Tuesday 21 April 2020

Latest FamilySearch records additions

FamilySearch (www.familysearch.org) has updated several records collections and added a few new ones - the full list is at https://media.familysearch.org/new-free-historical-records-on-familysearch-week-of-20-april-2020/.

A few collections in particular that may be of interest to those in Scotland in the UK/Ireland:

Great Britain, War Office Registers, 1772-1935
https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/2366620
137,487 records added
This collection contains regimental descriptions, succession books, commissions, appointments, descriptions, returns of services, casualties, half pay, pensions, gratuities. The records are held at The National Archives in Kew under WO 25.

Massachusetts, Index to Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Boston, 1921-1949
https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/2526178
262,878 records added.

South Africa, Transvaal, Probate Records from the Master of the Supreme Court, 1869-1958
https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/2520237
1,128,563 records added

South Africa, Civil Marriage Records, 1840-1973
https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/2821281
23,024 records added


Chris

You can pre-order my new book, Tracing Your Scottish Family History on the Internet, at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Scottish2 (out April). Also available, Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet (2nd ed) at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Irish1 and Tracing Your Scottish Ancestry Through Church and State Records at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Scotland1. Further news published daily on The Scottish GENES Facebook page, and on Twitter @genesblog.

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