What’s new in the FamilySearch Full Text Search collection

To date, in October 2025, FamilySearch’s Full Text Search has added 1,004 new collections, focusing heavily on Legal, Religious, Marriage, and Death records. The bulk of the new records originates from Latin America (especially Brazil, Venezuela, and Mexico), Portugal, Spain, the United States, and the Netherlands.

Additions for Canada

Collection Title Records Last Updated
Canada, New Brunswick, Deaths, from 1661 to 1978 470 21 October 2025
New France, Canada, Legal, from 1754 to 1755 19,806 17 October 2025
New France, Canada, Biographies, from 1870 to 1953 65 17 October 2025

Additions for the United Kingdom and Ireland

The additions predominantly consist of large-scale Poor Relief and Religious record sets.

Collection Title Records Last Updated
United Kingdom, England, Poor Relief, from 1825 to 1888 2,771,935 14 October 2025
United Kingdom, England, Religious, from 1608 to 1702 2,521,426 14 October 2025
Ireland, Biographies, from 1385 to 2005 44,748 14 October 2025
Ireland, Religious, from 1674 to 1987 9,490 14 October 2025
England, Norfolk, Poor Relief, 1999 4,688 14 October 2025
Ireland, County Cavan, Biographies, 1997 102 14 October 2025
England, Cheshire, Religious, from 1677 to 1713 2,090 14 October 2025
England, Norfolk, Religious, from 11 January 1563 to 10 January 1579 12,872 14 October 2025
Scotland, Clackmannanshire, Biographies 21 14 October 2025

The largest collections added, each contributing over 10 million records, are  from the United States and Spain:
United States, Tennessee, Legal, 1896;
Spain, Valencian Community, Legal, from 1588 to 1599 ;
United States, New York, Legal, 1985 ;
Spain, Andalusia, Legal, from 1782 to 1860, and
United States, Wisconsin, Legal, from 1921 to 1978.

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