Monday, July 25, 2005

Ancestry.com Content Update from the week of July 10 - 16

Approximately 3.3 million names released over the last week. 5 new titles released. 5 titles updated.

Highlights

  • 1861 England and Wales Census - major maintenance release, see details below.
  • WWI Draft Cards - maintenance release fixing 250,000 illegible images.
  • Vital Records books - five new titles, adding 100,000 names.
  • Obituaries - update, adding 440,000 new names.
  • Customer Created Content – 2.8 million Message Boards, Trees, and Customer corrections names added.

U.S. Records Collection

Released Last Week

Scheduled for this week

  • City Directories rollup
  • Indiana Marriages
  • North Carolina Births
  • SSDI - June deaths

Coming soon

  • Washington Marriages
  • Delaware Marriages
  • Nebraska Marriages
  • North Carolina Deaths

U.S. Census Images and Indexes

Released last week

  • No Release Scheduled.

Scheduled for this week

  • 1790 Maintenance release
  • 1810 Maintenance

Coming soon

  • Florida State Census

U.K. & Ireland Records Collection

Released last week

  • Majority of missing or mis-linked images fixed.
  • changed piece from 1199 to 1200, also subdistrict
  • changed piece from 1974 to 1975
  • changed piece from 2772 to 2773
  • changed piece from 3459 to 3460, also subdistrict
  • changed piece from 3659 to 3660, also regdistrict & subdistrict
  • changed piece from 4456 to 4457
  • changed piece from 4522 to 4523
  • changed county from Berkshire to Oxfordshire for parishes of Bensington and Kelmscott, also F7

for imagefile BRKRG9_739_742-0256 set parish to Ewelme

  • changed parish of Wakefield to Wokefield
  • changed images BRKRG9_742_744-0299 and BRKRG9_742_744-0300 to Mortimer West End, Hampshire
  • changed Holton to Halton, deleted second dummy desc page
  • moved Shotton, Ewloe Wood, & Saltney from Cheshire to Flintshire
  • changed Caldicote to Caldicott
  • changed Notton to Hooton, deleted second dummy desc page
  • changed Marion Lass to Meirion Lass
  • changed county to Staffordshire for parishes of Colwich, Prestwood, Ramshorn, Stanton (subdist Mayfield), and Wootton
  • changed Colwich to Calwich
  • changed county from Derbyshire to Leicestershire to parish Appleby, ed 6
  • changed county from Derbyshire to Leicestershire for parish Hemington
  • changed county from Dorset to Devon for parishes Ashprington, Berry Pomeroy, Buckfastleigh, Churston Ferrers, Dartington, Dittisham, Kingswear, Staverton, and Totnes

changed county from Durham to Yorkshire for parishes Egglestone Abbey, Gilmonby, Holwick, Hope, Hunderthwaite, Linthorpe, Low Worsall, Mickleton, Scargill, Thorpe

