This Week’s Genealogy News Roundup
Footnote raises prices: Citing its greatly increased offerings, Web site improvements and the challenging economy, historical records site Footnote has announced its raising subscription prices to $11.95 for one month and $69.96 for a year (up from $7.95 and $59.95, respectively). The changes dont take effect until Sept. 1, so if youve been meaning to join, nows the time.
Ancestry.com World Archive Project hits milestone: Ancestry.coms volunteer indexing initiative, the World Archives Project (now in beta) has 650 active keyers whove already indexed more than 100,000 records17,500 of those by one lightning-fast typist. The Wisconsin mortality records project is on track for completion in September.
World Archives project Indexers will receive free access to the indexes theyre creating; record images will be part of Ancestry.coms subscription databases. See our blog post for more on the project.
FamilySearch Indexing keeps chugging along: FamilySearch added 2 million-plus new images or indexed records this week to its free pilot Record Search databases.
Among them are Ohio WWII draft registration card images, marriage indexes for 14 more West Virginia Counties, and an index to the Coahulia, Mexico, 1930 census.
FindMyPast adds 3.2 million parish marriages: The UK family history database FindMyPast has enhanced its Parish Records Collection with 3.2 million marriage records dating back to 1538. Burial records already are in the collection; baptism records are still to come.
The parish records are available with an Explorer subscription, which costs 54.95 pounds ($109) for 6 months or 89.95 pounds ($178) for a year. Learn more about this collection in this Genealogy Insider post.
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Diane,
A footnote subscription is an incredibly good value even with the price increase! While I love Ancestry as well I really like the way they deliver their product.