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New Historic Records on FamilySearch: Week of October 16, 2017

Salt Lake City, Utah (19 October 2017), FamilySearch published over 40 million new records this week from Finland, Italy, and the Netherlands. Additional records were published from Argentina, Australia, Austria, BillionGraves, Chile, China, Denmark, England, France, Hungary, Massachusetts, South Africa, Spain, and West Virginia. Search these new free records at FamilySearch by clicking on the links in the interactive table below. Find and share this announcement easily online in the FamilySearch Newsroom.

Collection	Indexed Records	Digital Images	Comments
Argentina, Buenos Aires, Catholic Church Records, 1635-1981	144,176	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
Argentina, Entre Ríos, Catholic Church Records, 1764-1983	31,100	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
Argentina, Santa Fe, Catholic Church Records, 1634-1975	65,422	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
Australia, South Australia, Immigrants Ship Papers, 1849-1940	201,371	6,127	New indexed records and images collection
Australia, Tasmania, Civil Registration (District Registers), 1839-1938	559	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
Austria, Upper Austria, Catholic Church Records, 1581-1919	8,583	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
BillionGraves Index	257,183	257,183	Added indexed records and images to an existing collection
Chile Civil Registration, 1885-1903	351,902	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
China, Imperial Examinations and Related Papers (Han Yu-shan Collection), 1646-1904	301	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
Denmark Census, 1921	3,356,935	435,487	New indexed records and images collection
England, Warwickshire, Parish Registers, 1535-1984	11,001	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
Finland, Church Census and Pre-Confirmation Books, 1657-1915	33,404,934	486,629	New indexed records and images collection
France, Saône-et-Loire, Census, 1856	577,964	0	New indexed records collection
Hungary Civil Registration, 1895-1980	26,283	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
Italy, Asti, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1803-1814, 1911-1935	8,055	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
Italy, Salerno, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1806-1949	28,521	5,930,530	New indexed records and images collection
Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920	292,554	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
Netherlands, Archival Indexes, Miscellaneous Records	6,732,253	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
South Africa, Pietermaritzburg Estate Files 1846-1950	214,778	0	New indexed records collection
Spain, Province of Cádiz, Municipal Records, 1784-1956	39,995	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
West Virginia Will Books, 1756-1971	24,614	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection

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