MyFamily.com, based in Provo, Utah, publishes electronic and print resources for family historians. Key collections in Ancestry Library Edition include:
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Immigration Collection: New York Passenger Lists, San Francisco Passenger Lists, and New York Petitions for Naturalization
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U.S. Data Collection including U.S. Birth, Marriage and Death Collection, World War I Draft Registration Cards, and Social Security Death Index
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U.S. Census Collection including U.S. Census 1790-1930 images and indexes
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UK and Ireland Collection including England and Wales Census Images and Indexes, England and Wales Civil Registration Index 1837-present, and England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales Parish and probate records 1500s-1837
"The resources in Ancestry Library Edition are an excellent complement to HeritageQuest Online. By providing both databases to libraries, we're able to meet more fully libraries' needs for genealogical, demographic, and historical research. The agreement is a great fit for customers in this rapidly growing research area, for both hobbyists and professionals. Users will gain rich sources of content and search tools for illuminating their ancestry," said Rod Gauvin, ProQuest senior vice president, marketing and publishing.
ProQuest will continue to distribute Heritage Quest and all its component data sets of the US Census, the PERiodical Source Index (PERSI) and Genealogical and Local History Collection (G&LH). Freedman’s Bank Records and the Revolutionary War Pension Records are also slated to be added to HeritageQuest Online.
The popularity of genealogy is on the rise, according to a Maritz Marketing Research poll conducted three years ago. According to the poll, 60 percent of Americans said they are at least "somewhat interested" in tracing their family history. This figure compares to a similar Maritz Poll that was conducted in 1995, in which 45 percent of Americans said they were at least "somewhat involved" with genealogy.
Information about subscriptions to Ancestry Library Edition will be forthcoming. Free trials of HeritageQuest Online are available. Libraries may receive more information by contacting their account representative at 1-800-521-0600, ext 3183 or 3452 (outside the U.S., call +44-1-223-215-512) or pqsales@il.proquest.com . Editors may call 1-800-521-0600, ext 6489 or email pr@il.proquest.com.
About MyFamily.comMyFamily.com, Inc. provides the largest and most popular collection of online information for connecting families with their histories and with one another. The company's tools, content and community empower individuals to find the people most important to them, and to discover and share their unique family stories. The MyFamily network of web-based products includes MyFamily.com, Ancestry.com, Genealogy.com, and Roots.com. The company also publishes Family Tree Maker®, the #1 selling family tree software, Ancestry Magazine, Genealogical Computing Magazine, more than 50 book titles, and numerous databases in CD-ROM. For more information about MyFamily.com, visit www.myfamily.com or contact pr@myfamilyinc.com.
About ProQuest Information and LearningProQuest Information and Learning is a world leader in collecting, organizing, and publishing information worldwide for researchers, faculty, and students in libraries and schools. Known widely for its strength in business and economics, general reference, humanities, social sciences, and STM content, the company develops premium databases comprising periodicals, newspapers, dissertations, out-of-print books, and other scholarly information from more than 8,500 publishers worldwide. Users access the information through the ProQuest® Web-based online information system, Chadwyck-HealeyTM electronic and microform resources, UMI® microform and print reference products, eLibrary® and SIRS® educational resources, and XanEdu® online faculty and student resources. For more information about ProQuest Information and Learning, visit www.il.proquest.com.
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