Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Ancestry.com Has Canadian Titanic Records


As a lead in to the 100th Anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic on April 15th, Ancestry.com has added more than 200,000 records to the collection at www.ancestry.com.
Among the records are two collections from Nova Scotia, and they are –
headstone photographs of 121 victims buried at Fairview Cemetery in Halifax, N.S.
and
coroner inquest files and 330 records about bodies that were recovered from the wreck
The collection includes the vessel's passenger list of the Titanic, information about crew members, and coroner files, and records about recovered bodies.
Access to the records is FREE until May 31.