Tag: Civil Registration

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New Free Historical Records from 31 Countries | February 2025 Update

February 7, 2025

By FamilySearch February 1, 2025 Recently, FamilySearch expanded its free online archives with over 28 million new records from 31 different countries. Some exciting additions include nearly 17 million national civil registration records from the Philippines, 2.7 million dog license registration records from Ireland, and one million civil registration records from Italy. Other countries with… Read More New Free Historical Records from 31 Countries | February 2025 Update

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Welsh Research Anyone?

October 16, 2019

Looking to find some sources for your Welsh ancestors? Three key sources were suggested by Sunny Morton in a FamilySearch blog last week. Also, in its Countries section, The Family History Guide gives a wealth of information on finding Welsh sources. In the blog, “Discover Your Welsh Ancestry in These 3 Key Sources,” Sunny suggests… Read More Welsh Research Anyone?

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English Research

July 27, 2019

Over the years I have discovered some resources and methods I use to help augment FamilySearch and Ancestry for English Research. This is a method I use in researching my English ancestors: Select an ancestor that was born at a time when his birth, marriage and or death would have been recorded in the Civil… Read More English Research