New Free Historical Records on FamilySearch: Week of 25 January 2021

 NOTE from DearMYRTLE: The following was received from our friends at FamilySearch.

Find your roots at FamilySearch in 2M new, free, Pennsylvania Historical Society (Births and Baptisms 1520–1999, and Congregational Records 1620–1991), plus 1.6M New Zealand Obituaries 1844–1963, new collections for Australia, NSW Immigrants 1828–1890, England, Devon Parish Chest Records1556–1950, Germany, Saxony Catholic Church Records 1621–1976and expanded collections for Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, S. Africa and the US (CA, GA, IL, MA, MS, VA and WA).

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Country	Collection	Indexed Records	Digital Images	Comments
Argentina	Argentina, Salta, Civil Registration, 1880-2000	2,698	0	Expanded collection
Australia	Australia, New South Wales, Assisted Immigrants Inwards, 1828-1890	263,719	0	New collection
Brazil	Brazil, Minas Gerais, Civil Registration, 1879-1949	14,616	0	Expanded collection
Brazil	Brazil, Paraná, Civil Registration, 1852-1996	39,025	0	Expanded collection
Brazil	Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul, Civil Registration, 1860-2006	479	0	Expanded collection
Brazil	Brazil, Santa Catarina, Civil Registration, 1850-1999	1,867	0	Expanded collection
Canada	Nova Scotia Church Records, 1720-2001	2,523	0	Expanded collection
Croatia	Croatia, Delnice Deanery Catholic Church Books, 1571-1926	5,475	0	Expanded collection
Ecuador	Ecuador, Cemetery Records, 1862-2019	20,598	0	Expanded collection
England	England, Essex Non-Conformist Church Records, 1613-1971	1,627	0	Expanded collection
England	England, Gloucestershire Non-Conformist Church Records, 1642-1996	9,370	0	Expanded collection
England	England, Herefordshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1583-1898	16,226	0	Expanded collection
England	England, Middlesex Parish Registers, 1539-1988	2,077	0	Expanded collection
England	England, Northumberland Non-Conformist Church Records, 1613-1920	9,454	0	Expanded collection
France	France, Marne, Census, 1856	478	0	Expanded collection
France	France, Saône-et-Loire, Parish and Civil Registration, 1530-1892	357	0	Expanded collection
Germany	Germany, Saxony, Church Book Indexes, 1500-1900	10,746	0	Expanded collection
Germany	Germany, Saxony, Diocese of Dresden-Meissen, Catholic Church Records, 1621-1976	252,965	0	New collection
Kiribati	Kiribati, Vital Records, 1890-1991	5	0	Expanded collection
Micronesia	Micronesia, Civil Registration, 1883-1983	4	0	Expanded collection
Micronesia	Micronesia, Death Records, 1970-1986	48	0	Expanded collection
New Zealand	New Zealand, Obituaries, 1844-1963	1,648,592	0	Expanded collection
Peru	Peru, Piura, Civil Registration, 1874-1996	58,582	0	Expanded collection
Peru	Peru, Prelature of Yauyos-Cañete-Huarochirí, Catholic Church Records, 1665-2018	10,548	0	Expanded collection
Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico, Civil Registration, 1805-2001	496	0	Expanded collection
Samoa	Samoa, Vital Records, 1846-1996	6,583	0	Expanded collection
South Africa	South Africa, Civil Death Registration, 1955-1966	61,389	0	Expanded collection
South Africa	South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1970	13,779	0	Expanded collection
South Africa	South Africa, KwaZulu Natal, Vital Records, 1868-1976	1,440	0	Expanded collection
Sweden	Sweden, Örebro Church Records, 1613-1918; index 1635-1860	11,511	0	Expanded collection
United Kingdom	England, Devon, Plymouth, Parish Chest Records, 1556-1950	434,647	0	New collection
United States	Alabama, Military Discharge Records, ca.1918 - ca.1962	17,438	0	Expanded collection
United States	Arizona, Military Discharge Records, ca.1918 - ca.1989	7,423	0	Expanded collection
United States	California, Los Angeles, Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery/Crematory Records, 1884-2002	29,087	0	Expanded collection
United States	Florida, Military Discharge Records, ca.1837 - ca.1970	8,354	0	New collection
United States	Georgia, Tax Digests, 1787-1900	58,380	0	New collection
United States	Hawaii, Various Islands, Circuit Court Divorce Records, 1849-1915	6,146	0	Expanded collection
United States	Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1871-1998	67,424	0	Expanded collection
United States	Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910, 1921-1924	126,605	0	Expanded collection
United States	Massachusetts, Births, 1636-1924	130,310	0	Expanded collection
United States	Michigan, Saginaw County, Biographical Card File, ca. 1830-2000	8	0	Expanded collection
United States	Mississippi, County Marriages, 1858-1979	20,481	0	Expanded collection
United States	New Jersey, Death Index, 1901-1903; 1916-1929	556	0	Expanded collection
United States	Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Births and Baptisms, 1520-1999	1,290,401	0	New collection
United States	Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Congregational Records, 1620-1991	698,360	0	New collection
United States	Texas, Grimes County, Marriage Records, 1951-1966	800	0	Expanded collection
United States	Virginia Voter Registration, 1902-1970	5,761	0	New collection
United States	Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1771-1943	21,404	0	Expanded collection
United States	Virginia, Various Counties, Marriage Bonds, 1706-1901	888	0	Expanded collection
United States	Washington, County Birth Registers, 1873-1965	387	0	Expanded collection
United States	Washington, County Divorce Records, 1852-1950	10,210	0	Expanded collection
Uruguay	Uruguay Civil Registration, 1879-1930	450	0	Expanded collection
Venezuela	Venezuela Civil Registration, 1873-2003	4,454	0	Expanded collection
Zambia	Zambia, Archdiocese of Lusaka, Church Records, 1950-2015	2	0	Expanded collection

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