Genealogy in the News

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September 8, 2000

Standard.net - Richard Turley, managing director of the Family History Department of the LDS Church and president of the Genealogical Society of Utah, announced that the Ellis Island records will be available to the public later this year on compact disk. He also announced that a complete extraction of the 1880 U.S. Census will be available on compact disk in early 2001.

Western Europe Vital Records Index Expands Vital History Research September 7, 2000 CNN.com - Twelve and a half million vital records from Western Europe are now available on CD-ROM from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

The 21-CD set can be purchased for only $27.00!!!!!!!

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