New Online Databases: People Search: Ancestry.com Launches Largest Searchable Collection of U.S. Yearbooks Available Online
Useful and perhaps something to share with your closest friends. (-:
Say hello to the Ancestry.com U.S. School Yearbook collection.
More in a moment.
Remember: Ancestry.com is a fee-based service but free trials* are available. Also, many libraries offer access to Ancestry.com via ProQuest's Library Edition. We have an email into ProQuest to see if this new resource is or will be included in the Library Edition. If/when we hear from ProQuest, we will post an update here.
Now, a bit about the database.
The 10,000 yearbooks included in the new U.S. School Yearbook collection feature yearbooks from high schools, junior highs, academies, colleges, and universities—military, public, parochial, and private—from almost every state in the United States spanning 1875-1988.
The remainder of the Ancestry.com announcement contains the names of several celebrities (Sandra Bullock, Brad Pitt, Alec Baldwin, and Betty White to name a few of the celebs) that are included in the database. Unfortunately, no pics are included.
* PLEASE BE CAREFUL! If you register for a free 14 day trial you MUST CANCEL ONLINE OR BY PHONE before the trial ends. Otherwise, you'll be charged for a year's worth of access.
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