U.S. Records Collection
Our most popular collection, U.S. Records offers a range
of historical material suited for beginners and experts
alike.
With more than 600 million names spanning the past five
centuries, U.S. Records houses a diversity of records ranging
from census images and indexes to birth, marriage and death
information. Those wishing to breathe life into their research
can supplement names and dates with rich contextual information—available
from town histories, historical narratives, personal journals
and biographies.
U.S. Census Collection
Ancestry.com offers the Web’s most complete collection
of U.S. Census records. To put such a wealth of family information
at your fingertips, Ancestry scanned and entered names from
more than 12 million microfilmed images spanning 1790 through
1930. Search all of our census records at once to find specific
information about your ancestors—in seconds.
Historical Newspapers
Newspapers are rich chronicles of history that have continued
to thrive in the information age. With more than five million
pages and growing, Ancestry’s collection has become
the largest historical newspaper database on the Internet.
In one fully searchable collection you can place yourself
in the middle of history and discover the events that influenced
your ancestors’ lives. Browse wedding announcements,
obituaries and classified ads while observing changing patterns
in dress, arts, politics, religion and technology.
U.S. Immigration Collection
Gain valuable insights into the lives and experiences of
your earliest American ancestors. Ancestry.com’s newest
collection houses more than 10 million names taken from
ships’ passenger lists, naturalization records and
a variety of accompanying historical documents. Many of
our records, such as the newly indexed Nineteenth Century
New York Passenger Lists, have never before been published
on the Internet. Now, for the first time online, you can
pinpoint when and where your ancestors first arrived in
America.
