ANCESTRY ANNOUNCES THE FIRST PHASE OF PUBLISHED HISTORICAL WEDDING COLLECTION
For 30+ years, Ancestry has been adding family history content and developing research tools to its historical records collection to help people discover their family’s past. People around the world have been using AncestryDNA services to find out critical details about their ancestors. To take its historical record collection a step further, Ancestry recently announced the first phase of the published historical wedding collection.
Ancestry trained its AI to find key facts from engagement and marriage announcements after researching through over 600 million pages of digital historical newspapers.
Adding More Family History Content
Ancestry is using Newspapers.com Marriage Index data to find and add more family history content to its collection. Newspapers.com Marriage Index has the largest collection of searchable digital newspaper published historical engagement and wedding announcements. It contains rich information about marriage applications, engagements, and wedding announcements since the 1800s. This much data will help Ancestry a lot in providing its customers with more key details about their family history.
The Newspapers.com Marriage Index collection doesn’t only offer the names of the groom and bride but, at times, also provides rich details like age, residence, parents’ names, etc. AncestryDNA’s main goal was to index this data in a way that anyone can easily search their family’s journey and find out key insights about their ancestors’ wedding. After proper indexing with the help of Machine Learning, AncestryDNA customers can search through the Newspapers.com Marriage Index collection in just one click.
What is inside the index
In the first phase of the published historical wedding collection, you’ll find marriage announcement information from more than 200 Million records. All these records contain information from the 19th and 20th centuries. Some listings only have the names of the couples, some have brief write-ups, while others have detailed articles.
The marriage listing records of the 21st century or from 2000-present will get included in Ancestry’s collection in the second phase in 2021. The first phase has been completed and can be accessed by Ancestry subscribers whenever they want in just one click. Some specific newspapers might ask you to purchase an extra subscription for viewing their content.
How to search your ancestors’ marriage records in the Newspapers.com Marriage Index collection
Follow the steps given below to search the marriage record of your ancestors’ in the Newspapers.com Marriage Index collection.
- Firstly, open the Ancestry DNA website.
- Then, click the Search tab. It’s available at the top of the screen.
- From the drop-down menu, select Card Catalog.
- Now, go to the Filter By Category section and click the Birth, Marriage, & Death option.
- Once again, go to the Filter By Category section and select the Marriage & Divorce option.
- Now, you’ll get the option Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-1999 in the search results. Click on it to proceed.
- In the search box, enter your family member’s name from the past who got married between 1800 and 1999.
- If you have, please provide additional details so that AncestryDNA can find the correct information.
- Finally, click the Search button.
- Now, review the records appearing on your screen.
- If you find your family’s record, add it to your family tree by clicking the Save button.
- That’s it! You’ve successfully grown your family tree using the Newspapers.com Marriage Index collection on the Ancestry DNA website.
Conclusion
The Newspapers.com Marriage Index collection is the largest digital archive of newspaper published Wedding announcements from the past. You can get access to this digital archive via your Ancestry DNA subscription to find key details about your ancestors’ engagement and wedding from 1800-1999. The second phase of the published historical wedding collection is expected to arrive soon in 2021 on the Ancestry DNA website for its premium users.
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