1940 U.S. Census to Be Free on Ancestry.com
August 17 2011 - 1:46PM
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Ancestry.com (NASDAQ: ACOM), the world's largest online family
history resource, today announced that both the images and indexes
to the 1940 U.S. Federal Census will be made free to search,
browse, and explore in the United States when this important
collection commences streaming onto the website in mid-April 2012.
When complete, more than 3.8 million original document images
containing 130 million plus records will be available to search by
more than 45 fields, including name, gender, race, street address,
county and state, and parents' places of birth. It will be
Ancestry.com's most comprehensively indexed set of historical
records to date.
Ancestry.com is committing to make the 1940 Census free from
release through to the end of 2013, and by doing so hopes to help
more people get started exploring their family history. As this
census will be the most recent to be made publicly available, it
represents the best chance for those new to family history to make
that all-important first discovery.
"The release of the 1940 U.S. Census will be an exciting event
for any American interested in learning more about their family
history. By making this hugely important collection free to the
public for an extended period, we hope to inspire a whole new
generation of Americans to start researching their family history,"
said Ancestry.com CEO Tim Sullivan.
"Ancestry.com is working to make the 1940 Census a truly unique
interactive search experience... as well as the starting point to
help new users easily get started on the world's leading online
family history resource. After finding that first family connection
in the 1940 Census, we believe new users will be able to make
amazing discoveries by searching our 7 billion digitized historical
records, exploring the 26 million family trees created on Ancestry,
and collaborating with our nearly 1.7 million subscribing members.
We think that 2012 is going to be a great year of discovery for all
family historians."
About Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com) Ancestry.com Inc. (NASDAQ:
ACOM) is the world's largest online family history resource, with
nearly 1.7 million paying subscribers. More than 7 billion records
have been added to the site in the past 14 years. Ancestry users
have created more than 26 million family trees containing over 2.6
billion profiles. Ancestry.com has local Web sites directed at nine
countries that help people discover, preserve and share their
family history, including its flagship Web site at
www.ancestry.com.
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For further information, contact: Ancestry.com:
Sean Pate US PR Director Ancestry.com Tel: 415.744.1756
spate@ancestry.com
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