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New Free Historical Records on FamilySearch: Week of 17 May 2021

The following announcement was written by FamilySearch: Capture new information about your family on FamilySearch this week in 4M new digital images from Australia, Victoria Wills, Probate and Administration Files 1841–1926, expanded collections from England Middlesex Parish Registers 1539–1988, and the 2008 Census for Liberia.  Browse nearly a million added Catholic Church records from the Philippines (Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan 1615–1982 and Caceres 1615–1982), plus more from Colombia 1576-2018 , El Salvador 1655-1977, Nicaragua 1740-1960, and Mexico (Distrito Federal 1514–1970, Hidalgo 1546–1971, Jalisco 1590–1979,  Puebla 1545–1977, Querétaro 1590–1970, Sinaloa1671–1968, Tlaxcala, …

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New Free Historical Records on FamilySearch: Week of 17 May 2021

The following announcement was written by FamilySearch: Capture new information about your family on FamilySearch this week in 4M new digital images from Australia, Victoria Wills, Probate and Administration Files 1841–1926, expanded collections from England Middlesex Parish Registers 1539–1988, and the 2008 Census for Liberia.  Browse nearly a million added Catholic Church records from the Philippines (Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan 1615–1982 and Caceres 1615–1982), plus more from Colombia 1576-2018 , El Salvador 1655-1977, Nicaragua 1740-1960, and Mexico (Distrito Federal 1514–1970, Hidalgo 1546–1971, Jalisco 1590–1979,  Puebla 1545–1977, Querétaro 1590–1970, Sinaloa1671–1968, Tlaxcala, …

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Third Annual Shirley M. Barnes Records Access Award to Jan Meisels Allen

I have known Jan Allen for a number of years and must say this award is well-deserved! The following was written by the Massachusetts Genealogical Council: “Massachusetts Genealogical Council Awards the Third Annual Shirley M. Barnes Records Access Award to Jan Meisels Allen, Chair of the Public Records Access Monitoring Committee of the International Association of Jewish …

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