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CountryCollectionIndexed RecordsComments
ArgentinaArgentina, Chaco, Civil Registration, 1889-1946275Expanded collection 
AustriaAustria, Vienna, Jewish Registers of Births, Marriages, and
Deaths, 1784-1911		16,122Expanded collection 
BoliviaBolivia Catholic Church Records, 1566-199620,333Expanded collection 
BrazilBrazil, Bahía, Catholic Church Records, 1598-200714,266Expanded collection 
BrazilBrazil, Ceará, Catholic Church Records, 1725-1971265,844Expanded collection 
BrazilBrazil, Maranhão, Catholic Church Records, 1673-19625,644Expanded collection 
BrazilBrazil, Minas Gerais, Catholic Church Records, 1706-1999230,391Expanded collection 
BrazilBrazil, Minas Gerais, Civil Registration, 1879-19493,301Expanded collection 
BrazilBrazil, Pará, Catholic Church Records, 1930-197697,911Expanded collection 
BrazilBrazil, Paraíba, Catholic Church Records, 1731-2013120,476Expanded collection 
BrazilBrazil, Paraná, Catholic Church Records, 1704-20087,478Expanded collection 
BrazilBrazil, Paraná, Civil Registration, 1852-199611,302Expanded collection 
BrazilBrazil, Pernambuco, Catholic Church Records, 1762-200225,566Expanded collection 
BrazilBrazil, Rio de Janeiro, Catholic Church Records, 1616-198066Expanded collection 
BrazilBrazil, Rio Grande do Norte, Catholic Church Records, 1788-196756,479Expanded collection 
BrazilBrazil, Rio Grande do Sul, Catholic Church Records, 1738-195214,210Expanded collection 
BrazilBrazil, Rio Grande do Sul, Civil Registration, 1860-20066,690Expanded collection 
BrazilBrazil, Santa Catarina, Catholic Church Records, 1714-19775,337Expanded collection 
BrazilBrazil, Santa Catarina, Civil Registration, 1850-19991,156Expanded collection 
BrazilBrazil, São Paulo, Catholic Church Records, 1640-201285,526Expanded collection 
Cape
Verde		Cape Verde, Catholic Church Records, 1787-19573,243Expanded collection 
ChileChile, Catholic Church Records, 1633-2015214,817Expanded collection 
Costa
Rica		Costa Rica, Catholic Church Records, 1595-199213,868Expanded collection 
Dominican
Republic		Dominican Republic, Catholic Church Records, 1590-19751,524Expanded collection 
El
Salvador		El Salvador Catholic Church Records, 1655-19775,607Expanded collection 
EnglandEngland, Gloucestershire Non-Conformist Church Records,
1642-1996		2,343Expanded collection 
EnglandEngland, Lancashire Non-Conformist Church Records, 1647-199650,403Expanded collection 
EnglandEngland, Middlesex Parish Registers, 1539-1988211Expanded collection 
EnglandEngland, Northumberland Non-Conformist Church Records,
1613-1920		124Expanded collection 
FranceFrance, Pyrénées-Orientales, Parish and Civil Registration, 1451-18972,081,774New collection 
GermanyGermany, Prussia, Catholic and Lutheran Church Records,
1580-1974		616,410Expanded collection 
IndiaIndia, Madras Diocese Protestant Church Records, 1743-19906,359Expanded collection 
JamaicaJamaica, Church of England Parish Register Transcripts,
1664-1880		5,891Expanded collection 
MexicoMexico, Coahuila, Catholic Church Records, 1627-1978919Expanded collection 
MexicoMexico, Guanajuato, Catholic Church Records, 1519-19847,744Expanded collection 
MexicoMexico, Oaxaca, Catholic Church Records, 1559-1988427Expanded collection 
MexicoMexico, Puebla, Catholic Church Records, 1545-19777,943Expanded collection 
MexicoMexico, Querétaro, Catholic Church Records, 1590-197010,288Expanded collection 
NorwayNorway, Oslo, Census, 19121,140New collection 
ParaguayParaguay, Asunción, Cemetery Records, 1842-201111,961Expanded collection 
PeruPeru, Arequipa, Civil Registration, 1860-19761Expanded collection 
PeruPeru, Catholic Church Records, 1603-199238,909Expanded collection 
PeruPeru, Huancavelica, Civil Registration, 1915-2003514,575Expanded collection 
PortugalPortugal, Évora, Catholic Church Records, 1533-1912275,128Expanded collection 
PortugalPortugal, Faro, Catholic Church Records, 1587-1880232,438Expanded collection 
PortugalPortugal, Leiria, Catholic Church Records, 1534-1911180,238Expanded collection 
PortugalPortugal, Vila Real, Catholic Church Records, 1533-19416,336Expanded collection 
Puerto
Rico		Puerto Rico, San Juan, Cemetery Records, 1888-19885,366Expanded collection 
RomaniaRomania, Civil Registration, 1865-1903121Expanded collection 
SamoaSamoa, Vital Records, 1846-199628,707Expanded collection 
South
Africa		South Africa, Church of the Province of South Africa, Parish
Registers, 1801-2004		26,410Expanded collection 
South
Africa		South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town
Archives), 1660-1970		3,768Expanded collection 
South
Africa		South Africa, Johannesburg, Cemetery Records, 1840-201921,734Expanded collection 
South
Africa		South Africa, KwaZulu Natal, Vital Records, 1868-19768,441Expanded collection 
South
Africa		South Africa, Reformed Church Records, 1856-19887,338Expanded collection 
SwedenSweden, Jönköping Church Records, 1581-1935; index 1633-18601,526Expanded collection 
SwedenSweden, Örebro Church Records, 1613-1918; index 1635-18605,898Expanded collection 
SwedenSweden, Västerbotten Church Records, 1619-1896; index, 1688-186010,767Expanded collection 
SwitzerlandSwitzerland, Fribourg, Census, 18501,989Expanded collection 
United
Kingdom		Prisoners of War, 1715-19471,968,517Expanded collection 
United
States		California, Los Angeles, Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery/Crematory
Records, 1884-2002		674Expanded collection 
United
States		Massachusetts, Boston Tax Records, 1822-1918456,273Expanded collection 
United
States		New York, Birth Indexes outside of New York City, 1881-1942568,091Expanded collection 
United
States		United States Bureau of Land Management Tract Books, 1800-c.
1955		22,412Expanded collection 
UruguayUruguay Civil Registration, 1879-19302,557Expanded collection 
VenezuelaVenezuela Civil Registration, 1873-200316,624Expanded collection 
VenezuelaVenezuela, Catholic Church Records, 1577-199518,876Expanded collection 
WalesWales, Carmarthenshire, Parish Registers, 1538-1912208,791Expanded collection 

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