Genealogy News Bytes - Tuesday, 14 May 2019

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

1)  News Articles:

*  Family Tree Maker 2019 Pre-Order Sale

*  NGS Awards Excellence in Genealogy Scholarship and Service

*  BCG Names First Recipients of the Donn Devine Award

2)  New or Updated Record Collections:

*  Added and Updated Ancestry.com Record Collections - Week of 5 to 11 May 2019

*  Added and Updated Record Collections at FamilySearch.org - Week of 5 to 11 May 2019

*  Advantage Archives Adds 1 Million Historical Newspaper Pages - April, 2019

*  NY State Historical Newspapers Adds/Updates 25 Titles - May, 2019

3)  Genealogy Education - Webinars:

*  GeneaWebinars Calendar

*  Free Genealogy Webinars for May 2019 [Family History Library]

*  FREE MyHeritage One-Day Genealogy Seminar, May 15, 2019

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Wednesday, 15 May, 5:15 a.m. PDT: Genealogy Pit Stop: Research in 15 Minute Increments, by Thomas MacEntee

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Wednesday, 15 May, 6:15 a.m. PDT:  MyHeritage: New Advanced Features and Technologies, by Daniel Horowitz

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Wednesday, 15 May, 7:30 a.m. PDT:  City Directories: No Town Too Small, No Clue Too Little, by Thomas MacEntee

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Wednesday, 15 May, 8:30 a.m. PDT:  APPsolutely Genealogy!, by Garri Regev

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar: Advanced Features on Geni.com, by Mike Stangel

4)  Genealogy Education - Podcasts:

*  Fisher’s Top Tips Podcast:  #70:  Finding Photo Subjects Names

*  Research Like a Pro Podcast:  RLP 44 – How to Know Which Record to Search First

*  The Genealogy Guys Podcast:  #362

5)  Genealogy Videos:

*  23andMe YouTube:  23 Minutes With Anne, LIVE! Mother’s Day Edition

*  BYU Family History Library YouTube:  Case Studies in Migration for Genealogists- James Tanner

*  Family History Fanatics YouTube:  A Chromosome Look at Trisomy (Down's Syndrome) - A Segment of DNA

*  GeneaVlogger YouTube:  Using JewUA.info to find Jewish Records in Ukraine (Quick Genealogy Tip #24)

*  James Tanner YouTube:  Exploring Genealogy Series #8 Research on the FamilySearch Family Tree #3

*  Kathryn Lake Hogan YouTube:  Episode 29 Weekly Webinar Recap

6)  Genealogy Bargains:

*  Genealogy Bargains for Tuesday, May 14,  2019

7)  DNA Success Stories

*  DNA test taken ‘out of curiosity’ helps Sun City man find family he never knew

*  DNA test reunites three generations of mothers

*  N.J. man’s DNA helped him find the brother he didn’t know he had

*  Thanks to DNA testing, 54-year-old Utahn finally finds birth mom — creating a unique Mother’s Day celebration

8)  Did you miss the last Genealogy News Bytes - 10 May 2019?

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Family Tree Maker 2019 Pre-Order Sale for Three Days

I received this information from Family tree Maker today:

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A NEW EDITION IS ABOUT TO ARRIVE

It's been thirty years since Family Tree Maker was born and it's only fitting that we introduce a new edition this year that takes this grand old brand to places its original creators could only have dreamed of. Where every change you make to your tree on your Mac or PC can be instantly and automatically viewed from your smart phone or tablet. Where you can turn back time to erase mistakes you made even a thousand changes ago. Where you can arrange for your tree to be passed on to a relative of your choice along with your Family Tree Maker license to ensure your legacy lives on. That's just a small part of the new world of Family Tree Maker you'll be seeing this summer. Pre-order sales start today.

PRE-ORDER NOW. SAVE BIG. Click here to pre-order FTM 2019.

TOP TEN REASONS TO UPGRADE NOW

10. Turn Back Time.  This one might just be worth the whole upgrade. FTM 2019 keeps track of every one of your last THOUSAND changes. Made a mistake three days ago but your last full backup is three weeks old? Just roll back to just before the mistake was made with a single click. Then use the comprehensive Changes Log to restore the moves you meant to make. Problem solved.

9. FamilySearch Integration 2.0.  Lots of news here starting with the ability to download an entire branch from a FamilySearch tree into FTM 2019. But the big news here is historical record hints which you'll get when you match a person in your Family Tree Maker tree to a person in a FamilySearch family tree. Simple as that.

8. Hints in the Index.  Once found only on tree views, in FTM 2019, Ancestry and FamilySearch hints appear in the people index too. So you can check for hints for a particular family name or for any saved list.

