World Vital Records, Inc.

Happy New Year From WorldVitalRecords.com!

We wish you and yours a joyous new year, full of many family history successes!

International Content From Everton Genealogical Library To Be Available Soon at WorldVitalRecords.com

On December 12, 2006, WorldVitalRecords.com announced its plans to scan content at the Everton Genealogical Library, one of the largest privately held genealogical libraries in the United States.

WVR has been scanning for a couple of weeks now, and the first set of databases will be available at WorldVitalRecords.com in January 2007!

Some upcoming databases include:
(Specific data sets will be announced as they are launched.)

* Vital statistics from Mexico
* Transcriptions of church records from Denmark
* Immigration records from Switzerland
* Vital statistics from Canada
* German land records
* Hungarian land records
* Vital statistics from England
* Scottish ancestry records
* Historical records from Ireland

These data sets are just the beginning of millions of new national and international records that will be available at WorldVitalRecords.com.

Where Are You Researching??? Help WorldVitalRecords.com Determine the Content You Need!

WorldVitalRecords.com exists to help individuals with their genealogy. Currently, WorldVitalRecords.com is in the process of scanning the Everton Genealogical Library and has the challenge of selecting the first data sets to scan from among thousands of genealogical data sets.

WorldVitalRecords.com does not want to make these decisions without you. We need your help to determine the content that we should scan and index first. Please let us know where you are researching, the data sets you seek, or types of data you need. We listen to you and we'll scan, index, and try to prep the data from the suggestions that you submit to us before we scan the entirety of the material.

Let your voice be heard, and let the content you want be available for you at WorldVitalRecords.com. Send an email to content@worldvitalrecords.com.

WorldVitalRecords.com Family History/Genealogy Training

Training courses will begin on January 10, 2007!

Saturday, January 6 - WorldVitalRecords.com will sponsor a FREE chat to answer any questions about classes.

Saturdays, January 13 and 20 - Chats for Genealogy Search Techniques.

All subscribers to WorldVitalRecords.com will automatically receive two family history/genealogy training courses for FREE!

The free, self-paced courses will include:

1. Genealogy Search Techniques
2. Sharing Genealogy

The courses offered at WorldVitalRecords.com are taught by professional genealogists and include beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels.

AdviseMe on my Genealogy!

WorldVitalRecords.com has added a new genealogy column to its weekly newsletter to help individuals with their genealogy. (Sign up for the weekly newsletter here!)

Currently WorldVitalRecords.com receives various genealogy-related inquiries. WorldVitalRecords.com thinks these questions are important and that answering them will benefit many people, instead of just one person.

Although WorldVitalRecords.com would like to perform all of the research for people who submit questions, the author of this column will primarily help researchers find the right sources, contacts, and give them the proper “road map” to find their answers.

Starting next week, the column author will select one of these questions, answer it, and post it in the newsletter.

Individuals who wish to submit a question should send it to amanda@worldvitalrecords.com. We look forward to hearing from you!

New Web Interface at WorldVitalRecords.com Helps Individuals Have a Better Experience Searching For Their Ancestors

Changes to our Web site come as a result of usability testing

WorldVitalRecords.com recently changed the user interface on its Web site to allow users to have a better experience finding their ancestors.

"Our goal is to make WorldVitalRecords.com the best ancestral search, genealogy, and family history site on the Internet. We spent many hours to improve our site so it will be easier for our users. I think our users will really like the changes we have made at WorldVitalRecords.com," said David Lifferth, President, WorldVitalRecords.com .

WorldVitalRecords.com recently conducted usability testing, in which they invited a variety of people with varying technological skills, interests and levels of genealogy to try out its site and provide feedback. more>>>>

Genealogical Tip: Slovakian Family Vital Records Link Generations
By Amanda Forson, WorldVitalRecords.com

This past week, my father came into town to celebrate the holidays. As part of the celebration, I decided that he needed to see some of the discoveries concerning his family’s direct lines. Researching last year, I found the proper microfilm for his grandfather’s family in the town of Nadlice (Nadlany) in the area of Trencin, within Slovakia.
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FAQ 1: How Do I Use Advanced Search at WorldVitalRecords.com?

If you can't find the ancestors you are looking for in our general search, try the Advanced Search option! The Advanced Search button is located on the top left hand corner, right below the WorldVitalRecords.com banner.

Here are some tips to help you with your searches:

1. All of the fields in the Advanced Search box are NOT required. If you enter only a "Family Name" you will get matches for people with that name. If you enter only a "Place" you will get results from that place, which may be a city, county, state, or country.
2. The more fields in which you add data, the more refined your search will be. (You will receive fewer results from this search request.)
3. If you perform a search and do not receive any results (0 results), try removing text from the Place, Year, and Keyword fields, as the databases may not have that information.

If you have feedback on how we can make our search process better for you, please send an email to feedback@worldvitalrecords.com.