Ancestry.com Content Update from the week of Nov. 13 - 19

Approximately 4.9 million names released over the last week. 5 new titles released. 8 titles updated.

Highlights

• Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s - updated, adding 460,000 new names.
• Maryland Colonial Census, 1776 - maintenance update, no new names.
• Louisiana Statewide Death Index, 1900-1949 - maintenance update, no new names.
• Massachusetts Death Index, 1970-2003 - update, 1.5 million new names.
• Obituaries - update, adding 500,000 new names.
• Vital Records books - five new titles from Massachusetts, adding 140,000 new names.
• Member Contributed Content – 2.3 million 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

• Obituary Collection (http://www.ancestry.com/search/obit/) - Updated (524,955 new names added for a total of 64,376,827) - 11/19/2005

• Maryland Colonial Census, 1776 (http://www.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=4247) - maintenance update, no new names - 11/18/2005
• Louisiana Statewide Death Index, 1900-1949 (http://www.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=6697) - maintenance update, no new names - 11/18/2005
• Massachusetts Death Index, 1970-2003 (http://www.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7457) - update, 1.5 million new names for a total of 3,055,782 - 11/18/2005

• Vital records of Manchester, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849 (http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=BookList&dbid=10098) - New (14,700 names) - 11/14/2005
• Vital records of Lynnfield, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849 (http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=BookList&dbid=10099) - New (4,750 names) - 11/15/2005
• Vital records of Lynn, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849 (http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=BookList&dbid=10100) - New (52,350 names) - 11/16/2005
• Vital records of Lawrence, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849 (http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=BookList&dbid=10101) - New (6,200 names) - 11/17/2005
• Vital records of Ipswich, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849 (http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=BookList&dbid=10102) - New (58,650 names) - 11/18/2005

Scheduled for this week

• Three more Massachusetts vital records books

Coming soon

• SSDI Update
• Several maintenance releases

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U.S. Census Images and Indexes

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Released last week

• No Release Scheduled.

Scheduled for this week

• No Release Scheduled.

Coming soon

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

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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

• 1851 England and Wales Census (maintenance)
• 1881 England and Wales Census (maintenance)
• 1891 England and Wales Census (maintenance)
• Yorkshire Parish records update

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Newspapers

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Released last week

• Obituary Collection (http://www.ancestry.com/search/obit/) - Updated (524,955 new names added for a total of 64,376,827) - 11/19/2005

Scheduled for this week

• Obituaries Collection – will continue to update

Coming soon

• Major newspaper update.

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U.S. Immigration Collection

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Released last week

• Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s (http://www.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7486) - updated (461,218 new names for a total of 4,461,218) - 11/18/2005

Scheduled for this week

• No Release Scheduled.

Coming soon

• New York Passenger Lists update
• Ships Photos

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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

• Additional ProQuest Family & Local History titles.

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Member Contributed Content

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Released last week

• Ancestry/RW Message Boards (http://www.ancestry.com/share/) - (246,130 names added)
• Contributed Trees (AWT/WC) (http://www.ancestry.com/trees/awt/main.htm) - (2,020,684 names added for a total of 410,043,308)
• Customer Corrections - no corrections added this week.
• RootsWeb Member Contributed Databases (http://www.rootsweb.com) - 3,155 records added.