Ancestry.com Content Update from the week of Nov 14 - Nov 20, 2004
==================================================================

Content Release Highlights (in case the details below are too granular)

SSDI - added deaths from October of 2004
1840 US Federal Census - Replaced AIS index with our own, link to J2K images 
Major new database - Information will come soon
Baltimore Passenger Lists - update adding additional years.
Newspapers - update adding Daily Independent (Monessen, Pennsylvania)
Obituaries - update adding over 25k new obituaries
Family & Local Histories – added 11 new titles
Customer Created Content – almost 1 million Message Boards and Trees records added

Approximately 4.5 million records released (not counting F & LH or US Records daily databases).
All planned titles were released this week. 


U.S. Records Collection

Released last week...
=====================
Waterbury and Vicinity, Connecticut City Directories, 1922-1982 - Updated  11/19/2004 
Westerly and Vicinity, Rhode Island City Directories, 1906-1918  11/18/2004 
Worcester, Massachusetts City Directories, 1909-1962 – Updated  11/17/2004 
Claremont and Vicinity, New Hampshire City Directories, 1952  11/16/2004  
Augusta and Vicinity, Maine City Directories, 1901-1962 11/15/2004 

SSDI - added deaths from October of 2004 (102,853 records)
1840 U.S Federal Census – added index of census

Scheduled for this week…
========================
Minnesota Marriages 1997-2001

Coming soon…
============
1900 United States Federal Census Index 
More states, more names
World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 - (linked to J2Ks)
More states and names.
U.S. Census Images and Indexes

Released last week…
===================
1840 US Federal Census 
Replaced AIS index with our own, link to J2K images (2,566,831 records)

Scheduled for this week…
========================
No release due to Thanksgiving Holiday

Coming soon…
============

1900 U.S. Federal Census Index (linked to Mr. SID Images)
More names and states released on a regular basis through the end of the year. 

1850 U.S. Federal Census Slave Schedules (linked to J2Ks)
This useful addition to the 1850 US Federal Census is essential for those researching African American roots. This new version will replace the AIS version which has been on our site for some time. This database will be released as a single update and will be linked to J2K images

1890 Veterans Schedules
 
U.S. Immigration Collection

Released last week…
===================

Baltimore Passenger Lists (liked to J2K images) - Updated
Added the years of 1903-1905 and 181,931 records. Total records available are now 571,476.

Scheduled for this week…
========================

No release due the Thanksgiving Holiday

Coming soon…
============

NYPL update, fixing errors in several million surnames
Baltimore Passenger Lists (linked to J2Ks)
More records from earlier years
Galveston Passenger Lists (linked to J2Ks)
New York Petitions for Naturalization (linked to J2Ks)
This update will add approximately 150,000 records, adding the dates of 1926-1934 taking the total record count to over 1 million.

U.K. & Ireland Records Collection

Released last week…
===================

Major new database. Information will come soon

Scheduled for this week…
========================
No release due to the Thanksgiving Holiday

Coming soon…
============
1901 England Census (linked to J2Ks)

More counties will be added through the end of the year and into next year.

1871 England Census (linked to J2Ks)

More counties will be added with the posting completing by end of year.

Newspapers

Released Last Week...

Daily Independent (Monessen, Pennsylvania) 1902-1915 (13,971 images, 1,704,432 names)

Obituaries Collection – Updated 28,351 records

Scheduled for this week… 
========================
Daily Independent (Monessen, Pennsylvania) – Update 1916-1921, 1957, 1958, 1960 (12,571 images, 1,533,662 names)

Obituaries Collection – Continue to update 107,208 names

Family and Local Histories

Released Last Week...
=====================
History of San Joaquin County, California 11/15/2004 
Church histories, obituaries, and stories of early days, Noble County, Indiana  11/15/2004 
Legends of Loudoun  11/15/2004 
History of Kanawha County 11/15/2004 
John Brown [sic] of Stamford and his descendants 11/15/2004 
Reminiscences of Randolph County 11/15/2004 
Grover genealogy  11/15/2004 
Skelton-Silsby 11/15/2004 
Memphis riots and massacres 11/15/2004 
Genealogies and Bible records gathered by the Illinois Society, D.A.R., 1976-1977]  11/15/2004 
Augusta and Vicinity, Maine City Directories, 1901-1962 11/15/2004

Customer Contributed Content

Released Last Week...
=====================
Ancestry/RW Message Boards

Contributed Trees (AWT/WC)

New trees added last week – 872,817 records added with 356,332,192 records total 

Customer Corrections

Customer Corrections update – 1930 US Census (approx 2000)

Scheduled for this week… 
========================
England Wales Census Collection