New At Ancestry 

The Generations Network, Inc., parent company of Ancestry.com, and JewishGen recently announced a partnership designed to provide easier online access to millions of important Jewish historical documents. JewishGen’s collection of databases will be integrated and be made available for free on Ancestry.com, making these historical Jewish records and information more accessible than ever before. As part of the agreement, the JewishGen site will also be hosted in Ancestry.com’s data center.

For the first time ever, those interested in researching Jewish ancestry will be able to search JewishGen’s databases on Ancestry.com, taking advantage of Ancestry.com’s powerful search technologies, including tree hinting and the ability to search all JewishGen databases through one simple interface. The agreement will also give researchers the ability to make connections within family trees and to perform broader searches – searching JewishGen’s databases in combination with the other 7 billion names and 26,000 databases available on Ancestry.com. In addition, visitors will be able to network with millions of Ancestry.com members to connect with others interested in Jewish genealogy and discover distant relatives.

Under the new agreement, some of the important JewishGen content that will be available on Ancestry.com includes databases from many different countries, the Holocaust Database, Yizkor Books (memorial books from Holocaust survivors), The Given Names Database and JewishGen ShtetlSeeker, among others. The JewishGen collections will be available on Ancestry.com by the end of the year.

To learn more about this important agreement, or if you would like a sneak peek of the Jewish collections that will be available on Ancestry.com, visit www.ancestry.com/JewishHeritage. 

Content Updates
Ancestry added and or updated the following Ancestry.com databases between July 21 and August 1, 2008:

Illinois State Census Collection, 1825-1865                                             
1891 Census of Canada                                                                     
Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002 
New South Wales, Australia, Convict Death Register, 1826-1879                 
New South Wales, Australia Convict Ship Muster Rolls and Related Records, 1790-1849          
Bremen, German Deaths of Sailors and Ship Passengers, 1834-1875 (in German)
Bremen, German Desertions of Sailors, 1855-1874 (in German)                   
Bremen, Germany Ships Crew Lists, 1815-1917 (in German)                      
Bremen, Germany Sailors Registry, 1824-1917 (in German)                       
Bremen, Germany Births on Ships, 1867-1911 (in German)                        
Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967                
Acadia French Catholic Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1670-1946       
The Final Disposition, Vol. II 
The Final Disposition, Vol. III 
The Final Disposition, Vol. IV 
The Final Disposition, Vol. I                                                                
The Edward Pleasants Valentine Papers, Vol. III
The Edward Pleasants Valentine Papers, Vol. II                                       
The Edward Pleasants Valentine Papers, Vol. I
Stephen F. Austin's Register of Families                                                 
Suffolk County Wills                                                                           
The Burlington Court Book                                                                    
Settlers of Rensselaerswyck, 1630-1658                                                
Remember the Raisin!                                                                          Siebmacher’s Wappenbuch (in German)                                                
Red River Settlers                                                                              
Record of Indentures [1771-1773]                                                    

You can view the full list of recently added databases, extending back a couple of months, here: http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/recent.aspx

Launch of New China family History Website

The Generations Network Inc., parent company of the global network of Ancestry websites, today announced the launch of a dedicated Chinese family history website, jiapu.cn – Ancestry’s ninth website to launch. jiapu.cn provides access to jiapu (family histories) online, made available through a partnership with the Shanghai Library, which holds the largest collection of Chinese family history records in the world. The press release is available in the TGN media room: http://tgn.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&item=124 

New at FamilySearch
FamilySearch added over 2 million new images or indexed records this week to its pilot Record Search databases in August. Patrons can search these databases for free online at FamilySearch.org or directly at http://pilot.familysearch.org

WWII Draft Reg. Cards  1,651,453 Images, Updated - 1 new state (Ohio)
1930 Mexico Census 314,548104,849 Index, Updated - 1 new state (Coahulia)
West Virginia Vital Records (Marriages) 306,782 Index, Updated - 14 new counties
Lima, Peru Civil Registration 134,664 Waypt, Updated - User guidance added
1885 FL State Census 8,468 Waypt, New collection
1935 FL State Census 36,019 Waypt, New collection
1945 FL State Census 51,686 Waypt, New collection