Articles by Kendall
The Ancestry.com Android app is here!
For all of our Ancestry.com users that have been patiently waiting for an Android app, your wait is over! We’re happy to announce the launch of our new Android app just in time for the holidays. Download the app now. The new Ancestry.com app for Android phones and tablets (and very soon including Kindle Fire,… Read more
Version 3 of our app for iPhone, iPad and iPod is here!
Wouldn’t it be great to be able to view and merge Ancestry.com’s “shaky leaf” record hints into your family tree directly on your iPhone, iPad or iPod? We thought so, too. Today, we announced the availability of an enhanced version 3 of our iPhone, iPad and iPod app, Ancestry, that now offers several new features: Ability… Read more
Android Beta Testers Needed
We’ve been working hard on an Android version of the Ancestry mobile app, and we’re looking for Android users to help us test an early beta version. If you are interested in being a beta tester, regularly use an Android phone or tablet, and are an Ancestry.com subscriber, please click here to take a short… Read more
Ancestry app hits 1 million downloads
I’m excited to announce that the Ancestry mobile app for iPhone, iPad, and iPod has been downloaded over 1 million times! Many of you are finding the app to be a great way to interact with your family tree on Ancestry.com, share records and photos with others (I’ve personally really enjoyed sitting down with my relatives to… Read more
New iPad and iPhone app
How would you like to be able to see and navigate your Ancestry.com family tree on your iPhone or iPad so you can more easily share family stories visually? How would you like to be able to view the Census and other records you’ve attached to people in your Ancestry.com family tree on your iPhone… Read more
Announcing New Search Webinar
On Wednesday, July 30, at 8:30 pm ET, I will be hosting a public webinar for anyone who is interested in learning more about how to use the new search on Ancestry.com. Geared toward intermediate and advanced researchers, the webinar will focus on how to use the tools in Ancestry.com’s new search: Record Previews Image… Read more
Norton Tools problem with Enhanced Image Viewer resolved
We have recently been working with Symantec, the makers of Norton Internet security products, on an issue one of their programs causes with our Enhanced Image Viewer. If you are able to load an original image, but then your browser freezes or locks up and you have Norton Internet security products installed, Norton assures us… Read more
Continuing the Dialogue about the New Search Experience
Thanks for your feedback on the new search interface at Ancestry.com. I assure you that we are reading through your feedback and thinking about how we can better meet your needs with the new search. I thought that one person in particular, Jerry Bryan, had some very insightful comments—I love getting specific examples—it really helps us… Read more
More on Ancestry.com’s New Search
My last post about our new search received a number of comments from concerned readers about the new search experience. I’d like to address some of them in this post. Before I begin, I think that it is important to explain that most people really like the new search interface. According to our research, over… Read more
New Search is available for everyone
I’m pleased to announce that Ancestry’s new search preview is now available to all Ancestry users! Based on thousands of pieces of customer feedback, we’ve completed some new search features that we believe will make searching for records about your ancestors easier, faster and more effective. You can now switch to the new search and… Read more
Here you will find informational, and sometimes fun, posts from the folks behind the scenes here at Ancestry.com. We hope you’ll notice just how passionate we are about family history and about the products we’re building to help connect families over distance and time.
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