  • changed county from Gloucestershire (and Durham) to Cumberland for vessels in piece 4524
  • changed Morborn, Huntingdonshire to Morborne, Huntingdonshire, deleted second dummy desc page
  • changed St Neot, Huntingdonshire to St Neots, Huntingdonshire
  • changed county from Lancashire to Yorkshire for parishes of Middop, Newsholme, and Paythorne
  • changed county from Lancashire to Cheshire for parishes of Godley, Hattersley, Hollingworth, Latchford, Stayley, Tintwistle
  • changed county from Lincolnshire to Nottinghamshire for parish of West Stockwith
  • changed county from Lincolnshire to Northamptonshire for parishes of Ashton, Pilsgate, and Southorpe (subdistrict of Barnack)
  • changed vessel # to accommodate upcoming county shift
  • changed county from Northamptonshire to Hampshire for vessels in pieces 4483 and 4484
  • changed Sandon, Northumberland to Sandoe, Northumberland
  • changed Wellington, Northumberland to Willington, Northumberland
  • changed county from Rutland to Leicestershire for parishes of Drayton, Great Easton, Nevill Holt
  • changed French and Wellington, Shropshire to Trench Wellington, Shropshire
  • changed Wigton, Shropshire to Hopton, Shropshire
  • changed Lincoln, Shropshire to Lineal, Shropshire
  • changed Henley, Shropshire to Kenley, Shropshire
  • changed parish to Hughley for imagefile SALRG9_1859_1863-0272
  • changed Bramfield, Shropshire to Bromfield, Shropshire, deleted second dummy desc page
  • changed county from Shropshire to Cheshire for parishes Bickley, Bradley, Chidlow, Edge, Larkton, Tushingham
  • changed county from Shropshire to Staffordshire for parishes Mucklestone, Pattingham, Weston Jones
  • moved the parishes of Bodlith, Moelfre, Priddbwll, Rhiwlas Isfoel, Bettisfield, Bronington, Halghton, Tybroughton, Willington to Wales
  • changed county from Shropshire to Denbighshire for parishes of Bodlith, Moelfre, Priddbwll, Rhiwlas Isfoel
  • changed county from Shropshire to Flintshire for parishes of Bettisfield, Bronington, Halghton, Tybroughton, Willington
  • changed Willington, Somerset to Wellington, Somerset
  • changed Stretton, Staffordshire to Shelton, Staffordshire
  • changed county from Staffordshire to Derbyshire for the parishes of Ash, Bearwardcote, Bretby, Burnaston, Castle Gresley, Cauldwell, Coton in the Elms, Drakelow, Hatton, Hoon, Ingleby, Linton, Newhall, Osleston and Thurvaston, Stanton, Sutton on the Hill,
  • changed county from Staffordshire to Shropshire for the parishes of Little Drayton, Rudge, Sutton
  • changed Cransley, Surrey to Cranley, Surrey
  • changed county from Surrey to Hampshire for parish of Yateley
  • changed Northam, Sussex to Horsham, Sussex, deleted second dummy desc page
  • changed county from Wiltshire to Berkshire for parish of West Woodhay
  • changed Sibthorpe, Yorkshire to Tibthorpe, Yorkshire
  • changed Bratton, Yorkshire to Brotton, Yorkshire, deleted second dummy desc page
  • changed Royston, Yorkshire to Roystone, Yorkshire
  • changed county from Yorkshire to Durham for the parishes of Barmpton, Blackwell, Coatham Mundeville, Coniscliffe, Dinsdale, Great Aycliffe, Great Burdon, Haughton le Skerne, Heighington, Houghton le Side, Hurworth, Middleton St George, Morton Palms, Neash
  • changed RegDistrict to Malton and SubDist to Hovingham for Brawdy, Yorkshire, ed 3, piece 3627
  • changed RegDistrict to Malton and SubDist to Hovingham for Butterwick, Yorkshire, ed 3, piece 3627
  • changed RegDistrict to Malton and SubDist to Hovingham for Barton le Street, Yorkshire, ed 3, piece 3627
  • changed parish to Much Dewchurch for images HEFRG9_1815_1818-0246 to HEFRG9_1815_1818-0254
  • changed Rhuallt, Denbighshire to Rhydallt, Denbighshire
  • changed Rhosymedre, Denbighshire to Ruabon, Denbighshire, deleted second dummy desc page
  • changed Christyonedd Kenrick, Denbighshire to Ruabon, Denbighshire
  • changed Christyonedd Kenrick and Ruabon, Denbighshire to Ruabon, Denbighshire, deleted second dummy desc page
  • changed parish to Dynhyllisa for image DENRG9_4279_4283-0394
  • changed Anglewrwm, Denbighshire to Morton Anglecorum, Denbighshire
  • changed ed from 7 to 8 for Ruabon, Denbighshire
  • changed parish from Rhosllanerchrugog to Moreton Above for image DENRG9_4279_4283-0745
  • changed county from Merionethshire to Denbighshire for the parishes of Llanarmon, Llantysilio, Moelfre
  • moved parish of Aylburton, Wales to England
  • changed county from Monmouthshire to Gloucestershire for the parish of Aylburton
  • changed RegDistrict to Malton and SubDist to Hovingham for Yorkshire, ed 1 and ed 2, piece 3627

Scheduled for this week

  • No Release Scheduled.

Coming soon

  • 1901 Maintenance release.

Newspapers

Released last week

  • Obituary Collection (http://www.ancestry.com/search/obit/) - Updated (438,240 new names added for a total of 55,435,410) - 7/9/2005

Scheduled for this week

  • Obituaries Collection – will continue to update

U.S. Immigration Collection

Released last week

  • No Release Scheduled.

Scheduled for this week

  • No Release Scheduled.

Coming soon

  • New York Petitions for Naturalization

Family and Local Histories

Released last week

  • No Release Scheduled.

Customer Contributed Content

Released last week

  • Ancestry/RW Message Boards (http://www.ancestry.com/share/) - (331,750 names added)
  • Contributed Trees (AWT/WC) (http://www.ancestry.com/trees/awt/main.htm) - (2,459,624 names added for a total of 390,745,326)
  • Customer Corrections - No new corrections added this week.

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