FamilySearch expanded its free online archives in February 2024 with over 29 million new, indexed family history records from 42 different countries.
Over 8 million records alone were added to United States City and Business Directories, followed by record expansions in the millions for Russia, the Dominican Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and El Salvador. Over 100,000 records each were added for Brazil, Colombia, the Czech Republic, France, Ireland, Peru, Sri Lanka, and the United States, (2 large collections) More records were added to an expansive database from the world’s cemeteries in Find-A-Grave Index. Numerous other countries scattered around the globe expanded record sets that invite exploration.
Take a look at the expansion of records below:
| Country | Collection | Indexed | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albania | Albania, Catholic Church Records, 1799-1967 | 69 | Expanded collection |
| Argentina | Argentina, Catamarca, Civil Registration, 1888-2000 | 18,263 | Expanded collection |
| Argentina | Argentina, Chaco, Civil Registration, 1889-1946 | 5,716 | Expanded collections |
| Argentina | Argentina, Córdoba, Catholic Church Records, 1557-1974 | 410 | Expanded collection |
| Argentina | Argentina, Corrientes, Civil Registration, 1880-2000 | 282 | Expanded collection |
| Argentina | Argentina, Jujuy, Civil Registration, 1888-2000 | 2,319 | Expanded collection |
| Argentina | Argentina, Tucumán, Catholic Church Records, 1727-1955 | 3,917 | Expanded collection |
| Argentina | Computer-aided Indexes | 39,771 | CAI records added |
| Australia | Australia, South Australia, Probate Case Files, 1849-1935 | 2,646 | Expanded collection |
| Belgium | Belgium, Antwerp, Civil Registration, 1588-1913 | 12,323 | Expanded collection |
| Belgium | Belgium, Brabant, Civil Registration, 1582-1914 | 3,233 | Expanded collection |
| Belgium | Belgium, Namur, Civil Registration, 1800-1912 | 15,807 | Expanded collection |
| Bolivia | Bolivia Catholic Church Records, 1566-1996 | 23,123 | Expanded collection |
| Brazil | Brazil, Alagoas, Church Records, 1802-2016 | 18,779 | Expanded collection |
| Brazil | Brazil, Mato Grosso, Civil Registration, 1845-2013 | 1,204 | Expanded collection |
| Brazil | Brazil, Minas Gerais, Civil Registration, 1879-1949 | 12,038 | Expanded collection |
| Brazil | Brazil, Pará, Civil Registration, 1815-1995 | 15,777 | Expanded collection |
| Brazil | Brazil, Santa Catarina, Civil Registration, 1850-1999 | 3,089 | Expanded collection |
| Brazil | Brazil, Sergipe, Catholic Church Records, 1785-1994 | 12,676 | Expanded collection |
| Brazil | Computer-aided Indexes | 507,468 | CAI records added |
| Chile | Chile, Catholic Church Records, 1633-2015 | 18,979 | Expanded collection |
| Colombia—here | Colombia, Bogotá, AGN, DAS Alphabetical Cards | 3,751 | Expanded collection |
| Colombia | Colombia, Catholic Church Records, 1576-2018 | 156,946 | Expanded collection |
| Colombia | Computer-aided Indexes | 505,577 | CAI records added |
| Costa Rica | Computer-aided Indexes | 545 | CAI records added |
| Costa Rica | Costa Rica, Catholic Church Records, 1595-1992 | 869 | Expanded collection |
| Croatia | Croatia, Church Books, 1516-1994 | 1,612 | Expanded collection |
| Czech Republic | Czech Republic, Church Books, 1552-1981 | 764,047 | Expanded collections |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | Democratic Republic of the Congo, National Identity Cards, 1884-2019 | 1,552,849 | Expanded collection |
| Dominican Republic | Computer-aided Indexes | 33,129 | CAI records added |
| Dominican Republic | Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kisantu Diocese, Catholic Church Records, 1894-2016 | 207 | Expanded collection |
| Dominican Republic | Dominican Republic Civil Registration, 1801-2010 | 4,766,778 | Expanded collection |
| Dominican Republic | Dominican Republic, Catholic Church Records, 1590-1975 | 11,887 | Expanded collection |
| Dominican Republic | Dominican Republic, Immigration Records, 1925-1999 | 2,638 | Expanded collection |
| Dominican Republic | Dominican Republic, Naturalization Records, 1915-2000 | 256 | Expanded collection |
| El Salvador | Computer-aided Indexes | 1,426,517 | CAI records added |
| France | France, Calvados, Census, 1856 | 21,943 | Expanded collection |
| France | France, Haute-Garonne, Toulouse, Church Records, 1539-1793 | 668 | Expanded collection |
| France | France, Pas-de-Calais, Parish and Civil Registration, 1553-1902 | 341,005 | Expanded collection |
| French Polynesia | French Polynesia, Civil Registration, 1780-1999 | 1,835 | Expanded collection |
| Germany | Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia, Wuppertal, Civil Registration, 1810-1930 | 24,294 | Expanded collection |
| Gibraltar | Gibraltar, Church Records, 1697-1991 | 1,762 | Expanded collection |
| Guadeloupe | Guadeloupe, Church Records, 1639-1830 | 524 | Expanded collection |
| Guatemala | Computer-aided Indexes | 24,470 | CAI records added |
| Guatemala | Guatemala, Chiquimula, Civil Registration, 1877-2008 | 3,801 | Expanded collection |
