Ancestry.com is one of the most popular genealogy websites. Plenty of genealogists use it in order to get some genealogy research completed, or to put together their family tree. Ancestry.com frequently adds new stuff to its website, and occasionally offers some of their records for free access. Here is some of what is new at Ancestry.com this week.
You still have a few days to go over to Fold3 and search through some Ancestry.com records that are being offered for free. The “War of 1812 Pension Files” collection is always free. Right now, until June 30, 2012, you can also access the “War of 1812 Pension Files”, the “War of 1812 Prize Cases, Southern Dist Court, NY”, the “Letters received By The Adjutant General”, and the “War of 1812 Service Records” for free as well.
Ancestry -live, which is powered by Livestream, has two upcoming live events for you to see. On June 26, they will have one called “Crafting a Genealogy Research Plan”. It will begin at 1:00 in the afternoon, and end at 2:00 in the afternoon, EDT. On June 28, 2012, there will be one called “Common Mistakes in Genealogy”. It will begin at 1:00 in the afternoon, and end at 2:00 in the afternoon, EDT.
As I said before, Ancestry.com frequently updates and adds to its collection of records. On June 21, 2012, they added 412 records to their “Marion County, Oregon, Census, 1895” collection.
They also updated several of their other collections this week. These include: “New York, Genealogical Records, 1675-1920”, “New York, Cartes-de-visite, 1860 – 1865”, “Oregon, Marriage Indexes, 1906 -2008”. All of those were updated on June 19, 2012. On June 20, 2012, they updated “Sussex County, Delaware Probate Records, 1680 – 1800”, “Salt Lake City, Utah, Cemetery Records, 1848 – 1992”, and “Oregon, Death Index, 1898 – 2008”. Yesterday, June 21, 2012, they updated their “U.S., Confederate Pensions – 1884 – 1958” collection.
The Ancestry.com blog has a couple of interesting articles to check out. One is called “Seven Reasons To Share Your Family History”. It has some helpful tips about publishing your family history. Another blog is called “Got Scandinavian? Why your DNA results may have unexpected ethnicities”. If your heritage includes ancestors who were Scandinavian, this might be something for you to check out. It goes over some fascinating DNA information.
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