FamilySearch Collections Update

New Collections Update: Week of August 6, 2018

SALT LAKE CITY, UT—FamilySearch has given a great gift this week for those with Italian ancestry from Palermo and Chieti, Italy--almost 8 million new images of birth, marriage, and death records from 1809-1947. This week’s records also include Sweden, Peru, Hungary, and BillionGraves. (Find and share this announcement online in the FamilySearch Newsroom.)
Research these new free records by clicking on the collection links below, or go to FamilySearch to search over 8 billion free names and record images.

Country	Collection	Indexed Records	Digital Images	Comments
Hungary	Hungary, Jewish Vital Records Index, 1800-1945	2,292	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
Italy	Italy, Palermo, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1820-1947	0	4,331,932	New browsable image collection.
Italy	Italy, Chieti, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1809-1930	0	3,209,343	Added images to an existing collection
Other	BillionGraves Index	325,185	325,185	Added indexed records to an existing collection
Peru	Peru, La Libertad, Civil Registration, 1903-1998	33,913	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
Sweden	Sweden, Household Examination Books, 1880-1930	20,720	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection

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