Genea-Musings

Wednesday, July 24, 2019

Thinking Critically About My Elizabeth Duck "Potential Ancestor" AncestryDNA ThruLine

We discussed a bit about "critical thinking" on this week's Mondays With Myrt (see her post Theories & Critical Thinking) and we also discussed "Potential Ancestors" on AncestryDNA's ThruLines.

Recently, I received an AncestryDNA ThruLines that purported to connect my "brick wall ancestor" Hannah Smith (1768-1827), wife of Josiah Sawtell, to a mother Elizabeth Duck (1723-1810). I was curious about that link (and no, not because it might give me an ancestor named Donald or Daisy Duck, or even Scrooge McDuck!) because there were two (!) DNA matches shown as 6th cousin DNA matches, one with 10 cM and the second with 18 cM. So those DNA matches are probably my distant cousins, but is Elizabeth Duck the link?

Here is the ThruLines screen I received for Elizabeth Duck:

I clicked on the green "Evaluate" button and found that five Ancestry trees identify a Hannah Smith as a daughter of Elizabeth Duck. Here is the Elizabeth Duck Facts screen from one of the trees:

The Facts screen for the potential father of my Hannah Smith is:

This particular tree has 25 children, born between 1744 and 1766), with several apparent duplicate entries. However, a Hannah Smith born in about 1768 is not among them.

A similar thing occurred with the tree of the second DNA match - this time there are 76 trees with Nathaniel and Elizabeth (Duck) Smith. The one with the most sources, has 19 children born between 1744 and 1766, with several duplicate names, and no Hannah. There are two other marriages listed for Nathaniel in Yorkshire, one in 1769 and one in 1776.

I didn't check the other 75 trees.

Evaluating the Potential Ancestors of Nathaniel Smith and Elizabeth Duck entailed answering these questions:

* Is the actual birth of Hannah Smith (1768-1827) possible? Yes it is, Elizabeth (Duck) Smith would have been 45 years old in 1768.

* Was the Nathaniel Smith/Elizabeth Duck family in Massachusetts in 1768 when Hannah was born there? No, they were still in Yorkshire according to the births of all their children (before 1766). There is a migration record for a Nathaniel Smith to Canada in 1774, and a daughter died in Nova Scotia in 17812. Nathaniel died in nova Scotia in 1791, and Elizabeth died in Nova Scotia in 1810. Some of the listed children moved to Ontario in later years.

* Was the Nathaniel Smith/Elizabeth Duck family in Massachusetts when my Hannah Smith married Josiah Sartell in 1789 in Amherst, Mass. It is very likely that the Smith/Duck family were in Nova Scotia in 1789. It is likely that the parents of 21 year old Hannah Smith would reside near her at the time of her marriage.

Other thoughts I have include:

* I continue to think that Ancestry.com has a BIG collaborative tree, and somehow my Hannah Smith was connected to it by someone choosing the Nathaniel Smith/Elizabeth Duck family (because they had a lot of known (?) children?). I would love to understand the logic string of that connection decision - are there records of who did the connections and why? What are the odds that a single young woman would migrate from Nova Scotia to western Massachusetts by 1789?

* Hannah Smith is a very common name, especially in 1768 Massachusetts. There are 10 different recorded birth entries of a Hannah Smith born between 1767 and 1769 in Massachusetts Town and Vital Records collection. What are the odds that one of those is my Hannah Smith? What are the odds that the birth or baptism of my Hannah Smith was not recorded?

* I share DNA with my two DNA Matches listed on my ThruLines, but I think that the common ancestors are NOT Nathaniel Smith and Elizabeth Duck. Looking at the Ancestry tree of my two DNA matches indicates that one has a significant Ontario ancestry, and the other has British Isles and Australia ancestry, with one line in Nova Scotia. I have Nova Scotia and Ontario lines through my Kemp and Sovereen lines. I looked at the Shared Matches for the two matches, but there was only one without a tree.

My conclusion, after considerable critical thinking, is that:

My Hannah Smith (1768-1827) is NOT the daughter of Nathaniel and Elizabeth (Duck) Smith who settled in Nova Scotia in the 1774-1782 time frame.

Therefore, these particular ThruLines are wrong.

What other "Critical thinking" about my Hannah Smith and these potential parents should I consider?

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Linda and Lori in July 1974 -- Post 575 of (Not So) Wordless Wednesday

I can't help it, I can't do a wordless post! I found some more family photos hiding in my voluminous My Pictures file folder - I don't think I've posted this one yet:

This is my wife Linda and our first daughter, Lori, in July 1974 in our backyard at 755 Coleman Court in the Otay Mesa neighborhood of San Diego. We had created our little nest in our first house and were enjoying being new parents.

