San Diego Genealogical Society Ice Cream Social Program on Saturday, 14 July Features Randy Seaver

The next program meeting of the San Diego Genealogical Society (SDGS) is Saturday, 14 July, starting at 10 a.m. at St. Andrews Lutheran Church (8350 Lake Murray Blvd., San Diego, CA 92119).   This is the annual Ice Cream Social event - with ice cream served between the two program presentations.

The program speaker will be Randy Seaver for both sessions.  Randy's presentations will be:

1)  Descendancy Research -- Most of us have performed ancestral research - discovering the records and stories of our ancestors.  Descendancy research is discovering the descendants of our ancestors, or of a specific person or couple.  Researchers may want to write a book or article about the descendants of a specific ancestor, or perform a one-name "surname" study, or find all of your cousins descended from a specific ancestor.  This presentation describes how you can perform this using standard research methodology, and taking advantage of modern genealogy software tools.

2)  Discovering George W. Seaver's Life Story -- According to a newspaper article, George W. Seaver disappeared in 1899 in Los Angeles.  Where did he go?  Who was his wife?  Did he have children?  Who were his parents?  Did he have siblings?  When was he born? Where did he die?  What is his life story?  With help from collaborators, George's life story emerges through records found online from a number of sources, and the life of a Civil War soldier emerges.

The public is always welcome at SDGS meetings.  There is no charge for this program.  Please join us!

Please park in the main church parking lot, in the Jackson Drive parking lot, or on the street. Please do NOT park in the neighboring strip mall.  Thank you in advance.

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There are two 9 a.m. classes upstairs in the classrooms:

*   Class 1: Ancestry.com SIG - Del Ritchhart

*   Class 2: Introduction to the British Isles Research - Colin Whitney 

For more information about these classes, click here.  There is Limited Seating, RSVP Required.
If you plan to attend one of these classes, please email  sdgsclasses@gmail.com for a spot.

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RootsTech 2014 Photos, Part 5 - Post 523 of (Not So) Wordless Wednesday

Linda and I attended RootsTech 2014 in Salt Lake City (February 4-7), and I took some photos of things and persons with my iPhone:

3)  Jen Baldwin is standing in front of a very large photograph of an English church with graveyard at the Findmypast exhibit:

2)  Here is a view of the Expo Hall from the second floor of the Salt Palace:

3)  Here are Louis Kessler and an unknown RootsTech guy (sorry, I've forgotten!):

4)  Scott Fisher, the Extreme Genes radio show/podcast RootsSleuth, is fun to visit:

5)  One of the vendors had this sign (maybe it was Scott's Extreme Genes exhibit?):

More RootsTech 2014 photos next week!

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Genealogy News Bytes - 10 July 2018

Some of the genealogy news items across my desktop the last four days include:

1)  News Articles:

*  NEHGS Offers FREE Access to All Online Databases on AmericanAncestors.org from July 10–17

*  DNA Central Call For Speaker Presentation Proposals

2)  New or Updated Record Databases:

*  Added or Updated Ancestry.com Record Collections - Week of 1 to 7 July 2018

*  Added or Updated Record Collections at FamilySearch.org - Week of 1 to 7 July 2018

3)  Genealogy Education:

*  GeneaWebinars Calendar

*  Free Family History Classes and Webinars for July 2018

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Wednesday, 11 July, 5 p.m. (PDT):  The Art of Negative-Space Research: Women, by Jeanne Larzalere Bloom

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Friday, 13 July, 11 a.m. PDT:  Freedmen's Bureau Records - Valuable to ALL Southern research, by Diane L. Richard

*  Ancestral Findings Podcast:  AF-186: What are Some of the Best Genealogy Magazines Out There?

*  DearMYRTLE YouTube:  Mondays With Myrt - 25 June 2018

*  DearMYRTLE YouTube:  The Archive Lady - May 2018

*  DearMYRTLE YouTube:  Mondays With Myrt - 9 July 2018

*  Ellen Thompson-Jennings YouTube:  Summer Genealogy Research Trip Anyone?

