New Free Historical Records on FamilySearch for Week of 2 May 2022

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FamilySearch expanded its free online archives this week (2 May 2022) with over one million new indexed records from Canada (Ontario) Tax Assessment Rolls 1834–1899 , and nearly a million more from Canada Immigration Records (including Registers of Chinese Immigration). New historical records were also added to archives for United Kingdom Prisoners of War 1715–1945, and collections for Austria, Chile, Costa Rica, El Salvador, England, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru, the Philippines, Samoa, Sierra Leon, S. Africa, the Ukraine, Venezuela and the United States. Find new information about your family in these new records by clicking on the links below.

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Country	Collection	Indexed Records	Digital Images	Comments
Argentina	Argentina, Chaco, Civil Registration, 1889-1946	85	0	Expanded collection
Austria	Austria, Vienna, Jewish Registers of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1784-1911	37,854	0	Expanded collection
Bolivia	Bolivia Catholic Church Records, 1566-1996	14,068	0	Expanded collection
Brazil	Brazil, Minas Gerais, Civil Registration, 1879-1949	2,947	0	Expanded collection
Brazil	Brazil, Paraná, Civil Registration, 1852-1996	18,415	0	Expanded collection
Brazil	Brazil, Santa Catarina, Civil Registration, 1850-1999	1,771	0	Expanded collection
Canada	Canada, Immigration Records, 1919-1924	744,980	0	New collection
Canada	Canada, Ontario Tax Assessment Rolls, 1834-1899	1,108,971	0	Expanded collection
Canada	Canada, Registers of Chinese Immigration to Canada, 1885-1949	54,235	0	Expanded collection
Cape Verde	Cape Verde, Catholic Church Records, 1787-1957	5,811	0	Expanded collection
Chile	Chile, Catholic Church Records, 1633-2015	22,477	0	Expanded collection
Costa Rica	Costa Rica, Catholic Church Records, 1595-1992	146,191	0	Expanded collection
Cuba	Cuba, Church Records, 1584-1960	12	0	Expanded collection
Denmark	Denmark, Copenhagen City, Civil Marriages, 1739-1964, Index 1877-1964	2,104	0	Expanded collection
Dominican Republic	Dominican Republic, Catholic Church Records, 1590-1975	3,515	0	Expanded collection
Ecuador	Ecuador, Catholic Church Records, 1565-2011	9,985	0	Expanded collection
El Salvador	El Salvador Catholic Church Records, 1655-1977	35,959	0	Expanded collection
England	England, Gloucestershire Non-Conformist Church Records, 1642-1996	677	0	Expanded collection
England	England, Lancashire Non-Conformist Church Records, 1647-1996	202,028	0	Expanded collection
England	England, Middlesex Parish Registers, 1539-1988	2,208	0	Expanded collection
England	England, Northumberland Non-Conformist Church Records, 1613-1920	1,751	0	Expanded collection
France	France, Saône-et-Loire, Parish and Civil Registration, 1530-1892	1,000	0	Expanded collection
French Polynesia	French Polynesia, Civil Registration, 1780-1999	368	0	Expanded collection
Guatemala	Guatemala, Catholic Church Records, 1581-1977	40,500	0	Expanded collection
Guatemala	Guatemala, El Progreso, Civil Registration, 1877-1994	492	0	Expanded collection
Guatemala	Guatemala, Escuintla, Civil Registration, 1877-1994	1,180	0	Expanded collection
Guatemala	Guatemala, Huehuetenango, Civil Registration, 1877-1994	18	0	Expanded collection
Guatemala	Guatemala, Retalhuleu, Civil Registration, 1877-1994	6,553	0	Expanded collection
Guatemala	Guatemala, Sololá, Civil Registration, 1877-1994	4,238	0	Expanded collection
India	India, Madras Diocese Protestant Church Records, 1743-1990	6,873	0	Expanded collection
Jamaica	Jamaica, Church of England Parish Register Transcripts, 1664-1880	2,929	0	Expanded collection
Mexico	Mexico, Chiapas, Catholic Church Records, 1557-1978	6,897	0	Expanded collection
Mexico	Mexico, Chihuahua, Catholic Church Records, 1632-1958	5,679	0	Expanded collection
Mexico	Mexico, Coahuila, Catholic Church Records, 1627-1978	23,624	0	Expanded collection
Mexico	Mexico, Distrito Federal, Catholic Church Records, 1514-1970	3,815	0	Expanded collection
Mexico	Mexico, Durango, Catholic Church Records, 1604-1985	1,424	0	Expanded collection
Mexico	Mexico, Guanajuato, Catholic Church Records, 1519-1984	17,186	0	Expanded collection