| Guatemala | Guatemala, Guatemala, Civil Registration, 1877-2006 | 270 | Expanded collection |
| Guatemala | Guatemala, Huehuetenango, Civil Registration, 1877-1994 | 4,772 | Expanded collection |
| Guatemala | Guatemala, Izabal, Civil Registration, 1877-1994 | 865 | Expanded collection |
| Ireland | Ireland, Catholic Parish Registers, 1740-1900 | 292,063 | Expanded collection |
| Italy | Italy, Agrigento, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1820-1865 | 686 | Expanded collection |
| Italy | Italy, Nuoro, Nuoro, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866-1915 | 2,118 | Expanded collections |
| Italy | Italy, Sassari, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1803-1942 | 662 | Expanded collections |
| Italy | Italy, Teramo, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1809-1936 | 3,942 | Expanded collection |
| Italy | Italy, Treviso, Treviso, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1871-1941 | 4,737 | Expanded collection |
| Italy | Italy, Venezia, Venezia, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1871-1930 | 5,365 | Expanded collections |
| Luxembourg | Luxembourg Census Records, 1843-1900 | 12,155 | Expanded collection |
| Mexico | Computer-aided Indexes | 54,007 | CAI records added |
| Mexico | Mexico, Michoacán, Catholic Church Records, 1555-1996 | 37,069 | Expanded collection |
| Mexico | Mexico, Puebla, Catholic Church Records, 1545-1977 | 13,193 | Expanded collection |
| Mexico | Mexico, Querétaro, Catholic Church Records, 1590-1970 | 782 | Expanded collection |
| New Zealand | New Zealand, Cemetery Transcriptions, 1840-1981 | 1,258 | Expanded collection |
| Palau | Palau, Church Records, 1921-1940 | 50 | Expanded collection |
| Paraguay | Paraguay, Births, 1898-1963 | 2,811 | Expanded collection |
| Peru | Computer-aided Indexes | 227,840 | CAI records added |
| Peru | Peru, Catholic Church Records, 1603-1992 | 32,966 | Expanded collection |
| Portugal here | Computer-aided Indexes | 1,279 | Expanded collection |
| Portugal | Portugal, Setúbal, Catholic Church Records, 1555-1911 | 211 | Expanded collection |
| Puerto Rico | Puerto Rico, Catholic Church Records, 1645-1969 | 201 | Expanded collection |
| Puerto Rico | Puerto Rico, San Juan, Cemetery Records, 1888-1988 | 25,409 | Expanded collection |
| Russia | Russia, Lutheran Church Book Duplicates, 1833-1885 | 21,351 | Expanded collection |
| Russia | Russia, Tobolsk, Church Books, 1722-1930 | 7,758,834 | Expanded collection |
| Russia | Russia, Tomsk, Church Books, 1752-1918 | 41,095 | Expanded collection |
| Russia | Russia, Tver Confession Lists, 1728-1913 | 15,008 | Expanded collection |
| Slovakia | Slovakia Church and Synagogue Books, 1592-1935 | 2,220 | Expanded collection |
| South Africa | South Africa, Western Cape, Deceased Estate Files, 1951-1958 | 10,681 | Expanded collection |
| Spain | Computer-aided Indexes | 26,884 | CAI records added |
| Sri Lanka here | Sri Lanka, Civil Registration, 1768-1990 | 711,863 | Expanded collections |
| United States | Maine, United States Naturalization Records, 1918-1991 | 63,038 | Expanded collection |
| United States | Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920 | 556 | Expanded collection |
| United States | Missouri, County Naturalization Records, 1830-1985 | 1,209 | Expanded collection |
| United States | Ohio, Stillbirths, 1918-1953 | 7,617 | Expanded collection |
| United States | Texas, Hidalgo County, Marriage Records, 1875-2021 | 83,110 | Expanded collection |
| United States | United States Census (Mortality Schedule), 1850 | 259,092 | Expanded collection |
| United States | United States City and Business Directories, ca. 1749 - ca. 1990 | 8,553,487 | Expanded collections |
| United States | United States, California, San Francisco, Records of Chinese Laborers Returning to the US, 1882-1888 | 2,893 | Expanded collection |
| United States | United States, Masters’ of Vessels Oaths, 1897-1992 | 141,585 | Expanded collection |
| United States | United States, New York Land Records, 1630-1975 | 6,399 | Expanded collection |
| United States | Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Birth Records, 1853-1896 | 443 | Expanded collection |
| Uruguay | Uruguay Civil Registration, 1879-1930 | 45,674 | Expanded collection |
| Venezuela | Computer-aided Indexes | 70,106 | CAI records added |
| Venezuela | Venezuela Civil Registration, 1873-2003 | 20,055 | Expanded collection |
| Venezuela | Venezuela, Archdiocese of Caracas, Catholic Church Records, 1638-2020 | 22,672 | Expanded collection |
| World | Find A Grave Index | 713,831 | Expanded collection |
| Zimbabwe | Zimbabwe, Diocese of Chinhoyi, Catholic Church Records, 1941-2022 | 1,855 | Expanded collection |
| Zimbabwe | Zimbabwe, Diocese of Gokwe, Catholic Church Records, 1956-2022 | 16,102 | Expanded collection |
| Zimbabwe | Zimbabwe, Diocese of Mutare, Catholic Church Records, 1898-2022 | 7,541 | Expanded collection |
| Total | 29,702,133 |
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