Lori was born in May 1974, and was all dressed up in a sun bonnet and a cute red jumper. My guess is that we hosted a 4th of July party with my parents and grandparents and my brothers, and perhaps Linda's parents and brother too; but I don't exactly recall who attended. I wish I had more photos from this time frame. Ah, the baby book, but I think Lori has it.

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Tuesday, July 23, 2019

Genealogy News Bytes - 23 July 2019

Some of the genealogy news and education items across my monitor the last four days include:

1) News Articles:

* Family Tree Magazine (U.S.) Acquired by Yankee Publications

* Discontinuing the We're Related App

* Final Issue of Going In-Depth Magazine

* Update: Reclaim The Records vs. Missouri

2) New or Updated Record Collections:

* Added and Updated Record Collections at FamilySearch.org - Week of 14 to 20 July 2019

* Added and Updated Ancestry.com Record Collections - Week of 14 to 20 July 2019

* New MyHeritage record collections added in July 2019

* 3,500 New Birth, Marriage, and Death Record Collection Links from U.S. Southern States

* U.S. National Archives Digitizes More than 500 Volumes of U.S. Navy Muster Rolls

3) Genealogy Education - Webinars:

* GeneaWebinars Calendar

* Free Family History Library Classes and Webinars for July 2019

* Upcoming UGA DNA Webinar - Tuesday, 23 July, 5 p.m. PDT: GEDmatch: Tools to Find and Analyze Matches, by Mary Eberle.

* Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Wednesday, 24 July, 11 a.m.: Should You Take the Hint? Automatic Record Hinting on the Giant Genealogy Websites, by Sunny Morton

* Upcoming Genealogy With a Canadian Twist webinar - Thursday, 25 July, 5 p.m. PDT: Scrapbooks: A Genealogist's Goldmine, by Melissa Barker.

* Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Friday, 26 July, 11 a.m.: Census Hurdles: How to Jump Over or Go Around, by Cari Taplin

* Archived Family Tree Webinar: Introducing the MyHeritage DNA Health+Ancestry Test, by Ofer Karp

* Archived Family Tree Webinar: Using DNA for Adoption & Unknown Parentage Work, by Mary Everle

4) Genealogy Education - Podcasts:

* Fisher’s Top Tips: #90: Pace of Research

* Extreme Genes: Episode 291 – Genetic Genealogy: CeCe Moore Reacts To First Cold Case Murder Conviction / Ask Us Anything: Tips On Canadian Research

* Research Like a Pro: RLP 54 – Three Ways to Chart your DNA Matches

* Genealogy Connection: #058 - Shannon Combs-Bennett - Researcher, Speaker, Author

5) Genealogy Videos (YouTube):

* BYU Family History Library: RootsMagic Basic Part 2 by Ann Tanner

* BYU Family History Library: The Ultimate Digital Preservation Guide - James Tanner

* Family History Fanatics: Creating a Virtual Hometown Tour - Melissa Finlay

* Family History Fanatics: Navigating the Ancestry DNA Website After Your Test Results Come In- A Segment of DNA

* James Tanner: Introduction to the FamilySearch Memories App #14 Exploring Genealogy

6) Genealogy Bargains:

* Genealogy Bargains Tuesday, July 23, 2019

7) Did you miss the last Genealogy News Bytes - 19 July 2019?

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Treasure Chest Tuesday - 1894 Death Notices of John and Catherine (--?--) McCann of San Francisco

This week;'s Tuesday's Treasure is the 1894 death information of John McCann and his wife Catherine (--?--) McCann in the San Francisco newspapers.

John and Catherine (--?--) McCann are the parents of Alice G. McCann (1872-1936), who married Alfred Rodney McKnew (1869-1943), who is a first cousin twice removed to my wife, Linda (Leland) Seaver.

I did not have death dates for John and Catherine (--?--) McCann in my RootsMagic family tree, and had only estimated birth years from the 1880 U.S. census record. I searched Ancestry for Catherine McCann from her profile in my tree, and it uncovered a death record for a Catherine McCann in the San Francisco County vital records in 1894. Here is that record:

The death date was 5 November 1894, and it says that she was age 46-4-16, born in Ireland, and resided at 7 Douglass Street in San Francisco.

