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
- North Carolina Death Collection, 1908-1996 (http://www.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=8908) - update, fixing an error with place of death codes, no new names. - 12/30/2005
- Vital records of Warren (formerly Western), Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849 (http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=BookList&dbid=10131) - New (9,500 names) - 12/27/2005
- Vital records of the town of Truro, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849 (http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=BookList&dbid=10132) - New (24,300 names) - 12/28/2005
- Vital records of Tyringham, Massachusetts to the year 1850 (http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=BookList&dbid=10133) - New (5,300 names) - 12/29/2005
- Vital records of Uxbridge, Massachusetts, to the year 1850 (http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=BookList&dbid=10134) - New (20,950 names) - 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
- Ancestry/RW Message Boards (http://www.ancestry.com/share/) - (261,000 names added)
- Contributed Trees (AWT/WC) (http://www.ancestry.com/trees/awt/main.htm) - (1,138,930 names added for a total of 416,730,868)
- Customer Corrections - Customer corrections added to SSDI this week.
- RootsWeb Member Contributed Databases (http://www.rootsweb.com) - No new records added.
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