It's Saturday Night -
1) What is the most interesting record you have found for an ancestor?
2) Tell us about them in a blog post, in a comment to this blog post, or in a comment on Facebook.Here's mine:
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It's Saturday Night -
1) What is the most interesting record you have found for an ancestor?
2) Tell us about them in a blog post, in a comment to this blog post, or in a comment on Facebook.===========================================
Ancestry.com will provide me with a spreadsheet of their new and updated record collections each month with the database name, whether new or an update, and release date.
Here is the edited spreadsheet view of the new and updated record collections for October 2022:
I know that image is hard to read (because of the Blogger limitations) , so here is the list in text form, showing only collection name, new or update, and release date:
* 1860 United States Federal Census: Update 10/03/22
* Upper Austria, Austria, Catholic Church Registers, 1614-1938: Update 10/03/22
* Hamburg, Germany, Deaths, 1874-1950: Update 10/03/22
* Tîrgu Mureş, Romania, Bernath Sauber Collection Jewish Deportation Lists, 1944 (USHMM): NEW 10/03/22
* Târgu Neamt, Romania, Deportation Records of the Jewish Community, 1943-1944 (USHMM): NEW 10/03/22
* UK, Post Mortem Examinations and Case Books, 1840-1920: NEW 10/05/22
* U.S., Cemetery and Funeral Home Collection, 1847-Current: Update 10/06/22
* U.S., Obituary Collection, 1930-Current: Update 10/06/22
* UK and Ireland, Obituary Index, 2004-Current: Update 10/06/22
* Canada, Obituary Collection, 1898-Current: Update 10/06/22
* Australia and New Zealand, Obituary Index, 2004-Current: Update 10/06/22
* Caribbean, Obituary Index, 2003-Current: Update 10/06/22
* 1890 United States Federal Census Fragment: Update 10/06/22
* Geneanet Community Trees Index: Update 10/06/22
* Niagara, Ontario, Canada, Niagara Indexes, 1783-1977: NEW 10/06/22
* Alaska, U.S., Land Patent Records, 1916-1969: NEW 10/06/22
* Ireland, Royal College of Physicians of Ireland Registers, 1667-1920: NEW 10/10/22
* Washington, U.S., Military Records, 1855-1950: Update 10/12/22
* St Margaret’s Church, Westminster, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1996: NEW 10/12/22
* Washington, U.S., Military Records, 1855-1950: NEW 10/12/22
* Massachusetts, U.S., Boston Archdiocese Roman Catholic Sacramental Records, 1789-1920: Update 10/13/22
* U.S., School Yearbooks, 1900-2016: Update 10/20/22
* United Nations War Crimes Commission Records (USHMM): NEW 10/20/22
* 1901 Denmark Census: Update 10/24/22
* Norway, Death Registers, 1928-1941: Update 10/26/22
* Tarn-et-Garonne, France, Birth, Marriages and Death Registers, 1750-1912: NEW 10/26/22
* Gard, France, Birth, Marriage and Death Registers: NEW 10/26/22
* Somme, France, Censuses, 1816-1911: NEW 10/26/22
* Aude, France, Birth, Marriage and Death Registers, 1553-1926: NEW 10/26/22
* UK, World War II Records and Material, 1939-1945: NEW 10/26/22
* 1850 United States Federal Census: Update 10/27/22
* Missouri, U.S., Marriage Records, 1805-2002: Update 10/27/22
* UK, World War II Alien Internees, 1939-1945: Update 10/27/22
Some of these collections are significant for my own genealogy and family history research, and I look forward to using them. Which ones do you look forward to accessing when they are released?
Disclosure: I receive a complimentary all-access subscription from Ancestry.com, for which I am thankful. Ancestry.com has provided material considerations for travel expenses to meetings, and has hosted events and meals that I have attended in Salt Lake City, in past years.
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