Start of Freedmen Letters indexing on Family Search!

It’s always fun getting these updates to see all the records that are coming online, and I was especially delighted to read about the Freedmen’s Bureau records being added to the list. These records contain so much valuable information, but are next to impossible to penetrate without endless buckets of time and/or extensive indexing. Will be amazing what we’ll be able to learn in the not-too-distant future as they become more accessible!

So here’s the latest on all the targeted and in-process projects from Family Search:

A project to index Freedmen Letters from North Carolina is now available. This is the second Freedmen’s Bureau collection FamilySearch has worked on with the National Archives. These records provide the earliest major compilation of information on many emancipated slaves, freed Blacks, and Black Union soldiers, including names, marriages, education and employment information, and receipt of rations, health care, and legal support.

New Projects in the Past Month

· Jamaica—Civil Births, 1878–1899 [Part C]

· U.S., Arkansas—WWII Draft Registration, 1942

· U.S., District of Columbia—Deaths, 1874–1959

· U.S., North Carolina—Freedmen Letters, 1862–1870

(See the chart below for a complete list and current status of all indexing projects.)

Recently Completed Projects

(Note: Recently completed projects have been removed from the available online indexing batches and will now go through a final completion check process. They will be published at pilot.familysearch.org in the near future.)

· Belgium, Antwerp—Foreigners Index, 1840–1930

· New Zealand—Passenger Lists, 1871–1915

· Nicaragua, Managua—Registros Civiles, 1879–1984 [Part 3A]

· U.K., Isle of Man—Parish Registers, 1800–1950

· U.S., Oklahoma—WWII Draft Registration, 1942

· U.S., Pennsylvania—1910 Federal Census

· U.S., Tennessee—1910 Federal Census

· U.S., Tennessee, Carroll County—Marriages, 1881–1939

· U.S., Vermont—1910 Federal Census

· U.S., Virginia—1910 Federal Census

· U.S., Washington—1910 Federal Census

Current FamilySearch Indexing Projects, Record Language, and Percent Completion

Argentina, Balvanera—Registros Parroquiales, 1833–1934 [Parte B]	Spanish	31%
Argentina, Cordoba—Registros Parroquiales, 1722–1924 [Parte B]	Spanish	24%
Argentina, Santa Fe—Registros Parroquiales, 1634–1926 [Parte A]	Spanish	22%
Argentina, Santa Fe—Registros Parroquiales, 1634–1926 [Parte B]	Spanish	27%
Brasil, Pernambuco, Recife—Registro Civil, 1900–1920	Portuguese	1%
Brasil, Rio de Janeiro—Matrimonios, 1900–1910 [Piloto]	Portuguese	36%
Canada, Ontario—Births, 1869–1912	English	10%
Canada, Ontario—Deaths, 1933–1937	English	56%
Canada, Ontario—Marriages, 1869–1927 [Part A]	English	16%
Canada, Québec, Montreal—Régistres Paroissiaux, 1800–1900	French	29%
Česká republika, Litoměřice—Matriky, 1552-1905 [část 1] (Tschechien, Litomerice—Kirchenbücher [Teil 1])	German	54%
Chile, Concepción—Registros Civiles, 1885–1903 [Parte 2A]	Spanish	84%
Chile, Concepción—Registros Civiles, 1885–1903 [Parte 2B]	Spanish	15%
Colombia, Bucaramanga—Registros Parroquiales, 1649–1959	Spanish	7%
Colombia, Marinilla—Registros Parroquiales, 1815–1959	Spanish	37%
Deutschland, Baden, Achern—Kirchenbücher, 1810–1869 [Part C]	German	23%
Deutschland, Mecklenburg—Volkszählung, 1890 [Div 70–92]	German	25%
España, Avila, Navalmoral—Registros Parroquiales, 1530–1935	Spanish	84%
España, Lugo—Registros Parroquiales, 1530–1930 [Parte 1]	Spanish	38%
España, Malaga—Registros Civiles, 1846–1870	Spanish	81%
France, Cherbourg—Registres Paroissiaux, 1802–1907	French	21%
France, Coutances—Registres Paroissiaux 1802–1907	French	19%
France, Coutances, Paroisses de la Manche, 1792–1906	French	90%
France, Paris—Registres Protestants, 1612–1906 [Partie D]	French	39%
France, Saint-Lo—Registres Paroissiaux, 1802–1907	French	56%
Guatemala, Guatemala—Registros Civiles, 1877–1900