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This Friday, on Who Do You Think You Are, will feature Marisa Tomei Time: Friday, February 10th 8/7c “Academy Award winning actress Marisa Tomei ventures to Italy and investigates a family murder mystery to discover who killed her great-grandfather.” Click Continue reading This Friday on Who Do You Think You Are
Ancestry.com has released information on the first two upcoming episode of Who Do You Think You Are, Season 3. From the Irish Civil War to the American Revolution, and from the African nation of Cameroon to the Republic of Bulgaria, Continue reading Upcoming Episodes of Who Do You Think You Are
The following news release was received from Matthew Deighton at Ancestry.com: Ancestry.com, BehindTheName.com, and WeRelate.org announce an improved approach to finding variant names in genealogy searches. Up to now, most genealogy websites have had to rely upon Soundex to return Continue reading Ancestry.com, Behindthename.com, & Werelate.org Announce an Improved Approach for Finding Variant Names
The following News Release was received from Ancestry.com: Ancestry.com Partners with Historical Society of Pennsylvania to Bring the State’s Rich History Online – Family History Leader Adds Millions of State Birth, Marriage and Death Records to its Pennsylvania Vital Record Continue reading Ancestry.com Partners with Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Back in early December, Ancestry.com released a new version of its popular genealogy software—Family Tree Maker 2012. About a week later, the company released an upgrade for its Mac version of the same software. Family Tree Maker for Mac 2 Continue reading Family Tree Maker for Mac 2
The following letter was received from Ancestry.com. The letter quickly recaps some of the advances made at Ancestry over the past year and plans for 2012: We all—myself included—turn to Ancestry.com with a driving goal in mind: making connections to Continue reading Ancestry.com Progress in 2011 and Looking Forward to 2012
At the behest of lawmakers, Ancestry.com announced they will no longer show social security numbers for anyone who has not been dead for at least 10 years. This move comes as the result of concerns about possible identity theft issues Continue reading Ancestry.com Removes Social Security Numbers for Those Deceased for Less Than 10 Years
The following excerpt is from an article published in the November 29, 2011 edition of the BBC News. Over 240,000 records are included in the collection. I did search on the surname of Canfield and got two hits. The illustration Continue reading Freedom of the City of London Records Posted at Ancestry.co.uk
And now we have another assault on the limited access genealogists have to anything Social Security… Thus far, not exactly a bi-partisan effort, but just wait… Where do these senators think those records with dead folk’s social security numbers in Continue reading Petition Making the Rounds to Remove Social Security Numbers of Deceased Folks From Genealogy Websites
The following news release was received from Ancestry.com: New ‘Ancestry.com Mobile’ iOS App Gives Users the Ability to Access Billions of Historical Records to Build Their Family Tree PROVO, UTAH (November 29, 2011) – Ancestry.com, the world’s largest online family Continue reading New Ancestry.com App for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch Loaded with Features
Ancestry.com has released a beta version of their new image viewer. It has been several years now since they released the Advanced Image Viewer. While the Advanced Viewer provided faster download speeds and greater capabilities, its designed did not allow Continue reading Ancestry.com Releases New Image Viewer Beta
The following news release was received from Heather Erickson at Ancestry.com: Information on Holocaust survivors and victims of Nazi persecution available online at no cost through efforts of World Memory Project. WASHINGTON, D.C./PROVO, Utah, November 2, 2011 – The United Continue reading Ancestry.com and United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Release First Searchable Online Records Collections From World Memory Project
This past week Ancestry.com released a massive new addition to their website. The genealogy research site added 53 new databases and 120 million names to the U.S. Vital Records collection. The news was shared in a press release, on the Continue reading 53 New Databases. 120 Million More Names. Ancestry Grows by Leap and Bounds.
Ancestry.com is celebrating 15 years. Hard to believe in today’s ever changing World Wide Web any single site could celebrate 15 years of service. The Web itself is not much older. Congratulations to Ancestry. In celebration of this milestone, Ancestry Continue reading Ancestry Celebrates 15 Years
Ancestry.com took a hit on their stock prices today, dropping as much as 11%. I don’t think there was any connection, but the following ad parody is currently being run on the Internet. Warning, the F word with *** is Continue reading Ancestry.com Parody Ads & and a New Ad Campaign (for real!)