The following announcement was written by FamilySearch:
Got Ancestors from Costa Rica, England, India, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru, Spain, or the U.S.?The latest free collection updates might just have what you're seeking!
What a grab bag of records added this week! Let's see—for its online patrons' free viewing pleasure, internationally, FamilySearch added church records from Costa Rico and Mexico, Bishop's Transcripts and Poor Law records from England, Hindu pilgrimage records from India, municipal records from Spain, and civil registrations from Nicaragua and Peru. In the U.S., those with Arkansas and Oklahoma ancestors are going to have a proverbial field trip with the 500,000 new county marriage records added—and the indexes are linked to the original images! Additional records were also added for Maine and Texas. See the table below for details. You can search all of the record collections now for free at FamilySearch.org.
If you are enjoying the steady stream of free records added weekly, please consider "giving back" as a FamilySearch volunteer. You can start and stop volunteering at any time. Find out more at indexing.familysearch.org.
Collection
Records
Images
Comment
Costa Rica Church Records, 1595–1992
7,249
3,948
Added images and index to existing collection.
England, Norfolk Bishop's Transcripts, 1685–1941
0
81,941
Added browsable images to existing collection.
England, Norfolk Poor Law Union Records, 1796–1900
0
939
Added browsable images to existing collection.
India, Hindu Pilgrimage Records
0
31,436
New browsable image collection.
Mexico, Distrito Federal, Catholic Church Records, 1886–1933
0
2,596,692
Added browsable images to existing collection.
Nicaragua, Managua, Civil Registration, 1879–2007
42,195
0
Added records to existing collection.
Peru, Lima Civil Registration, 1874–1930
64,182
0
Added records to existing collection.
Spain, Municipal Records
0
56,152
Added browsable images to existing collection.
U.S., Arkansas County Marriages, 1837–1957
93,584
38,426
Added Arkansas, Washington, White, and Woodruff Counties to existing collection.
U.S., Maine, State Archive Collections
0
3,019
Added browsable images to existing collection.
U.S., Oklahoma County Marriages, 1891–1959
222,471
151,140
New collection. Counties included: Adair, Alfalfa, Atoka, Beaver, Beckham, Blaine, Bryan, Caddo, Canadian, Dewey, Garfield, Harmon, Hughes, Jackson, Jefferson, and Kingfisher.
U.S., Texas, Eastland County Records, 1868–1949
0
6,978
Added browsable images to existing collection.
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