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 1000memories’ Online Photo Digitizing Technology Brings New Sharing

Capabilities to Ancestry.com Users (PROVO, Utah) – Oct. 3, 2012 – Ancestry.com Inc. (Nasdaq: ACOM), the world’s largest online family history resource, announced today it has acquired 1000memories Inc., the San Francisco-based startup that has been focused on helping people digitize and share the estimated 1.7 trillion paper photos stored in their albums, attics, and shoeboxes.

Founded…

Discoveries made easy: Millions of…

Findmypast.com Expands U.S. Records Collection

Newly added records gives users access to unparalleled resources…

Register today for the upcoming FREE webinars sponsored by the Southern

California Genealogical Society. The webinars are open to the public and the

original webcast is free to all.

 

If you can't make one of the scheduled sessions, remember that members of

the Southern California Genealogical Society can view archived sessions at

any time, day or night, from the convenience of home. A one-year single

membership in SCGS is only $35, which gives you access to the…

Findmypast.com Announces Partnership with Federation of Genealogical Societies…

MILLS, M.A. (August 20, 2012) – Professional genealogist and house historian, Marian Pierre-Louis has developed a new history and genealogy radio show called Fieldstone Common. The…

North American Indexing Volunteers Invited to Join New US Immigration & Naturalization Community Project

More than 160,000 volunteer indexers made the 1940 U.S. Census available for searching in just five months. The project was an unprecedented success that dramatically illustrated what the genealogical community can accomplish…

For Immediate Release

August 20, 2012

Ancestry.com normally announces the newest version of Family tree Maker around this time of the year. Instead we have decided to make several key updates to the existing software, and give those updates away for free. We will be working hard this year to improve the current product and you will see these bonus features throughout the year.

Remember, you will need to…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

‘Meet The Presenters’ of Family Tree University’s Fall Virtual Genealogy Conference

Take part in pre-scheduled social media Q&A’s to get to know your experts

For a fraction of the cost it takes to travel to–and attend–a live event, Family Tree University's Fall 2012 Virtual Conference provides attendees with an all-access pass to 15 half-hour video sessions presented by the same…

Combined SMF iPhone app and SMF website provide a new approach to saving and sharing family history and stories through audio recordings.



ST. LOUIS, Aug. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --  Saving…

Register Now to Save $50 on Family Tree University’s Fall 2012 Virtual Genealogy Conference…

Ancestry.com Releases Completely Searchable 1940 U.S. Federal Census

A searchable index to 134 million records makes researching family history in the latest available U.S. Census dramatically easier

PROVO, UTAH – (August 3, 2012) – Ancestry.com, the world’s largest…

Explore your roots at findmypast day during FGS 2012

Join findmypast.com at the upcoming Federation of Genealogical Societies Conference in Birmingham, Alabama for findmypast Day.

Created for anyone…

Ancestry.com Discovers President Obama Related to First Documented Slave in America

Research Connects First African-American President to First African Slave in the…

• Findmypast.com launches into U.S. July 24; seeks to become go-to…