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Social Security Death Index introduces Genealogy BlogPosted by Administrator on June 30th, 2005

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Ancestry.com Content Update from the week of Jun. 19-25Posted by Administrator on June 25th, 2005

Approximately 2.9 million names released over the last week. 6 new titles released. 7 titles updated.

Highlights

• SSDI – update adding deaths from May, 110,000 names.
• UK Newspapers – maintenance update, fixing a county/country search problem.
• 1910 US Census – maintenance update fixing several thousand image errors in 15 states.
• Obituaries – update adding 500,000 new names.
• Family & Local Histories – 5 new titles adding 30,000 names.
• Customer Created Content – 600,000 Message Boards, Trees, and Customer corrections names added.

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U.S. Records Collection

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Released Last Week

• Obituary Collection (http://www.ancestry.com/search/obit/) – Updated (504,030 new names added for a total of 54,210,067) – 6/18/2005
• Social Security Death Index (http://www.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3693) – update adding deaths from May, 110,001 names.

Scheduled for this week

• Ohio Soldiers in WWI
• 7 military databases from Korean and Vietnam War
• City Directories rollup
• WWI Draft update

Coming soon

• Indiana Marriages maintenance update

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U.S. Census Images and Indexes

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Released last week

• 1910 Maintenance – maintenance update fixing several thousand image errors. See details below:

Rolls that were updated with their corresponding state T624_4 AL T624_43 AR T624_46 AR T624_47 AR T624_49 AR T624_51 AR T624_62 AR T624_69 CA T624_70 CA T624_71 CA T624_72 CA T624_73 CA T624_74 CA T624_75 CA T624_76 CA T624_77 CA T624_78 CA T624_83 CA T624_160 FL T624_161 FL T624_163 FL T624_164 FL T624_165 FL T624_167 FL T624_169 FL T624_186 GA T624_236 IL T624_246 IL T624_480 KY T624_496 KY T624_672 MI T624_674 MI T624_676 MI T624_683 MI T624_780 MO T624_782 MO T624_791 MO T624_795 MO T624_797 MO T624_808 MO T624_816 MO T624_820 MO T624_1110 NC T624_1111 NC T624_1112 NC T624_1114 NC T624_1119 NC T624_1124 NC T624_1126 NC T624_1129 NC T624_1133 NC T624_1135 NC T624_1136 NC T624_1137 NC T624_1194 OH T624_1230 OH T624_1250 OK T624_1268 OK T624_1270 OK T624_1273 OK T624_1274 OK T624_1276 OK T624_1277 OK T624_1286 OR T624_1292 PA T624_1331 PA T624_1349 PA T624_1350 PA T624_1358 PA T624_1364 PA T624_1366 PA T624_1372 PA T624_1392 PA T624_1393 PA T624_1397 PA T624_1405 PA T624_1408 PA T624_1414 PA T624_1417 PA T624_1420 PA T624_1426 PA T624_1434 PA T624_1435 PA T624_1584 TX T624_1621 VA T624_1622 VA T624_1623 VA T624_1624 VA T624_1625 VA T624_1626 VA T624_1627 VA T624_1628 VA T624_1628 VA T624_1629 VA T624_1630 VA T624_1631 VA T624_1632 VA T624_1633 VA T624_1634 VA T624_1635 VA T624_1637 VA T624_1639 VA T624_1640 VA T624_1641 VA T624_1644 VA T624_1645 VA T624_1647 VA T624_1649 VA T624_1650 VA T624_1651 VA

Scheduled for this week

• No Release Scheduled

Coming soon

• 1790 Maintenance release

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U.K. & Ireland Records Collection

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Released last week

• No Release Scheduled

Scheduled for this week

• 1881 England and Wales – minor maintenance release.
• Civil Registration – minor maintenance release.
• Pallot Marriages – image conversion project.

Coming soon

• Maintenance releases for various census years.

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Newspapers

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Released last week

• Obituary Collection (http://www.ancestry.com/search/obit/) – Updated (504,030 new names added for a total of 54,210,067) – 6/18/2005

Scheduled for this week

• More New York papers
• Obituaries Collection – will continue to update

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U.S. Immigration Collection

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Released last week

• No Release Scheduled.

Scheduled for this week

• No Release Scheduled.

Coming soon

• New York Petitions for Naturalization
• Great Migration

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Family and Local Histories

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Released last week

• The Jess M. Thompson Pike County history : as printed in installments in the Pike County republican, Pittsfield, Illinois, 1935 (http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=BookList&dbid=29320) – New (9,894 records) – 6/20/2005
• Baraboo, Dells, and Devil’s Lake region : scenery, archeology, geology, Indian legends, and local history briefly treated : with maps and illustrations (http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=BookList&dbid=29325) – New (1,921 records) – 6/21/2005
• History of Hennepin County and the city of Minneapolis : including the Explorers and pioneers of Minnesota (http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=BookList&dbid=29726) – New (12,223 records) – 6/22/2005
• The romance of the Palatine Millers (http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=BookList&dbid=30103) – New (6,987 records) – 6/23/2005
• Descendents of Richard Brunt (http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=BookList&dbid=29966) – New (238 records) – 6/24/2005

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Customer Contributed Content

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Released last week

• Ancestry/RW Message Boards (http://www.ancestry.com/share/) – (310,990 names added)
• Contributed Trees (AWT/WC) (http://www.ancestry.com/trees/awt/main.htm) – (306,526 names added for a total of 386,692,453)
• Customer Corrections – No corrections added this week.

Ancestry.com Content Update from the week of June 12 – 18Posted by Administrator on June 18th, 2005

Ancestry.com Content Update from the week of June 12 – 18