Ancestry Employees Give Back

Posted by Camille Penrod on October 12, 2016 in Inside our Offices

At Ancestry we’re always looking for ways to give back which is why we work with Habitat for Humanity to provide financial support and employee volunteers to help build and repair houses so people can have a decent, safe and affordable place to live.   Employees from our Lehi, Orem and Salt Lake City offices Read More

Join Ancestry for Genomics Meetup kick-off event Wednesday

Posted by Camille Penrod on October 10, 2016 in DNA Tech, Inside our Offices

As consumer genomics grows in popularity and becomes more affordable, Ancestry is pleased to announce a new Bay Area Genomics Meetup group. The goal of this group is to encourage collaboration between companies and academia to help solve difficult and interesting technology and scientific problems to address this rapidly growing market. Topics will vary from Read More

Ancestry Hosts First Tech/Product Meetup in New Lehi HQ

Posted by Camille Penrod on September 29, 2016 in Inside our Offices, Technical Management, Technology Conferences

Ancestry recently announced the creation of a Tech and Product User Group in Utah with the goal of encouraging collaboration between companies across the Wasatch Front to solve difficult and interesting technology and science problems. This group is intended for technologist, scientist, and product professionals who want to learn, network and grow together. Topics will Read More

AncestryProGenealogists Office and Staff Expand to Help More People Discover their Family History

Posted by Web Operations on May 9, 2016 in Inside our Offices

As the researchers at AncestryProGenealogists moved into their much larger office at 324 S. State Street in Salt Lake City in September 2014, business was growing quickly, and it became evident that even that space would soon be too small. So on May 12, 2016, Ancestry will unveil a renovated addition that brings the company’s Read More

Ancestry Women in Technology year in review

Posted by Ancestry Team on January 5, 2016 in Inside our Offices

This past year Ancestry employees launched an internal group, Ancestry Women in Technology (AWIT), which aims to promote our diverse culture where anybody can develop and thrive in a motivating and supportive environment. The AWIT group is focused on women but anyone is welcome to join us as we work to empower our employees. We Read More

5 Things Engineers are Thankful For

Posted by Liam Molloy on November 25, 2015 in Development, Inside our Offices

This Thursday most of us will be sitting around a table telling each other what we are most grateful for this Thanksgiving season. Many responses will probably be friends and family, food and the new Star Wars movie. As an engineer there is a unique set of tools, programs and people that I just can’t Read More

Genesys Works visits Ancestry

Posted by Ancestry Team on September 4, 2015 in Inside our Offices, Interns, IT

Recently Ancestry employees in San Francisco volunteered to help Genesys Works, a local nonprofit. Their mission is simple: to change the life trajectory of underprivileged high school students by enabling them to work in meaningful internships, at major corporations, during their senior year in high school. The organization has partnered with JPMorgan, Accenture, Salesforce, PG&E Read More