FamilySearch updates Irish and New Zealand civil registration records

The following collections have been added to FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org):

Collection	Indexed Records	Digital Images	Comments
American Samoa, Passenger Lists and Travel Documents, 1918-1965	39,058	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
BillionGraves Index	199,670	199,670	Added indexed records and images to an existing collection
Ireland Civil Registration, 1845-1913	653,321	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
New Zealand, Civil Records Indexes, 1800-1966	901,347	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
Philippines, Manila, Civil Registration, 1899-1984	3,389	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
Portugal, Setúbal, Catholic Church Records, 1555-1911	2,115	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
Sweden, Göteborg och Bohus Church Records, 1577-1932; index 1659-1860	56,762	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
Sweden, Household Examination Books, 1880 - 1920	36,064,931	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
Sweden, Kopparberg Church Records, 1604-1900; index 1628-1860	19,650	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
Sweden, Västernorrland Church Records, 1501-1940; index 1650-1860	24,787	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
Venezuela, Archdiocese of Mérida, Catholic Church Records, 1654-2015	787,752	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection

The full announcement is at https://media.familysearch.org/new-historic-records-on-familysearch-week-of-january-8-2018/.

Chris

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FamilySearch records update

 The latest online records from FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org) this week include:

Collection	Indexed Records	Digital Images	Comments
BillionGraves Index	286762	286762	Added indexed records/images to an existing collection
Brazil, Pernambuco, Civil Registration, 1804-2014	2480472	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
Brazil, Piauí, Civil Registration, 1875-2013	1458383	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
Chile Civil Registration, 1885-1903	12575	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
France, Coutances et d'Avranche Diocese, Catholic Parish Records, 1533-1894	22347	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
Netherlands, Archival Indexes, Miscellaneous Records	747018	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
New Jersey State Census, 1895	500743	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
Nicaragua Civil Registration, 1809-2013	78964	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
Ohio, Crawford County Obituaries, 1860-2004	484319	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
Peru, Cajamarca, Civil Registration, 1938-1996	1133	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
Russia, Samara Church Books, 1779-1923	0	5039	Added images to an existing collection

(With thanks to Paul Nauta via email)

Chris

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Latest FindmyPast releases

FindmyPast (www.findmypast.co.uk) has two new collections which might be of interest:

British In Argentina, 1914-1919
This book contains information and photographs of British volunteers from Argentina who went back home to serve their country in World War I.

Additional Social & Institutional Records from Devon, England
Explore two centuries of Devon's social history to paint a vivid picture of everyday life there. We've added over 49,000 more records to the collection.

They've also made their English electoral records collection, released in early October, browsable.

Further details at https://blog.findmypast.ie/fridays/

Chris

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Ancestry releases three 19th century Argentinian censuses

Ancestry has released three Argentinian censuses from the second half of the 19th century, which may be of interest if you had ancestors from the British Isles who migrated to the country.

Argentina, National Census, 1895
http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=9773

Argentina, National Census, 1869
http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=9769

Argentina, Buenos Aires City Census, 1855
http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=9771

The datasets are in Spanish and have been sourced from FamilySearch, which previously sourced them from the Comisión Directiva del Censo, Archivo General de la Nación, Buenos Aires. See the wiki links on FamilySearch for further details (accessible from the Ancestry links above).

Significant numbers moved from our shores to Argentina in the 19th century, and there are many further resources that might be of use for your research if you have such a connection. Some 40,000 Irish folk emigrated to the South America, for example, with about half later moving on, leaving 20,000 in Uruguay, Paraguay and Argentina. The Society for Irish Latin American Studies hosts a Dictionary of Latin American Biography at www.irlandeses.org/bios1.htm, with amongst those noted being Mayo born William Brown (born 1777), founder of the Argentinian Navy. The British Settlers in Argentina and Uruguay site is also at www.argbrit.org, with many records of Anglican and Scots Presbyterian churches. The Scots can also be further pursued in Patagonia via http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/scotsinargpat, whilst the Welsh in Patagonia can be explored via www.welshpatagonia.com and www.glaniad.com.

Chris

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