New FamilySearch records

New FamilySearch records

FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/) have announced that nearly 13 million new indexed family history records and over 500,000 digital images were recently added to its collection. See https://www.familysearch.org/blog/en/whats-new-at-familysearch/?et_cid=1097767&et_rid=110055977&linkid=CTA&cid=em-fsn-8008

“New Records on FamilySearch: July 2018

“FamilySearch expanded its free online archives in July 2018 with almost 13 million new indexed family history records and over 500,000 digital images from around the world. New historical records were added from Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Canada, Chile, Colombia, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, New Zealand, BillionGraves, Find A Grave, Peru, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, Uruguay, and United States, which includes Arkansas, California, District of Columbia, Georga, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Native American, Utah, and Washington. New digital images were added from BillionGraves and the United Kingdom.”

The full list is at https://www.familysearch.org/blog/en/records-familysearch-july-2018/

Some of the newly added records are probably too old to be of much direct use to the average Heir Hunter but there are some very useful records in there too.