Tuesday, August 30, 2005

Ancestry.com Content Update from the week of Aug. 14 - 20

Highlights

  • North Carolina Birth Collection, 1800-2000 - update, fixing some record errors. No new names.*
  • North Carolina Marriage Collection, 1741-2000 - new/updated, total of 2.7 million names.*
  • Montana Death Index, 1907-2002 - new/updated, total of 625,000 names.**
  • Social Security Death Index - updated, 100,000 new names.
  • South Carolina Marriages, 1641-1944 - new, adding 380,000 names
  • Seven NY, IL, and PA newspaper titles - update, adding 24.4 new million names.
  • Thirteen states of City Directories - new/updated, adding 73 million names.**
  • New York Petitions for Naturalization - update, adding 150,000 names and the years of 1926-1934.
  • 1901 England and Wales Census - maintenance update, fixing birth location error, adding customer corrections. No new names.
  • Vital Records books - five new titles from Massachusetts, adding 115,000 names.
  • Customer Created Content – 1 million Message Boards, Trees, RootsWeb Databases, and Customer corrections names added.
  • Total Message Board Posts just passed the 16 million mark.

U.S. Records Collection

Released Last Week

*This week's North Carolina releases are a mixture of previously released databases that have been consolidated and new unreleased records. More than a dozen individual databases have been depublished and rolled into these 3. In addition, these databases are part of a North Carolina Promotion.

**The Montana Death Index update is a mixture of previously released databases that have been consolidated and new unreleased records. Three individual databases have been depublished and rolled into this new database.

Scheduled for this week

  • North Carolina Births, Deaths, and Marriages
  • North Carolina GPC Titles
  • Massachusetts Marriages
  • Minnesota Marriages
  • Montana Deaths (maintenance)
  • Texas Marriage (maintenance)

Coming soon

  • American Battle Monuments Index

U.S. Census Images and Indexes

Released last week

Scheduled for this week

  • 1820 US Federal Census (maintenance)
  • 1830 US Federal Census (maintenance)
  • Florida State Census

Coming soon

  • New York State Census

U.K. & Ireland Records Collection

Released last week

  • 1901 England and Wales Census - maintenance update, fixing birth location error, adding customer corrections. No new names.
    • 1) piece 1555 is missing - rescan needed
    • 2) Missing piece 4833. Reimport data for roll 4830_4832
    • 3) Replace 38 missing images - see list in 1901MaintRelCorr.xls attached to PARQ 9819
    • 4) 25 parishes in Westmorland, England that should be Monmouthshire Wales - Caerwent. Caldicot. Chapel Hill. Chepstow. Dinham. Kilgwrwg. Llangwm Isaf. Llansoy. Llanvair Discoed. Llanvihangel. Llanvihangel Torymynydd. Mounton. Muthern and St Pierre. Newchurch East. Newchurch West. Portskewett. Shire Newton. St Arvans. St Arvans Grange. St Brides Netherwest. Tintern Parva. Trelleck Grange. Undy. Wolves Newton. Wolvesnewton (Note: St Arvans doesn't exist in Westmorland county)
    • 5) Fix birth locations that have recently regressed, ie Somalia and Kent
    • 6) Amlwch belongs in Anglesey not in Caernarvonshire.
    • 7) Image WARRG13_2831_2832-0472. The Civil Parish is “Edgbaston” but should be “Birmingham” and change the ED from "10b" to "10"
    • 8) Isle of Man fix: The civil parish of St Saviour should be part of the island of Guernsey, not Jersey. If we make the island change for EDs 1b, 2b, 3b, and 4b, then we can strip off all the “a” and “b” suffixes.
    • 9) the ED called "Joseph Moore Sheppard" that starts on image SOMRG13_2343_2344-0366 should be changed to ED "Bath Royal United Hospital"
    • 10) the parish Vessles in Yorkshire needs to be changed to Vessels (TEAM 14090)
    • 11) Parish errors in DENBIGHSHIRE (TEAM 14366)
      • Bilston should read Bieston
      • Grinton should read Gourton
      • Rhos should be Rhosllanerchrugog
      • The following parishes should be moved to the county of Merionethshire (Corwen. Bettws Gwerfil Goch. Gwyddelwern.)
    • 12) Parish erros in FLINTSHIRE (TEAM 14366)
      • The following parishes should be moved to the county of Denbighshire (Allington. Cacca Dutton. Dutton Diffeth. Dutton y Bran. Eyton. Gresford. Holt. Marchwiel. Pickhill. Ridley. Royton. Sesswick. Sutton.)
    • 13) Parish errors in MERIONETHSHIRE (TEAM 14366)
      • The following parishes should be moved to the county of Caernarvonshire (Bardsey Isle. Bottwnog. Criccieth.)
      • The following parishes should be moved to the county of Denbighshire (Llangollen. Llansantffraid Glyndyfrdwy.)
    • 14) Parish errors in BRECONSHIRE (TEAM 14366)
      • The parish of "Litton and Cascob" should be moved to the county of Radnorshire.
    • 15)The civil parish of Llanfair Waterdine currently in Breconshire, should be moved to Shropshire, England.
    • 16)Various parish errors in Yorkshire - The parish of Hanborough should actually read Flamborough. The parish of Cowlinge should be spelled Cowling.
    • 17) 4 rolls have rescan folders to be processed
      • Folder RG13_4479_4482rescan has correct images up to image 515, but folder RG13_4479_4482 has correct images from 516 to the end. Move images 516 to the end from the original folder to the rescan, and then swap the folders
      • Folder RG13_4337_4339 has correct images up to 921, but 922 to the end seem to match the date of the images in folder RG13_4337_4339rescan. Move the images 922 to the end from the original folder to the rescan, then rename the rescan folder to RG13_4337_4339wrong.
      • Folder RG13_1105_1107rescan has correct images, swap with original folder
      • Folder RG13_215_217rescan has correct images, swap with original folder
      • Redo the ImageDimensionPopulator for these rolls