*  BYU Family History Library YouTube:  Bob Taylor-What's New in The Family History Guide July 2018

*  Family History Fanatics YouTube:  3 Writing Tips for Your Family History Project with Lisa Alzo @RootsTech

*  Jennifer Holik YouTube:  Serendipity or connecting to what you know

*  MyHeritage YouTube:  Find Your Immigrant Ancestors in the New York Passenger Arrival Records

4)  Bargains:

*  Genealogy Bargains for Tuesday, July 10,  2018

5)  DNA Success Stories:

*  Sisters meet for the first time in 76 years after Ancestry.com discovery

*  Father meets daughter for the first time in 39 years

6)  Fun Stuff:

*  Another Humorous Obituary

*  Best Census Entry Ever?

Did you miss the last Genealogy News Bytes - 6 July 2018?

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NEHGS Offers FREE Access to All Online Databases on AmericanAncestors.org from July 10–17

I received this today from the New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS):

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NEHGS Offers FREE Access to All Online Databases 

on AmericanAncestors.org from July 10–17

For One Week, Family Historians May Search NEHGS’s Early New England Collections—Including the World’s Largest Mayflower Database, As Well As the Archdiocese of Boston’s Historic Catholic Records—FREE

July 10, 2018—Boston, Massachusetts—American Ancestors and New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS) are offering FREE access to some of the most popular, new online databases in the world of family history and genealogy during a one-week, summer promotion now underway. FREE Access is being granted to all databases on AmericanAncestors.org—the award-winning website of NEHGS—from 12:01 a.m. EDST on Tuesday, July 10, through 11:59 p.m. EDST on Tuesday, July 17. This free access is granted to anyone registering as a FREE Guest Member of NEHGS at AmericanAncestors.org/July.

Included in this limited-time promotion is free access to NEHGS’s new, recently-released database “Mayflower Families Fifth Generation Descendants, 1700-1880”—created through a partnership with the General Society of Mayflower Descendants (GSMD), with meticulous documentation on the Mayflower passengers who arrived in 1620 and left descendants. It is the largest online database of authenticated Pilgrim genealogies, with more than half a million searchable names.

Also included are all available records in NEHGS’s Historic Catholic Records Online Project, a multi-year collaboration with the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston to create an online searchable database of millions of sacramental records from over 100 parishes across greater Boston. The project spans parish records from 1789 to 1900, a period of significant growth for the Catholic Church in Boston and surrounding towns with records predating the founding of the first Catholic Church in Boston. They document several sacraments of the Catholic Church, including baptism, confirmation, holy communion, marriage, holy orders, and the anointing of the sick. While the project will take several years to complete, images of many of the oldest records from the earliest parishes are available to browse now—after a free online registration as a Guest Member—on AmericanAncestors.org. Name-searchable records, usually available to search only with a paid membership to NEHGS, are FREE during this eight-day promotion.

Access to all online searchable databases related to the Great Migration is also included in this summer promotion from American Ancestors and NEHGS. A unique foundation of governance and religion was created by the 20,000 men, women, and children who crossed the Atlantic between 1620 and 1640, seeking opportunity and relief in New England, in the period known as the Great Migration. These are the Mayflower names, the Pilgrims, the Puritans, and the families that delight and provide rich insights for genealogists and family historians.  Since 1988 NEHGS has undertaken the Great Migration Study Project, directed by Robert Charles Anderson. A total of nine searchable databases comprise the Great Migration project on AmericanAncestors.org, consisting of thousands of records—all open to the public to research FREE on AmericanAncestors.org now during these eight days.

The NEHGS website, AmericanAncestors.org, is one of the world’s most-visited family history websites and it is the most-visited genealogical society website in the country—serving more than two million visitors a year. In addition to billions of searchable names, the site offers an online learning center with courses available for genealogists of all levels. The site also features historical content from the vast library and archives of NEHGS, and an online store offering their award-winning publications.

This free summer research offer from American Ancestors and NEHGS began at 12:01 a.m. EDST on Tuesday, July 10, and extends through 11:59 p.m. EDST on Tuesday,   July 17. The public is invited to search more than 1.4 billion names by registering as Guest Members (it’s free) at AmericanAncestors.org/July.

