Ancestry.com Posts Italian Vital Records, 1870-1937, for the Piemonte Region
August 26th, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Ancestry.com, Ancestry.it, Computer Tech, Databases, Digital Online Content, Italian Research
It was announced this last weekend that Ancestry has posted Civil Registration Records for the Piemonte Region of Italy, 1870-1937. These records can be accessed at Ancestry.com, if the subscriber has a World Deluxe subscription. In checking them out, I found that many records start in 1866. I even located Viganella birth and deaths records [...]
Indiana Genealogical Society Offers Searchable Databases to Their Members
The Indiana Genealogical Society has now joined a growing number of other societies that have online data available to their members. Access is a member benefit. Following is the announcement that I received this morning. A list of the databases, with links to the FREE data, follows the announcement. The Indiana Genealogical Society (http://www.indgensoc.org) recently added [...]Ancestry.com and JewishGen Align to Provide More Online Access to Millions of Jewish Historical Documents
August 20th, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Ancestry.com, Computer Tech, Databases, Digital Online Content, Jewish
Partnership Enables Broader Research of Jewish Ancestry Through Powerful Search Tools in One Centralized Location
CHICAGO – Aug. 19, 2008 – The Generations Network, Inc., parent company of Ancestry.com, and JewishGen, a non-profit organization dedicated to researching and promoting Jewish genealogy and an affiliate of the Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the [...]
FindMyPast.com Extends Online Parish Records Collection
August 19th, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in British Research, Computer Tech, Databases, English Research, Vital Records, Vital Records Indexes
The following news release was written by FindMyPast.com staff:
Online access to millions of nationwide parish marriage records pre-dating the civil registration of births, marriages and deaths
UK family history website findmypast.com today announced it has added 3.2 million marriage records to its Parish Records Collection at http://www.findmypast.com/parish-records-collection-search-start.action?redef=0. The new parish records, dating back to 1538, join [...]
Using the United States Citizen and Immigration Services Website
At one time it could takes months, using the Freedom of Information Act, to get files from the U.S. Citizen and Immigration Services. There’s now a faster way, although there is a fee involved. The following is from the U.S. Citizen and Immigration Services website. I’ve added links where appropriate. The USCIS Genealogy Program is a [...]Clark County, Washington, Marriage Records from 1889 Now Online
August 6, 2008 - Secretary of State Sam Reed is pleased to announce the availability of Clark County marriage records dating back to 1889, the year Washington became a state. The marriage records are housed at the Washington State Digital Archives in Cheney, operated by Washington State Archives, and are open for research. The collection contains marriage [...]Ancestry.com to Digitize Delaware Records
August 7th, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Ancestry.com, Databases, Delaware, Digital Online Content
According to an article found at Delaware Online, it looks like we may be seeing digital records from the Delaware Public Archives in the near future. Following is an excerpt:
Working on a deal with Ancestry.com, a subscription- based online genealogical search company, McCabe hopes to get many of the state’s records digitized and make them [...]
Ancestry Extends Global Reach to China, Providing First Online Access to Family History Records in World’s Largest Internet Market
August 6th, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Ancestry.com, China, Computer Tech, Databases, Digital Online Content, Jaipu.cn, TGN
The following news release was written by The Generations Network.
Exclusive Partnership with Shanghai Library Gives 1.3 Billion Chinese and 38 Million People* with Chinese Heritage Internationally the Chance to Explore Their Family History
PROVO, UTAH – Aug. 6, 2008 – The Generations Network Inc., parent company of the global network of Ancestry family history Web sites, [...]
Ancestry.com and FamilySearch to Collaborate on U.S. Census Indexes
July 21st, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Ancestry.com, Census - U.S., Computer Tech, Databases, Digital Online Content, FamilySearch
It seems that the hatchet has now been buried. Ancestry and and the LDS-operated FamilySearch are once again cooperating on the U.S. census. This makes a lot of sense to me, as the indexes coming out of the volunteer-driven FamilySearch labs program are not only of superior quality (made in America vs offshore), but have [...]