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Ancestry.com on IPO Deck (ACOM) – 24/7 Wall St.

2009-11-08T09:41:00.000-08:00

Ancestry.com on IPO Deck (ACOM) – 24/7 Wall St.: "The company first operated as The Generations Network, Inc. merged with Generations Holding, Inc. in connection with an investment by Spectrum Equity Investors V, L.P. and certain of its affiliates. this has the company listed as a predecessor and successor entity.

The total purchase price for the Spectrum investment was $354.8 million.
The total purchase price consisted of $249.1 million of cash, $95.7 million in value of previously owned stock of predecessor, $8.2 million of stock option fair value assumed by the successor and $1.8 million of transaction related expenses. Spectrum and certain of its affiliates currently hold approximately 67% of the outstanding shares of our common stock.

Revenues at Ancestry.com have increased from $122.6 million in 2004 to $197.6 million in 2008.

The books are consolidated now to reflect subscription revenues $133.616 million in the first 9-months of 2008 and $152.506 million in the first 9-months of 2009. Total revenues for the same periods were $145.158 million and $164.793 million in 2009. And for the same periods net income was listed as $3.5 million and $12.224 million in 2009.

From what we have seen occur in the subscription business in 2008 to 2009, the question is how much other revenues can be brought in just in case the subscriber revenues start to dry up. While a free service is unlikely to replace the billions of screened images it claims, it might become easier and easier to put off that family tree research project if the economy does not improve."

Friends Reunited reunited with ITV? • The Register

2009-11-08T09:21:00.000-08:00

Friends Reunited reunited with ITV? • The Register: "he Office of Fair Trading has sent the proposed takeover of Friends Reunited by DC Thomson to the Competition Commission.

Dennis the Menace's publisher was to pay £25m for the websites. But it is not Friends Reunited's tiny slice of the social networking pie that worries regulators.

As part of the deal, DC Thomson subsidiary Brightsolid gets control of genealogy site Genes Reunited. The company already runs other genealogy sites including FindMyPast.com and the 1911 census.

The online genealogy and family history market is huge, and the OFT is worried that the deal gives Brightsolid too large a share of it.

The OFT said its investigation found all the merging firms currently compete with market leader Ancestry.com.

Amelia Fletcher, the OFT's Senior Director of Mergers, said: 'People's growing interest in researching their family tree has made this an increasingly important market.

'The proposed acquisition would see the three main providers of online genealogy services reduced to two, and we are concerned this could lead to a reduction in choice or service for consumers. We are therefore referring the merger to the Competition Commission for a fuller inquiry.'

The Competition Commission should report back by 16 April 2010.

Friends Reunited was one of the poster children for bubble 1.0. It ticked all the boxes for the mainstream media having been started by a couple in their spare bedroom in 2000 and adding members very fast before selling out to big media. But tbhe company struggled with various business models and interest faded almost as fast it grew. The site lost its way to other sites like Bebo, MySpace and much later Facebook. ®"

ITV, Mormons and Family Trees - The Source - WSJ: "By Robin Moroney

What’s worse than selling a business at a £145 million loss? ITV’s answer: Not being allowed to sell a business at a £145 million loss.

The Office of Fair Trading has referred the planned £25 million sale of Friends Reunited to DC Thomson’s Brightsolid to the Competition Commission. The OFT’s concern relates to genealogy — Friends Reunited’s value lies mostly in Genes Reunited, which allows subscribers to explore the branches of their family trees online.

Since Brightsolid runs findmypast.com and 1911Census.com, the deal would combine two of the top three genealogy Web sites in Britain. That’s a problem, the OFT tells the Times, because market leaders in online genealogy enjoy surprisingly high barriers of entry. A lot of historical records are in the public domain, but building a digital database out of them takes quite a bit of work, giving incumbents a big edge over entrants."

ITV, Mormons and Family Trees - The Source - WSJ:

"By Robin Moroney

What’s worse than selling a business at a £145 million loss? ITV’s answer: Not being allowed to sell a business at a £145 million loss. The Office of Fair Trading has referred the planned £25 million sale of Friends Reunited to DC Thomson’s Brightsolid to the Competition Commission. The OFT’s concern relates to genealogy — Friends Reunited’s value lies mostly in Genes Reunited, which allows subscribers to explore the branches of their family trees online.

Since Brightsolid runs findmypast.com and 1911Census.com, the deal would combine two of the top three genealogy Web sites in Britain. That’s a problem, the OFT tells the Times, because market leaders in online genealogy enjoy surprisingly high barriers of entry. A lot of historical records are in the public domain, but building a digital database out of them takes quite a bit of work, giving incumbents a big edge over entrants."

Ancestry.com gains in 1st day of trading

2009-11-08T09:13:00.000-08:00

Business & Technology | Ancestry.com gains in 1st day of trading | Seattle Times Newspaper: "NEW YORK —

Shares of Ancestry.com climbed in their first day of trading Thursday after the genealogy Web site's initial public offering priced in the middle of the expected range.

The stock jumped $1.43, or 10.6 percent, to $14.93 in afternoon trading. It earlier traded as high as $16.32.

The world's largest online resource for birth certificates and marriage records priced 7.4 million shares at $13.50 each late Wednesday - the midpoint of its expected range of $12.50 to $14.50 - to raise $100 million in its initial public offering.

Underwriters are being offered up to an additional 1.1 million shares to cover overallotments, which would boost total proceeds to nearly $115 million. The stock trades on the Nasdaq market under the ticker symbol 'ACOM.'

The Provo, Utah-based company, which has more than 1 million paying subscribers, plans to use net proceeds of about $48.4 million for general corporate purposes and to repay debt. The company said it may also use a portion to expand through acquisitions or investments in technologies.

Founded in 1983 as Ancestry Inc., the company started out publishing books to help genealogy buffs research family lineage and moved to Web-based documents and tools. With more than 600 employees, Ancestry.com was spun off from The Generations Network, a group of businesses offering other Web tools, DNA testing services and Ancestry magazine."

Ancestry.com includes myfamily.com, a Web site based in downtown Bellevue. The site, which launched in December 1998, allows people to create a family or group Web site quickly.

MyFamily.com, Inc. old news

2009-10-26T09:43:00.000-07:00

MyFamily.com, Inc. Names Ex-Kodak Gallery Executive Andrew Wait as Senior Vice President of Marketing | SYS-CON INDIA: "PROVO, Utah, March 27 /PRNewswire/ -- MyFamily.com, Inc., the leading network for connecting families on the Web, announced today the appointment of Andrew Wait as Senior Vice President of Marketing. Andrew was most recently Senior Director of Marketing, at Kodak Gallery (formerly known as Ofoto), an online photo printing and sharing network.

'I am pleased to welcome Andrew to MyFamily.com,' said Tim Sullivan, President and CEO of MyFamily.com, Inc. 'Andrew brings a strong management background and proven track record of success in marketing online products and related businesses. His creative vision and ability to execute innovative campaigns are a real asset in the constantly evolving world of marketing. I am confident that, in concert with the management team and employees at MyFamily.com, Andrew will make a very positive contribution to the future growth and success of this business.'"

Ancestry.com prices 7.4 million shares in IPO, expects to raise $100 million before allotments

2009-10-23T10:34:00.000-07:00

Ancestry.com prices 7.4 million shares in IPO, expects to raise $100 million before allotments: "NEW YORK — Genealogy Web site Ancestry.com Inc. plans to sell about 7.4 million shares in an IPO to raise about $100 million.

The Provo, Utah-based company expects to price the shares between $12.50 and $14.50 apiece. Underwriters are being offered up to an additional 1.1 million shares to cover overallotments, which would boost total proceeds to about $115 million.

About 45 percent of the shares will come from existing shareholders, the company said. Private equity firm Spectrum Equity Investors, through its affiliated funds, will own about 54.8 percent of the outstanding stock following the offering.

