I added the ability to preview the resources of Footnote.com from within Live Roots. Also, cataloged today were the searchable indexes at NARA, and the newspapers from Genealogy Bank. The Live Roots catalog was updated this evening, many of the broken links were dropped, including pages from AOL.com's members area that was retired on October 31st.

I finished programming an integrated version of Ancestry's global search. Now you can preview what's available at Ancestry.com without leaving Live Roots. Also cataloged today: transcriptions from the Genealogy Center of the Allen County Public Library and indexes at the Utah State Archives.

I have made available over eighty farm directories through the Live Roots Library Collection, for a nominal fee you can hire a live researcher to access the books on your behalf. Also today, I uploaded about sixty postcards of orphanages and other buildings. Last week, I cataloged the available newspapers in the Chronicling America collection.

I spent the majority of the day fixing broken links in the Live Roots catalog, and am pleased to say that just over 400 links were corrected. When I started this project, I knew that dealing with moving (or vanishing) genealogy sites would be one of the greatest challenges. Reducing the number of broken links will certainly be an ongoing initiative. The link changes are actually recorded in the database, so you can use the Live Roots search to locate an updated address, if all you have is the old one. I am aware of the AOL situation, and in an upcoming release of the Live Roots catalog, all AOL links will be removed.

The entire 10 volume collection at the Immigrant Ship Transcribers Guild was cataloged today. Additional work will be required to organize the ships by ports (arrival/departure). The table of contents for several genealogy magazines will now be cataloged as soon as issues are published. This includes materials from some archived issues. Access to ordering reprints is provided where available. As profiles are created for the writers, the articles will also be linked to them accordingly. Also added this week, a collection of vintage postcards of buildings (including many orphanages) and street scenes. Additional photos of buildings and group photos are in the pipeline.

Today I added an image viewer to Live Roots that you will encounter whenever browsing into the Transcribed Ephemera section and viewing one of the images. This viewer is Javascript-based and will be used for several collections that will be added in the near future. Also this weekend, I added built-in search options for several partner sites. The information from these sites will be integrated into Live Roots where is makes the most sense. Several days ago, I cataloged the transcriptions available at the Students of Southern California website.