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Disclosure:  I have received no material considerations from NEHGS.  I have been paid member/subscriber to NEHGS since 1992 (I think).

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Treasure Chest Tuesday - 1942 Voter Register for My Carringers in San Diego, California

Today's Tuesday's Treasure is the 1942 Voter Registration entries for my Carringer folks in San Diego, California:

The Carringer entries on the left-hand page:

The extracted data is (from the left-hand page on the image above):

Carringer, Miss Betty V. - 2130 Fern, Student.  Dem.
Carringer, Mrs. Emily K. -- 2130 Fern, Hw.   Rep.
Carringer, Lyle L. -- 2130 Fern, Office Wrk.   Rep.

Higher up on the left-hand page is:

Auble, Mrs. Georgia K. -- 2130 Fern, Hw,   Rep.

The source citation for this record is:

"California Voter Registers, 1900-1968," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com :, 1942, San Diego County, Precinct No. 285, page 3, Lyle L. Carringer entry.

Lyle L. and Emily K. (Auble) Carringer resided at 2130 Fern Street in San Diego in 1934.  They are my maternal grandparents.  Lyle was a bookkeeper at Marston's in the payroll or auditing department.  They are listed (every year I've found) as Republicans.

Betty V. Carringer is the daughter of Lyle and Emily, a graduate of San Diego State College, and in 1942 was age 22 and a school teacher.  She is also my mother, and, apparently, the only Democrat in the family.

Georgia K. Auble is Emily's mother, my great-grandmother.  She was a widow and lived with Lyle and Emily and my mother, Betty.  Georgia has also been listed every year as a Republican.

While Lyle's parents, Henry Austin and Della (Smith) Carrigner, were still alive in 1942 and residing at 2115 30th Street, they were not on the 1942 Voter Register rolls at ages 89 and 80.  

I had not entered these records into my RootsMagic family tree program until now - four separate entries for the four persons.

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Monday Genea-Pourri - 9 July 2018

Here are some of my family history and genealogy related activities over the past week:

1)   Attended the Family History Day Committee meeting and Board Meeting of the Chula Vista Genealogical Society on Wednesday.  I provided an update on the two presentations I'm giving on FHD and on my activities as Research Chairman and Newsletter Editor for the society.  

2)  Wrote, edited, published and mailed the July 2018 edition of the 10-page CVGS Newsletter.  
If a reader wants to see what our society is doing, please email me at randy.seaver@gmail.com.

3)  Transcribed another Henry White deed from Killingly, Connecticut, which I collected at the Family History Library in late February, and used it for Amanuensis Monday this week.

4)  Took part in the Mondays With Myrt webinar today.  We discussed JoyFlips (with Tami Mize), the "inferred child" feature on Ancestry census records, the Evidence Explained web site problems and Facebook page, with a discussion of the Evidence and Process Analysis map.  We also discussed how to save our photos, stories, sources and notes in software and in FamilySearch Family Tree.  I used my grandfather's profile as an example.


5)  Made more progress on my genealogy research project - I am researching the ancestry of a local personality, and will present what I find at the CVGS Family History Day in September.  I am trying to collect record images for the ancestors, adding source citations and notes to the profiles.  I TreeShared twice and worked through one session of adding Ancestry Hints to the RootsMagic tree, which has grown to 418 persons with 1117 citations.   I still need to go to the FamilySearch Library to find more English and German records for the presentation.

6) There were several sessions working in RootsMagic to update FamilySearch Family Tree profiles for Seaver families and other database families, with occasional additions to the RootsMagic profiles. I have matched 24,570 of my persons with FSFT.  I now have 50,329 persons in my RootsMagic file, and 94,840 source citations.   I TreeShared once during the last week, and resolved Ancestry Hints once.  I've fallen behind on the Ancestry Record Hints with 67,899 waiting to be resolved, but I'm working on them.

