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New Free Historical Records from 12 Countries | September 2025 Update

FamilySearch expanded its free online archives with nearly 5 million new records from 12 countries. Exciting additions include 3.6 million civil registrations (birth, marriage, and death records) from Italy, 300,000 cemetery records from Chile, and almost 300,000 Catholic Church records from Portugal.

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  • OscarRojas61
    OscarRojas61 ✭
    October 17

    Fantastic news. Looking forward to more additions.

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  • HeferDu Preez
    HeferDu Preez ✭
    October 17

    Good day.

    Why are you taking South Africa records away?

    For most of us it is the only way to get records/information.

    Regards

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  • CindyT11
    CindyT11 ✭
    October 17

    HeferDu Preez, they are not taking away the African records. They are just announcing that more have been added.

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  • Kathy Kimber Anderson
    Kathy Kimber Anderson ✭
    October 20

    do you know why we are unable to see Peru records on Familysearch.org

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