From My Heritage (www.myheritage.com):
MyHeritage delivers historic U.S. Census records to millions of families worldwide
Travel back in time: Global family history network gives users a snapshot into the lives of their ancestors from 1790 to 1930
MyHeritage, the popular family history network, today announced that it has added the entire collection of U.S. Federal Censuses conducted each decade from 1790 to 1930 to its growing database of billions of historical records. Combined with innovative technologies and affordable prices, MyHeritage makes it easier and more accessible than ever to illuminate the lives of one's ancestors who immigrated to America.
A vast set of records totalling around 520 million names, the Censuses provide information about individuals residing in the U.S. including age, address, education, occupation, place of birth, race, native language, marital status, relationship to head of household, neighbours – and more. Family history enthusiasts can now search the indexed images of the U.S. Censuses at http://www.myheritage.com/research.
To make discoveries easier, MyHeritage offers a sophisticated system of automatic record matching for the family trees on the site, dramatically reducing research time. New information uncovered in the Censuses triggers a domino effect of new discoveries within the MyHeritage global network of family trees and records.
The new records, which include the remaining fragments of the 1890 U.S. Federal Census mostly destroyed in a fire, complement the existing 1940 U.S. Census which is already available on MyHeritage. A summary of any census record can be viewed for free and users can choose between affordable pay-as-you-go credits or a data subscription for full unlimited access to all historical content, including the images of the original census pages.
MyHeritage are set to add significant additional collections of historical records, both from the U.S. and around the world, in 2013.
The U.S. census records are also being added to WorldVitalRecords and FamilyLink, and will be made available soon to the users of Geni – three additional websites owned and operated by MyHeritage.
(With thanks to Laurence Harris)
Chris
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