7)  Have 292 Shared Ancestors on my AncestryDNA list (I had 292 last week), 917 4th cousins or closer (I had 917 last week), and 832 pages (over 41,600 matches with at least 6 cM) (was 851 pages last week) of  matches.  I have 13 matches that are third cousins or closer, and 102 matches with 34 cM (0.5%) or more (was 102 last week).  My highest match has 779 cM (11.5%), and is one of my first cousins.  I have 20 DNA Circles (was 20 last week).  My ethnicity estimate has not been modified yet.

8)  Have 4,111 DNA Matches on MyHeritage (up from 4,062 last week) with at least 8 cM (0.12%), with 23 matches with more than 34 cM (0.5%) or more (was 23 last week).  I have three close relatives, including a first cousin once removed, and two first cousins twice removed.  The highest DNA match is 512 cM (7.1%).

9)  Have 981 DNA Relatives on 23andMe (I had 976 last week) who share at least 0.10% (7 cM) with me.  The two closest relatives are third cousins.  Of these, only 3 share 1.0% or more, and 45 share 0.50% or more (was 45 last week), with the highest match being 1.54%. My highest match is an adoptee.  I struggle to find out anything about most of these testers.

10)  Have 2,687 autosomal DNA Matches on FamilyTreeDNA (up from 2,685 last week) who share 0.25% (18 cM) or more, with the highest match being 96 cM (1.42%).  I have 12 who share at least 1.0% (68 cM) with me, and 1,452 who share at least 0.50% (34 cM) or more (was 1,449 last  week) with me.

11) Wrote 18 Genea-Musings blog posts last week, of which two were press releases.  The most popular post last week was "Treasure Chest Tuesday -- 1934 Voter Register for My Carringers in San Diego, California" with over 298 views.  

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DNA Central Call For Speaker Presentation Proposals

I received this information from Blaine Bettinger over the weekend:

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July 7, 2018 – Baldwinsville, NY – DNA Central (www.DNA-Central.com), the world’s first
and largest membership website dedicated entirely to DNA and genetic genealogy education,
announces a request for webinar proposals for its 2018-2019 webinar schedule!

We are seeking new and engaging webinar presentations from dynamic speakers. Topics
being considered include DNA evidence utilization and organization, chromosome mapping,
third-party tools, managing endogamy, shared match and/or shared segment clustering,
success stories, and new DNA methodologies, among many others.

Interested speakers are asked to submit proposals for one-hour webinar presentations that
will be made using PowerPoint, Keynote, or similar software. The speaker will record the
webinar using Screencast-O-Matic (https://screencast-o-matic.com) or similar software, and
it will be made available indefinitely to DNA Central members behind the membership wall.

Proposal Requirements

Speakers are asked to submit proposals in Microsoft Word or PDF format to
TheDNACentral@gmail.com with the subject “DNA Central Webinar Proposal.” Each
proposal must include:

• Speaker's name, address, and e-mail address;
• Lecture title;
• Lecture summary, not to exceed fifty words;
• Detailed lecture outline;
• Expected audience level (beginner, intermediate, advanced, or all);
• Information about whether talk has ever been given before or is scheduled to be given
in the next 12 months; and
• Speaker biography, including resume of speaking experience.

Speakers may submit an unlimited number of lectures. It is expected that approximately 4-6
webinars will be selected, depending on the number and quality of submissions. The deadline
for submission of webinar proposals is July 31, 2018. Invitations are expected to be issued
by August 15, 2018, and speakers will be required to sign a speaker contract by August 31,
2018.

Compensation

Following submission of a recorded webinar and syllabus materials, selected speakers will
receive USD $500 and a one-year membership to DNA Central (existing members will receive
a one-year free renewal).

About DNA Central

DNA Central (www.DNA-Central.com) is the world’s first and largest membership website
dedicated entirely to DNA and genetic genealogy education. This one-stop resource includes
a growing library of DNA Courses, featuring an extensive “I’ve Tested, Now What?” series
helping test takers interpret their results from 23andMe, AncestryDNA, Family Tree DNA,
Living DNA, and MyHeritage. DNA Central also resources for DNA educators, and a twice-monthly
newsletter with all the latest news and developments in the world of DNA!

