by Lisa Cooke | Jun 5, 2013 | 01 What's New, FamilySearch, Records & databases
Millions of new images and indexed records are added to FamilySearch.org every week. But here’s one that particularly caught my eye: 5.6 million records from Massachusetts Land Records dating from 1620 to the 1980s.
Massachusetts Land Records, Hampshire County, sample deed from browsable record set at FamilySearch.org.
It’s a browsable collection of “land and property records from the Massachusetts Land Office and county courthouses. Records include land grants, patents, deeds, and mortgages. This collection includes all counties in Massachusetts.” Though these images aren’t indexed in FamilySearch per se, I noticed that when I clicked on a sample county (Hampshire), there were alphabetical deed indexes dating back as far as the records themselves. So it looks like in at least some cases, you’ll be able to browse those indexes and then find the deeds you want.
Looking for other new records just added to FamilySearch.org? Check out the table below.
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Indexed Records |
Digital Images |
Comments |
| Austria, Seigniorial Records, 1537–1888 |
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237,988 |
Added images to an existing collection. |
| Brazil, Piauí, Civil Registration, 1875-2012 |
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116,423 |
Added images to an existing collection. |
| China, Cemetery Records, 1820-1983 |
0 |
72,747 |
New browsable image collection. |
| China, Collection of Genealogies, 1239-2011 |
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204,422 |
Added images to an existing collection. |
| Honduras, Civil Registration, 1841-1968 |
0 |
337,367 |
New browsable image collection. |
| Luxembourg, Civil Registration, 1793-1923 |
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84,251 |
Added images to an existing collection. |
| Peru, Amazonas, Civil Registration, 1939-1995 |
0 |
5,417 |
Added images to an existing collection. |
| Portugal, Beja, Catholic Church Records, 1550-1911 |
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94,902 |
Added images to an existing collection. |
| Portugal, Braga, Priest Application Files (Genere et Moribus), 1596-1911 |
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69,030 |
New browsable image collection. |
| Portugal, Évora, Civil Registration and Miscellaneous Records, 1554-1938 |
0 |
5,708 |
New browsable image collection. |
| Portugal, Viana do Castelo, Catholic Church Records, 1537-1909 |
0 |
83,446 |
Added images to an existing collection. |
| Switzerland, Fribourg, Census, 1811 |
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2,387 |
New browsable image collection. |
| Switzerland, Fribourg, Census, 1818 |
0 |
2,369 |
New browsable image collection. |
| Switzerland, Fribourg, Census, 1834 |
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2,436 |
New browsable image collection. |
| U.S., Hawaii, Honolulu Passenger Lists, 1900-1953 |
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191,701 |
New browsable image collection. |
| U.S., Idaho, Gooding County Records, 1879-1962 |
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52,108 |
New browsable image collection. |
| U.S., Maine, Piscataquis County, Deed Books, 1838-1902 |
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56,970 |
New browsable image collection. |
| U.S., Massachusetts, Land Records, 1620-1986 |
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5,766,135 |
New browsable image collection. |
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by Sunny | Jul 27, 2018 | 01 What's New, Newspaper, Records & databases
The New Jersey Death Index tops this week’s list of new and updated U.S. genealogy records online. Along with a Native American census collection, our list includes family history records for Georgia, Illinois, New York, North Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia. Among...
by Lisa Cooke | May 21, 2013 | 01 What's New, FamilySearch, Inspiration, iPad, Maps, Technology
A new app for FamilySearch.org users lets you map your ancestors’ birthplaces. It retrieves information about your ancestors from your data at FamilySearch.org. It’s called Family Map and it looks like this:
Family Map app for FamilySearch.org users.
While there are lots of maps online, it’s fun to see your relatives all mapped at once (with no extra effort from yourself). This tool is especially great for sharing your family history with relatives. They can see at a glance your family migration patterns, remark on the number of people who stayed in the old hometown (or didn’t) and put themselves in context.
Thanks to Devin Ashby at FamilySearch for tipping me off to this app. The app is FamilyMap – Scoutic and is available
on iTunes for $1.99.
