Monday, January 16, 2012

Ancestry.com Reviews 2011 Accomplishments

Along with their look forward to 2012, Ancestry.com recently reviewed their 2011 accomplishments.

Database Title Published/ Updated Number of Records Number of Images

U.S. World War II Navy Muster Rolls, 1938-1949

May-July? 33 million 2 million

New Zealand, Electoral Rolls,
1853-1981

February 21 million 300,000

1930 Mexico National Census

September 13 million 300,000

1911 UK Census
  Wales
  England
  Scotland


May-Oct
May-Dec
May-Oct

2 million
20 million
2 million

1 million
15 million
1 million

U.S. Vitals Collections

? 51 million new ?

Ireland, Civil Registration, 1845-1958
  Births
  Marriages
  Deaths

September
9 million
5 million
6 million
None

California, Voter Registers, 1866-1898

July 4 million 70,000

U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865

April-Nov 3 million 300,000

Civil War National Cemetery Collections

April ? More info None

Sons of the American Revolution Applications, 1889-1970

June 1 million 200,000
Yearbooks ? 35,000 books 7 million

U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum Collections

Aug-Nov 30,000? None

U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925

Updated May 2 million 4 million

1910 U.S. Federal Census Improvements

Updated Jan 90 million 2 million

That’s about 270 million records and 33 million images.

Ancestry also pointed out improvements to the Ancestry.com iPad App, search improvements, and Family Tree Maker 2012.

1 comment:

  1. Impressive set of records. For me, they certainly have the best collection around. Its always my first call when researching family trees.

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