This Family Archive CD contains images of the pages of volumes 1 through 85 of the National Genealogical Society Quarterly, plus four issues of the Historical Pamphlets of the National Genealogical Society. Among the oldest and most widely respected genealogical journals, the National Genealogical Society Quarterly contains methodological case studies, discussions of major resources, compiled family histories and genealogies, and guides to research in specific states. Originally published between 1908 and 1997, the essays collected on this CD contain information on more than 701,000 individuals . This Family Archive CD contains nearly 2,000 actual family trees contributed by Family Tree maker customers and other family history enthusiasts. Nearly 2 million individuals are named, complete with event dates and family links where known.
Some records contain additional source notes and biographical information.
This CD excludes information about living individuals except for their name, gender, and family links. This two-CD set contains approximately 56 million names of deceased individuals who appear in the Social Security Death Benefit Records Collection at the Social Security Administration. Generally this includes names of deceased Social Security recipients, whose relatives applied for Social Security Death Benefits after their passing. Included in the nearly 56 million names are approximately 400,000 railroad retirement records from the early 1900s to 1950s. The CD has been updated to include records from 1997 .