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Ancestry Monthly Update

The Ancestry Monthly is an e-mail newsletter created specifically for Ancestry.com subscribers and registered users. Each issue contains great articles that tell you what’s new on the site and explain how to get the most out of your subscription. Get tips that will help you with your family history, discover exciting new record collections, or check out interesting and humorous finds from readers just like you.

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More than 400 Years of London Church Records
Church records are one of our most important sources of information about the births, marriages and deaths of our ancestors. Now you can search millions of records from more than 1,000 London parishes, extending all the way back to the 1500s. ...
Cathryn's Story: Honoring Your Ancestor's Memory
“After I found out that my father had died as a fisherman and his body was missing, I couldn’t let that settle," said Cathryn Darling. "It wasn’t going to be the end of the story.” Find out what Cathryn Darling did to preserve her deceased ...
New Additions to the Largest Online Collection of Jewish Records
Learn about the latest update to our Jewish Family History Collection.  ...
Life in a Jewish Orphan Asylum
Between 1860 and 1960, tens of thousands of Jewish attended "orphan asylums," which were more like boarding schools for children whose families needed help getting back on their feet. Despite the sometimes negative circumstances that led the ...
Two Valuable Lessons for All Family Historians
If you haven’t seen Alton Woodman’s video—about discovering the story of his father’s life—take a moment to watch it here. Alton’s experience researching his father’s life taught him, and teaches us all, some very important lessons about doing ...
Ask the Expert: Erroneous Names
Question: Distant family has entered erroneous information about my family. How do I correct these errors? Read the answer from David Graham, Director of Product.  ...
New South Wales Records--Images Added
See New South Wales Records for which we've added images.  ...
Ask the Expert: Sorting Through Search Results
Question: "When I try to search for a name I get thousands of results. How do I sort through them all to find out who my ancestor is?”   ...
Jim Lane: Making Connections Past and Present
Jim Lane grew up listening to his father tell stories about the family. But there was one story his father couldn’t tell—the one about his own mother. Donna (he didn’t even know her maiden name) died shortly after giving birth ...
Improvements to All U.S. Federal Censuses
Last month, if you were searching the 1810 U.S. census, you might have seen this   Now, you will see this   In November, we sent a survey to our members, asking what record collections and improvements you would most ...
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