The source citation for this record is:

"California, County Birth, Marriage and Death Records, 1849-1980," indexed database and digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 22 July 2019), San Francisco > Death > 1894 - 1896, page 45 (image 47 of 431), Catherine McCann entry.

I didn't know if this was the right Catherine, so I checked the Newspapers.com files and found that she was the one who was the spouse of John McCann and had Alice McKnew as a daughter.

The source citation for Catherine McCann's death notice is:

"Deaths," The San Francisco Chronicle newspaper, 7 November 1894, page 14, column 4, Catherine McCann death notice, indexed database and digital images, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com, accessed 22 July 2019).

Catherine's age at death on 5 November 1894 was listed as 46 years, 4 months and 16 days in the record, and 26 days in the death notice. So that calculates to a birth date of either 10 or 20 June 1848. I think I trust the death record more than the death notice.

I then searched Newspapers.com for John McCann's death notice, and found:

The source citation for John McCann's death notice is:

"Deaths," The San Francisco Call newspaper, 17 February 1894, page 10, column 6, John McCann death notice, indexed database and digital images, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com, accessed 22 July 2019).

This gives John's death date as 15 February 1894, and his age as 51 years, 10 months and 17 days, which works out to a birth date of 29 March 1842. The death notice says he was born in County Armagh. Both death notices indicate they lived at 7 Douglass Street in San Francisco.

A search on the Ancestry collection for California County births, marriages and deaths does not find a death entry for John McCann in February 1894, because there is no book available between 1889 and July 1894.

So now I have death dates for John and Catherine, a calculated birth date for both of them, and a birthplace for John. I don't have a maiden name for Catherine, although I think they were married in about 1868, perhaps in Brooklyn, New York.

This has been another night of researching with Randy, where I take persons with only an estimated birth date from a census record and try to find birth and death dates for them. It worked well this time! Now to add them to my Ancestry Member Tree and the FamilySearch Family Tree. Not even my ancestry!

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Monday, July 22, 2019

Monday Genea-Pourri - 22 July 2019

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

1) Moderated the Chula Vista Genealogical Society (CVGS) DNA Interest Group at the Chula Vista Civic Center Library, with 14 in attendance. I discussed the DNA Central highlights, several DNA articles, adding notes to AncestryDNA and MyHeritageDNA matches, my DNA test summary, and the AncestryDNA ThruLines and DNA Matches out of beta, with an example. The attendees discussed their test status, their ThruLines (Gary received one for his birth father!), and contacts with matches.

2) Participated in today's Mondays With Myrt hangout, and discussed DNA matches, the We're Related mobile app, and my SDGS presentation on 13 July. Other topics were critical thinking, Thrulines, Essex parish records on Findmypast, WDYTYA in the UK, Dave Robison's trip to Ogio and his background photo, the CCC, FGS Conference in August, Feedly, and Gary's CEF record issue.

3) Watched one Legacy Family Tree webinar -- Using DNA for Adoption & Unknown Parentage Work by Mary Eberle.

4) Transcribed the 1811 deed of Jabez Fairbank buying land in Gardner, Massachusetts from 4th great-grandfather Nathan Gates (1767-1830) for Amanuensis Monday.

5) Wrote and posted a biography of 5th great-grandmother #243 Katreen (--?--) Dafoe (1755-1792) for my 52 Ancestors post on Friday.

6) Finished the editing of my Overview of DNA Testing and Analysis presentation scheduled for 1 August at OASIS and 14 September at a local library. Added ThruLines, Theory of Family Relativity, Genetic Affairs, and more.

7) There were several sessions working in the RootsMagic software program to update FamilySearch Family Tree profiles for Seaver families and my ancestral families, with occasional additions to the RootsMagic profiles. I have matched 31,649 of my RootsMagic persons with FSFT.

8) 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 54,056 persons in my RootsMagic file, and 106,860 source citations. I TreeShared twice this week updating 312 profiles, and I resolved 1,021 Ancestry Hints. I've fallen behind on the Ancestry Record Hints with 113,801 to be resolved, but I work on them weekly.

9) Wrote 17 Genea-Musings blog posts last week, of which one was a press release. The most popular post last week was Added and Updated Record Collections at FamilySearch.org - Week of 7 to 13 July 2019 with over 426 views.

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Family Tree Magazine (U.S.) Acquired by Yankee Publications

I received this information via email yesterday:

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Yankee Publishing Acquires Family Tree Magazine

Dublin, NH (July 19, 2019) -- Yankee Publishing Inc. (YPI), publisher of Yankee, The Old Farmer’s
Almanac, and New Hampshire magazine, announced its acquisition of Family Tree magazine from F+W Media.

