New at Ancestry.com
Here’s what was new at Ancestry.com in April 2025.
General News:
Ancestry launched a Document Transcription Feature.
Ancestry's 2024 Impact Report, published April 1, 2025, mentioned that in 2024 they added 24 new DNA ancestral regions and 63 ethnic groups to AncestryDNA.
Record Collections: Ancestry.com continued to add or update record collections:
As of April 25, 2025, there were 33,775 collections available.
Added Collections (April 1-15) included Ardèche, France, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1586-1932; Isère, France, Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1540-1900; New South Wales, Australia, Public Service Lists, 1886-1934; Norwood, South Australia, Australia, Norwood Football Club Player and Staff Index, 1878-2024; Queensland, Australia, Baptist Collection, 1890-1990; UK, WWI Hospital Registers, 1915-1919; Utility Rate Books, Shoalhaven, New South Wales, Australia, 1913-1950; Wake, North Carolina, U.S. Birth Certificate Index, 1870-2005; and Web: Cass, Howard, Miami Counties, Indiana, U.S., Obituary Index, 1834-2024.
Updated Collections (April 1-15) included Pennsylvania, U.S., Birth Certificates, 1906-1917; Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1972; U.S., Presbyterian Church Records, 1701-1970; Washington, District of Columbia, U.S., Wills and Probate Records 1801-1999; Washington, U.S., Catholic Diocese of Spokane, 1850-1971; and Web: Quebec, Canada, Marriage Contract Index, 1761-1941.
Updated Collections (April 19-25) included Find a Grave® indexes for Australia and New Zealand (Updated 4/25/2025), Canada (Updated 4/25/2025), UK and Ireland (Updated 4/25/2025), U.S. (Updated 4/25/2025), Italy (Updated 4/25/2025), Brazil (Updated 4/25/2025), Germany (Updated 4/25/2025), Mexico (Updated 4/25/2025), Norway (Updated 4/25/2025), Sweden (Updated 4/25/2025), and Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations (Updated 4/25/2025).
Newly Added Collections (April 19-25) included Sebastian County, Arkansas, U.S., County Marriage Index, 1863-2001 (ADDED 4/25/2025); St Peter's, Little Bray, Wicklow, Ireland, Cemetery Records, 1910-2016 (ADDED 4/25/2025); Birmingham, England, Non-Conformist Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1825-2007 (ADDED 4/25/2025)2; Web: Howard County, Indiana, U.S., Cemetery Index, 1840-2024 (ADDED 4/25/2025)2; Lincoln University, Pennsylvania, U.S., Photographs, 1953-1996 (ADDED 4/23/2025)2; and Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia, Cemetery Registers, 1820-1995 (ADDED 4/23/2025).
Other collections updated during April 19-25 included Ain, France, Censuses, 1836-1921 (Updated 4/23/2025); Aisne, France Births, Marriages and Deaths, 1408-1930 (Updated 4/21/2025); North Yorkshire, England, Church of England Deaths and Burials, 1813-1999 (Updated 4/21/2025); North Yorkshire, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1940 (Updated 4/21/2025); North Yorkshire, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1924 (Updated 4/21/2025); and Arkansas, U.S., Birth Certificates, 1914-1924 (Updated 4/21/2025).