	62,979	New
	Kansas, Wills and Probate Records, 1803-1987	Wills, Probates, Land, Tax & Criminal	160,758	Updated