Free Access to Censuses Makes Family History Research Easier

By allycat August 7, 2008 1603 views 1 comments


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"... SALT LAKE CITY 21 July 2008 FamilySearch announced today that it is joining forces with other major online historical records Web sites — including Ancestry.com and Findmypast.com — to make significant U.S., English and Welsh census record collections more freely available online.

FamilySearch is maintained by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and attracts visitors from around the world who are trying to find more information about their ancestors. ..."

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Comments (1)

Gordy100

Wow! This should make it easier (not to mention cheaper). I'm surprised at Ancestry.com joining in with it though as I thought it would cut into the amount of profits they make from their census index.

Kay