I’ve been hearing from customers who are concerned that U.S. content releases are slowing down.  While I have responded in various forums to these concerns, I’d like to post a more official response here.
The concern stems, I believe, from the format of the Genealogy Databases Posted or Updated Recently list on Ancestry.com.  This list can [...]

The first two parts of our 3-part upgrade of the Member Trees system have completed without requiring any downtime. 
As I have mentioned in previous posts, we are spending a lot of effort behind-the-scenes to upgrade this system so that it will continue to meet customer needs as it grows.  As part of this effort, [...]

One of the most frequent comments I hear from Ancestry.com members is, “My family tree goes back eight (or ten or twelve) generations, and I want to include all of them in my family history book.” So just to clear up any confusion: When you create a MyCanvas family history book, you have to START [...]

I’ve always loved wood and crystal. My grandmother loved crystal, and my grandfather worked  with wood. I didn’t know either of their passions until I told my mother about my two favorite things: crystal and wood.
As a working woman in the Internet space, I was intrigued to learn of another connection. My grandmother ran the [...]

The first part of our 3-part upgrade of the Member Trees system completed successfully on Friday without requiring any downtime. 
As I mentioned last week, we are spending a lot of effort behind-the-scenes to upgrade this system so that it will continue to meet customer needs as it grows.  As part of this effort, we [...]

Our online Member Trees system continues to grow extremely fast.  We are spending a lot of effort behind-the-scenes to upgrade this system so that it will continue to meet customer needs as it grows.  As part of this effort, we will be upgrading some software on the servers that house this [...]

The 2009 Software Update includes a monthly calendar that can display all the birthdays and wedding anniversaries in your tree. To make your own calendar:

Go to the Collection tab in the Publish workspace.
In Publication Types, click Other.
Double-click Calendar Report, or select its icon and then click the Detail tab.
To customize the calendar, click the Calendar [...]

Valentine Roses, Chocolate Cherry and Rose Bouquet may all sound like perfect gifts for that special someone this Valentine’s Day, but historical records found on our site show they were actually names of real people. Here’s just a sampling of the names our team uncovered:

Valentine Day (WWI Draft Card)
Mary A Valentine (1930 Census)
Cupid Hart (1870 [...]

It can happen something like this:  you’ve just decided to take the genetic genealogy plunge.  You’ve heard about it on the radio, listened to other researchers share their experiences, and feel you finally are beginning to understand what a marker and haplogroup are.  You are eager to discover ancient and genealogical findings on your family, [...]

I couldn’t resist poking around in the new collection of Slave Manifests on Ancestry.com which went up this week.  So what’s interesting about the new Slave Manifest records?  Plenty!  They are inbound and outbound records from the Port of New Orleans during the period of time when the Deep South was gearing up for the [...]