7. Smart Filters.  In FTM 2017 we introduced the ability to save filtered lists. Now those lists just got smarter. The filter that created the list actively gathers any new people that meet that filter's criteria that are added to your tree. For example, if your filtered list is for military service, when you add two more service men or women to your tree, they'll be added automatically to that list.

6. Folder counters.  Stop peeking into folders to see if there's anything in there. Numbers on your folder tabs now show the number of items stored in each one. Simple idea. Big time-saver.

5. Profile Picture perfection.  Clean up the look of your tree with our new profile picture cropping tool. Smart technology detects the person's face and zooms just the right amount, then crops a perfect square so that it fits perfectly on each leaf of your tree. And best of all, the original photo is not touched.

4. Tree Browser.  Get what you're looking for quickly with this new window into your tree files. Search a family name and find all related trees wherever they are – on Ancestry, on your hard drive, or up in the clouds. And for each tree you'll have everything you need to know at your fingertips – does that FTM tree have a linked Ancestry tree, and if so, under what name? No links to an Ancestry tree? Click Download in the browser to get all synched up.

3. Rich Color Coding.  One of the most frequent requests from genealogists using FTM 2017's color coding, was for "rich" color coding – not just coding the home person's ancestors but each ancestor's descendants as well. With FTM 2019, rich color coding is just one click away.

2. TreeVault Cloud Services.  With TreeVault your relatives will be able to view your tree on their smartphones and tablets and send notes back to you. You'll know what the weather was like the day your grandfather was born. And you'll sleep better knowing that you have an up to date copy of your tree securely tucked away, and that someday it will be passed on to the next generation. We will be adding services with each update, but here's the starting lineup:

Emergency Tree™ restore service. TreeVault keeps a continuously updated copy of your tree ready to hand back to you if your hard drive should crash or some other catastrophe strikes.
FTM Connect™ is a FREE mobile app (for iPad, iPhone and coming soon for Android) that displays your latest FTM tree anywhere, any time – even when your computer is off. Handy for sharing your tree with relatives or for using your iPad as a second monitor with your continuously updated tree.
Historical Weather™ puts color in your family story with more than a billion historical weather records. Dates will never be boring again. Consider:

Next of Kin™ allows you to designate a successor to your TreeVault account to pass along your family tree. You will get a certificate that may be included with a will, providing instructions and passcodes for taking over your account along with your Family Tree Maker license.

1. It's on sale, right?  Not only on sale, but at the best price for this upgrade you'll ever see. Just $29.95 for the next three days  (50% off the regular upgrade price of $59.95). And as if that weren't good enough, you'll also get a full year of TreeVault cloud services for FREE. Click here to learn more.

STILL HAVE QUESTIONS?  If there's something you'd like to know about upgrading, you can pose your questions to our friendly Support Agents, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week via Live Chat. Just click the Live Chat here.

HERE'S TO THE ROAD AHEAD
It was in 1989 that version 1.0 of Family Tree Maker was first released on floppy discs by Banner Blue and we're just the fourth publisher in the thirty years since then to have the honor to take a turn at the wheel. We hope you'll get a chance to be among the first this summer to fire up the smartest, fastest, most ambitious new Family Tree Maker ever built. And when you do, we hope you'll let us know what you think. Get ready, and stay tuned. We're just getting started.

Jack Minsky
President
Software MacKiev

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Disclosure:  I have received material considerations from Software MacKiev and Family Tree Maker over the past two years.  That does not affect my objectivity in evaluating this software.

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FREE MyHeritage One-Day Genealogy Seminar, May 15, 2019

I received this information today from Thomas MacEntee:

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Attend a Genealogy Seminar from HOME! FREE Online All Day Seminar with MyHeritage and Legacy Family Tree Webinars

MyHeritage One-Day Genealogy Seminar, Wednesday, May 15, 2019 with presenters Thomas MacEntee, Daniel Horowitz and Garri Regev LIVE from the MyHeritage headquarters in Or Yehuda, Israel.

• Genealogy Pit Stop: Research in 15 Minute Increments presented by Thomas MacEntee, Wednesday, May 15th, 8:15 am Eastern / 7:15 am Central / 6:15 am Mountain / 5:15 am Pacific / 12:15 pm GMT. “You have 15 minutes before you need to _____________ (pick up the grandchildren / wash the dog / make dinner . . .). Is it really possible to do meaningful genealogy research in that short time period? Are you putting of researching an ancestor because you believe you need a two or three hour block of time? Learn how to use the Genealogy Pit Stop concept to succeed in the research race!” Click HERE to register for FREE!

