Family Search New Indexing Data

[ItalianLori]

Hi: I just got the following email from my Family Search Center in Va. Beach. Just thought anyone searching these locations might find the info valuable.
Lori
3 September 2009

August was a banner month for FamilySearch Indexing. Twenty five (25) projects were completed and 19 new projects were added, including 10 international. A Swedish interface was also added to accommodate new Sweden church records projects.

New Projects Added in August

• Argentina, Mendoza, San Juan—Censo 1869
• Canada, British Columbia—Deaths, 1872–1986
• Chile, Concepción—Registros Civiles, 1885–1903 [Parte 1]
• Mexico, DF—Registros Parroquiales, 1898–1933 [Parte 2]
• Mexico, Hidalgo—1930 Federal Censo
• Mexico, Jalisco—1930 Federal Censo
• Nicaragua, Managua—Registros Civiles, 1879–1984 [Parte 1]
• Sverige, Södermanland—Kyrkoböcker, till 1860 [Del 1]
• Sverige, Uppsala—Kyrkoböcker, till 1860 [Del 1]
• Sverige, Örebro—Kyrkoböcker, till 1860 [Del 1]
• U.S., Arkansas—County Marriages, 1837–1957 [VII]
• U.S., Indiana, Benton County—Marriages, 1811–1959
• U.S., Indiana, Ohio County—Marriages, 1811–1959
• U.S., Iowa—1920 Federal Census
• U.S., Ohio—1920 Federal Census
• U.S., Texas—1920 Federal Census
• U.S., Utah, Salt Lake County—Birth Registers, 1890–1908
• U.S., West Virginia—1920 Federal Census
• U.S., Wisconsin—1920 Federal Census
(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 in preparation for future publication.)

• Argentina, Jujuy, Salta, Tucuman—1869 Censo
• Australia, NSW—Bounty Immigrants, 1828–1842
• Australia, Sydney—Cemetery Inscriptions, 1800–1960
• Belgique, Charleroi—Registres des Décès, 1851-1900
• Canadian 1861 Census
• Mexico, DF—Registros Parroquiales, 1886–1933 [Parte 1]
• Mexico, Yucatan—1930 Federal Censo
• Nicaragua, Managua—Registros Civiles, 1879–Present
• Perú, Lima—Registros Civiles, 1910–1930 [Parte 1]
• U.S.—Freedmen Marriages, 1861–1869
• U.S., Arkansas—County Marriages, 1837–1957 [IV]
• U.S., Arkansas—County Marriages, 1837–1957 [VI]
• U.S., Delaware—Birth Records, 1861–1922
• U.S., Georgia—Deaths, 1930
• U.S., Indiana, Adams County—Marriages, 1811–1959
• U.S., Minnesota—1885 State Census
• U.S., Oklahoma—1920 Federal Census
• U.S., Oregon—1920 Federal Census
• U.S., Pennsylvania—1920 Federal Census
• U.S., Tennessee—1920 Federal Census
• U.S., Utah, Salt Lake County—Death Certificates, 1940
• U.S., Virginia—1920 Federal Census
• U.S., Washington—1920 Federal Census
• U.S., Washington—County Marriages, 1858–1950
• U.S., Wyoming—1920 Federal Census

