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Explore Images: Home of FamilySearch's Newest Collections

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Overview

This article provides insight into newly acquired historical record images. The following lists contain links to search results in Explore Images for new record acquisition projects. Filter the search results using the search fields. (See "Searching: Best Practices," below.) Some images have restrictions based on the contract with the custodian of the original records. Newly published images may take several hours before they are viewable.
These lists are manually updated and were current as of 21 August 2023.

Completed

The following list contains links to recently completed record acquisition projects.

Africa

Asia

Europe

Latin America

North America

Canada

United States of America

In Progress

The following list contains links to current record acquisition projects. As new images are captured, search results in Explore Images reflect the new images. It is expected that some links will return no results for various reasons.

Africa

Asia

Europe

Latin America

North America

Canada

United States of America

Pacific

Searching: Best Practices

FamilySearch Explore Images is a new and evolving platform for searching digitized historical records. Once any of these fields are searched, more search parameters can be entered to focus the search results. If you are interested in helping to improve the data for any one of these projects and have a FamilySearch account, please contact Joseph La Fazia: joseph.lafazia@familysearch.org.

Locality

The place used to organize the images in this database describes where the records were created and not where the life event took place; in some cases these places are the same. When searching a specific place, the search results will include all images that are described by that place and any other images described by a place within the jurisdiction.

Dates

The date used to organize the images in this database describes when the records were created and not when the life event took place; in some cases these dates are the same or similar.

Record Types & Life Events

You may search by a major life event first, then specify a record type.

Image Group Number (DGS)

In many cases historical records are not digitized in any particular order, so the Image Group Number cannot be used to determine record type and date range order. However, when you do find the record pertaining to an ancestor, it is always helpful to log the number for future reference because you can search Explore Images by entering the Image Group Number. Note: The Image Group Number was previously called the DGS, but that terminology is being retired.

Custodian

When this data is available, it is hyperlinked. Clicking on the hyperlinked Custodian will take you to a search results screen showing all images FamilySearch has acquired from that Custodian.

Keyword

This field allows you to search open-text fields (not standardized), so it is helpful if searching for a specific volume, archive reference number, and/or manuscript title (Record Title). When subject names are included in any of these fields, then those names become a keyword. Use double quotation marks (") around the search term. Separate multiple search terms by a single comma in between each term. When searching for specific microfilm numbers that were digitized, search the microfilm number without quotation marks.

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