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HeritageQuest update census to 1940. index to 2.3, OneGreatFamily to 190 million, RootsWeb change to 640 million, Added GenCircles note and link- (Merged with MyHeritage.com)

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 ''[https://www.familysearch.org/ FamilySearch.org]'' Largest free online collection of genealogical resources including Historical Records Collections, FamilySearch Research Wiki, FamilySearch Forums, Five Minute Genealogy videos, on-line classes, and more.<br>
-[https://www.familysearch.org/ ''FamilySearch Historical Records Collections''] Free index and/or digital images to more than 500 U.S. - Canada sources, including selected federal and state censuses, birth, marriage, and death records, funeral home records, Freedman's Bank and Freedman's Bureau records, military pensions, probate records, passenger lists, WWI draft registrations, and land records, plus many other international records.
+[https://www.familysearch.org/ ''FamilySearch Historical Records Collections''] Free index and/or digital images to more than 500 U.S.- Canada sources, including selected federal and state censuses, birth, marriage, and death records, funeral home records, Freedman's Bank and Freedman's Bureau records, military pensions, probate records, passenger lists, WWI draft registrations, and land records, plus many other international records.
 ''[http://www.ancestryinstitution.com/search Ancestry.com]''&nbsp; Library Edition. Free access at [[Introduction to LDS Family History Centers|Family History Centers]].
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 ''[http://www.ellisisland.org/default.asp Ellis Island.org]''&nbsp; 1892–1924 New York City passenger arrival index showing ethnicity, arrival date, residence, age, ship, port of departure, passenger manifest image, and ship’s image. The best index for this site is at [http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/eidb/ellisgold.html?firstkind=starts&FNM=&lastkind=starts&LNM= ''Ellis Island in One Step''].
-''[http://www.fold3.com/documents Fold3.com]''&nbsp; Free access at [[Introduction to LDS Family History Centers|Family History ]]Centers. Digital original sources such as naturalizations, Revolutionary War papers, Civil War papers, Mormon Battalion pensions, newspapers, Southern Claims Commission, and Texas births and deaths. Formerly known as Footnote.com
+''[http://www.fold3.com/documents Fold3.com]''&nbsp; Free access at [[Introduction to LDS Family History Centers|Family History ]]Centers. Digital original sources such as naturalizations, Revolutionary War papers, Civil War papers, Mormon Battalion pensions, newspapers, Southern Claims Commission, and Texas births and deaths. ''Formerly known as Footnote.com''
-''[http://www.gencircles.com/ GenCircles.com]''&nbsp; Indexes user-contributed family trees.
+''[http://www.gencircles.com/ GenCircles.com]''&nbsp; Indexes user-contributed family trees. ''(Merged with [http://www.myheritage.com MyHeritage.com])''
-''[http://www.heritagequestonline.com/hqoweb/library/do/index HeritageQuest]'' $: This website contains indexes (1790–1820, 1860–1880, and 1900–1930) and images (1790–1930) to U.S. federal censuses; over 22,000 family and local histories; PERSI, an index to 2 million genealogical periodical articles; Revolutionary War pension and bounty-land warrants; Freedman’s Bank records; and U.S. Congressional records. It is free at the Family History Library, larger Family History Centers, and many public libraries.&nbsp;Check with your local library for free access to HeritageQuest.
+''[http://www.heritagequestonline.com/hqoweb/library/do/index HeritageQuest]''&nbsp; $: This website contains indexes (1790–1820, 1860–1880, and 1900–1940) and images (1790–1940) to U.S. federal censuses; over 28,000 family and local histories; PERSI, an index to 2.3 million genealogical periodical articles; Revolutionary War pension and bounty-land warrants; Freedman’s Bank records; and U.S. Congressional records. It is free at the Family History Library, larger Family History Centers, and many public libraries.&nbsp;'''Check with your local library for free access to HeritageQuest'''.
 ''[http://www.americanancestors.org/ NewEnglandAncestors.org]''&nbsp; Free at Family History Library. Births, marriages, deaths, tax lists, church records, wills, family histories, diaries, ''The Great Migration Begins'', and the ''New England Historic Genealogical Society Register''.
-''[http://www.onegreatfamily.com/Home.aspx OneGreatFamily.com]''&nbsp; Free at Family History Library. 80 million name family tree created from shared submissions by individuals. Also includes Social Security Death Index 1962-present.
+''[http://www.onegreatfamily.com/Home.aspx OneGreatFamily.com]''&nbsp; Free at Family History Library. Over 190 million unique entries&nbsp;created from shared submissions by individuals. Also includes Social Security Death Index (1962–present).
-''[http://rsl.rootsweb.com/ RootsWeb Surname List]''&nbsp; 1.2 million surname links to submitter contact data via this file.
+''[http://rsl.rootsweb.com/ RootsWeb Surname List]''&nbsp; Over 1.2 million surname links to submitter contact data via this file.
-''[http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/ RootsWeb WorldConnect]''&nbsp; 820 million names on family trees including births, marriages, deaths, parents, children, sources, pedigrees, family groups, and submitter contact data.
+''[http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/ RootsWeb WorldConnect]''&nbsp; More than 640 million names on family trees including births, marriages, deaths, parents, children, sources, pedigrees, family groups, and submitter contact data.
 ''[http://usgwarchives.net/ USGenWeb Archives]&nbsp;&nbsp;''Free transcriptions of census records, marriage bonds, death records, wills, biographies and other documents, transcribed by volunteers, organized by state and county. ''Searchable.''
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