Ancestry.com plans to use net proceeds of about $48.4 million for general corporate purposes and to repay debt. The company said it may also use a portion to expand through acquisitions or investments in technologies."

Ancestry.com proposed initial public offering of shares of its common stock

2009-10-20T23:56:00.000-07:00

Hercules Technology Growth Capital Announces Three Portfolio Companies That Reached Multi-Million Dollar Milestones | Reuters: "Ancestry.com In August 2009, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com) - formerly known as The Generations Network - an online resource for family history - announced that it has filed a registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission relating to a proposed initial public offering of shares of its common stock. About Hercules Technology Growth Capital, Inc.: Hercules Technology Growth Capital, Inc. is a NASDAQ traded specialty finance company providing debt and equity growth capital to technology and life science companies at all stages of development."

Ancestry website launches TV campaign | News | Marketing Week

2009-09-09T15:59:00.000-07:00

Ancestry website launches TV campaign | News | Marketing Week: "The 30 second ad, created by Hurrell Moseley Dawson Grimmer, is built around a “now and then” scenario and depicts people in period dress waiting in modern day settings to be found by their living descendants.

Ancestry.co.uk was launched in May 2002 and is owned by Ancestry.com operations.

Company managing director Olivier Van Calster says: “We have now reached the right time in the growth of the business to introduce TV-led brand advertising. We are confident that it is the correct media through which to build our brand and business.”

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Renee's Genealogy

2009-08-28T08:29:00.000-07:00

Renee's Genealogy Blog: WorldVitalRecords is Hiring: "Outbound Sales Consultant

WorldVitalRecords.com is the fastest growing online genealogy and family networking company who is seeking sales consultants that are anxious to share with others how our products and services will benefit them.

- Competitive hourly wage + generous commissions
- Great environment
- Advancement opportunities
- Current shifts are Part Time Mon-Fri: 9-1pm and 1- 5pm
- Location: Provo, UT

Responsibilities:

* Chosen candidates will initiate outbound phone calls.
* Establish and maintain a high level of customer satisfaction in all transactions.
* Utilize computer and software tools to maintain accurate customer profile records.

Requirements:

* Excellent phone etiquette and demeanor accompanied.
* Consistent and proven achievement of sales quotas.
* Sales experience preferred, ideally in a telesales/call center capacity.

For further information regarding the position please contact Sharon Larson at slarson@familylink.com. Mention you read this posting on Renee's Genealogy Blog and that Renee Zamora referred you!"

ANCESTRY.COM INC

2009-08-09T04:10:00.000-07:00

sv1: "REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 -.USA

ANCESTRY.COM INC."

Ancestry.com is to go public and raise $75million on US Stock Market

Ancestry.com Inc. has filed a
preliminary
registration statement with the US Securities and
Exchange Commission in preparation for going public on the USA Stock Market

This statement is preliminary to issuing an
initial public offering with the objective of
raising $75 million. The company, founded in 1983
and based in Provo, Utah, plans to list on Nasdaq
or NYSE under the symbol ACOM. The present
Ancestry.com has many owners, but the majority
stake of some 67% is held by Spectrum Equity
Investors, a media/communications firm, which
paid about $300 million in 2007 for its share of
the company. The other investors include Sorenson
Media, CMGI@Ventures and EsNet Group.

Together with appendices the registration
document is more than 150 pages of financial
tables and legalese. Anyone who feels they can
digest the document will find it online at the
SEC website

A number of genealogy blogs have kindly gleaned
and digested some of the more interesting
snippets to be found in the document and I am
grateful to member John D Reid of Anglo Celtic
Connections, Dick Eastman and Kimberley Powell at
About Genealogy.com for the following information:

Ancestry.com is the world’s largest online
resource for family history, with almost one
million paying subscribers around the world as of
June 30, 2009. Revenues have increased from
$122.6 million in 2004 to $197.6 million in 2008,
a compound annual growth rate of 12.7%. For six
month of 2009, it had revenues of $99.9 million
with profits of $8.18 million, compared to $87.4
million revenues in first six month of 2008 and
profits of $1.24 million. The total cost of
revenues was $43,614,000. The total operating
expenses were $138,257,000, the largest single
component of which was $52,341,000 for
advertising and marketing. The company has
invested about $80 million to date in making the
genealogy content available to subscribers, to
acquire or license, digitize, index and publish additional records.
:
Approximately 45% of subscribers have been with
the company continuously for more than two years
as of June 30, 2009. In the six months ended June
2009, visitors to the company websites spent an
average of 19.1 minutes on their websites per
usage day. The company sees even more potential
or growth with introduction of the TV show "Who
Do You Think You Are?" in U.S. in early 2010,
following a similar show on BBC in 2006.

In 2008 Beijing
Formax, based in Zhongguancun Science Park,
Beijing, China, performed a majority of the
company's data transcription as measured by cost.

The company considers its competition to be:
• FamilySearch, and its website FamilySearch.org (
• Commercial entities, including online
genealogical research services, library content
distributors, search engines and portals,
retailers of books and software related to
genealogical research and family tree creation
and family history oriented social networking websites.
• Other non-profit entities and organizations,
genealogical societies, governments and agencies
that may make vital statistics or other records
available to the public for free.

As of June 30, 2009, the company had
approximately 570 full-time employees and
approximately 100 part-time and contingent
employees. All but one of the 13 directors and
executive officers are male. Their ages range
from 33 to 61. Nine are in their 40s.
For 2008 Timothy Sullivan, President and Chief
Executive Officer, received total compensation of
$ 2,242,482 on a base salary of $ 350,000. total
compensation for the other company executives
was: Joshua Hanna $1,219,890; Andrew Wait
$778,871; David Rinn $620,925; Michael Wolfgramm $473,175.

Domain Names

2009-08-04T21:34:00.000-07:00

Domain Name Wire » News » Ancestry.com Warns about Country Code Domains in SEC Filing - The Domain Industry's News Source: "Company cites global domain name protection as risk in S-1.

Ancestry.comAncestry.com has filed to go public. It’s another example of a great business built on a generic, category-killer domain name. But in its S-1 filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the company cites challenges acquiring country code domain names as a risk:

If we are unable to protect our domain names, our reputation and brand could be affected adversely.

We have registered domain names for website destinations that we use in our business, such as Ancestry.com, Genealogy.com and myfamily.com. However, if we are unable to maintain our rights in these domain names, our competitors could capitalize on our brand recognition by using these domain names for their own benefit."

Ancestry.com Files For $75 Million IPO

2009-08-04T15:19:00.000-07:00

Finding Family Is Big Business: Ancestry.com Files For $75 Million IPO | Technology News | Newsmedian.com

After going a year with nary a venture-backed IPO in sight, here’s more proof that things are finally beginning to perk up: Ancestry.com, a genealogy service that allows user to map out and search for their family history, has filed for a $75 million IPO. You can see the full SEC filing here.

Ancestry.com offers some basic functionality for free, but to tap into the site’s vast library of historical records, which includes billions of documents and photographs, users have to sign up for a premium subscription. The company claims nearly 1 million subscribers, with an average revenue of $16.50 per subscriber. With monthly churn of 4.1% and a acquisition cost of $67.30, the company can make its money back in four months for each subscriber. In the last six months, Ancestry has made $107 million, with profits of $8 million and a run rate of $200 million.

Back in October 2007 Spectrum Equity Investors led a $300 million buyout of Ancestry.com’s parent company, The Generations Network (which now calls itself Ancestry.com Inc). But it wasn’t a complete buyout, with employees and possibly some outside investors retaining equity in the company.

Ancestry has been on the web for over twelve years, but its roots extend back to 1984, when the company published family history books. The company now employs more than 600 people

Senior Product Manager - Community job in Provo, UT • San Francisco, CA: Technology and Internet careers - Yahoo HotJobs

2009-07-27T23:21:00.000-07:00

Senior Product Manager - Community job in Provo, UT • San Francisco, CA: Technology and Internet careers - Yahoo HotJobs: "Job Description:
We are looking for an experienced PRODUCT MANAGER to focus on the community and member collaboration aspects of the Ancestry.com user experience. From the beginnings of the web individuals interested in family history have found ways to work together in their research online. Ancestry.com has many tools to be able to find other members doing similar research and collaborate with them in your family history. These collaborative aspects of the member experience are an important element driving member engagement, success, satisfaction, and retention.

