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New Free Historical Records from 12 Countries | September 2025 Update

By FamilySearch September 2025 Recently, FamilySearch expanded its free online archives with nearly 5 million new records from 12 countries. Exciting additions include 3.6 million civil registrations from Italy, 300,000 cemetery records from Chile, and almost 300,000 Catholic Church records from Portugal. Other countries with significant record additions include the following: To ensure the accuracy of updates,… Read More New Free Historical Records from 12 Countries | September 2025 Update

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New Historical Records from 8 Countries | July 2025

By FamilySearch July 2025 Recently, FamilySearch expanded its free online archives with over 30 million new records from 8 countries. Some exciting additions include 16 million civil registrations from Italy, 5 million cemetery records from Brazil, and nearly 1 million deceased physician records from the American Medical Association (AMA). Other countries with significant record additions… Read More New Historical Records from 8 Countries | July 2025

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Seven Million New Historical Records Added on FamilySearch

By FamilySearch September 30, 2024 On September 30, 2024, FamilySearch published a blog article wherein they added 7 million new records to its free online archives. Some exciting additions include 3.8 million parish and civil registration records from France, 1 million cemetery records from Chile, and over 500,000 civil registration records from Sri Lanka. Other… Read More Seven Million New Historical Records Added on FamilySearch