Ancestry.com Content Update from the week of Aug. 28 - Sept. 2

Approximately 2 million names released over the last week. 8 new titles released. 4 titles updated.

Highlights

• Florida State Census, 1885 - new, 300,000 names.
• Florida Passenger Lists, 1924-1948 - new, 1,700 names.
• Minnesota Marriages, 1849-1850 - new, 200,000 names.
• Obituaries - update, adding 480,000 new names.
• Vital Records books - five new titles from Massachusetts, adding 175,000 new names.
• Customer Created Content – 800,000 Message Boards, Trees, RootsWeb Databases, and Customer corrections names added.

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U.S. Records Collection

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Released Last Week

• Minnesota Marriages, 1849-1850 (http://www.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7903) - new, (213,261 names). - 9/2/2005
• Obituary Collection (http://www.ancestry.com/search/obit/) - Updated (483,067 new names added for a total of 55,831,040) - 8/27/2005

• Vital records of the Town of Brewster, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849 (http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=BookList&dbid=10035) - New (14,300 names) - 8/29/2005
• Records of the Town of Braintree, 1640 to 1793 (http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=BookList&dbid=10036) - New (46,850 names) - 8/30/2005
• Vital records of Cambridge, Massachusetts, to the year 1850 (http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=BookList&dbid=10037) - New (87,000 names) - 8/31/2005
• Vital records of Dudley, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849 (http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=BookList&dbid=10039) - New (14,150 names) - 9/1/2005
• Vital records of Dracut, Massachusetts to the year 1850 (http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=BookList&dbid=10040) - New (14,900 names) - 9/2/2005

Scheduled for this week

• North Carolina Births, Deaths, and Marriages (maintenance update)
• Texas Marriage (maintenance)

Coming soon

• American Battle Monuments Index

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U.S. Census Images and Indexes

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Released last week

• Florida State Census, 1885 (http://www.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7605) - New, (291,261 names). - 8/31/2005

Coming soon

• 1820 US Federal Census (maintenance)
• 1830 US Federal Census (maintenance)
• New York State Census

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U.K. & Ireland Records Collection

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Released last week

• No release scheduled

Scheduled for this week

• No release scheduled

Coming soon

• England and Wales Civil Registration
  

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Newspapers

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Released last week

• Obituary Collection (http://www.ancestry.com/search/obit/) - Updated (483,067 new names added for a total of 55,831,040) - 8/27/2005

Scheduled for this week

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

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U.S. Immigration Collection

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Released last week

• Florida Passenger Lists, 1924-1948 (http://www.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=8842) - new, (1,717 names). - 9/2/2005

Scheduled for this week

• No Release Scheduled.

Coming soon

• New York Passenger Lists

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Family and Local Histories

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Released last week

• No Release Scheduled.

Scheduled for this week

• No Release Scheduled.

Coming soon

• No titles planned for the next month.

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Customer Contributed Content

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Released last week

• Ancestry/RW Message Boards (http://www.ancestry.com/share/) - (approx 300,000 names added)
• Contributed Trees (AWT/WC) (http://www.ancestry.com/trees/awt/main.htm) - (504,169 names added for a total of 398,544,126)
• Customer Corrections - No corrections added this week.
• RootsWeb User Contributed Databases (http://www.rootsweb.com) - 62,024 records added.