This Product Manager will drive new community features and member collaboration opportunities across the Ancestry.com user experience. It should be woven throughout the full product, including search flows leading to historical records and our online tree-building tools. As such, this individual will not only need to be able to understand the customer very well, they will need to gain a solid understanding of the full Ancestry.com product experience.

The ideal candidate will have several years experience product managing a consumer focused website. They will be able to point to projects where they have shown success in innovating around the product experience. Being able to demonstrate a personal passion for researching their family history will be a distinct advantage – and will bring perspective and insight into this role.

This position could be based either in our San Francisco, CA office or our Provo, UT office."

The Generations Network

2009-07-11T08:30:00.000-07:00

The Generations Network Jobs: New Media/Internet careers - Yahoo! HotJobs

The Generations Network Jobs 13 total (View all The Generations Network Jobs)

Jobs 1-13 of 13 | First | Previous | Next | Last

Job Title	Job Location	Date
Software Engineer	Provo, UT	Jul 07
Document Preservation Contractor - TOPEKA, KS	Topeka, KS	Jun 22
Accounts Receivable Manager	Provo, UT Salt Lake City, UT	Jun 25
Product Manager - Ancestry.com	Provo, UT Salt Lake City, UT	Jun 22
Manager, Storage & Network Operations	Provo, UT Salt Lake City, UT	Jun 02
Senior Art Director	Provo, UT Salt Lake City, UT	Jun 22
Document Preservation Specialist - College Park, Maryland	College Park, MD	Jun 24
Product Manager - Community	San Francisco, CA Provo, UT	Jun 25
Product Manager - Content	Provo, UT Salt Lake City, UT	Jun 22
Data Warehouse ETL Developer	Provo, UT Salt Lake City, UT	Jun 02
Financial Integration Developer	Provo, UT Salt Lake City, UT	Jun 02
Oracle BI Developer/Analyst	Provo, UT Salt Lake City, UT	Jun 02
Accounts Receivable Clerk	Provo, UT Salt Lake City, UT	Jun 22

Crowe’s Nest- Elizabeth Powell Crowe

2009-07-02T13:33:00.000-07:00

Crowe’s Nest by Elizabeth Powell Crowe » Blog Archive » Ancestry.com Launches New ‘My Story’ Advertising Campaign: "The new campaign will run for at least the next 12 months. The five 15, 30 and 60 second television ads will spotlight Ancestry.com members from across the country and their heartwarming family history connections, including a New Yorker who found answers about a father he wanted to better understand and a woman from Chicago who is opening up a restaurant with a cousin after exploring how far the cooking talent extended in her family tree. The TV spots will appear on popular cable networks and channels such as AMC, CNN, Fox News, History Channel, Lifetime Movie Network and Hallmark, among others.

Each member’s story and TV commercial will be available at Ancestry.com beginning today, and an online campaign featuring a variety of “Who Will You Discover?” banner ads will begin on June 29."

Hurrell Moseley Dawson & Grimmer

2009-05-27T15:18:00.000-07:00

Hurrell Moseley Dawson & Grimmer lands Ancestry.co.uk account - Brand Republic News - Brand Republic: "Hurrell Moseley Dawson & Grimmer has scooped the advertising account for the family history website, Ancestry.co.uk.

The agency landed the business following a shoot-out against VCCP and Delaney Lund Knox Warren in a process handled by the AAR.

HMDG has now been briefed to produce a campa"

The Generations Network Jobs: New Media/Internet careers - Yahoo! HotJobs

2009-05-27T02:48:00.000-07:00

The Generations Network Jobs: New Media/Internet careers - Yahoo! HotJobs: "The Generations Network Jobs 11 total ("

Job Title	Job Location	Date
Document Preservation Contractor - ST. CROIX, VIRGIN ISLANDS	St Croix	Apr 09 Reposted May 06
WORK FORCE MANAGEMENT SCHEDULING COORDINATOR	Provo, UT	May 14
DOCUMENT PRESERVATION CONTRACTOR, MONTGOMERY, AL	Montgomery, AL	Apr 30 Reposted May 06
Swedish Speaking Customer Service	Provo, UT	May 26
Director, Engineering, Search Platform	San Francisco, CA Provo, UT	May 12
IMAGING PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR (GRAVES)	Provo, UT	Apr 28 Reposted May 06
Document Preservation Process & Quality Manager	Provo, UT	May 21
Senior Software Architect, Search Platform	Provo, UT	May 12
Financial Integration Developer	Provo, UT Salt Lake City, UT	May 06
Oracle BI Developer/Analyst	Provo, UT Salt Lake City, UT	Apr 09 Reposted May 06
Product Manager - Search	San Francisco, CA	Apr 14 Reposted May 06

Swedish Speaking Customer Service job in Provo, UT: Technology careers - Yahoo HotJobs

2009-05-27T02:47:00.000-07:00

Swedish Speaking Customer Service job in Provo, UT: Technology careers - Yahoo HotJobs: "This person responds to calls from international members of our Ancestry.co.uk, and Swedish site. Customer service agents receive inbound contact from our members by phone and email. They also solve basic technical support questions providing world-class customer service. This position pays $11 per hour plus an additional premium for proficiency in speaking and writing in Swedish. A competency test will be give as part of the interview and selection process. Hours are full-time, 2 am to 10 am with two scheduled days off per week. We’re looking for a dynamic, energetic individual who can get excited about leading others by example and making a difference. If that’s you, we’re waiting for your call!"

What is an Emerging Company? | Growthink

2009-04-14T15:46:00.000-07:00

What is an Emerging Company? | Growthink

Emerging companies are, in their most common and interesting form, small and obscure. Microsoft and Google were once just a small group of programmers and were deep under-the-radar. And if you were invested in them then, your life changed dramatically for the better as they emerged. Less famously but still extremely lucrative were companies like the below that emerged to significant exits for themselves and their investors:

About.com: acquired for $410 million by the New York Times
Advertising.com: acquired for $435 million by AOL Time Warner
Affinity Labs: acquired for $61 million by Monster Worldwide
AllBusiness.com: acquired for $55 million by Dun & Bradstreet
Aruba Networks: IPO at a $1 billion valuation
Club Penguin: acquired for $350 million cash (and possible $350 million earnout) by Disney
FraudSciences: acquired for $169 million by PayPal
Glu Mobile: IPO at a $371 million valuation
Last.fm: acquired for $280 million by CBS
Mellanox Technologies: IPO at a $579 million valuation
Orbital Data Corp.: acquired for $50 million by Citrix Systems
Overture: acquired for $1.63 billion by Yahoo!
Photobucket: acquired for $300 million by Fox Interactive Media
Speedera Networks: acquired for $130 million by Akamai
Skype: acquired for $2.6 billion by eBay
The Generations Network: acquired for $300 million by Spectrum Equity Investors

Renee's Genealogy Blog: Mark Your Calendars! - UGA Meeting

2008-08-05T01:32:00.000-07:00

Renee's Genealogy Blog: Mark Your Calendars! - UGA Meeting: "The Subject will be 'What's New at Ancestry?' presented by Anna Fechter.

Anna Fechter is the Community Operations and Project Manager at The Generations Network. Although new to parts of this role she has been with The Generations Network for four years. In this role she has responsibility for RootsWeb, GenForum and various other Ancestry features and pages."

Ancestry.co.uk Job Vacancies

2008-07-20T09:35:00.000-07:00

Ancestry.co.uk MediaRoom - Job Vacancies: "Ancestry.co.uk (part of The Generations Network) is one of the fastest growing paid Internet subscription services in the world. It provides the largest collection of online family history records and enables individuals to explore their own personal histories and connect with others doing the same.

