Genealogy.com Releases Phase Four Its Latest of its Internet Family Archives
12 New Titles Offer Information on Over 24.5 Million People from Immigration Lists,
Census Records and Historical Publications
November 2, 2000 (FREMONT, CALIFORNIA) — Genealogy.com, LLC today announced the addition
of 12 more titles to its popular Internet Family Archives, making it even easier
for people to quickly locate their ancestors on the Internet. And, for the first
time, all Internet Family Archive titles – even those containing digitized grayscale
images – can be viewed by both PC and Macintosh computers, regardless of which
family tree application software is being used. With the release of Phase
Four, the Internet Family Archives collection now holds over 24.5 million names,
in 35 different titles. Here at one's fingertips, sits a bounty of historical
resources for discovering family history.
"The wealth of information has grown tremendously with the addition of
these 12 new titles to the Internet Family Archives," said Genealogy.com
CEO, Rob Armstrong. "People new to genealogy research will find it even
easier to research their family history, while our existing customers now can
search longer time periods and broader geographical areas, as well as having
access to expanded immigration and census data."
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Internet Family Archives make it easier and more convenient to trace family
history from any Internet-connected computer, at home or away. There is no longer
a need to travel to faraway libraries and dusty government archives to trace
family histories. Ancestors are just a few clicks away at http://www.genealogy.com/ifa/co_main.html,
where enthusiasts can search by name within a growing collection of online databases.
As access to specific reference titles is purchased, records are kept in an
individual's own online data library – a personal collection of genealogical
databases that can be viewed at any time via the Internet. Now, a personal library
can contain even more of Genealogy.com's best-selling titles, including two
new 1900 census projects, along with World Family Tree and GenealogyLibrary.com.
The Internet Family Archives are composed of a variety of family history information
from historical census data to indexed page images of the leading genealogy
research publications of the 17th, 18th and 19th
centuries. Included in this round of new titles for Internet Family Archives
is Ohio and Pennsylvania 1900 census microfilm images, the only single data
source designed to record everyone living in the respective states in 1900.
The new Internet Family Archive collection also includes information from Revolutionary
War pension lists, as well as volumes of family history articles from Virginia,
Pennsylvania, the colonial period and the South. Now, all this research can
be done in the comfort of home, 24 hours a day. With access to the Internet
Family Archives, users are able to create their own personal "online data
library" with records stored on Genealogy.com's secure network.
The 12 new titles found on Internet Family Archives include:
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Ohio, 1900 Census Microfilm Images
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Contains approximately 4.2 million individuals from all of Ohio's 88
counties, as they existed in 1900.
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Pennsylvania, 1900 Census Microfilm Images
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Contains approximately 6.3 million individuals from all of Pennsylvania's
67 counties, as they existed in 1900.
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Revolutionary War Pension Lists, Military Records
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Contains indexed page images, originally published between 1792 and 1841.
Details military service, state or territory served, rank and regiment,
wounds and pensions of approximately 110,000 individuals.
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Immigrants to the New World, 1600s-1800s
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Contains a collection of ships' passenger lists,
referencing approximately 58,000 individuals who arrived in New England
or the Mid-Atlantic states between 1572 and 1878. The collection also
represents almost all the articles that Harold Lancour identified in his
celebrated "Biography of Ship Passenger Lists, 1538-1825."
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Pennsylvania Genealogies #1, pre-1600 to 1900s Family Histories
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Contains approximately 62,000 individuals, including several hundred
family history articles on families of English, Welsh, Scotch-Irish, German,
Dutch, and French origins, Bible records of families in Pennsylvania and
the Delaware Valley in the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries. Includes all
three volumes of Genealogies of Pennsylvania Families from The
Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine, along with Genealogies of Pennsylvania
Families from The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography.
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Virginia Genealogies #1, pre-1600 to 1900s Family Histories
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Contains approximately 65,000 individuals from all parts of Virginia.
Includes information from all five volumes of Genealogies of Virginia
Families, a collection of family history articles compiled from 84
years of The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography.
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Pennsylvania Vital Records, 1700s-1800s
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Contains more than 87,000 individuals and every article about births,
baptisms, marriages, and deaths that has appeared in The Pennsylvania
Magazine of History and Biography and the Pennsylvania Genealogical
Magazine. Entries date from 1701 to 1882 and come from all regions
of Pennsylvania.
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English Origins of New England Families, 1500s-1800s Family Histories
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Contains more than 143,000 individuals. Includes page images from the
Genealogical Publishing Company's series entitled English Origins of
New England Families as well as immigrant-origin articles published
in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register.
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Index to Griffith's Valuation of Ireland, 1848-1864 International
Records
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References approximately one million individuals who occupied property
in Ireland between 1848 and 1864. Griffith's Valuation is used as a census
substitute for the years before, during, and after the Great Famine, since
no 19th century Irish census has survived. It is also the only detailed
guide to mid-19th century Ireland residents and what property
they possessed.
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Colonial Genealogies #1, 1607-1920 Family Histories
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References approximately 142,000 individuals. Includes indexed page images
from Colonial Families of the United States of America, a history
of families who trace their ancestry back to the Colonial Period (1607-1776).
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Southern Genealogies #1, 1600s-1800s Family Histories
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Contains approximately 132,000 individuals. Includes indexed page images
from Genealogical Publishing Company's Historical Southern Families
and Notable Southern Families, among the best-known works on
Southern genealogy.
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German and Swiss Settlers in America, 1700s-1800s Immigration Records
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Contains approximately 226,000 individuals. Includes comprehensive records
of German and Swiss immigration to North America, settling primarily in
the Carolinas, Georgia, Louisiana, New York, Pennsylvania and Texas.
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A Vast Array of Genealogy Resources Online
The previously released 21 titles on Internet Family Archives included family
genealogies (including Mayflower Genealogies), international census records,
and extensive U.S. and Canadian immigration records. Additionally, the Genealogy.com
site hosts a comprehensive list of online genealogy resources including the
World Family Tree online, which provides users with access to 117 million names
in user-contributed trees. Because they are composed of actual family trees,
finding an ancestor in a World Family Tree yields not just one name, but also
an entire branch of the family tree. These valuable tools can save literally
years of research.
Genealogy.com also hosts GenForum,
the most widely used genealogy message boards with more than 5.9__ million messages
posted. Family history enthusiasts can use the tools at www.genealogy.com
to do everything from utilizing a step-by-step guide detailing how to get started
in genealogy, to searching for information on their own family members. Subscription
services are also available at GenealogyLibrary.com,
which offers census images and indexes.
Pricing, System Requirements and Availability
Pricing for individual Internet Family Archive titles range from $29.99 to
$59.99. Internet Family Archives can be viewed using any Internet-ready computer
that has Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 and higher or Netscape Navigator 4.0
and higher. As with all software, a faster processor, more RAM and more free
disk space will enhance performance. CDs of individual online titles may be
purchased for an additional $5.00 each. Internet Family Archives can be accessed
on the Internet at http://www.genealogy.com/ifa/co_main.html.
About Genealogy.com, LLC
Based in Fremont, California, Genealogy.com, LLC was launched in November 1999
with funding from major media corporations. Genealogy.com, which previously
operated under the corporate umbrella of Broderbund Software, is acknowledged
as a decade-long leader in the genealogy technology space. Information on Genealogy.com
and its services and resources can be found at www.genealogy.com.
All of its award-winning products and services are offered online and through
direct sales; its software programs are also distributed at retail by the Broderbund
Software unit of Mattel Interactive.
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