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The Ancestry Insider

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The unofficial, unauthorized view of the big genealogy websites. Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org aren't the best communicators, leaving a need for the Ancestry Insider. The Insider reports on, defends, and constructively criticizes these organizations.

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  • Tim Sullivan Rings Opening Bell

    Posted on Friday November 6th, 2009 at 01:05 in genealogy, ancestry.com, news and issues

    Thursday morning, Tim Sullivan, the CEO of Ancestry.com, rang the opening bell to start trading on the NASDAQ stock exchange. See a video of the event. (You must be a member of Facebook to view the video.) Here's a few shots from the video: A...

  • News Ketchup: Today\'s the Day

    Posted on Thursday November 5th, 2009 at 01:05 in ancestry.com, news and issues

      Modification of an image © 2005, The Facey Family Some rights reserved. It’s time for a little news ketchup! Today’s the Ancestry.com IPO Yesterday, Ancestry.com announced the pricing of its IPO at $13.50 per share. And today i...

  • NFS Rollout News for Election Day 2009

    Posted on Wednesday November 4th, 2009 at 01:05 in familysearch, new familysearch

    We are down to just one red temple district before the rollout of New FamilySearch (NFS) is complete for all members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (outside the Orient). All too soon the rollout of New FamilySearch will begin to g...

  • Ancestry.com Goes Public This Week

    Posted on Tuesday November 3rd, 2009 at 01:05 in genealogy, family history, ancestry.com, news and issues

    Plans seem to be proceeding for Ancestry.com to go public this week. Renaissance Capital has selected Ancestry.com as its featured IPO for the week. You can read more here and here. Yesterday Ancestry.com filed a Form 8-A which I assume officially ...

  • The Genealogical Maturity Model

    Posted on Monday November 2nd, 2009 at 00:05 in genealogy, family history, methodology

    This is what the Genealogical Maturity Model would look like if implemented in chocolate. © 2008, Jimmy McDonald. Used with permission. Cross-pollination from one field of knowledge to another is a common source of innovation. ...

  • Kory Meyerink to speak Saturday

    Posted on Friday October 30th, 2009 at 01:05 in brigham young university, church of jesus christ...

    Note: This article is off topic and will be of interest primarily to Christians living in the Provo, Utah area. Kory L. Meyerink, noted genealogist and adjunct professor of history and religion at Brigham Young University (BYU), is slated to speak a...

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