We are currently looking for a PR Manager with 5-7 years experience to promote the UK website and collections within the media. This position will report to the European PR Director and is based in Hammersmith, West London."

Role description

Develop and execute the UK public relations strategy to ensure that all potential PR opportunities are fully exploited

Coordinate media events to support new collection launches, including coordinating external suppliers, drafting materials and conducting interviews
Draft and sell-in press releases to UK media, ensuring that they strike the balance between historical accuracy and commercial appeal (newsworthy)
Draft monthly email communications to trade media and cultivate beneficial relationships with both trade and mainstream target media
Manage output of the UK public relations agency including spend, quality control and appropriate third party representation of the Ancestry brand
Coordinate and attend UK trade shows
Contribute to the development of solid relationships with key UK partners including archives, libraries and associations
Evaluate and report PR results to the business
Support European PR Director ad hoc on other sites’ PR activity

Required skills / performance

A minimum of seven years experience working in the UK PR industry, and a minimum of two years working with or for an online company
Excellent written and communication skills, in a style appropriate both to media and internal audiences at all levels of the business
Experience managing media launch events and major press campaigns
Experience managing external agencies and other suppliers to ensure that the PR strategy is executed effectively, on time and to budget
A sound understanding and experience of the way in which the UK media operates
Strong computer skills including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook

Other details

Salary: £33,000-38,000 p.a. plus bonus and benefits
Start date: Immediate
Job Type: Permanent full-time
Location: Hammersmith, London
Contact: Simon Ziviani, sziviani@ancestry.co.uk

NARA Imaging ???

2008-07-19T08:54:00.000-07:00

Field Operations Manager, Imaging - Washington D.C. job in Provo, UT • Salt Lake, UT: Technology and Internet/New Media careers - Yahoo HotJobs: "Job Description:
The Generations Network, Inc. has a need for a Field Operations Manager for our Digital Imaging department at our new Washington D.C. operations office. Our ideal candidate needs to have experience managing production, show strong technical skills, and be a capable and effective leader. This position will be part of a worldwide network of professionals dedicated to preserving original records and partnering with prestigious record owners like the National Archives of the United States. This position report and receive direction from the Director of Global Imaging and will be located in the Washington D.C. area (near Silver Springs)."

TGN acquires Heritage Makers of Springville | Deseret News (Salt Lake City) | Find Articles at BNET

2008-06-21T07:35:00.000-07:00

MyFamily.com Inc. acquires Heritage Makers of Springville | Deseret News (Salt Lake City) | Find Articles at BNET: "Provo-based MyFamily.com Inc. announced Wednesday that it has acquired substantially all of the assets of Heritage Makers LLC of Springville.

Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

Founded in 2004, Heritage Makers is a direct selling organization with more than 1,200 'heritage consultants' who market custom published products through in-home presentations.

MyFamily has named Chris Lee general manager of a new subsidiary that will develop this direct selling business, also to be called Heritage Makers. Lee most recently served as director of business development for MyFamily."

life after TGN

2008-05-29T09:04:00.000-07:00

Promising Business Growth Prompts New Management Hires at Interbank FX / IBFX.com: "Daren Thayne, who joined the company in November of 2007, came from The Generations Network (formerly MyFamily.com), where he served as Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President of development. He joined Interbank FX as Chief Information Officer (CIO), contributing more than 20 years of software development and technology leadership expertise. In his new role, Mr. Thayne is responsible for establishing and directing the strategic long-term goals, policies, and procedures for the company's IT department, as well as overseeing day-to-day technology operations. Specifically, his responsibilities include all aspects of IBFX’s information technology, including trading and business application development. Mr. Thayne holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering and an MBA with High Distinction from Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah."

WorldVitalRecords

2008-04-01T15:18:00.000-07:00

WorldVitalRecords Blog » Paul Allen Named Top 100 Venture Entrepreneur for Fourth Straight Year:

"PROVO, UT, April 1, 2008

–-Paul Allen has been named to the vSpring Capital list of 100 business executives who are most likely to lead a successful venture-backed company in the next few years.Known as “Paul Allen the Lesser” in the Utah venture community to distinguish him from Microsoft co-founder and billionaire Paul Allen, Utah’s Paul Allen has built several companies that are recognizable to many Utahns: Infobases, Ancestry.com, MyFamily.com, 10x Marketing, FundingUniverse.com, and LDSAudio.com.Allen is currently CEO of FamilyLink.com, a genealogy and social networking company founded in 2006 that is already reaching millions of families with its online family tree tools and family history content."

Cameron's Blog:

2008-03-29T15:28:00.000-07:00

Cameron's Blog: A lot can happen in a few months: "The Generations Network is the company that does the ancestry.com website, among others, and is located down in Provo by the Riverwoods shopping district. It sounded good and I applied for the International Marketing Manager position. It was a great opportunity and the first interview went really well. I was invited to the second one and I guess I wowed them enough that they made me an offer. It was the same amount of money I was getting at PowerBlanket, PLUS they gave me a $2,000 signing bonus to help offset the gas and moving expenses. How sweet is that!!!? I love it and am enjoying working here. I almost have a month here and already am working on big projects, etc. Well, I've gabbed enough. Stay tuned for more plans and what's happening. Chao."

TGN International Consultant - Swedish Speaking - Jobs Careers 24

2008-01-27T11:35:00.000-08:00

The Generations Network: International Consultant - Swedish Speaking - Jobs Careers 24: ".. to those of our families, present and past. Job Description: We are looking to hire a Swedish speaking consultant for part time employment (average 20-30 hours a week). This position will be based in our Provo, Utah office. This consultant will provide support to members of our ever-growing International community of customers. Flexible shifts in the early morning from 2am-noon, Monday thru Friday. Pay is $12-13 hour including a language proficiency bonus. Key Responsibilities / Performance Requirements: Consultants handle a variety of customer contacts, mostly through email, but also chat and phone support members in the U.K., Canada, and Sweden. They will also respond to member account and basic technical needs via email. Required Skills: Must be able to speak and write in Swedish; Provide courteous and professional customer support to our International members; Strong oral & written communication/customer interaction skills (English and Swedish); Demonstrated good work ..."

Press

2008-01-08T10:06:00.000-08:00

The Generations Network - Press Room: "We appreciate your interest in The Generations Network and we look forward to being an excellent resource for you.

For all public relations inquiries, including requests for media interviews, please contact the public relations team at pr@tgn.com or (212) 221-1616 ext. 124. Please provide your name, phone number, email address, publication, story you are working on and deadline.

If you have questions or need more information, please click on Contact Us on our website to find someone who can help you."

BELLEVUE - Senior Product Manager job in Bellevue, WA: Internet/New Media and Technology careers - Yahoo HotJobs

2008-01-03T14:14:00.000-08:00

BELLEVUE - Senior Product Manager job in Bellevue, WA: Internet/New Media and Technology careers - Yahoo HotJobs: "About the Position:
Work closely with a talented, fast-moving product design and development team re-invigorating the family networking and content sharing space. Reporting to the Senior Director of Product Management, the Senior Product Manager for the MyFamily business unit will define a broad scope of product feature sets, including photo, video, messaging, calendaring, blogging, and a number of other interactive media forms. In this role you will have a direct impact on all aspects of the product and have an opportunity to use your creativity and out-of-the-box thinking to solve complex problems and provide simple solutions for our millions of users. You will be a resident expert on the competitive landscape, educating/informing internal partners on key elements (pricing, positioning, features and benefits, market focus, gap analysis, technology trends, etc.) that may influence product development or marketing."

Sociaty of Genealogists London

2007-12-27T20:24:00.000-08:00

EOS.Web OPAC: "Welcome to SOGCAT, our on-line library catalogue, listing the holdings at our premises in London. The catalogue contains details of everything in the library except the Document Collections.

