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The following news release was written by TGN staff. I will do a full review of the new database later in the week. 20th Century German Phone Books feature over 35 million names including Albert Einstein, Actress Marlene Dietrich and Continue reading Ancestry Posts Digitized German Phone Directories 1915-1981
The Dutchess County Clerk, Brad Kendall, at Poukeepsie, New York, has secured a grant from Ancestry.com to scan and digitize the 1932-1989 naturalization records kept at the county. About 20,000 people are covered by the records that include original petitions Continue reading Dutchess County, New York to Digitize Naturalization Records 1932-1989
We may be in a recession, but looking at the Generations Network numbers, you certainly wouldn’t know it. CEO Tim Sullivan did an interview with The Industry Standard on Tuesday, and in that interview he disclosed that their subscriber base Continue reading Ancestry’s Subscriber Base Up 10% with an 18% Revenue Growth in 2008
The following News Release was written by Ancestry.com staff: PROVO, Utah, March 25 /PRNewswire/ – Ancestry.com, the world’s largest online resource for family history, today launched the World Archives Project, a new initiative dedicated to digitally preserving millions of the Continue reading Ancestry’s World Archives Project Launches Video News Release
The following news was just received from Ancestry.com. We’re excited to tell you about two collections that provide post-1930 family history information on a national scale. The first is an update to our 1940 census substitute. Last week Ancestry.com launched Continue reading News from Ancestry.com
The following was written by Generations Network staff: Mike Wolfgramm Appointed to Chief Technology Officer, Jonathan Young Takes Vice President of Development Position PROVO, UTAH – March 5, 2009 – The Generations Network (TGN), parent company of Ancestry.com, today announced Continue reading The Generations Network Expands Ancestry.com’s Technology Team
World’s Leading Online Family History Resource Adds More Than 4 Million New Records to Its Civil War Collection, Including More Than 20,000 Letters Written to and from Lincoln. PROVO, UTAH – Feb. 12, 2009 – Ancestry.com, the world’s largest online Continue reading Ancestry Marks Lincoln’s 200th Birthday With the Launch of 5 Databases Featuring Millions of Civil War Era Records
Juliana Smith reported this week that Ancestry.com had just posted an additional 987,415 U.S. Naturalization Records. The current update is made up of digitized original records from California, New York and Pennsylvania. According to Juliana’s blog, “Ancestry released the images Continue reading Ancestry.com Adds 987,415 U.S. Naturalization Records For California, New York & Pennsylvania
Chris Lydiksen, at the Ancestry.com Blog, today reported that the 1925 Kansas State Census has now been posted. According the the blog, the 1925 schedules alone contained 1.8 million names. That brings the entire Kansas State Census collection 1855 through Continue reading 1925 Kansas State Census Now at Ancestry.com
The following was written by Ancestry.com staff: Provo, Utah, January 27, 2009 — Ancestry.com, the world’s largest online resource for family history, has reduced the prices of its genetic genealogy DNA tests, allowing consumers more affordable access to the family Continue reading Ancestry.com Offering 33-Marker Paternal Testing for $79
Again, continuing my review of Chinese immigration records recently posted at Ancestry.com, I am concentrating my efforts this evening on the U.S. Chinese Immigration Case Files, 1883-1924. The original files are from three sources: The Western District Court of Texas Continue reading A Review of the New U.S. Chinese Immigration Case Files, 1883-1924 Posted at Ancestry.com
Continuing with my review of new Chinese arrival data found at Ancestry.com, this afternoon I spent some time checking out the “Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Chinese Arrivals, 1900-1923.” According to the website, the database contains descriptive lists of Chinese seamen arriving at Continue reading Chinese Seamen Arriving at Philadelphia, PA 1900-1923 – Now at Ancestry.com
Promoted by Chris Lydiksen’s Ancestry.com “Chinese New Year Brings New Records” blog, I clicked over to Ancestry this afternoon to check out some of the new and updated Chinese-related databases at Ancestry.com. One of the databases is an updated index Continue reading Ancestry’s Updated Chinese Exclusion Index Reviewed
Juliana Smith reported today that Ancestry has Indexed and posted the digitized images of the 1821 to 1955 South Carolina Death Certificates. I did a search on the name Canfield (usually a New England name), and got 16 hits. I Continue reading Digitized South Carolina Death Certificates 1821-1955 At Ancestry.com
On Friday (January 9, 2009), a group of geneabloggers visited The Generations Network (TGN) offices. They came away with interesting observations about Ancestry.com, including future plans, statistics, and such. It’s all quite interesting. I wasn’t involved in any way. Heck, Continue reading The Generations Network Invaded by Geneabloggers