One of the internet’s fastest-growing subscription-based genealogy websites is embarking on a major project. Utah-based Footnote.com has announced a partnership with Indiana’s genealogically notorious Allen County Public Library.

Footnote will digitize millions of historical records held by the largest public Read more »

College students on four American university campuses will get to enjoy free access to Ancestry Library Edition, the library version of the popular Ancestry.com genealogy database-rich website.

Ancestry’s parent company, The Generations Network, Read more »

One of online genealogy’s newest kids on the block is proving to be a popular place. Geni.com reports its website has acquired 5 million profiles in its first 5 months of operation. The social networking site offers everything from sharing family trees to birthday reminders, a family calendar, messaging and photo sharing. Read more »

If you haven’t visited Ancestry.com lately, you might want to take another look around. The online genealogy giant has added a variety of records recently that includes everything from Native American records to Barbados slave lists.

The Native American records database covers the time period 1855-1940, and Read more »

A Michigan company known for creating databases filled with outstanding historical content is teaming up with the American Antiquarian Society to microfilm and digitize its key collections.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

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 »