In the spirit of the holiday season, we at Ancestry.com were curious to see how much Americans knew about their own family histories. A national survey we conducted revealed some surprising findings, such as:
- 83 percent of 18- to 34-year-olds are the most interested in learning their family history, compared to 35- to 54-year-olds at […]

Hi there! I’m Kenny Freestone, product manager at Ancestry.com over our online family tree tools, especially the relatively new Member Trees on Ancestry.
You might not be aware of the incredibly exciting work you have all been doing in building a family tree on Ancestry.com. Since the product’s launch in July of 2006, we’ve seen tremendous […]

I recently had a good discussion with the Senior UI Designer for Family Tree Maker about sourcing. I wanted to share some notes from that discussion on the blog. As always, I would be interested in hearing some feedback from the group as well. I hope this is helpful! 
A number of people have asked questions […]

We recently launched a new collaboration feature for people who are working together to build online trees on Ancestry.com. In the past, a tree owner could invite other family members to view and edit an online tree, but only the tree owner could use the data in the tree to create a project in AncestryPress. […]

Hi, my name is Chris Lydiksen and I’m the product manager responsible for US and Canada content. By way of introduction, I’ve been with the company for about four years, all of that time focused on content. I work closely with several of the professional genealogists on staff here at Ancestry.com. […]

I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving. I was on vacation the last two weeks of November, but during my absence there were several exciting improvements to AncestryPress.
Military Backgrounds 
In response to customer demand, we’ve added a series of military backgrounds based on specific wars. You can now create pages honoring family members who served […]

Walt Disney. Babe Ruth. Tom Cruise’s great-grandparents. Our new collection of U.S. Passport Applications reveals the travels of several of America’s early-20th-century rich and famous. In total, the collection captures some 2.4 million Americans who traveled between 1795 and 1925, including vacationers and immigrants who often returned to their native countries to bring other family members back to America. The collection includes information on […]