“We’re pleased to welcome Family Tree to YPI’s family of products,” said President and CEO Jamie
Trowbridge. “Family Tree fits well with our suite of brands, both in terms of content and business
strategy. We’re excited to take this step to continue YPI’s growth as an independent media company.”

Family Tree – with its print magazine, website, online classes and conferences, and web store – serves a passionate audience of genealogy enthusiasts. Interest in genealogy is surging in America, with over 20 million Americans having had their DNA tested by the four leading commercial ancestry and health databases, according to industry estimates.

"Yankee Publishing has a great vision for Family Tree," said Andrew Koch, editor of the magazine. "As part of YPI, we'll continue bringing the best genealogy advice and resources to our readers so they can discover their ancestors and connect to their roots."

The editorial offices of Family Tree will remain in the Cincinnati, Ohio area. The other functions of the business will be managed by YPI staff at its headquarters in Dublin, New Hampshire.

About Yankee Publishing Inc.

Based in Dublin, New Hampshire, Yankee Publishing Inc. (YPI) is a family-owned, independent
publisher of magazines, websites, books, calendars and other periodicals including Yankee: New
England’s Magazine, which was founded in 1935. YPI also owns the nation’s oldest continuously
produced periodical, The Old Farmer’s Almanac, and subsidiary McLean Communications, which
publishes New Hampshire magazine and other publications about New Hampshire.

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Amanuensis Monday -- 1811 Deed of Nathan Gates to Jabez Fairbank in Gardner, Massachusetts

This week's document for Amanuensis Monday is the 1811 deed of Nathan Gates selling land to Jabez Fairbank in Gardner, Massachusetts in the Worcester County, Massachusetts Land Records:

[Volume 180, pages 562-563]

[Volume 180, pages 564-565]

The transcription of this deed is:

[page 563, near top of right-hand page]

[in left margin]

Gates Nathan
to
Jabez Fairbank

[body of text]

Know all men by these presents that I Nathan Gates of
Gardner in the County of Worcester & Commonwealth of Massachusetts yeoman
in consideration of one thousand dollars paid me by Jabez Fairbank
of said Gardner Labourer the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge do
hereby give grant sell and convey unto the said Jabez Fairbank his heirs
and assigns a certain tract of land lying and being in the Southeasterly
part of Gardner aforesaid containing sixty acres be the same more or less
and is bounded as follows viz begining at the Northeasterly corner of said
land at a stake & stones thence westerly to a stake & stones being the South
west corner of John Miles's land thence Northerly to heap of stones the Southeast
corner of land of the said Gates sold to the said Miles thence westerly to a
heap of stones on the line of the Edgell land so called thence southerly to a
stake and stones in the bend of the wall near a well thence Southerly to a
stake & stones about a rod and half west of the run thence Southerly to a heap
of stones and stump thence westerly to a stake & stones at the road thence East-
erly bounding on said road to a stake and stones thence Southerly across
said road to a heap of stones near the roots of a tree thence easterly across
said road to a heap of stones in the fence thence Southeasterly bounding on said
road to a heap of stones the corner of Aaron Woods land thence North 76-1/4°] East
25 rods 3 links to a heap of stones thence south 61-1/2° East 18 rods to a heap of
stones thence North 44-1/4° East 15 rods to a hemlock thence 16-1/2° East
16 rods and 20 links to a stake and stones then North 63° East 9 rods to a heap
of stones thence Northerly 43 rods to a stake and stones thence Northerly
to a hemlock tree marked being the corner of fourth division lands
thence a straight line to the bounds first mentioned with the build-
ings thereon standing said land the greater part under improvement
and is all the land that said Gates owns in said Town the road through
said land is not here conveyed any thing in this deed to the contrary not-
withstanding.
To have and to hold the same with all the priv-
ileges ad appurtenances thereto belonging to the said Jabez Fairbank
heirs and assigns to his and their use and behoof forever and I do
covenant with the said Jabez Fairbank his heirs and assigns that
I am lawfully seized in fee of the premises that they are free of all incum-

[page 564]

and that I will warrant and defend the same to the said Jabez
Fairbank his heirs and assigns forever against the lawful claims
and demands of all persons. In witness whereof I the said Nathan
Gates have hereunto set my hand and seal this twenty eighth day
of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and eleven. Nathan Gates {seal}
Signed Sealed &Deliv^d in presence of us Abigail Gates {seal}
Aaron Wood }
Merari Spaulding } Worcester ss Gardner August 28 1811 Nathan Gates
Abigail Gates } acknowledged this deed to be his free act
before me Aaron Wood Jus Peace
Rec^d Sept^r 3^d 1811. Ent^d & Exam^d pr Dan^l Clap 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 13 January 2015), Worcester County, "Deeds, 1811, Vol. 180-181," Volume 180, pages 563-564 (images 307-308 of 692), Deed of Nathan Gates to Jabez Fairbank, executed 28 August 1811, recorded 3 September 1811.

