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.
U.S. Records Collection
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
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
- 1851 England and Wales Census (maintenance)
- 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 (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.
U.S. Immigration Collection
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
Family and Local Histories
Released last week
- No Release Scheduled.
Scheduled for this week
- No Release Scheduled.
Coming soon
- Additional ProQuest Family & Local History titles.
Member Contributed Content
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.
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