SOGCAT is supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund

Some of our databases are available on the Origins web site. To search other items listed on this catalogue, you must either visit the library or follow the link on the left to our search and copy service.

How to use the catalogue.

Click on the downward pointing triangle to the right of the 'Look for:' box & choose SU (Subject). Type in the first 6 or so letters of the place name, surname etc. in the 'Begins with:' box & click 'Go'. NB For place names beginning North, South etc. enter the second element of the name eg. Cadbury for North Cadbury"

The Society has decided to upgrade the web server service provided by
NetBenefit to take advantage of better support and to prepare for
additional features planned for 2008. This will mean that on 2/3
January 2008 the Society's website (www.sog.org.uk) may not operate
as usual for about 24 hours.

Scottish genealogy

2007-12-27T20:21:00.000-08:00

Official government source for Scottish genealogy, census and family research - ScotlandsPeople: "Welcome to ScotlandsPeople, one of the largest online sources of original genealogical information.

With almost 50 million records to access, we hope your visit will be enjoyable and that you are successful in connecting generations.

*** New Data Announcement***
We are pleased to announce that this year we have received permission to
release the new years statutory data earlier than in previous years.
Customers can now access, online, records from the Statutory Register of
Births for 1906, the Statutory Register of Marriages for 1931, and the
Statutory Register of Deaths for 1956. Almost 100,000 new index and
corresponding image entries have been added to the site, amounting to six
gigabytes of data. . . . . just deployed the biggest
single district list update on the site to date. These include corrections
of indexing district names for Statutory Birth, Death and Marriage
indexes. Please note that these updates may result in new results
appearing in previous searches.

2007
OPR index update, OPR district/county search and the addition of OPR
images. RCE images were also added,"

Online Family Tree Announcement

2007-12-27T15:10:00.000-08:00

Ancestry.com Blog - » Online Family Tree Announcement: "We know how much time and energy you’ve put into your tree and we’ve done our best to make sure you don’t lose a bit of it as you change systems."

HERCULES PARTICIPATES

2007-12-14T09:20:00.000-08:00

NETWORK NEWS :: HERCULES PARTICIPATES IN $150 MILLION SYNDICATE FINANCING BY PROVIDING $17.5 MILLION IN DEBT AND $500,000 EQUITY CAPITAL TO THE GENERATIONS NETWORK, INC.: "NETWORK NEWS
Hercules Participates in $150 Million Syndicate Financing by Providing $17.5 Million in Debt and $500,000 Equity Capital to The Generations Network, Inc.

Hercules Technology Growth Capital, Inc. (NASDAQ: HTGC), the premier specialty finance company providing venture debt and equity to venture capital and Private Equity backed technology and life science companies at all stages of development, today announced that it provided a combination of $17.5 million in debt financing and $500,000 of equity capital as part of a larger leveraged recapitalization on December 5, 2007, to The Generations Network, Inc. ? an online NETWORK of family history Web sites."

A Spot of Sun

2007-12-12T05:01:00.000-08:00

A Spot of Sun: Tradition #13 - Parties: "this weekend with the Generations Network party on Friday in Midway at the Zermott Resort . . .

Friday we headed off for a night of celebrating at Matt's work party. It was held at a charming "Swiss" resort in Midway, Utah. There was a great buffet, a fun band, a hilarious magician and a comedian we never made it to. There were also some games with prizes. We ended up winning two $25 gift certificates, one to Best Buy and one to iTunes. We also got a 1 gig thumb drive. We failed to win the cruise or huge tv, but it was certainly charming and fun."

SnapGenie

2007-12-11T07:01:00.000-08:00

SnapGenie - The easiest way to add narration to your photos!: "Share the stories behind your photos with MyFamily.com SnapGenie. SnapGenie helps you easily build and share narrated photo slideshows in a matter of minutes. 1. Upload up to 50 photos per show 2. Use a phone to narrate your slide show 3. Publish it and share with family and friends With the click of a button you are ready to share your SnapGenie show."

a forgotten beta site owned by TGN "Copyright © 1998-2007 MyFamily.com, Inc. "

seen in The Cincinnati Post - Preserve memories on SnapGenie.com
Genealogy tips are provided by the Kentucky history staff of the Kenton County Public Library. This tip was provided by Jan Mueller. Contact the library's local history department by calling (859) 962-4085 or via e-mail at history@kentonlibrary.org. The library's genealogy Web site can be found at http://www.kentonlibrary.org/genealogy.

WEB DEVELOPER job in Provo, UT: Internet/New Media and Technology careers - Yahoo HotJobs

2007-11-18T07:24:00.000-08:00

WEB DEVELOPER job in Provo, UT: Internet/New Media and Technology careers - Yahoo HotJobs: "Job ID HJ-0785 Company Name The Generations Network Job Category Internet/New Media; Technology Location Provo, UT Position Type Full-Time, Employee Salary Unspecified Experience 2-5 Years Experience Desired Education Level Bachelor of Science Date Posted November 10, 2007 (Reposted Nov 16)"

Job Description:
MyFamily.com, the leading web site for families to connect and to share their photos and news online is looking to hire an experienced WEB DEVELOPER in our Provo, Utah corporate office.

As an experienced web developer you will help build our next-generation web site where millions of family members connect with each other on a daily basis to share photos, news, recipes and other information. We work in a state-of-the-art .NET 2.0 + AJAX development environment and need a developer with a solid track record of shipping high-quality consumer web sites and services.

About You:
As an experienced web developer with strong client-side skills you have worked on at least one consumer-oriented web site property from inception to delivery; you have a strong grasp of web technologies including the latest CSS, DHTML, AJAX techniques and object-oriented Javascript with JSON; you are totally at home in ASP.NET 2.0 code using C#. Your own web site is a great example of the latest in web technologies. You are passionate about meeting real consumers’ needs through state of the art technology; you enjoy working in a fast-paced, small-office environment where you can share in the excitement of the startup-like spirit; but at the same time, the benefits of a well-funded, well-established and profitable parent company aren’t lost on you. You want to work somewhere where you are empowered to deliver new functionality rapidly to consumers. You like to learn about the latest technologies and constantly dream up new ways to apply them in your work.

Key Responsibilities / Performance Requirements:

Deliver complex solutions using HTML / JavaScript / CSS / DHTML / C# in ASP.NET 2.0.
Work effectively with designers, product managers and architects in an agile scrum team.
Deliver high-quality code, on-time for release at the end of each sprint cycle.

Required Skills:

BA in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
3+ years experience developing consumer-oriented web sites and services.
3+ years experience with DHTML / CSS / JavaScript / ASP.NET.
Ideally with XML and XSLT experience.
Team player who can work in a fast-paced organization.
Demonstrated ability to learn new technologies quickly.
Self starter, willing to get involved and do whatever is needed to get the job done.

The Generations Network

2007-10-17T10:35:00.000-07:00

The Generations Network - Press Releases: "PROVO, Utah, Oct. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- The Generations Network, Inc., today announced that Spectrum Equity Investors will lead an investment of $300 million to purchase a majority interest in the company. Spectrum, a private equity firm based in Menlo Park and Boston, has been a shareholder in The Generations Network since 2003. Following the transaction, Vic Parker and Ben Spero from Spectrum will serve on the company's new board of directors, along with Tim Sullivan, President and CEO of The Generations Network. Additional terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The acquisition is subject to customary regulatory and closing conditions and is expected to close in 2007."

Ancestry.com Blog

2007-10-10T03:38:00.000-07:00

Ancestry.com Blog: "AncestryPress exports profiles, historical documents, photos and other pieces of your Ancestry.com tree directly into the application. AncestryPress takes these pieces and assembles them into automatically generated page layouts with illustrated family tree charts, biographical timelines, family group sheets and more. You can customize each page as much or as little as you’d like by including photos and records, changing backgrounds, using drag-and-drop embellishments, adding text and more."