• New Advanced Features and Technologies presented by Daniel Horowitz, Wednesday, May 15th, 9:15 am Eastern / 8:15 am Central / 7:15 am Mountain / 6:15 am Pacific / 1:15 pm GMT. “MyHeritage has an excellent technology to help you find relatives and records, but are you taking full advantage of this website? Come and learn the best less known features MyHeritage have to help you maximize your time and effort to discover your family history.” Click HERE to register for FREE!

• City Directories: No Town Too Small, No Clue Too Little presented by Thomas MacEntee, Wednesday, May 15th,10:30 am Eastern / 9:30 am Central / 8:30 am Mountain / 7:30 am Pacific / 2:30 pm GMT. “Most genealogists aren’t taking full advantage of all the clues available in city directories. Learn how go beyond a mere “lookup” of your ancestor and their family. Understand how city directories were created, the secrets of various abbreviations, and how to use the F.A.N. Club approach to getting the most information possible.” Click HERE to register for FREE!

• APPsolutely Genealogy! presented by Garri Regev, Wednesday, May 15th,11:30 am Eastern / 10:30 am Central / 9:30 am Mountain / 8:30 am Pacific / 3:30 pm GMT. “Technology has changed the way we do research. Many Apps can be combined with traditional methods of genealogy research and play a role in preserving our family story for future generations. Use of these apps can be a way to involve multiple generations and increase cooperation between family members. This lecture will feature a selection of apps and their possible uses regarding genealogy such as cemetery documentation, data organization, family trees, mapping, photo albums, recipes, scanners, scrapbooks, voice recording and more.” Click HERE to register for FREE!

See https://genealogybargains.com/free-myheritage-one-day-genealogy-seminar-may-15-2019/ for speaker biographies and more webinar information.

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Treasure Chest Tuesday -- 1840 United States Census Record for Henry Carringer Household in Mercer County, Penn.

This week's Tuesday Treasure is the 1840 U.S. Census record for Henry Carringer in Sandy Creek Township, Mercer County, Pennsylvania:

The record for the Henry Carringer household is the 5th record from the bottom of the page:

The extracted information for this census record is:

*  Head of household:  Henry Carringer
*  No. of males under 5 years:  1  [certainly son Henry Carringer, born in 1839]
*  No. of males aged 5-9 years:  2 [certainly sons George (born in 1832) and Cornelius Carringer (born in 1834)]
*  No. of males age 10 to 14 years:  1 [certainly David Jackson Carringer (born in 1828)]
*  No. of males aged 40 to 49 years:  1 [certainly Henry Carringer (born in 1800)]
*  No. of females under 5 years:  1 [certainly daughter Sarah Carringer (born in 1837]
*  No. of females aged 5 to 9 years:  1 [certainly daughter Mary Carringer (born in 1835]
*  No. of females aged 10 to 14 years:  1  [certainly Eliza Carringer (born in 1827)]
*  No. of females aged 30 to 39 years:  1 [certainly wife Sarah Feather (born in 1804)]
*  No of females aged 70 to 79 years:  1 [probably Mary (Hoax) Carringer, born in 1768, Henry's mother]  

 The source citation for this birth/baptism record is:

1840 United States Federal Census, Mercer County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Sandy Creek township; Page 376, Henry Carringer household; online database and digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M704, Roll 474.

All of the known children as of 1840 of Henry and Sarah (Feather) Carringer are accounted for in this enumeration.  They have two more children in the 1840s.

Henry (1800-1879) and Sarah (Feather) (1804-1848) Carringer are my third great-grandparents, through their son David Jackson Carringer.

David Jackson Carringer (1828-1902) married Rebecca Spangler (1832-1901) in 1851, and are my 2nd great-grandparents through their son, Henry Austin Carringer (1853-1946).

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Monday Genea-Pourri - 13 May 2019

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

1)  Moderated the Chula Vista Genealogical Society Research Group on Wednesday with 12 in attendance.  Discussed my Forever experience, including my YouTube movies, the "Who Do You Think You Are?" show to be on NBC this year (when?), Finnish and Danish records on MyHeritage, and the SDGS meeting.  In the second hour, the attendees discussed their research challenges and successes.

2)  Attended the San Diego Genealogical Society meeting on Saturday.  In the first session, Anne Turhollow presented "Putting Flesh on the Bones: Newspaper Research."  In the second second, I moderated one of the 13 Group discussion tables; mine was on "Colonial New England."  There were four others in the group.  I provided an updated 4 page handout for reference purposes.  After the session, I talked for 15 minutes with Jenny Lynn, my Forever ambassador, who encouraged me to sign up for a Storage plan on Forever.

