Enjoy! =================================================================== DATABASES OF THE DAY (Free for 10 Days!) =================================================================== U.K. AND U.S. DIRECTORIES, 1680-1830 (Update) This database was originally published under the name "Biography Database, 1680-1830," but Ancestry.com has renamed it online to help researchers better understand what it contains. The database is actually a massive collection of U.K. and U.S. biographical records, directories, and lists from the following sources: --- National, town, and trade directories of the United Kingdom and United States --- All known book subscription lists --- All birth, marriage, death, promotions, and bankruptcies from a number of regular journals, including the "Gentleman's Magazine" from its inception in 1731 to 1870 --- All extant society membership lists from the period --- A number of miscellaneous additional biographical sources contributed by individual academics, who consulted for the project. The database makes available biographical sources that were previously too large and too dispersed for practical consultation. It also lets genealogists trace some individuals and families from birth to death, including everything in between, such as marriage, work, reading interests, offices, children, and social groups. The entire data collection will be distributed in five installments, which together provide information on more than 5 million individuals. A new installment is published each year, with the most recent being the third set or CD, which the database has just been updated to include. This database now represents the first three installments, which encompass more than 2.5 millions names. Source Information: Ancestry.com. "U.K. and U.S. Directories, 1680- 1830." [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2001. Original data: Avero Publications. "Biography Database, 1680-1830." Newcastle- upon-Tyne, England: Avero Publications, 1998-. To search this database, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/directories/ukusdir/main.htm ____________________________________________________________________ 1890 U.S. FEDERAL CENSUS FRAGMENT These records have been extracted from the remaining population schedules for the 1890 Federal Census, which was destroyed by a fire at the Commerce Department in Washington, DC on 10 January 1921. The surviving fragments consist of 1,233 pages or pieces, including enumerations for fragments of Alabama, the District of Columbia, Georgia, Illinois, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, South Dakota, and Texas. The records of only 6,160 of the 62,979,766 people enumerated survived the fire. The original 1890 census enumerated people differently than ever before that time. Each family was enumerated on a separate sheet of paper. 1890 was the only year this was done. Source Information: Ancestry.com. "1890 U.S. Federal Census Fragment." [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2001. Data imaged from: National Archives and Records Administration. "1890 United States Federal Census, M407, 3 rolls." Washington, DC: National Archives and Records Administration, 1962. To search this database, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/5445.htm This database is also included in the 1890 Census Reconstruction Project and can be searched through its main page at: http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/census/1890sub/main.htm ____________________________________________________________________ CHANCEFORD TOWNSHIP, YORK COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA CHURCH RECORDS Chanceford Township lies in southeastern York County, Pennsylvania, and this database contains late-18th-century church records from the township. It includes records of baptisms, marriages, and burials for the following two churches in Chanceford: Guinston (Muddy Creek) United Presbyterian Church, 1772-99 and Stehli's (St. Luke's) Union Church, 1754-1800. Source Information: Lineages, Inc., comp. "Chanceford Township, York County, Pennsylvania Church Records." [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2001. Original data: "Records of Guinston (Muddy Creek) United Presbyterian Church, North Codorus Township, York County, Pennsylvania, 1772-99." Manuscript from the Historical Society of York County; "Records of Stehli's (St. Luke's) Union Church, Chanceford Township, York County, Pennsylvania, 1772-1800." Manuscript from the Historical Society of York County. To search this database, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/4950.htm ____________________________________________________________________ CHICAGO DAILY HERALD OBITUARIES, 1998-99 (Update) Source Information: Bell and Howell Information and Learning Company. "Chicago Daily Herald Obituaries, 1998-99." [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2001. 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