April Collection Updates at FamilySearch

We can search in 3,317 collection titles on the FamilySearch website. In April, 108 of them were updated or new.

Top of the heap is United States City and Business Directories, ca. 1749 – ca. 1990, now with  63,198,823 entries. It was followed by Russia, Tobolsk, Church Books, 1722-1930 with 47,009,553 entries and England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 with 45,714,263 entries.

Additions and updates of interest for England, with the number of entries, are:

England, Manchester, Miscellaneous Records, 1700-1916 10,241,063
England, Staffordshire, Church Records, 1538-1944 4,850,444
England, Devon, Parish Registers (Devon Record Office), 1529-1974 2,926,636
England, Essex Parish Registers, 1538-1997 2,746,297
England, Manchester, Parish Registers, 1603-1910 1,772,265
England, Devon, Parish Registers, 1538-1912 1,043,193
England, Bedfordshire Parish Registers, 1538-1983 376,993
England, Buckinghamshire, Church Records, 1217-1994 4,227
England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 45,714,263
England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991 14,519,196
England Marriages, 1538–1973 11,799,324

Two titles for Ireland are:

Ireland, Petty Sessions Court Registers, 1828-1912 21,832,352
Ireland, Catholic Parish Registers, 1740-1900 6,245,313

and for Wales:

Wales, Death Records, 1998-2015 172,310

There are no changes for Canada or Scotland.

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