Mexico	Mexico, Jalisco, Catholic Church Records, 1590-1979	7,555	0	Expanded collection
Mexico	Mexico, México, Catholic Church Records, 1567-1970	240	0	Expanded collection
Mexico	Mexico, Michoacán, Catholic Church Records, 1555-1996	26,207	0	Expanded collection
Mexico	Mexico, Oaxaca, Catholic Church Records, 1559-1988	1,242	0	Expanded collection
Mexico	Mexico, Puebla, Catholic Church Records, 1545-1977	20,829	0	Expanded collection
Mexico	Mexico, Querétaro, Catholic Church Records, 1590-1970	8,462	0	Expanded collection
Mexico	Mexico, San Luis Potosí, Catholic Church Records, 1586-1977	12,294	0	Expanded collection
Mexico	Mexico, Sonora, Catholic Church Records, 1657-1994	13,862	0	Expanded collection
Mexico	Mexico, Veracruz, Catholic Church Records, 1590-1978	2,103	0	Expanded collection
Mexico	Mexico, Yucatán, Catholic Church Records, 1543-1977	1,855	0	Expanded collection
Mexico	Mexico, Zacatecas, Catholic Church Records, 1605-1980	38,493	0	Expanded collection
Norway	Norway, Probate Index Cards, 1640-1903	2,435	0	Expanded collection
Paraguay	Paraguay, Asunción, Cemetery Records, 1842-2011	10,428	0	Expanded collection
Paraguay	Paraguay, Catholic Church Records, 1754-2015	3,690	0	Expanded collection
Peru	Peru, Arequipa, Civil Registration, 1860-1976	1,909	0	Expanded collection
Peru	Peru, Catholic Church Records, 1603-1992	74,648	0	Expanded collection
Peru	Peru, Diocese of Huaraz, Catholic Church Records, 1641-2016	5,260	0	Expanded collection
Peru	Peru, Junín, Civil Registration, 1881-2005	6	0	Expanded collection
Peru	Peru, Madre de Dios, Civil Registration, 1968-1975	1,172	0	Expanded collection
Philippines	Philippines, Catholic Church Records, 1615-1985	621,091	0	Expanded collection
Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico, Catholic Church Records, 1645-1969	2,396	0	Expanded collection
Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico, San Juan, Cemetery Records, 1888-1988	4,132	0	Expanded collection
Samoa	Samoa, Vital Records, 1846-1996	22,070	0	Expanded collection
Sierra Leone	Sierra Leone, Civil Births and Deaths, 1802-2016	196,246	0	Expanded collection
South Africa	South Africa, Church of the Province of South Africa, Parish Registers, 1801-2004	30,318	0	Expanded collection
South Africa	South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1970	5,313	0	Expanded collection
South Africa	South Africa, Johannesburg, Cemetery Records, 1840-2019	29,004	0	Expanded collection
South Africa	South Africa, KwaZulu Natal, Vital Records, 1868-1976	5,961	0	Expanded collection
South Africa	South Africa, Reformed Church Records, 1856-1988	9,626	0	Expanded collection
Sweden	Sweden, Örebro Church Records, 1613-1918; index 1635-1860	11,241	0	Expanded collection
Sweden	Sweden, Stockholm City Archives, Index to Church Records, 1546-1927	1,489	0	Expanded collection
Sweden	Sweden, Västerbotten Church Records, 1619-1896; index, 1688-1860	5,412	0	Expanded collection
Ukraine	Ukraine, Dnipro Church Books, 1780-1930	187,707	0	Expanded collection
United Kingdom	England, Lincolnshire, Marriage Bonds and Allegations, 1574-1885	3,609	0	Expanded collection
United Kingdom	Prisoners of War, 1715-1947	993,584	0	Expanded collection
United States	Kansas State Census, 1925	1,359	0	Expanded collection
United States	Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921	1	0	Expanded collection
United States	New York, Birth Indexes outside of New York City, 1881-1942	370,686	0	Expanded collection
United States	South Carolina, Charleston District, Bill of sales of Negro slaves, 1774-1872	2,616	0	Expanded collection
United States	Texas, Grimes County, Deed Records, 1869-1917	1,858	0	Expanded collection
United States	Texas, Hardin County, Deed Records, 1840-1920	1,122	0	Expanded collection
United States	United States Bureau of Land Management Tract Books, 1800-c. 1955	70,040	0	Expanded collection
United States	Utah, Utah County Records, 1850-1962	7,338	0	Expanded collection
Uruguay	Uruguay Civil Registration, 1879-1930	2,664	0	Expanded collection
Venezuela	Venezuela Civil Registration, 1873-2003	15,237	0	Expanded collection
Venezuela	Venezuela, Catholic Church Records, 1577-1995	42,306	0	Expanded collection

New Free Historical Records on FamilySearch: Week of 2 May 2022

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