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, | February | 21 million | 300,000 |
1930 Mexico National Census | September | 13 million | 300,000 |
1911 UK Census | 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 | 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.
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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