Ancestry.com Content Update from the week of Nov. 20 - 26
Approximately 1.8 million names released over the last week. 3 new titles released. 4 titles updated.
Highlights
- Obituaries - update, adding 450,000 new names.
- Vital Records books - three new titles from Massachusetts, adding 30,000 new names.
- Member Contributed Content – 1.3 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 (452,265 new names added for a total of 64,829,092) - 11/26/2005
- Vital Register of the deaths in Northampton, from the first settlement of the town in 1653, to August 1824 (http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=BookList&dbid=10104) - New (3,900 names) - 11/21/2005
- Vital records of Northborough, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1850 (http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=BookList&dbid=10105) - New (7,550 names) - 11/22/2005
- Vital records of Norton, Massachusetts to the year 1850 (http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=BookList&dbid=10106) - New (20,100 names) - 11/23/2005
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
- 1851 England and Wales Census (maintenance)
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 (452,265 new names added for a total of 64,829,092) - 11/26/2005
Scheduled for this week
- Obituaries Collection – will continue to update
Coming soon
- Major newspaper update.
U.S. Immigration Collection
Released last week
- No Release Scheduled.
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/) - (258,680 names added)
- Contributed Trees (AWT/WC) (http://www.ancestry.com/trees/awt/main.htm) - (1,012,880 names added for a total of 411,056,188)
- Customer Corrections - no corrections added this week.
- RootsWeb Member Contributed Databases (http://www.rootsweb.com) - 20,696 records added.
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