Almost every day I go to http://www.ancestry.com/cs/reccol/default and check to see what Ancestry.com has added or updated recently. When there is a collection of interest to me, I "mine" it for data and add the information to my database.
For instance, the collections added in the last week or so include:
* Savannah, Georgia, Voter Records, 1901-1917
* Savannah, Georgia, Cemetery and Burial Records, 1852-1939
* Savannah, Georgia, Land Tax & Property Records, 1896-1938
* Savannah, Georgia, Land Tax & Property Records, 1896-1938
* Savannah, Georgia, Naturalization Records, 1825-1904
* Web: Genesee County, Michigan, Birth Index, 1888-1907
* Wisconsin, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1922-1963
The only one of those that has records that I might be interested in is the Genesee County, Michigan birth index. That collection is on the Flint Genealogical Society web page (http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mifgs/births/index.html). The page says that the data is between 1878 and 1907, not an insignificant difference!
The index has three entries for Seaver people. I already had those persons in my Seaver One-Name Study, but you never know what you're going to find!
If you are actively searching for persons with a specific surname, staying on top of the new and updated collections on Ancestry.com is a great way to find new online collections and records.
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Copyright (c) 2012, Randall J. Seaver
1 comment:
I am with you - I check almost daily!
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