2025-08-04 New Free Historical Records Update – West Valley Genealogical Society

New Free Historical Records: August 2025 Update

SALT LAKE CITY, UT (August 4, 2025)—FamilySearch recently expanded its free online collections with more than 13 million new historical records from 6 countries. Some exciting additions include nearly 6 million more civil registrations (birth, marriage, and death records) from Italy, 2 million new records from the United States, and over 100,000 church records from Costa Rica. Find and share this announcement in the FamilySearch Newsroom.

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Recently Updated Record Collections and Links | August 2025

Canada and the United States of America (Arkansas, Connecticut, Louisiana, New Hampshire, US City and Business Directories, and Washington)
Europe (Italy)
Latin America (Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico)
World (Find a Grave Index)

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