Scheduled for this week

  • No release scheduled

Coming soon

  • England and Wales Civil Registration (FreeBMD update)

Newspapers

Released last week

Scheduled for this week

  • Obituaries Collection – will continue to update

U.S. Immigration Collection

Released last week

Scheduled for this week

  • Florida Passenger Lists

Coming soon

  • New York Passenger Lists

Family and Local Histories

Released last week

  • No Release Scheduled.

Scheduled for this week

  • No Release Scheduled.

Coming soon

  • North Carolina GPC titles

Customer Contributed Content

Released last week

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Monday, August 22, 2005

Ancestry.com Content Update from the week of Aug. 7 - 13

Approximately 5.9 million names released over the last week. 12 new titles released. 6 titles updated.

Highlights

  • IFA 58 - Monthly update to Genealogy.com - 4 new million names.
  • New Mexico Marriages, 1727-1900 - new, 17,000 names.
  • 1800 US Federal Census - update, fixing several errors.
  • 1880 US Federal Census - major update, fixing hundreds of errors, unlinked images, and other browse table issues.
  • Vital Records books - five new titles from Massachusetts, adding 40,000 names.
  • Obituaries - update, adding 300,000 new names.
  • Customer Created Content – 1.5 million Message Boards, Trees, RootsWeb Databases, and Customer corrections names added.

U.S. Records Collection

Released Last Week

Scheduled for this week

  • City Directories rollup
  • North Carolina Births, Deaths, and Marriages
  • North Carolina GPC Titles
  • South Carolina Marriages

Coming soon

  • Montana Deaths (maintenance)
  • Texas Marriage (maintenance)
  • Massachusetts Marriage

U.S. Census Images and Indexes

Released last week

  • 1800 US Federal Census - update, fixing several errors.
  • 1880 US Federal Census - major update, fixing hundreds of errors, unlinked images, and other browse table issues.

1) When originally launched, a percentage of 1880 was not linked. This update will link a majority of the missing images.

2) Re-create browse from the index instead of the old Mr. Sid browse.

3) OREM index updated


Scheduled for this week

  • 1820 US Federal Census (maintenance)

Coming soon

  • Florida State Census

U.K. & Ireland Records Collection

Released last week

  • No Release Scheduled.

Scheduled for this week

  • 1901 England and Wales Census (maintenance)

Coming soon

  • England and Wales Civil Registration (FreeBMD update)

Newspapers

Released last week

  • Obituary Collection (http://www.ancestry.com/search/obit/) - Updated (296,977 new names added for a total of 56,724,532) - 8/8/2005

Scheduled for this week

  • Obituaries Collection – will continue to update
  • Additional Syracuse New York years

U.S. Immigration Collection

Released last week

  • No Release.

Scheduled for this week

  • New York Petitions for Naturalization update

Coming soon

  • Florida Passenger Lists

Family and Local Histories

Released last week

  • No Release Scheduled.

Scheduled for this week

  • No Release Scheduled.

Coming soon

  • North Carolina GPC titles

Customer Contributed Content

Released last week

  • Ancestry/RW Message Boards (http://www.ancestry.com/share/) - (311,560 names added)
  • Contributed Trees (AWT/WC) (http://www.ancestry.com/trees/awt/main.htm) - (1,200,078 names added for a total of 395,936,252)
  • Customer Corrections - 1880 and 1800 US Federal Census updated.
  • RootsWeb User contributed databases - 58,149 records added.

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Thursday, August 18, 2005

Ancestry.com Content Update from the week of July 31 - Aug. 6

Approximately 1.4 million names released over the last week. 7 new titles released. 3 titles updated.

Highlights

  • Nebraska Marriages, 1856-1898 - new, 9,200 names.
  • Washington Marriages, 1802-1902 - new, 13,000 names.
  • Vital Records books - five new titles, adding 120,000 names.
  • Obituaries - update, adding 500,000 new names.
  • Customer Created Content – 800,000 Message Boards, Trees, and Customer corrections names added.

