Researching family in Galicia often means following dozens of small clues across many searches, villages, surnames, and record sets. One discovery leads to another—and before long, it can become difficult to remember exactly which records you already reviewed or where you found an important ancestor.
This month brings two major workflow improvements designed to make research more organized and efficient, along with over 14,000 newly indexed records added to the databases.
New Research Tools: My Saved Records & My Viewed Records
As Galicia Genealogy continues to grow, the goal is not only to provide access to records but also to improve the overall research experience. To help researchers stay organized, two new account-based features are now available.
📌 My Saved Records
Researchers can now save important birth, marriage, and death records directly to their account while browsing the databases.
Whether you are:
- Building out a specific family line
- Comparing records across villages
- Tracking possible surname matches
- Collecting evidence before drawing conclusions
My Saved Records provides a centralized location where important discoveries can be stored and revisited later without repeating searches.
This is especially valuable for Galicia research, where:
- Surnames often appear with spelling variations
- Multiple villages may share the same name
- Parish boundaries changed over time
- Records frequently need to be revisited as new evidence emerges
Instead of maintaining separate spreadsheets, screenshots, or handwritten notes, researchers can now begin organizing discoveries directly within Galicia Genealogy.
👀 My Viewed Records
Genealogy research is rarely a straight line.
Sometimes we open a record simply to investigate a possibility, compare names, check witnesses, review house numbers, or examine neighboring families. Hours later, it can be difficult to remember exactly which entries were already reviewed.
My Viewed Records creates a running history of recent research activity, making it easier to:
- Retrace research paths
- Revisit previously explored families
- Compare records side-by-side
- Continue where you left off during earlier research sessions
Think of it as a lightweight research trail built directly into the platform.
🧭 Building Galicia Genealogy Into a Research Platform
From the beginning, the goal was never simply to create another searchable database.
Galicia Genealogy is being built as a research environment specifically designed around the realities of Galician family history:
- Interconnected villages and parishes
- Migration patterns
- Surname evolution
- Record reconstruction
- Long-form family analysis
As the databases continue growing beyond 274,000 indexed records, organization and workflow tools become just as important as the records themselves.
This release represents the first major step toward a more integrated research experience. Future development plans include research notes, record tagging, research sessions, saved surnames, PDF exports, and additional tools designed to help researchers manage complex family investigations.
📚 14,000 Newly Indexed Records Added
This month also saw the addition of more than 14,000 new birth and marriage records from several Galician parishes.
Newly added marriage indexes include:
- Parish Cmolas / Cmolas – Marriages 1919-1940
- Parish Miechocin / Jadachy – Marriages 1894-1904
- Parish Nockowa / Wiercany – Marriages 1823-1846
- Parish Rozwadów / Pilchów – Marriages 1887-1889
- Parish Spie / Bojanów – Marriages 1786, 1878-1888
- Parish Spie / Korabina – Marriages 1887-1888
- Parish Stany / Przyszów Kameralny – Marriages 1890-1904
- Parish Stany / Przyszów Szlachecki – Marriages 1853-1939
- Parish Trzęsówka / Trzęsówka – Marriages 1843-1866
Newly added birth indexes include:
- Parish Cmolas / Cmolas – Births 1809-1888
- Parish Cmolas / Mechowiec – Births 1788-1867
- Parish Cmolas / Poręby Dymarskie – Births 1890-1899
- Parish Cmolas / Zarębki – Births 1809-1899
- Parish Miechocin / Machów – Births 1843, 1870-1872, 1889
- Parish Miechocin / Machów – Births 1842-1843, 1870-1872, 1889-1895
- Parish Trzęsówka / Ostrowy Baranowskie – Births 1870-1922
- Parish Wielowieś / Zakrzów – Births 1875
Updated birth indexes include:
- Parish Baranów Sandomierski / Durdy, Knapy & Smykle – Births 1801-1850, 1852-1889
These additions continue expanding coverage across the region and provide researchers with thousands of new opportunities to connect families, identify ancestral villages, and extend family lines.
🔎 Explore the Databases
Ready to start researching?
Thank you to everyone who continues to support the project, contribute records, provide feedback, and help preserve the history of Galician families around the world.
Happy researching,
Heather
Founder, Galicia Genealogy
Coming Soon: Research Notes are currently under development and will be the next major workflow feature released on Galicia Genealogy.
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