Ancestry.com Content Update from the week of Dec. 4 - Dec. 10
Approximately 6.7 million names released over the last week. 7 new titles released. 14 titles updated.
Highlights
- New York Passenger Lists - update, adding 5 million new names.
- Passenger Ships and Images - new, 584 ship images linked to nearly 6 million NYPL names.
- 1930 Census of Merchant Seamen - new, adding 60,000 new names.
- Social Security Death Index - updated, adding 100,000 new names.
- 1851 England & Wales Census - maintenance update, no new names.
- Texas Marriage Index, 1966-2002 - collapse of several different database into one larger one. No new names.
- New York City Marriages, 1600s-1800s - maintenance update, no new names.
- Georgia Marriages to 1850 - maintenance update, no new names.
- Obituaries - update, adding 540,000 new names.
- Vital Records books - five new titles from Massachusetts, adding 75,000 new names.
- Member Contributed Content – 930,000 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 (537,300 new names added for a total of 65,840,640) - 12/10/2005
- Social Security Death Index (http://www.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3693) - updated, adding 103,249 new names - 12/05/2005
- Texas Marriage Index, 1966-2002 (http://www.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=8795) - collapse of several different database into one larger one. No new names - 12/09/2005
- New York City Marriages, 1600s-1800s (http://www.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7854) - maintenance update, no new names - 12/09/2005
- Georgia Marriages to 1850 (http://www.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7854) - maintenance update, no new names. - 12/05/2005
- Vital records of Rowley, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849 (http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=BookList&dbid=10113) - New (28,100 names) - 12/5/2005
- Vital records of Peru, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849 (http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=BookList&dbid=10114) - New (5,300 names) - 12/6/2005
- Vital records of Petersham, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849 (http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=BookList&dbid=10115) - New (9,500 names) - 12/7/2005
- Vital records of Phillipston, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849 (http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=BookList&dbid=10116) - New (5,850 names) - 12/8/2005
- Vital records of Plympton, Massachusetts to the year 1850 (http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=BookList&dbid=10118) - New (26,850 names) - 12/9/2005
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
- 1930 Census of Merchant Seamen (http://www.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=8851) - new, adding 61,939 new names - 12/09/2005
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
- 1851 England & Wales Census (http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/census/uk/default.aspx) - maintenance update, no new names. - 12/05/2005
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 (537,300 new names added for a total of 65,840,640) - 12/10/2005
Scheduled for this week
- Obituaries Collection – will continue to update
Coming soon
- Major newspaper update.
U.S. Immigration Collection
Released last week
- New York Passenger Lists (http://www.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7488) - updated, adding 4.985 million new names - 12/09/2005
- Passenger Ships and Images (http://www.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7944) - new, 584 ship images linked to nearly 6 million NYPL names - 12/05/2005
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
- Ancestry/RW Message Boards (http://www.ancestry.com/share/) - (248,980 names added)
- Contributed Trees (AWT/WC) (http://www.ancestry.com/trees/awt/main.htm) - (635,050 names added for a total of 412,428,395)
- Customer Corrections - New York Passenger List, SSDI, and 1851 England and Wales Census corrections added this week.
- RootsWeb Member Contributed Databases (http://www.rootsweb.com) - 45,867 records added.
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