Press release, June 22, 2006: “Ancestry.com, the world’s largest online family history source, today announced it has completed digitizing and indexing the entire U.S. Federal Census from 1790 to 1930. Ancestry.com is the only source where all publicly released census information can be found online. The addition of the complete census collection makes Ancestry.com the most comprehensive genealogical database ever compiled online with more than five billion searchable names. Prior to the completion of this project, these priceless pieces of American history were primarily found on microfilm at the National Archive and Records Administration (NARA) offices and select libraries across the country.” [note, this is a fee based service]
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Travis County Texas Scrubs Social Security Numbers from Online Records
County Clerk to Temporarily Halt Online Posting of Public Records, June 19, 2006: ” Travis County Clerk Dana DeBeauvoir announced today that her office will temporarily halt publishing public records on the Internet. DeBeauvoir said her commitment to protecting individual personal data outweighs the convenience of accessing records online. DeBeauvoir stressed the public records will… Continue Reading
NSA Domestic Surveillance Warrants May Be Submitted to FISA if Agreement is Reached
AP reports on an impending agreement between Congress and the White House on legislation incorporating language on the government’s domestic surveillance program into law. Continue Reading
The Terrorism Index
Center for American Progress: The Terrorism Index: A Survey of the U.S. National Security Establishment on the War on Terror Executive Summary and Methodology with Complete Terrorism Survey Results View the complete survey results Continue Reading
