Ku Klux Klan in Pennsylvania

 Just added to the collection. The Ku Klux Klan in Pennsylvania by Emerson Hunsberger Loucks.

New FamilySearch Records

 SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH--FamilySearch expanded its free online archives this week with over 35 million new church records from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Estonia, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Spain, Uruguay, and Venezuela. Other collections were also expanded for England, Kiribati, Samoa, S. Africa and the United States (New York Passenger Lists 1897–1902, War Relocation Authority Rosters 1942–1946, Oklahoma, Garfield County, Obituaries, 1963–1986, and Virginia County Marriages 1771–1989

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New Free Historical Records on FamilySearch: Week of 29 November 2021

SALT LAKE CITY, UT--This week FamilySearch added 4 million new, free, England historical genealogical records to collections from Berkshire, Lincolnshire, Middlesex, Northumberland, and Wiltshire, and nearly 2 million church records from Venezuela. Additional Catholic Church records were added for collections from Chile, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Puerto Rico, Spain, and Mexico (Durango, Oaxaca, Distrito Federal, and Jalisco).    

USA collections were expanded for California, Hawaii, Minnesota, Oregon, Virginia, and Washington. 

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Country	Collection	Indexed Records	Digital Images	Comments
Brazil	Brazil, Minas Gerais, Civil Registration, 1879-1949	6,033	0	Expanded collection
Brazil	Brazil, Santa Catarina, Civil Registration, 1850-1999	889	0	Expanded collection
Brazil	Brazil, São Paulo, Catholic Church Records, 1640-2012	7,452	0	Expanded collection
Chile	Chile, Catholic Church Records, 1710-1928	746,294	0	Expanded collection
Dominican Republic	Dominican Republic, Catholic Church Records, 1590-1975	100,229	0	Expanded collection
Ecuador	Ecuador, Catholic Church Records, 1565-2011	12,515	0	Expanded collection
El Salvador	El Salvador Catholic Church Records, 1655-1977	33,646	0	Expanded collection
England	England, Herefordshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1583-1898	17	0	Expanded collection
England	England, Middlesex Parish Registers, 1539-1988	89,361	0	Expanded collection
England	England, Northumberland Non-Conformist Church Records, 1613-1920	5,438	0	Expanded collection
France	France, Saône-et-Loire, Parish and Civil Registration, 1530-1892	195	0	Expanded collection
French Polynesia	French Polynesia, Civil Registration, 1780-1999	840	0	Expanded collection
Guatemala	Guatemala, Catholic Church Records, 1581-1977	83,144	0	Expanded collection
India	India, Madras Diocese Protestant Church Records, 1743-1990	3,315	0	Expanded collection
Kiribati	Kiribati, Vital Records, 1890-1991	20,481	0	Expanded collection
Mexico	Mexico, Chiapas, Catholic Church Records, 1557-1978	280	0	Expanded collection
Mexico	Mexico, Distrito Federal, Catholic Church Records, 1514-1970	18,634	0	Expanded collection
Mexico	Mexico, Durango, Catholic Church Records, 1604-1985	5,082	0	Expanded collection
Mexico	Mexico, Jalisco, Catholic Church Records, 1590-1979	19,410	0	Expanded collection
Mexico	Mexico, Nuevo León, Catholic Church Records, 1667-1981	3,327	0	Expanded collection
Mexico	Mexico, Oaxaca, Catholic Church Records, 1559-1988	10,203	0	Expanded collection
Mexico	Mexico, Sinaloa, Catholic Church Records, 1671-1968	959	0	Expanded collection
Mexico	Mexico, Yucatán, Catholic Church Records, 1543-1977	1,314	0	Expanded collection
Nicaragua	Nicaragua, Catholic Church Records, 1740-1960	4,303	0	Expanded collection
Panama	Panama, Catholic Church Records, 1707-1973	2,107	0	Expanded collection
Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico, Catholic Church Records, 1645-1969	21,087	0	Expanded collection
Samoa	Samoa, Vital Records, 1846-1996	12,563	0	Expanded collection
South Africa	South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1970	5,998	0	Expanded collection
South Africa	South Africa, KwaZulu Natal, Vital Records, 1868-1976	4,021	0	Expanded collection
South Africa	South Africa, Reformed Church Records, 1856-1988	8,760	0	Expanded collection
South Africa	South Africa, Western Cape, Deceased Estate Files, 1951-1958	8,696	0	Expanded collection
Spain	Spain, Catholic Church Records, 1307-1985	116,024	0	Expanded collection
Spain	Spain, Diocese of Albacete, Catholic Church Records, 1504-1979	8,316	0	Expanded collection
Spain	Spain, Diocese of Cartagena, Catholic Church Records, 1503-1969	48,504	0	Expanded collection
United Kingdom	England, Berkshire, Parish Registers, 1515-1993	1,288,076	0	Expanded collection
United Kingdom	England, Lincolnshire, Marriage Bonds and Allegations, 1574-1885	1,452	0	Expanded collection
United Kingdom	England, Wiltshire, Church Records, 1518-1990	2,695,074	0	Expanded collection
United States	California, San Francisco Chinese passenger lists, 1882-1947	107,953	0	Expanded collection
United States	Minnesota, Brown County, Obituaries, 1855-1990	124,806	0	Expanded collection
United States	Minnesota, Douglas County, Obituaries, 1860-1990	58,932	0	Expanded collection
United States	New Jersey, Death Index, 1901-1903; 1916-1929	964	0	Expanded collection
United States	United States, Hawaii, Anti-Annexation Petitions, 1897	21,057	0	New collection
United States	United States, Oregon, Naturalization Records, 1868-1991	3,562	0	New collection
United States	Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1771-1989	22,212	0	Expanded collection
United States	Washington, County Death Registers, 1881-1979	21,019	0	Expanded collection
Uruguay	Uruguay Civil Registration, 1879-1930	2,346	0	Expanded collection
Venezuela	Venezuela, Catholic Church Records, 1577-1995	1,772,343	0	Expanded collection