A Michigan company known for creating databases filled with outstanding historical content is teaming up with the American Antiquarian Society to microfilm and digitize its key collections.

The first phase of the partnership announced June 23 will put family history books from the Society’s renowned collections online and on Read more »

Online genealogy giant Ancestry is stepping into the DNA arena in a new partnership that seeks to reunite families through science.

Ancestry’s parent company, The Generations Network, has announced it will combine its collection of online family trees and databases with Sorenson Genomics’ precision ancestral DNA testing. This partnership Read more »

Two online genealogy powerhouses are coming together to offer genealogists greater access to millions of records and other data collections. Godfrey Memorial Library and WorldVitalRecords.com recently announced their partnership.

“This is a great opportunity for Godfrey to collaborate with Read more »

Genealogists anxious to do some digging in Canadian records online will soon have a new resource. Library and Archives Canada and family history website Ancestry.ca, are partnering to digitize and index Canadian passenger records from 1865 - 1935.

Initially, Ancestry.ca and LAC will focus on indexing the Quebec Read more »

The maker of one of the newest genealogy software programs on the market has released its latest version, four years after the debut of its product. GenSmarts is touted as a new type of software that uses artificial intelligence to make research suggestions.

Version 2 of GenSmarts is now available from Underwood Innovations, LLC of Long Grove, Illinois. The company says its newest release represents a new level of usability and power for genealogy hobbyists seeking research assistance. Read more »

It’s been a great week for the online genealogy business, with a number of companies making big announcements about new things to come.

One of those announcements will allow genealogists and family historians to benefit from global collaboration.

More than 4,500 FamilySearch Family History Centers throughout the world will now have free access to WorldVitalRecords.com’s genealogical records and resources, as a Read more »

They’ve been available online for years, and now Ellis Island passenger records are sailing onto other websites.

The Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation, Inc., World Vital Records, Inc. and FamilySearch announced Friday at the National Genealogical Society Conference a partnership whereby the historic Read more »

Online genealogy research is getting a big shot in the arm from FamilySearch’s newly announced Records Access program. Project organizers say the goal is to promote a genealogical tidal wave of online databases.

FamilySearch is starting the program to increase public access to vast Read more »

One of the largest free genealogy database sites on the internet is adding U. S. Revolutionary War records to its offerings.

The 200+ year-old data will soon be at the fingertips of millions of family history researchers, thanks in large part to FamilySearch, a nonprofit genealogical organization sponsored by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Read more »

If you have ancestors from Nova Scotia, a new genealogy database allows you to search for them in certain birth, marriage and death records, for free online.

The records include one million names found in birth records from 1864 to 1877, marriages from 1864 to 1930, and death records from Read more »