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Disclosure:  I have received a complimentary one year subscription to DNA Central. 

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Amanuensis Monday - Post #436: 1856 Deed of Henry A. White to Smith and Ellen Lewis in Killingly, Conn.

This week's document for Amanuensis Monday is from the Killingly, Connecticut Deed records for an 1856 deed of Henry A. White selling land to Smith and Ellen Lewis:

The transcription of the deed (on the right-hand side of the image above) is:

To all people to whom these presents shall come Greeting. Know ye that I Henry

A. White of Killingly County of Windham and State of Connecticut for the consider-

ation of Eleven Hundred and Fiffty Dollars received to my full satisfaction of

Smith Lewis and Ellen Lewis wife of the said Smith both of Killingly

Do give grant bargain sell and confirm unto the said Smith Lewis and Ellen

Lewis their heirs and assigns forever one certain tract or parcel of land situ-

ated in said Killingly bounded and described as follows, viz., Bounded on the

North by land formerly owned by Thomas S. Pierce and belonging to the heirs

of Rhueben Bartlett Deceased East by land of Barnice Carder Southerly by

land of Brayton Slator to the West side of a highway thence Southerly by

the West side of said highway to land of Putnam Warren thence Westerly by

said Warren's land and land belonging to the widow and heirs of Joseph

Pray Deceased containing about forty acres be the same more or less

Together with a Dwelling House and other buildings thereon standing said

premises being subject to all legal highways passing over the same.

To have and to hold the above granted and bargained premises with the

appurtenances thereof unto them the said Grantees their heirs and assigns

forever to them and their own proper use and behoof. And also I the

said Grantor do for myself my heirs executors and administrators cove-

nant with the said Grantees their heirs and assigns that at and until the

ensealing of these of these presents I am well seized of the premises as a

good defensible estate in fee simple and have good right to bargain and

sell the same in manner and form as is above written and that the same

is free from all incumbrances whatever except said highway.

And furthermore I the said Grantor do by these presents bind myself

and my heirs forever to warrant and defend the above granted and

bargained premises to them the said Grantees their heirs and assigns

against all claims and demands whatsoever Except said highway.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 17^th

Day of May AD 1856. Signed sealed and Delivered

In presence of us

Almond M. Paine                                     Henry A. White LS

Barnice Carder

                   State of Connecticut Windham County SS Killingly

                   May 17^th AD 1856 Personally appeared Henry A.

                   White signer and sealer of the foregoing Instrument

                   and acknowledged the same to be his free act and

                  Deed before me.                      Almond M. Paine

Recorded May 20^th 1856                          Justice of the Peace

by me Geo. W. Greenslitt Town Clerk

The source citation for this deed is:

Killingly (Connecticut) Town Clerk, Land Records, 1709-1907; General Index, 1709-1908, "Land records, Vol. 37-39, 1850-1857," Volume 39, page 341 (image 745 of 820), Henry A. White to Smith and Ellen Lewis, 17 May 1856, recorded 20 May 1856, accessed on Family History Library microfilm US/CAN 1,450,885; original records in Danielson, Conn. town hall.

There are a number of deeds for my 2nd great-grandfather Henry A. White (1824-1885) in the Killingly, Connecticut land records.  These records are recorded in the Connecticut towns rather than in the county records.

This is the fifth deed recorded in Killingly town records for Henry A. White.  Smith and Ellen Lewis bought this land for $1,150 from Henry A. White on 17 May 1856.

Henry Arnold White (1824-1885) was a son of Jonathan and Miranda (Wade) White of Killingly.  He married Amy Frances Oatley (1826-1864) in 1844 in Thompson, Connecticut.   Their daughter, Julia E. White (1848-1913), who married Thomas Richmond (1848-1917) is my great-grandmother.  

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NOTE:  Genea-blogger John Newmark (who writes the excellent  TransylvanianDutch blog) started a Monday blog theme years ago called "Amanuensis Monday."  John offers this definition for "amanuensis:" 

"A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another."