Current FamilySearch Indexing Projects, Record Language, and Percent Completion

Argentina, Buenos Aires—1855 Censo Spanish 91%
Argentina, Mendoza, San Juan—Censo 1869 Spanish (New)
Argentina, Santiago, Santa Fe—1869 Censo Spanish 57%
Belgium, Antwerp—Foreigners Index, 1840–1930 English 52%
Canada, British Columbia—Deaths, 1872–1986 English (New)
Canada, British Columbia—Marriages, 1859–1932 English 42%
Canada, Québec, Trois-Rivières—Registres Paroissiaux, 1800–1900 French 91%
Chile, Concepción—Registros Civiles, 1885–1903 [Parte 1]
Spanish (New)
Deutschland, Baden—Kirchenbücher, 1810–1869 German 93%
Deutschland, Brandenburg—Kirchenbücher, 1789–1875 German 76%*
Deutschland, Mecklenburg—Volkszählung, 1890 Div 24–38 German 74%
España, Avila, Moraleja de Matacabras—Registros Parroquiales, 1540–1904 Spanish 86%
España, Lugo—Registros Parroquiales, 1530–1930 [Parte 1] Spanish 21%
France, Cherbourg—Registres Paroissiaux, 1802–1907 French 3%
France, Coutances—Registres Paroissiaux 1802–1907 French 3%
France, Coutances, Paroisses de la Manche, 1792–1906 French 90%
France, Paris—Registres Protestants, 1612–1906 [Partie 2] French 35%
France, Saint-Lo—Registres Paroissiaux, 1802–1907 French 7%
Italy, Trento—Baptisms, 1784–1924 [Part 1] Italian 95%
Italy, Trento—Baptisms, 1784–1924 [Part 2] Italian 25%
Jamaica, Trelawny—Births, 1878–1930 English 73%
Mexico, DF—Registros Parroquiales, 1898–1933 [Parte 2] Spanish (New)
Mexico, Hidalgo—1930 Federal Censo Spanish (New)
Mexico, Jalisco—1930 Federal Censo Spanish (New)
Mexico, Mexico—1930 Federal Censo Spanish 56%
New Zealand—Passenger Lists, 1871–1915 English 17%
Nicaragua, Managua—Registros Civiles, 1879–1984 [Parte 1] Spanish (New)
Perú, Lima—Registros Civiles, 1910–1930 [Parte 2] Spanish 75%
Russland, Sankt Petersburg—Kirchenbuchduplikat, 1833–1885 German 1%
South Africa, Cape Province—Church Records, 1660–1970 English 4%
Sverige, Södermanland—Kyrkoböcker, till 1860 [Del 1]
Swedish (New)
Sverige, Uppsala—Kyrkoböcker, till 1860 [Del 1]
Swedish (New)
Sverige, Örebro—Kyrkoböcker, till 1860 [Del 1]
Swedish (New)
Tschechien, Litomerice—Kirchenbücher, 1552–1905 [Teil 1] German 4%
U.K., Cheshire—Parish Records, 1538–1850 [Part 2] English/Old English 37%
U.K., Warwickshire—Parish Registers, 1538–Present English/Old English 5%
U.S., Arkansas—County Marriages, 1837–1957 [VII] English (New)
U.S., Illinois, Cook—Birth Certificates, 1916–1922 [Part 2] English 71%
U.S., Indiana, Allen County—Marriages, 1811–1959 English 47%
U.S., Indiana, Benton County—Marriages, 1811–1959 English (New)
U.S., Indiana, Carroll County—Marriages, 1811–1959 English 80%
U.S., Indiana, Ohio County—Marriages, 1811–1959 English (New)
U.S., Iowa—1920 Federal Census English (New)
U.S., New York—1905 State Census English 65%
U.S., Ohio—1920 Federal Census English (New)
U.S., Texas—1920 Federal Census English (New)
U.S., West Virginia—1920 Federal Census English (New)
U.S., Wisconsin—1920 Federal Census English (New)
Venezuela, Mérida—Registros Parroquiales, 1654–1992 [Parte 1] Spanish 61%
Österreich, Wiener Meldezettel, 1890–1925 German 2%
???????, ????—??????????? ?????, 1840–1842 Russian 30%
(*Percentage refers to a specific portion of a larger project.)

Current FamilySearch Partner Projects, Record Language, and Percent Completion

Australia, Victoria—Probate Records, 1853–1989 English 73%
België, Mechelen—Overlijdens Registers, 1851-1900 Dutch, Flemish 33%
Belgique—Registres Des Décès—En Français, 1796–1910 French 33%*
Belgium, Flanders—Deaths, 1796–1900 French, Dutch, Flemish 89%*
Deutschland, Bremen—Schifflisten, 1904–1914 German 71%
Norway—1875 Census [Part 1] Norwegian 59%
U.S., Ohio—Tax Records, Post 1825 [Part 2] English 84%
U.S., Ohio—Tax Records, Post 1825 [Part 3] English 1%
U.S., Utah, Salt Lake County—Birth Registers, 1890–1908 English (New)
U.S., Utah, Salt Lake County—Death Registers, 1848–1940 English 14%
U.S., Vermont—Militia Records, 1861–1867 English 56%
(*Percentage refers to a specific portion of a larger project.)





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3 September 2009

Historic Arkansas Marriage Records Online
Hundreds of Thousands of Certificates Digitized and Indexed

LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS—Where genealogists gather, records are uncovered. The adage is certainly true this week as hundreds of genealogists descend on the Little Rock Statehouse Convention Center in Arkansas as part of the 2009 Federation of Genealogical Societies annual conference. In anticipation of this conference, many volunteers have donated thousands of hours online to create a free online database to hundreds of thousands of historic Arkansas marriage records. The records date from 1837 to 1957. The online database includes a searchable index linked to digital images of the original marriage certificates. The volunteer project is 26 percent complete. The first fruits of the effort can be searched at FamilySearch.org (click Search Records, and then click Record Search pilot).

The free online collection currently includes 442,058 records linked to 199,431 digital images of the original marriage certificates. The records represent the counties of Ashley, Baxter, Boone, Chicot, Clay, Crittenden, Desha, Drew, Fulton, Jackson, Johnson, Lee, Logan, Madison, Monroe, Montgomery, Nevada, Perry, and Pike.

FamilySearch partnered with the Arkansas Genealogical Society (AGS) to create indexes to county marriages registered in Arkansas between 1837 and 1957. Jan Davenport, 1st vice president of AGS, worked closely with FamilySearch to create the project and help solicit volunteers to index the digital images using FamilySearch’s online indexing program. To date, 20,559 volunteers have helped produce the first sets of indexed data and images now available online.

FamilySearch is the global leader of online indexing. It launched its online indexing program in 2008, and tens of thousands of volunteers donate time online helping to index historic records like the Arkansas marriages collection. FamilySearch currently has 65 online indexing projects underway.

For this project, FamilySearch is creating digital images of the county marriage records and online volunteers worldwide then use FamilySearch’s Web-based indexing tool to view the digital images and extract the desired information from the image. That data is then processed and published online in free searchable indexes linked to the digital images.

Volunteers need only Internet access to contribute to this historic effort. A unique quality-control process ensures a highly accurate, finished index. Each document is transcribed by two different online indexers. Any discrepancies in their two extractions are then forwarded to a third volunteer—an arbitrator—who makes any needed corrections between the two interpretations. A typical downloaded “batchâ€