Digital Scrapbooking

2007-10-10T03:36:00.000-07:00

Ancestry.com Rolls Out Digital Scrapbooking Feature: "Provo, Utah-based genealogical Web site Ancestry.com revealed today that it has launched a tool that allows users to create custom family history and recipe books. The new feature, called AncestryPress, gives Ancestry.com users a way to organize, preserve and display their research in a “coffee-table quality” book. Ancestry.com added that AncestryPress can export profiles, historical documents and photographs from a user’s online family tree to a series of pre-formatted pages. Founded in 1997, Ancestry.com is headquartered in Provo, Utah. The company also operates several other family history-oriented Web sites, including MyFamily.com, Rootsweb.com, Genealogy.com and Family Tree Maker."

Ancestry.com Touts Profile Numbers For Genealogy Site: "the firm is facing new online competition from startups such as Los Angeles-based Geni.com, which claims 5 million profiles; Israeli firm MyHeritage.com, and new, New York-based iFamily, which raised a round of venture capital last week. posted on Wednesday, August 29, 2007"

SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER

2007-09-11T10:14:00.000-07:00

Find job SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER - Family Tree Maker: "MyFamily.com, Inc is the leading online network connecting families with their histories and one another. The company?s tools, content, and community help empower individuals to find the people most import to them and to share their unique family stories. The Family Tree Maker team is looking for a SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER - Family Tree Maker with 5 to 10 years experience in the industry building desktop application with web integration using object oriented languages. Additionally, the team is looking for an engineer with printing and charting development experience. Job Description: Family Tree Maker is the #1-selling family tree software on the market and provides users with everything they need to grow family trees from the ground up. As part of the continuing development efforts on this product, the Family Tree Maker team is looking for an individual to focus primarily on the publication of reports and chart. This position will require the candidate to be able to work with the product and design team to define requirements, design the printing sub-system architecture, evaluate and make recommendations for 3rd party software libraries and tools; all while working in an agile team oriented development environment."

Deseret Morning News

2007-08-26T00:28:00.000-07:00

Deseret Morning News | 17 new patents granted: "Correlating genealogy records systems and methods. Bennett Cookson Jr., Kendall J. Jefferson, Grant Parkinson, Douglas T. Reid, Daren Thayne, all of Orem; Ken Boyer, Cedar Hills; Jerry Collings, American Fork; James Mark Hamilton, Provo; Michael J. Wolfgramm, Pleasant Grove. Assigned to The Generations Network Inc., Provo. Filed Dec. 29, 2003. Patent No. 7,249,129."
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/EP1550960.html

Abstract of EP1550960
A method of consolidating genealogy records includes partitioning the records using at least one index file to form one or more partitions, sorting the records in a partition based on a data element in the records, comparing records within a sort range, based on the comparison, identifying same person records, consolidating information in the same person records, receiving a request from a user to view at least a portion of the consolidated information for a particular group of same person records, and sending a file that includes the portion to the user.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein partitioning the records using at least one index file comprises using a surname index to identify records having the same surnames and grouping those records into a surname partition.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising using the surname index to identify records having similar surnames and grouping those records into the surname partition.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein using the surname index to identify records having similar surnames comprises using a phonetic algorithm to identify records having similar surnames.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the phonetic algorithm comprises double metaphone or SOUNDEX.

6. The method of any one of the claims 1 to 5, wherein sorting the records in a partition based on a data element in the records comprises sorting the records based on birth date and/or on a selection from the group consisting of name, death data, death place, and birth place.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein comparing records within a sort range comprises comparing records within a birth date range.

8. The method of any one of the claims 1 to 7, wherein identifying same person records comprises calculating a score that represents the likelihood that a pair of compared records represent the same person.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising comparing records related to pairs of same person records.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein comparing records related to pairs of same person records comprises revising the score based on the comparison of related records.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein identifying same person records comprises comparing the score to a predetermined threshold and rejecting records as "same person" records if the score is below the threshold.

12. The method of any one of the claims 1 to 11, wherein the portion comprises a family tree based on consolidated information from a plurality of records.

13. A system for consolidating genealogy records, comprising:

So Gaia Online

2007-08-06T00:06:00.000-07:00

So Gaia Online is here « Free Gaia Online Gold: "It’s called Gaia Online, and as a guy on a giant crane behind us tore down the giant Web 2.0 conference banner in Moscone West, I had a chance to sit down with CEO Craig Sherman— formerly COO with Myfamily.com, and an Entrepreneur-in-Residence with Benchmark Capital, a main funder of Gaia— for a furious round of questioning. How did Gaia grow so large so quickly so stealthily?"

Software Developer

2007-07-20T07:22:00.000-07:00

The Generations Network: Software Developer in Test job in Provo, UT: Technology and Internet/New Media careers - Yahoo HotJobs: "What�s The Generations Network?
The Generations Network, Inc., previously MyFamily.com, is a leading network of family-focused interactive properties which include Ancestry.com, MyFamily.com, Genealogy.com, RootsWeb.com and Family Tree Maker. The Generations Network is a global team of hardworking people passionate about connecting families across distance and time. Why? Because life�s more meaningful when you know who you are. And our identities are forever tied to those of our families, present and past.

Job Description:
The ideal candidate should have the ability to develop automated tests and test applications for the purpose of testing web software. The candidate should have a good knowledge of related product cycles from their earliest design phase through release. Familiarity with the design, development, and communication of system test plans is desired, as are strong verbal and written communication skills, and the ability to work independently as well as within teams. The ability to multi-task and adjust priorities effectively is a must. Their knowledge and experience will allow them to confidently determine both the requirements for testing as well as implement and create the environment necessary for fulfilling those requirements. Work closely with other members of the QA Automation Team, Software Developers, Product Management and Customer Support to define requirements and to ensure the quality assurance effort excels beyond simply testing a specification to making certain we are delivering an outstanding experience for our user "

The Ancestry Insider: RootsWeb's Unlucky Day

2007-07-15T22:02:00.000-07:00

The Ancestry Insider: RootsWeb's Unlucky Day: "Today marked the final day for Jamie Morningstar as senior product manager at RootsWeb.com. Jamie's contributions at RootsWeb will be felt for years to come. She has led improvements to the WorldConnect administration interface, the My Account area, the Newsroom, storage infrastructure improvements, and more. She has increased site page views 20% to 120 million per month. She has increased family tree contributions by over 10%."

Limited free access online to U.S. military war records - The Honolulu Advertiser - Hawaii's Newspaper

2007-05-28T08:14:00.000-07:00

Limited free access online to U.S. military war records - The Honolulu Advertiser - Hawaii's Newspaper:
"The military records, which come from the National Archives and Records Administration, can be viewed at no cost until the June 6 anniversary of D-Day. Ancestry.com, a unit of Provo, Utah-based MyFamily.com Inc., spent $3 million to digitize the information as part of its $100 million investment in the Web site, Sullivan said.

'Google's doing a good job of organizing the world's information. We think we're doing a pretty good job of trying to organize the world's family history information,' he said.

Ancestry.com is the largest subsidiary of closely-held Generations Network, responsible for 760,000 of its 900,000 subscribers and the majority of its $151 million 2006 sales, spokesman Mike Ward said. The Web site, which costs $155.40 a year, allows users to upload personal family documents and map family histories from its 24,000 databases and titles."

merrygoround

2007-05-26T07:00:00.000-07:00

In Your Web:
by Steve, Thursday, May 24, 2007

"So now, Ancestry.com is in deep doo doo. They're losing money. They spent a lot of money building stuff that they're users are not using. They have competitors, serious competitors, rising up in the ranks. They're focusing on building their brand, while their competitors are focusing on building market share.

Making things worse, their current marketing genius decided to dump 99% of their massive 30,000 affiliate base, and retain only the top 100 affiliates. So what do you think the rest of the 29,900 affiliates are going to do? They're going to promote Ancestry.com's competitors, of course.