3)  I signed up for a Free 2 gb Storage plan on Forever on Saturday afternoon.  My movies were there, and I made several albums for my photographs, and I added photos to the Charles Auble Family album, and captioned them.  I may sign up later for the 10 gB plan so that future digitized movies and many more family photos can be added to my Forever account.

4)  I signed up for the 100 gB Google Drive plan because I was maxed out on the Free Google Drive plan.  On Saturday night, I added 30 gB of my Genealogy files to Google Drive.  

5)  Transcribed the 1847 deed of 3rd great-grandfather Zachariah Hildreth selling land in Townsend, Mass. to his son, Milo Hildreth for Amanuensis Monday.

6)  Wrote and posted a biography of 6th great-grandfather #454 Johann Leonhard Nachbar (1698-1766) of Germany and New Jersey for my 52 Ancestors post on Friday.  

7)  Watched one DNA Central Webinar - "So You Wanna Be a Search Angel" by McKell Keeney.  Excellent webinar (behind paywall), with description of tools to solve adoption and other thorny problems, and a cast study. 

8)  Participated in today's Mondays With Myrt on Zoom (which will go on YouTube later).  Today's webinar discussed Pat Kuhn's granddaughter's wedding, Hilary's nephew's wedding in England, an article about genealogy blogs in an English magazine, use of social media vs. blogs, and why fewer people are blogging; use of YouTube; the 150th anniversary of the "golden spike" on transcontinental railroad in Utah; Liv highlighted the Oslo 1798 interactive video; use of Flickr to store photos; I showed my 2014 Flickr album of Myrt's RootsTech after-party.

9) There were several sessions working in the RootsMagic software program to update FamilySearch Family Tree profiles for Seaver families and other ancestral families, with occasional additions to the RootsMagic profiles. I have matched 30,855 of my RootsMagic persons with FSFT.

10)  I continue to use Web Hints and Record Matches from Ancestry, MyHeritage, Findmypast and FamilySearch to add content and sources to my RootsMagic profiles.  I now have 53,610 persons in my RootsMagic file, and 104,627 source citations.   I TreeShared once this week updating 111 profiles, and I resolved about 763 Ancestry Hints.  I've fallen behind on the Ancestry Record Hints with 109,839 to be resolved, but I work on them weekly.

11) Wrote 18 Genea-Musings blog posts last week, of which one was a press release.  The most popular post last week was Where Are the Morris County, New Jersey Probate Records in the Family History Library Catalog - UPDATED with over 505 views.

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Amanuensis Monday -- 1847 Deed of Zachariah Hildreth to Milo Hildreth in Townsend, Massachusetts

This week's document for Amanuensis Monday is the 1847 deed of  Milo Hildreth buying land from Zachariah Hildreth of Townsend in the Middlesex County, Massachusetts Land Records: 

[Volume 536, pages 184-185]

The transcription of this deed is:

[Volume 536 page 184, starts near top of left-hand page]

[in left-hand margin]

Hildreth
       to
Hildreth

[body of text]

                         Know all men by these Presents.
That I Zachariah Hildreth of Townsend, in the County of Mid-
dlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Yeoman, in consid-
eration of two hundred and fifty dollars to me paid by Milo
Hildreth of Northborough in the County of Worcester and Com-
monwealth aforesaid, Yeoman, the receipt whereof is hereby
acknowledged, do hereby give, grant bargain, sell, and con-
vey unto the said Milo Hildreth his heirs and assigns for-
ever a piece of wood land containing eight acres more or
less situate in the Southerly part of Townsend on Ba-
bary hill so called bounded as follows.  Beginning at the
South east corner of said premises by land formerly owned by
Henry Sanderson at a stake and stones, thence North 60° 
West nineteen rods seventeen and a half links by land
formerly owned by said Sanderson to a stake and stones,
thence North 30° East sixty five rods by land of Aaron
Hildreth to a stake and stones thence South 60° East nine-
teen rods seventeen and a half links by land of Samuel
Scales to a stake and stones, thence South 30° West sixty
five rods by land of Joseph Thomson to the bounds first men-
tioned.  To Have and to Hold the above granted premises
with the privileges and appurtenances thereto belonging to the said
Milo Hildreth his heirs and assigns to his and their use and
behoof forever.  And I the said Zachariah Hildreth for myself
and my heirs, executors and administrators do covenant with
the said Milo Hildreth his heirs and assigns that I am lawfully
seized in fee of the afore granted premises, that they are free
from all incumbrances, that I have good right to sell
and convey the same to the said Milo Hildreth as aforesaid;
and that I will and my heirs, executors and administra-
tors shall warrant and defend the same to the said
Milo Hildreth his heirs and assigns forever, against the