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Best of the Genea-Blogs - 1 to 7 July 2018

Dozens of genealogy and family history bloggers write thousands of posts every week about their research, their families, and their interests. I appreciate each one of them and their efforts.

My criteria for "Best of ..." are pretty simple - I pick posts that advance knowledge about genealogy and family history, address current genealogy issues, provide personal family history, are funny or are poignant. I don't list posts destined for daily blog prompts or meme submissions (but I do include summaries of them), or my own posts.

Here are my picks for great reads from the genealogy blogs for this past week:

*  Gettysburg Day 1 & My William Henry Phillips by Pat Richley-Erickson on the Myrt's Musings blog.

*  The Confusing Maze of Genealogy Mixups in Names by Lorine McGinnis Schulze on the Olive Tree Genealogy Blog.

*  UNUSUAL ANCESTOR NAMES ~ How Many Are in Your Family Tree? Where Did They Originate? by Diane Gould Hall on the Michigan Family Trails blog.

*  Photos of the Revolutionary War Generation by Maureen Taylor on the Family Tree blog.

*  Are these new developments for the FamilySearch.org Family Tree? by James Tanner on the Rejoice, and be exceeding glad ... blog.

*  Online Sources Are Not Bad ... by Michael John Neill on the Genealogy Tip of the Day blog.

*  Are You Using LibGuides for Genealogical Research? by Gena Philibert-Ortega on the Legacy News blog.

*  3 Kinds of Newspapers Every Genealogist Should Know by Amy Johnson Crow on the Amy Johnson Crow blog.

*  An Interview With Curtis Rogers: The Man With the Idea that Sparked GEDmatch by Barbara Shoff on The Blundering DNA Genealogist blog.

*  How I Solved It: William Holloway, Martha Branson & Phebe Crispin: A genealogical game of hide and seek by Brian Sheffey, guest author on the RootsFinder Blog.

Here are pick posts by other geneabloggers this week:

*  Friday's Family History Finds by Linda Stufflebean on the Empty Branches on the Family Tree blog.

*  High Fives, June 29, 2018 by Dianne Nolin on the Genealogy: Beyond the BMD blog.

*  Friday Finds, 6 July 2018 by Lois Willis on the Lois Willis - Genealogy and Family History blog.

*  Friday Fossicking, 6th July 2018 by Crissouli on the That Moment in Time blog.

* This Week's Creme de la Creme -- July 7, 2018 by Gail Dever on the Genealogy a la Carte blog.

Readers are encouraged to go to the blogs listed above and read their articles, and add their blogs to your Favorites, Feedly, another RSS feed, or email if you like what you read. Please make a comment to them also - all bloggers appreciate feedback on what they write.

Did I miss a great genealogy blog post? Tell me! I am currently reading posts from over 900 genealogy bloggers using Feedly, but I still miss quite a few it seems.

Read past Best of the Genea-Blogs posts here.

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Added or Updated Ancestry.com Record Collections - Week of 1 to 7 July 2018

The following collections were listed on the Recently Added and Updated Collections list on Ancestry.com during the period from 1 to 7 July 2018:  

The collections added or updated since last week include:
*  Liverpool, England, Church of England Burials, 1813-1975; indexed records with record images, Updated 7/2/2018

*  Liverpool, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1932; indexed records with record images, Updated 7/2/2018

*  Liverpool, England, Church of England Confirmations, 1887-1921; indexed records with record images, Updated 7/2/2018

*  Liverpool, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1659-1812; indexed records with record images, Updated 7/2/2018

*  Liverpool, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1917; indexed records with record images, Updated 7/2/2018

The complete Ancestry.com Card Catalog is at  http://search.ancestry.com/search/CardCatalog.aspx.  

By my count, there were 0 NEW collections ADDED this past week, per the list above.  There are now 32,736 collections available as of 7 July, a decrease of  20 from last week.   I wonder which collections were deleted (that's 40 over the past two weeks)?

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Disclosure:  I have had a fully paid Ancestry.com subscription since 2000.  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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