The people at TGN are at point where everyone is in it for themselves, looking at the short haul and ignoring the big picture. They're using Ancestry.com has a stepping stone for greener pastures, and to fatten up their resumes. There isn't a concern for Ancestry.com's core competency, that simple little thing that made it so successful. They've lost sight of what genealogists want, and Ancestry.com's rivals, many of which are former Ancestry.com people from the old days, are zeroing in for the kill."

Free On Ancestry.com- was forced offline by The Generations Network, the parent company of Ancestry.com.

"So, we've taken the FreeOnAncestry.com site down, because The Generations Network is still the primary source of income on our flagship website, Interment.net. We can't afford to jeopardize that relationship. There just isn't another source of income that can provide us with the funds that Interment.net requires.

- Steve Johnson, Clear Digital Media, Inc."

Generations Network Jobs

2007-05-13T07:39:00.000-07:00

Generations Network Jobs on CareerBuilder.com

The Generations Network: Marketing Program Manager
We are looking for an outstanding marketer to help manage onsite conversion for Ancestry.com, part of The Generations Network. This position is based......
Location: UT - Provo Date Posted: May-04
The Generations Network: Senior Systems Developer
The Generations Network Operations team seeks an experienced Senior Systems Developer to own systems integration projects that involve enterprise......
Location: UT - Provo Date Posted: May-04
Product Manager, MyFamily
Product Manager, MyFamily What's The Generations Network? The Generations Network, Inc., previously MyFamily.com, is a global team of hardworking......
Location: WA - Bellevue Date Posted: Apr-27
ASP .NET DEVELOPER
ASP .NET DEVELOPER What's The Generations Network? The Generations Network, Inc., previously MyFamily.com, is a global team of hardworking people......
Location: WA - Bellevue Date Posted: Apr-25
WEB DEVELOPER
WEB DEVELOPER What's The Generations Network? The Generations Network, Inc., previously MyFamily.com, is a global team of hardworking people......
Location: WA - Bellevue Date Posted: Apr-25
Director, Information Systems
Have you been itching to show what you can do with your information systems skills in a large enterprise? Do your peers call your work “wicked” or “......
Location: UT - Provo Date Posted: Apr-17
Senior Manager, Software Development
This person will be responsible for leading a team of developers who are creating the front-end financial software used by all business units at The......
Location: UT - Provo Date Posted: Apr-17

Personal Access Utah

2007-05-12T17:27:00.000-07:00

DearMYRTLE, your friend in genealogy: Personal Access to Ancestry.com Now Available at the Family History Library: "We are happy to announce that Ancestry.com has found a solution to enable patrons at the Family History Library and Family History Centers to login to Ancestry using their personal accounts. We have been coordinating this deployment closely with representatives from the Family and Church History Department, the Family History Library, and administrative representatives of the Family History Centers.

What we have done...

* We have created a new domain called www.ancestryinstitution.com for the Family History Library and the Family History Centers to use to get access to the collections available to them by contract.
* With this new domain name, patrons at the FHL and local FHCs can login to their own personal accounts using www.ancestry.com just like they would from home.

Thank you,
Suzanne Russo Adams, AG
Professional Services Desk Manager
Ancestry.com, part of The Generations Network"

what are they doing?

2007-05-11T13:37:00.000-07:00

AnceStories: The Stories of My Ancestors: Ancestry.com Images Removed From My Blog: "After reading that Ancestry.com has 'requested' that Michael John Neill remove images of famous people enumerated in the censuses from his blog, I decided I had better do likewise. Last month I started a series of posts entitled 'Ancestors in the 1930 U.S. Federal Census,' with snippets of images of my direct ancestors, along with human interest-type information that I thought would be fun for my readers to know. I also included some of the difficulties I had come up against in searching for these ancestors in that census. I'll continue to keep these posts up and I hope to complete the series, but it will be without the images, I'm afraid. I can find them at HeritageQuest Online, but somehow they download differently than Ancestry.com's (haven't figured it out, yet!), and I'm not sure if I'll be violating their terms of use if I use HQ's images on my blog.

This recent issue, along with The Generations Network's insistence that FreeOnAncestry.com be removed, has not endeared this corporation to my heart lately, nor to many other genealogists as well. I repeatedly see comments from other genea-bloggers such as 'shooting themselves in the foot' or 'cutting off their nose to spite their face.' I wrote quite some time ago about how angry patrons were when the 'new, improved'"

Mormons and Evolution

2007-04-16T01:56:00.000-07:00

Mormons and Evolution: Adam and Eve: Obscuring a Plain and Precious Truth?: "the LDS doctrine of God differs from that of others in a number of ways. Probably the most prominent difference is our belief that God the Father has a body of flesh and bones, presumably similar to the resurrected Jesus."

I like to understand what that church is about because I feel that I and the world are greatly in their debt for their archive copy services, and when I meet church members on or off line I respect them - even as an atheist myself.

The Generations Network: BELLEVUE

2007-03-29T07:37:00.000-07:00

The Generations Network: BELLEVUE Senior UEX Designer job in Bellevue, WA: Arts/Entertainment/Publishing and Internet/New Media careers - Yahoo HotJobs: "

* Relocation from any U.S. location to Washington.
* For additional information regarding our benefits and career information, please visit our website at www.tgn.com.

Key Responsibilities / Performance Requirements:

* Work and lead within a small, talented design team to conceive and build the user experience for http://beta.myfamily.com
* Identify interaction design opportunities and innovate to create a best-of-breed user experience for a fresh Web 2.0 product
* Apply user-centered design methods to ensure an engaging, appropriate and usable social software and collaborative multimedia authoring applications
* Work closely with the Creative Director, product managers and developers to define overall product direction and UI requirements
* Help define direction and briefs for understanding users through usability and ethnographic research studies
* Translate research findings into compelling interface designs
* Develop and document structural design paradigms, structures and paper prototypes
* Design and produce graphics and pages for the final product

Required Skills:

Bachelors Degree in relevant field (Graphic Design, Interaction Design, Human Factors, Cognitive Psychology ) or equivalent work experience.
5+ years web experience; ability to design both structure and look and feel of data-driven web sites and web applications for ongoing production and maintenance.
Extremely strong knowledge of and experience in, interaction design, information architecture and graphic design.
Experience with user centered design and user research (ethnography, usability testing)
Deep working knowledge of cross-browser xHTML, CSS, and industry standard design software.
Love the web as much as we do!
Excellent writing and communication skills; with an outstanding portfolio.

"
myfamily.com 2.0 beta – Create a private family website to share photos and stories: "Since 1998, myfamily.com has provided private family web sites to help millions of people stay connected with those who matter most. Continuing that tradition, myfamily.com 2.0 beta introduces a new generation of FREE family web sites for sharing photos, stories, news, and more."

http://beta.myfamily.com - Google Search

Ancestry.com

2007-03-29T07:30:00.000-07:00

Ancestry.com: "About Ancestry.com

With 23,000 searchable databases and titles,

Ancestry.com is the No. 1 online source for family history information. Since its launch in 1997, Ancestry.com has been the premier resource for family history, simplifying genealogical research for millions of people by providing them with many easy-to-use tools and resources to build their own unique family trees.

Ancestry.com is part of The Generations Network, Inc, a leading network of family-focused interactive properties, including MyFamily.com, Rootsweb.com, Genealogy.com, and Family Tree Maker. In total,
The Generations Network properties receive 9.6 million unique visitors worldwide and over 380 million page views a month

((C) comScore Media Metrix, February, 2007)."

MEASURING THE DIGITAL AGE

comScore Networks, Inc.: " maintains massive proprietary databases that provide a continuous, real-time measurement of the myriad ways in which the Internet is used and the wide variety of activities that are occurring online.

Mission-critical information relating to both offline and online activities is collected through comScore's innovative use of the Internet as a timely and powerfu
l data collection medium.

comScore's products and services are utilized by many of the world's leading corporations to better understand, leverage and profit from the rapidly evolving worldwide Web."

