Ancestry iOS App Gets Pedigree View and Photo Hints
More discoveries can happen with our mobile app with the new Pedigree View and Photo Hints. Our Ancestry App is great wherever you go or wherever you are in today’s busy world. Whether at the train station, your couch, or at Aunt Edna’s house, take those moments to quickly view or add something to your… Read more
Don’t Miss Ancestry Day Las Vegas on May 11th
Join Ancestry.com’s Barefoot Genealogist, Crista Cowan, for Ancestry Day Las Vegas on Saturday, May 11th at the LVH Convention Center. Come for a full-day of education and a chance to win fantastic door prizes throughout the day. The grand prize is a World Deluxe Membership and an AncestryDNA kit. Take advantage of the few remaining… Read more
The Great, Great, Great Grand Adventure: Lobster and Maple Syrup
This post has been contributed by the Brown Family on their Great, Great, Great Grand Adventure - Who knew that Lobster and Maple Syrup would be such a great combination? While camping in the mountains near Boston, we enjoyed a few day trips to Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont. We stopped at a local crab shack… Read more
Ask Ancestry Anne: Finding Women Who Have Vanished Into Thin Air
Finding the maiden names of our female ancestors can be tough. But sometimes finding the women in our family is difficult even after they get married. Sometimes they just seem to vanish. Here’s one who did just that for a while: Mary Jane Hudson. Here, she’s living with her husband, Lewellan Gillespie, and their three… Read more
What Can I Do With All My Family History Research?
Have you ever wondered what to do with all of your family history research? What is the next step? How can you put it all together so you can easily share it with your family members? At the RootsTech genealogy conference in Salt Lake City a few weeks ago, I spent my time in the… Read more
AncestryDNA Celebrates DNA Day. Wait, What’s DNA Day?
Happy DNA Day! Once a year, the scientific community takes time out to recognize some amazing achievements in DNA science. Two keystone events are the discovery of the DNA double helix structure in 1953 by Francis Crick and James Watson and the declaration 50 years later, in 2003, that the Human Genome Project was complete…well,… Read more
AncestryDNA and Katie Couric bring birth mother and son together – 41 years later
Chris Burton was simply hoping to discover his ancestors’ homelands when he took his AncestryDNA test. But when his test results came in, Chris, who was adopted at birth, learned he had a close family connection, possibly a first cousin. Would that link him to his birth family? Watch the whole story unfold as Chris… Read more
Happy Library Week! And Happy National Library Workers Day!
There was a sense of power, a new found freedom wrapped inside your first library card. It meant someone knew you, trusted you and wanted to help. Turns out, they still do. And libraries and librarians prove this every day as they help countless individual discover historical facts about their family and their history. Ancestry.com… Read more
100,000,000 Records Keyed
Early this morning the World Archives Project community achieved a huge milestone- 100,000,000 records keyed! The record count started in June 2008 and we reached 100,000,000 records early this morning. The 166 indexes created through the World Archives Project are free for anyone to search. If you would like to join our community of contributors… Read more
Ancestry Day: Las Vegas!
Take your skills to the next level! Join us for Ancestry Day Las Vegas on May 11th, 2013 at the LVH Convention Center. Whether you have been using Ancestry.com for years or you are a brand new user, you won’t want to miss this event. Full day registration is only $25. Here is a sneak… Read more
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