Wednesday, January 25, 2006

Ancestry.com Content Update from the week of Jan. 8 - Jan. 14

Approximately 2.4 million names released over the last week. 8 new titles released. 4 titles updated.

Highlights

  • New York County, Letters of Administration Index, 1743-1875 (Barber Collection) - new, adding 90,000 names.
  • New York, Marriage Newspaper Extracts, 1801-1880 (Barber Collection) - new, adding 50,000 names.
  • New York, Death Newspaper Extracts, 1801-1890 (Barber Collection)- new, adding 165,000 names.
  • Vital Records books - five new titles from Massachusetts, adding 65,000 new names.
  • Member Contributed Content – 2 million Message Boards, Trees, RootsWeb Databases, and Customer corrections names added.

No details available for this week

Ancestry.com Content Update from the week of Jan. 1 - Jan. 7

Approximately 5.7 million names released over the last week. 8 new titles released. 4 titles updated.

Highlights

  • Vermont Births, 1981-2001 - adding 150,000 names.
  • Vermont Marriage Index, 1981-1984 and 1989-2001 - new, adding 200,000 names.
  • Vermont Divorce Index 1981-1984 and 1989-2001 - new, adding 90,0000 names.
  • Vital Records books - five new titles from Massachusetts, adding 55,000 names.
  • Member Contributed Content – 2.6 million Message Boards, Trees, RootsWeb Databases, and Customer corrections names added.

Details unavailable for this week

Tuesday, January 10, 2006

Ancestry.com Content Update from the week of Dec. 25 - Dec. 31

Approximately 399 million names released over the last week. 99 new titles released. 5 titles updated.

Highlights

  • 93 New newspaper titles, adding 397 million new names.
  • U.S. Headstone Photos - new, adding 95,000 pictures of headstones and 120,000 names.
  • Social Security Death Index - update, adding 106,000 deaths from November.
  • North Carolina Death Index, update, fixing an error with place of death codes, no new names.
  • Vital Records books - five new titles from Massachusetts, adding 60,000 new names.
  • Member Contributed Content – 1.4 million Message Boards, Trees, RootsWeb Databases, and Customer corrections names added.

U.S. Records Collection


Released Last Week

  • U.S. Headstone Photos (http://www.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=8792) - new, adding 94,225 pictures of headstones and 119,666 names - 12/30/2005
  • Social Security Death Index (http://www.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3693) - new, adding 106,334 deaths from November - 12/30/2005

Scheduled for this week

  • Five more Massachusetts vital records books

Coming soon

  • Several maintenance releases
  • SSDI Update

U.S. Census Images and Indexes


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)

U.K. & Ireland Records Collection


Released last week

  • No Release Scheduled.

Scheduled for this week

  • No Release Scheduled.

Coming soon

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

Newspapers


Released last week

  • 93 new titles adding 397,850,662 names. See the recent database page on Ancestry.com for a list of the specific titles.

Scheduled for this week

  • Obituaries Collection – will continue to update
  • Additional newspaper titles, over 1.7 billion names to come.

Coming soon

  • Significant weekly newspaper releases through February.

U.S. Immigration Collection


Released last week

  • No Release Scheduled.

Scheduled for this week

  • No Release Scheduled.

Coming soon

  • Boston Passenger Lists
  • Baltimore Passenger Lists

Family and Local Histories


Released last week

  • No Release Scheduled.

Scheduled for this week

  • No Release Scheduled.

Coming soon

  • GPC scanned books
  • Additional ProQuest Family & Local History titles.

Member Contributed Content


Released last week

Wednesday, January 04, 2006

Ancestry.com Content Update from the week of Dec. 11 - Dec. 17

Approximately 618 million names released over the last week. 6 new titles released. 5 titles updated.

Highlights

  • U.S. Public Records Index - new, 616 million names.
  • Obituaries - update, adding 530,000 new names.
  • Vital Records books - five new titles from Massachusetts, adding 170,000 new names.
  • Member Contributed Content – 1.6 million Message Boards, Trees, RootsWeb Databases, and Customer corrections names added.

U.S. Records Collection


Released Last Week

  • Obituary Collection (http://www.ancestry.com/search/obit/) - Updated (526,215 new names added for a total of 66,366,855) - 12/17/2005


Scheduled for this week

  • Five more Massachusetts vital records books

Coming soon

  • SSDI Update
  • Several maintenance releases

U.S. Census Images and Indexes


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)

U.K. & Ireland Records Collection


Released last week

  • No Release Scheduled.

Scheduled for this week

  • No Release Scheduled.

Coming soon

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

Newspapers


Released last week

  • Obituary Collection (http://www.ancestry.com/search/obit/) - Updated (526,215 new names added for a total of 66,366,855) - 12/17/2005

Scheduled for this week

  • Obituaries Collection – will continue to update

Coming soon

  • 96 newspaper titles, over 300 million names.

U.S. Immigration Collection


Released last week

  • No Release Scheduled.

Scheduled for this week

  • No Release Scheduled.

Coming soon

  • Boston Passenger Lists
  • Baltimore Passenger Lists

Family and Local Histories


Released last week

  • No Release Scheduled.

Scheduled for this week

  • No Release Scheduled.

Coming soon

  • GPC scanned books
  • Additional ProQuest Family & Local History titles.

Member Contributed Content


Released last week