FamilySearch Record Search more than doubles the number of collections

In a little heralded and unannounced move, FamilySearch
has added more than double the number o records to its Record
Search Database. The number of collections went from 163 to 341
today, 27 April 2010. The list is incredible. Some of the countries that
have new records have never had an online presence previously, such as
Uruguay, India, Samoa, Paraguay, Panama, Honduras, Grenada, El Salvador,
Ecuador, Austria, Belgium, The Channel Islands, Gibraltar, Iceland,
Isle of Mann, Portugal and the Ukraine. I may have missed some. But
wait, that is not all, dozens of the other record collections have been
added to or supplemented. The list is too long to reproduce in its
entirety, but there is something for everyone.

With this significant addition, Record Search moves from being an interesting
site, to being one of the first places you should look for free online
records. This is a must see! We heard a rumor that there would be a
significant change on Record Search today and I guess the rumor was
correct. I have been watching the site all day and the new collections
came online sometime while I was out of town today.