Ancestry.com has a similar agreement with the National Archive: https://www.archives.gov/files/digitization/pdf/ancestry-2015-agreement.pdf https://www.archives

Ancestry.com has a similar agreement with the National Archive: https://www.archives.gov/files/digitization/pdf/ancestry-2015-agreement.pdf https://www.archives.gov/files/digitization/pdf/ancestry-201... Five year embargo on the National Archive releasing whatever Ancestry chooses to digitise and host on their proprietary database. This model of digitzation appears to be the principle way that the records are digitized now: https://www.archives.gov/digitization/principles.html https://www.archives.gov/digitization/principles.html