In this deed, Nathan Gates, yeoman of Gardner, sold a 60 acre tract of land in southeastern Gardner to Jabez Fairbank of Gardner for 1,000 dollars. The land with buildings was all the land Nathan Gates owned in Gardner at the time.

Nathan Gates (1767-1830), who married Abigail Knowlton (1774-1855) in 1790, is my 4th great-grandfather. I am descended from their daughter, Abigail Gates (1797-1867) who married Benjamin Seaver (1791-1825) in 1817.

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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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Sunday, July 21, 2019

Ancestry to Discontinue We're Related Mobile App

I received this information from Ancestry.com via email two days ago:

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At Ancestry®, we are committed to offering you the best possible experience to empower your journey of discovery. To do this, we frequently evaluate our products, tools and apps to ensure they are providing the most value to our customers. Sometimes this means discontinuing functionality to make way for other exciting, new innovations.

As of August 1st, 2019 the Friends feature in the We’re Related app will no longer be available and as of August 15, 2019 the app will be discontinued fully. Starting on that day, the app will no longer load when opened and you won't be able to access information in the app.

Thank you for being part of the Ancestry family and helping us learn and continually improve our products. We look forward to sharing new features and exciting updates with you soon.

For additional assistance, please visit https://support.ancestry.com/s/article/Discontinuing-the-We-re-Related-App.

Thank you for your continued support!

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Randy's Note: I wondered if this might happen once we started getting reports that the mobile app wasn't in the Google Play or Apple App Store any longer.

Although I had some problems with it listing wrong ancestors of mine, I liked the app because it was pretty good family bait and blog fodder. I loved telling my grandkids and daughters that they were related to Barack Obama, Abraham Lincoln, Paul McCartney, Henry Thoreau, Cate Blanchett, and many others.

As we've discussed before, I believe that the BIG Ancestry tree was used for their longevity study the We're Related app, and the AncestryDNA ThruLines, and may be used again for some other feature. Or it could be junked. Maybe Ancestry will tell us one of these days!

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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Best of the Genea-Blogs - 14 to 20 July 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:

* Annual Review of The Rules of Genealogy: A New Rule is Added by James Tanner on Genealogy's Star.

* Researching Scandinavia: What Records Are Available? by Linda Stufflebean on Empty Branches on the Family Tree.

*  Evidence Analysis Explained Part II: Evaluating Genealogy Information by Robert on Legacy Tree Genealogists.

* Proof Summaries by Michelle Norris on Vita Brevis.

* Pondering the Leap by Jacqi Stevens on A Family Tapestry.

* Q&A -- Lesser Used Records for Research in the Netherlands by Yvette Hoitink on Dutch Genealogy.

* Resources for Learning About Genetic Genealogy by Nicole Dyer on Family Locket.

* Am, I Making Genealogical Progress? by Marian B. Wood on Climbing My Family Tree.

* Concepts: What Are NPEs and MPEs? by Roberta Estes on DNAeXplained - Genetic Genealogy.

* Family History and Getting Things Done by Diana Elder on Family Locket.

* If These Books Could Talk by Carol Petranek on Spartan Roots.

* One Giant Leap by Judy G. Russell on The Legal Genealogist.

*  July 19, 1969; The Eagle has Landed – 52 Ancestors #247 by Roberta Estes on DNAeXplained - Genetic Genealogy.

Here are pick posts by other geneabloggers this week:

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

*  Friday Fossicking 19th July 2019 by Crissouli on That Moment in Time.

* This Week's Creme de la Creme -- July 20, 2019  by Gail Dever on Genealogy a la Carte,

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 currently am 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 14 to 20 July 2019

The following record collections were listed on the Ancestry Card Catalog list on Ancestry.com during the period from 14 to 20 July 2019:

The ADDED and Updated record collections are:

* Maine, Federal Naturalization Records, 1787-1991; indexed database with record images, Updated 7/17/2019

* 1871 England Census; indexed database with record images, Updated 7/15/2019

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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 32,674 collections available as of 20 July, an increase of 0 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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