MyHeritage and BillionGraves Join Forces to Digitally Preserve the World’s...
The following announcement was written by the folks at MyHeritage: Groundbreaking multilingual mobile app will power international crowdsourcing initiative TEL AVIV, Israel & LEHI & KAYSVILLE,...
View ArticleA Glimpse into the Thriving Business Of Family History
Trent Toone has published an article in the Deseret News that describes the genealogy business. The article caught my eye because (1.) It describes how genealogy has become big business and (2.)...
View ArticleAncestry.com LLC Reports First Quarter 2014 Financial Results
The following announcement was written by Ancestry.com LLC: PROVO, Utah, April 30, 2014 — Ancestry.com LLC, the world’s largest online family history resource, reported financial results today for the...
View ArticleA One-Person Business to Protect Families’ Memories
Ron Taylor runs a tombstone cleaning business. He cleans and repairs both tombstones and metal grave markers. An article in the Rocky Mount Telegram quotes Taylor as saying, “I was doing genealogy...
View ArticleAccept Credit Card Payments Anywhere with PayPal
If you or your local genealogy society sell books or other genealogy materials online, you probably already have a PayPal account. More than 110 million people now use PayPal’s highly secure service,...
View ArticleLegacy Tree Genealogy Celebrates 10 years
The following was written by the folks at Legacy Tree Genealogy, Inc.: Click to view a larger image Legacy Tree Genealogy, Inc. is celebrating 10 years as a Salt Lake City based genealogy research...
View ArticleBrightsolid Launches Family History Game
The following announcement was written by the folks at brightsolid: brightsolid has launched new game, Family House. Designed to engage with a family audience, it is free on iPhone, iPad and Facebook....
View ArticleAncestry.com to Drop MyFamily, MyCanvas, Genealogy.com, Mundia and the Y-DNA...
Major industry news: MyFamily, MyCanvas, Mundia and the Y-DNA and mtDNA tests will be shut down. In addition, the Genealogy.com web site will undergo major changes but will remain as an available...
View ArticleUpdate: Ancestry.com to Drop MyFamily, MyCanvas, Genealogy.com, Mundia and...
I wrote last week (at http://wp.me/p5Z3-lk) about Ancestry.com’s decision to cancel a number of products and services. The article generated a lot of readers’ comments that can be seen at the end of...
View ArticleFindMyPast.co.uk Buys Origins.Net
Here is some major business news, according to the following announcement from Findmypast.co.uk: London, UK, June 17, 2014. Findmypast.co.uk, the leading British family history company, announced today...
View ArticleThe High Cost of Searching for Your Ancestors
Are you willing to spend up to spend up to $18,000 a year to discover your roots? An “authoritative” report from Global Industry Analysts, Inc. claims that such expenses are not unusual. The report,...
View ArticleA Conversation with the CEO of Mocavo
A few minutes after the release of the announcement of Mocavo’s acquisition by FindMyPast, I had an opportunity to speak with Cliff Shaw, the CEO of Mocavo. As you might expect, he was very...
View ArticleFindMyPast Buys Mocavo
Here is a major news announcement from two major players in the genealogy business. I have written often about both companies. FindMyPast is a fast-growing genealogy publishing firm that provides more...
View ArticleAncestry.com LLC to Announce Second Quarter 2014 Financial Results
The following was written by the folks at Ancestry.com: PROVO, Utah, July 9, 2014 — Ancestry.com LLC, the world’s largest online family history resource, will release financial results for its second...
View ArticleOnward to Our Past® Announces ‘Czech, Please!’ a New Genealogy Crowdsoucing...
The following was written by the folks at Onward To Our Past® Genealogy Services: Crowdsourcing to be used to identify, research, document, and preserve the first Czech/Bohemian immigrants to cities...
View ArticleThe White Stone Project Seeks $50,000 to Create a New & Powerful Genealogy...
I am not familiar with this project but the press release certainly looks interesting: The White Stone Project comprises of a new & powerful Genealogy search engine, app, and a family heritage...
View ArticleAncestry.com LLC Reports Second Quarter 2014 Financial Results
The following press release was issued by Ancestry.com: Q2 Non-GAAP Revenues $156.1 Million, Up 13% Year-Over-Year PROVO, Utah, July 23, 2014 — Ancestry.com LLC, the world’s largest online family...
View ArticleWikiChicks Genealogy News Network Officially Launches
The following is an announcement from “the WikiChicks,” Eowyn Langholf, Tami Osmer Glatz and Gena Philibert-Ortega: The WikiChicks Genealogy News Network (WikiChicks GNN), an engaging genealogical news...
View ArticleAncestry.com to Transfer the MyCanvas Service to a New Home
This past June, Ancestry.com announced that the company was retiring the MyCanvas website and service in September 2014. Details may be found in my earlier article at http://wp.me/p5Z3-lk. Now the...
View ArticleDepartment of Veterans Affairs Proposes to Build a Genealogy Database of 10...
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has issued a a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial corporations to bid on building a huge genealogy database, starting first with persons with roots in...
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