We are pleased to announce an expansion to our relationship with the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) that enables us to digitize NARA record collections at a new Ancestry.com facility in the Washington, D.C., area.
Since the signing of an agreement in May 2008, we have worked with NARA to digitize historical records collections on-location [...]

Ancestry.com is excited to provide attendees of the Federation of Genealogical Societies’ family history conference (September 2-5 in Little Rock, Arkansas) the opportunity to have their family records scanned, for free, on high–speed scanners.
We are bringing two scanners to the conference, and attendees can sign up for up to 15-min sessions to have their family history documents [...]

It turns out the trend of keeping baby names ‘all in the family’ is more popular than you might think. We were curious to see how many parents turned to their family tree for inspiration when choosing a baby name, so we conducted an independent survey to find out. Check out what we learned:

Nearly half of all [...]

Join Ancestry.com at the Salt Lake Family History Expo for two days of family history, classes, exhibit halls and much, much more.  
2009 Salt Lake Family History Expo
August 28–29, 2009, 8 am–6 pm
South Towne Exposition Center, Sandy, Utah
 Expo Classes – Expo registration required to attend
You can register online to attend both days of Expo classes, [...]

Join Ancestry.com at the Salt Lake Family History Expo for two days of family history, classes, exhibit halls and much, much more.
 2009 Salt Lake Family History Expo
August 28-29, 2009, 8 am-6 pm
South Towne Exposition Center, Sandy, Utah
 Expo Classes – Expo registration required to attend
Register today to attend both days of Expo classes, which include more [...]

We are excited to announce, in collaboration with the Virgin Islands Social History Associates (VISHA), the launch of a significant online collection of Caribbean slave records detailing nearly 200 years of St. Croix-Virgin Islands history.
These St. Croix African Roots Project records will help tens of thousands of people trace their ancestral roots, some to individual [...]

Join Ancestry.com in Little Rock, Arkansas, at the Federation of Genealogical Societies’ Genealogy Conference for four days of family history, classes, exhibit halls and much, much more.  
2009 Federation of Genealogical Societies’ Genealogy Conference
September 2–5, 2009
Little Rock Statehouse Convention Center, Little Rock, Arkansas  
 Free Track of Ancestry.com Classes – Free to the Public
As part of [...]

Today we are excited to announce the launch of our new “My Story” advertising campaign, which highlights five of our customers and their incredible family history discoveries. The campaign will run for at least the next 12 months, and features five 15, 30 and 60-second television ads. You can see the ads on cable networks such as [...]

Join Ancestry.com in Burbank, California, at the 40th Annual Southern California Genealogy Jamboree for three days of family history, classes, exhibit halls and much, much more.
 
2009 Southern California Genealogy Jamboree
June 26–28, 2009
Burbank Airport Marriott Hotel and Convention Center,
Burbank, California
 
More than 100 Family History Classes
Register today to attend the conference, which includes more than 100 family [...]

There is a long list of things we want to improve in search (and in new search in particular) – and we’ve started with what you’ve told us is the most important – getting relevant results; and relevance is our top priority this year in search.
And date relevance seems to be the most requested change. [...]