coming to Ancestry

[Bill]

FYI

Many of you have probably already seen the New Years letter from Tim Sullivan, CEO of Ancestry.

But in case you haven't, here's the relevant part:

coming to Ancestry in 2011:

From the United States: 

• More naturalization records, 1795-1900s

• Improved 1930 U.S. Census

• More New York, Boston and Philadelphia passenger lists, 1820-1920

• More high school and college yearbooks, late 1800s-1900s

• More passport applications, 1906-1925

• Navy muster rolls, 1939-1948

• Confederate pension applications, late 1800s-early 1900s

• Index to early Pennsylvania land warrants, 1733-1987

From outside the United States:

• UK: London wills, 1600s-1800s 

• Ireland: Improved Griffith's Valuation, 1847-1864

• UK: Parish registers, including West Yorkshire and Dorset, 1700s-1900s

• Germany: Brandenburg church records, 1700-1874 

• UK: 1911 Census for England, Wales, Isle of Man and Channel Islands

• Sweden: Parish birth records, 1860-1937

• Canada: Voter records, 1935-1983

• Italy: Palermo birth and marriage records, 1820-1905 

Most of this outside my period of interest but the Index to early Pennsylvania land warrants will be of interest, especial in the context of the Tapestry Project.  Right now extracting those land warrants is a very time consuming task, as you have to manually search the handwritten PA archives records. PA Archives are a wonderful source, but the absence of a decent index makes working with it difficult. So I'm looking forward to being able to locate warrant records a lot more easily. (I hope.).

Bill