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Ancestry.com has announced that it has added to its online service all readily available U.S. passenger lists from 1820 to 1960. Wow! This is a lot of data. I’m not surprised, as I spent days reviewing the immigration digital data Continue reading United States Ports Passenger Lists Now Available at Ancestry.com
Ancestry.com has posted a new database that indexes digital images of birth, marriage, and death notices from the newspapers of the following seven major U.S. cities: The Atlanta Constitution (1869-1929) The Boston Globe (1872-1923) The Chicago Defender (Big Weekend and Continue reading Ancestry.com Posts Indexed Digital Images to Seven Major U.S. Newspapers
On August 24, Ancestry.com posted 301 new items, including many books that I’m familiar with. In running through the list, I find that the books seem to all be those published by Genealogical Publishing Company. These books cover many topics Continue reading Ancestry.com Adds About 300 New Online Resources from GPC
At one time, the U.S. Federal Census included a mortality schedule enumerating the individuals who had died in the previous year. These documents exist for the years 1850 through 1880. Although many of the original documents reside in various archives, Continue reading Ancestry.com Posts Digitized Images of the 1850-1880 Mortality Schedules
Ancestry.com has posted an every-name index to the 1910 U.S. Federal Census. The posting of this index completes Ancestry.com’s every-name index project for all Federal censuses currently available to the public – 1790 through 1930. Folks – this is really Continue reading 1910 Every-name Index Posted at Ancestry.com
I finally got the chance to jump over to Ancestry.com’s site, and try out the new WWII Old Men’s draft registration cards that they posted. Boy, oh, boy – did I find relatives. Note that the old men’s draft registration Continue reading World War II Old Men’s Draft Cards Now Online
I find that I use both Ancestry.com as well as HeritageQuest Online when doing census research. There a several reasons for this. First – the digitizing was done by two totally different companies. A little history might be in line Continue reading Ancestry.com vs HeritageQuest Online Digital Images