U.S. Records Collection

Released Last Week

Scheduled for this week

  • City Directories rollup
  • North Carolina Deaths and Marriages

Coming soon

  • New Mexico Marriages
  • Montana Deaths
  • South Carolina Marriages

U.S. Census Images and Indexes

Released last week

  • No Release Scheduled.

Scheduled for this week

  • No Release Scheduled

Coming soon

  • Florida State Census

U.K. & Ireland Records Collection

Released last week

  • No Release Scheduled.

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 (498,067 new names added for a total of 56,301,832) - 7/30/2005

Scheduled for this week

  • Obituaries Collection – will continue to update

U.S. Immigration Collection

Released last week

  • No Release.

Scheduled for this week

  • New York Petitions for Naturalization update

Coming soon

  • Florida Passenger Lists

Family and Local Histories

Released last week

  • No Release Scheduled.

Scheduled for this week

  • No Release Scheduled.

Coming soon

  • North Carolina GPC titles

Customer Contributed Content

Released last week

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Monday, August 08, 2005

Ancestry.com Content Update from the week of July 24 - 30

Approximately 15.8 million names released over the last week. 6 new titles released. 13 titles updated.

Highlights

  • SSDI - update adding deaths from June. 109,000 names added.
  • Delaware Marriages, 1645-1899 - new, 50,000 names.
  • Vital Records books - four new titles, adding 80,000 names.
  • Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997 - maintenance update fixing some county names. No new names.
  • Indiana Marriages, 1845-1920 - maintenance update, fixing several bugs. No new names.
  • 1810 United States Federal Census - maintenance update, fixing significant number of bugs. No new names.
  • 1790 United States Federal Census - maintenance update, fixing significant number of bugs. No new names.
  • Three newspaper titles from Syracuse New York - update, adding 4.8 million names total.
  • Obituaries - update, adding 380,000 new names.
  • Customer Created Content – 3.1 million Message Boards, Trees, and Customer corrections names added.

All planned titles released this week except New York Petitions for Naturalization and G.com IFA 58. Both are planned for release in the next two weeks.

U.S. Records Collection

Released Last Week

Scheduled for this week

  • City Directories rollup
  • North Carolina Deaths
  • Washington Marriages
  • Nebraska Marriages

Coming soon

  • New Mexico Marriages
  • Montana Deaths
  • South Carolina Marriages

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

  • No Release Scheduled.

Scheduled for this week

  • No Release Scheduled.

Coming soon

  • 1901 Maintenance release.

Newspapers

Released last week

A total of 4.8 million names were added to newspapers.

Scheduled for this week

  • Obituaries Collection – will continue to update

U.S. Immigration Collection

Released last week

  • No Release.

Scheduled for this week

  • New York Petitions for Naturalization update

Coming soon

  • Florida Passenger Lists

Family and Local Histories

Released last week

  • No Release Scheduled.

Scheduled for this week

  • No Release Scheduled.

Coming soon

  • North Carolina GPC titles

Customer Contributed Content

Released last week

  • Ancestry/RW Message Boards (http://www.ancestry.com/share/) - (335,470 names added)
  • Contributed Trees (AWT/WC) (http://www.ancestry.com/trees/awt/main.htm) - (2,792,721 names added for a total of 394,231,190)
  • Customer Corrections - 1810 and 1790 customer corrections added. Less than 500 names.

posted by rpatel @ 12:39 PM   0 comments

Tuesday, August 02, 2005

Ancestry.com Content Update from the week of July 17 - 23

Approximately 1.5 million names released over the last week. 5 new titles released. 3 titles updated.

Highlights

  • Vital Records books - five new titles, adding 75,000 names.
  • Obituaries - update, adding 350,000 new names.
  • Customer Created Content – 1 million Message Boards, Trees, and Customer corrections names added.

U.S. Records Collection

Released Last Week

Scheduled for this week

  • Delaware Marriages
  • City Directories rollup
  • Indiana Marriages Maintenance
  • North Carolina Births
  • SSDI - June deaths
  • Texas Birth Maintenance

Coming soon

  • Washington Marriages
  • Nebraska Marriages
  • North Carolina 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

  • No Release Scheduled.

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 (355,695 new names added for a total of 55,831,040) - 7/16/2005

Scheduled for this week

  • Obituaries Collection – will continue to update
  • Syracuse New York

U.S. Immigration Collection

Released last week

  • No Release Scheduled.

Scheduled for this week

  • New York Petitions for Naturalization update

Coming soon

  • Florida Passenger Lists

Family and Local Histories

Released last week

  • No Release Scheduled.

Scheduled for this week

  • No Release Scheduled.

Coming soon

  • North Carolina GPC titles

Customer Contributed Content

Released last week

  • Ancestry/RW Message Boards (http://www.ancestry.com/share/) - (333,390 names added)
  • Contributed Trees (AWT/WC) (http://www.ancestry.com/trees/awt/main.htm) - (693,143 names added for a total of 391,438,469)
  • Customer Corrections - No new corrections added this week.

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