[Volume 536, page 185]

lawfull claims and demands of all persons.  In Witness Whereof
I the said Zachariah Hildreth and Hannah wife of said Zachariah
in token of release of dower in said premises, have hereunto set
our hands and seals this twenty seventh day of April, in the
Year of our Lord, Eighteen hundred and forty seven.
Executed And                         }        Zachariah Hildreth   {seal}
delivered in the                       }       Hannah Hildreth   {seal}
presence of us,                        }    Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Paul Gerrish                         }     Middlesex ss.  April 27th 1847.
James Hildreth                     }    Then personally appeared the above
named Zachariah Hildreth and acknowledged the above named
instrument to be his free act and deed;
     Before me, Paul Gerrish  Justice of Peace.
     Middlesex ss.  May 31 1848  Rec^d & Recorded by
                                                    Caleb Hayden  Reg.

The source citation for this recorded deed is:

"Massachusetts, Land Records, 1620-1986," digital images, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 2 February 2019), Middlesex County, "Deeds, 1848, Vol. 536-538," Volume 536, pages 184-185 (image 95 of 875), Deed of Zachariah Hildreth to Milo Hildreth, executed 27 April 1847, recorded 31 May 1848.

In this deed, Zachariah Hildreth and his wife Hannah sell an 8 acre tract of land in Townsend on Babary Hill to Milo Hildreth for $250 on 27 April 1847.

This is one of the tracts of land that Zachariah Hildreth sold to two sons and a son-in-law over the past ten years which was then bought back after a period of time.

Milo Hildreth is a son of Zachariah and Hannah Hildreth.  Milo Hildreth moved to Northborough, Massachusetts after his marriage in 1846 to Frances Hooker.

Zachariah Hildreth (1783-1857), who married Hannah Sawtell (1789-1857) in 1810, is my third great-grandfather.  I am descended from their son, Edward Hildreth (1831-1899) who married Sophia Newton  (1834-1923) in 1852.

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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 - 5 to 11 May 2019

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:

*   Genealogy Tip:  Revolutionary War Burial Records by Thomas Jay Kemp on the GenealogyBank Blog.

*  How To Pull Genealogy Clues From Your Old Family Photographs by Lisa Lisson on the Are You My Cousin? blog.

*  Jerry and Paul by Leah Larkin on The DNA Geek blog.

*  More Clustering Tools by Kitty Cooper on Kitty Cooper's Blog.

*  Eight on the Eighth by Jacqi Stevens on A Family Tapestry blog.

*  Copyrights, Contracts, Commitments and Human Decency by Michael Lacopo on the Hoosier Daddy? blog.

*  7 Apps for Creating Your Family History Books by Prudence on the Fuzzy Ink Stationery blog.

*  Grandma Vesta Lost Her U.S. Citizenship! by Nick Cimino on the AncestorPuzzles.com blog.

*  Great Grandpa Was a Bird of Passage by DiAnn Iamarino on the Fortify Your Family Tree blog.

*  Using Mortality Schedules: An Overlooked Source for Genealogy by Amy Johnson Crow on the Amy Johnson Crow blog.

*  Genealogy Tip: What to Ask Mom on Mother’s Day by Gena Philibert-Ortega on the GenealogyBank Blog.

*  The Professor Wrote My Family History by Michael Dyer on the Family Sleuther blog.

*  DNA Sources, Information, and Evidence: Sorting it All Out by Robin Worthlin on the Family Locket 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.

*  Friday Finds: Week 19 - 2019 by Martin Roe Eidhammer on the Norwegian Genealogy and then some blog.

*  Friday Fossicking - 10th May 2019 by Crissouli on the That Moment in Time blog.

* This Week's Creme de la Creme -- May 11, 2019  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 and Updated Ancestry.com Record Collections - Week of 5 to 11 May 2019

The following record collections were listed on the Ancestry Card Catalog list on Ancestry.com during the period from 5 to 11 May 2019:  

The ADDED and Updated record collections are:

*  Staffordshire, England, Birth, Marriage and Death Indexes, 1837-2017; indexed database without record images, ADDED 5/10/2019

*  Bexley, Kent, England, Electoral Registers, 1734-1965; indexed database with record images, Updated 5/9/2019

*  New York State, Death Index, 1957-1968; indexed database without record images, Updated 5/8/2019

*  Queensland, Australia, Licensed Victuallers Index, 1900-1903; indexed database with record images, ADDED 5/7/2019

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

By my count, there was 2 NEW collections ADDED this past week, per the list above.  There are now 32,665 collections available as of 11 May, an increase of  2 from last week.  

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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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