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lists, naturalization records and a variety of accompanying historical
documents.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.