The Generations Network: a job in Provo

2007-03-27T06:42:00.000-07:00

The Book Publications Manager will be a dynamic leader on the Editorial and Publications team, actively managing the production of book and other printed projects. He or she will work closely with the editorial director to ensure that all projects are sent to press at a high standard of quality and on time.

The publications manager must be a self-starter, deadline-driven, and detail-oriented. He or she must demonstrate organizational skills and have the ability to coordinate multiple projects at a time and interface with authors, other editors, and designers. He or she will also be responsible for working with printers to ensure the best quality and price for new and reprint book products. The publications manager must be experienced in diplomatically dealing with authors, editors, and designers to create the best possible product.

The publications manager will be required to work full time in the Provo, Utah offices of The Generations Network, Inc."

If you follow the vacancies in The Generations Network Jobs - Yahoo! HotJobs you get an idea of what is going on

eg The Generations Network: Italian - Speaking Customer Support Consultants

and:-
an experienced web developer you will help build our next-generation web site where millions of family members already connect with each other on a daily basis to share photos, news, recipes and other information. We are moving to a state-of-the-art .NET 2.0 + AJAX development environment and need a developer with a solid track record of shipping high-quality consumer web sites and services.

with relocation from any U.S. location to Utah or Washington.
or
Location Ottawa, Ontario, Canada — Toronto, Ontario, Canada

a pivotal role in Canada for The Generation Network. The key candidate will be responsible for identifying and obtaining rights to significant genealogical collections from private and public institutions in Canada. This position will report to the Regional Content Manager at company headquarters in Provo, Utah.

http://ancestry.ca/
La version française sera bientôt disponible
Ancestry.ca - Drouin Collection: "With cooperation and support from experts at the University of Montreal, Ancestry is in the process of indexing the collection.

Currently, all of the images are accessible by browsing through time periods and locations. Ancestry will post the index and provide a French interface for improved searching as soon as they become available"

E-petition: census

2007-03-23T19:21:00.000-07:00

Thank you for signing the e-petition calling for the closure period on census data to be reduced from its present 100 years to 70 years for the 1911, 1921 and 1931 censuses.

The Government understands the frustrations this delay can cause, particularly to people who are researching their family history. But these frustrations have to be balanced against the assurances given to people at the time about confidentiality. This also has implications today, for public confidence in the privacy of information which people provide in future censuses.

Clearly, the importance of the personal information provided in the census is that it enables a detailed and accurate picture to be built up of our society. This is of great assistance to Government and to the community as a whole in helping shape policies and set priorities for the future. But unless people believe that the personal data they provide - which includes details of their occupation and who is living with them - will remain confidential and secure as they have been promised, the danger is that they might feel reluctant to give sensitive information.

It is for this reason that there is a policy of a 100-year delay before releasing the personal data in the census. The purpose is to minimise the risk of embarrassment both to those living and to their immediate descendants. The Government does not believe this policy should be altered or the explicit assurances given to people at the time broken.

You might like to know, however, that the 1911 census was not taken under this Act. The census returns are held by the National Archives, not the Office for National Statistics. Plans are underway to set up an on-line search service of the 1911 census by 2009, although again personally sensitive material will not be released until 2011. The National Archives will also respond to certain requests for information on the 1911 census under the Freedom of Information Act.

On a sadder note, the 1931 census records were destroyed by fire during the Second World War.

We know this reply will disappoint many people, but hope you will understand that in the long-term, the reasons given are in the best interests of preserving the census for future generations.

a new law could be taken

We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to reduce the classified period for census data from 100 years to 70 years.: "This would allow census information from 1911, 1921 and 1931 to be used by the general public researching their family history in the absense (or failing memories) of their elderly relatives. Birth, Marriage and Death information is already available so why is information about where people lived hidden."

it is already available in Electoral Rolls and old telephone directories

Napoleonic Wars 1798 to 1815

2007-03-23T06:30:00.000-07:00

Navy List: "For nearly two decades Patrick Marioné has been collecting information on the commissioned sea officers of the Royal Navy of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars 1793-1815, known to the British participants simply as the Great War.
This quarter of a century of war, whose apogee was the Campaign of Trafalgar in 1805, saw the Victory of Sea Power and set the course of European and world history for the next 100 years.

The Complete Navy List contains the names of more than 11,000 commissioned officers who served in the Royal Navy from 1787 onwards, up to those who entered the service before 1817.
The information, which has been collected comprises individual’s careers, their personal lives, their parents and families, the honours and pensions they earned, and much more, and extends into what they did after the Great War."

good parish maps

2007-03-22T07:10:00.000-07:00

A vision of Britain through time | Your national on-line library for local history:
"between 1801 and 2001.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions."

Vision of Britain | News: "The Joint Information Systems Committee — a joint committee of the UK further and higher education funding bodies — has awarded the University of Portsmouth £398,700 (about $US 780,000) to support a new project, Historic Boundaries of Britain, to create computerised boundaries for the system of Parliamentary Constituencies from before the First Reform Act (1831/2) up to 1974.

These will then be used within the Vision of Britain web site to allow us to present detailed election results — numbers of votes for each party in each constituency in each election — from the mid-nineteenth century onwards."

VMTN Blog

2007-03-22T03:35:00.000-07:00

VMTN Blog: "VDI, or Virtual Desktop Infrastructure, is quickly entering the buzzword danger zone. At the most basic level, VDI technology is a new method for delivering desktops to users.

Of course users have been using desktops for years, at first running locally on their own PCs, and more recently by accessing remote server-based computing (SBC) desktops running on Microsoft terminal servers or Citrix Presentation Servers."

Burke's Peerage and Gentry

2007-03-20T13:15:00.000-07:00

A brand new website for Burke's Peerage has just been launched. Specialists in Irish and British online genealogy,

The Origins Network (www.originsnetwork.com) have totally re-designed the Burke's Peerage Online service (www.burkes-peerage.net), making it much easier to search the rich genealogical database and to access an extraordinary range of detailed articles and essays on many aspects of the culture and traditions of the British Isles.

Definitive historical and genealogical guide to the major families.: "There are more than 1 million names in our 15,000+ records of British, Irish and American royalty, the peerage, presidential and other important families. Each has been meticulously researched by a team of professional genealogists to ensure the information is accurate, reliable and up-to-date. "

from the following collections:

Burkes Peerage & Baronetage 107th Edition, including Knights, Scottish Chiefs and Scottish Feudal Barons

Burke's Landed Gentry 19th Edition: The Kingdom in Scotland; The Ridings of York; The North West; The Principality of Wales

Burke's Landed Gentry 18th Edition

Burke's Landed Gentry Irish Families (Irish supplement to the 15th Edition of Burke's Landed Gentry)

American Families with British Ancestry

American Presidential Families

British Prime Ministers

The Atavus Subscriber Library

Genealogy blog in Finland

2007-03-16T17:53:00.000-07:00

Daydreaming in Helsinki: Genealogy in Seinäjoki

Web Site Search Engine, Free and Pro Versions - FreeFind.com

2007-02-02T07:38:00.000-08:00

smaller sitesWeb Site Search Engine, Free and Pro Versions - FreeFind.com: "Advanced site search and navigation technology can be added to your website in minutes. You'll get high speed, high availability, hosted search technology from the company that pioneered the field.
There's nothing to download or install. It's free and easy."

By controlling your own web crawler you learn to understand how they all work

get on line cheaply

2007-01-31T11:38:00.000-08:00

DSL ZoneUK - Bandwidth Meter: said "6694 Kbps which is around 836.74 KB/s including overheads up from 1722 Kbps"
http://www.dslzoneuk.net/

Cheap International Calls to 28 mainland countries - Talk3 International - TalkTalk Landline:

"Talk3 International is for people who are always on the phone to the UK and beyond, giving you an unlimited number of inclusive local and national landline calls

1 and unlimited anytime international calls to 28 mainland countries in Europe (including the Balearics), Australia, New Zealand, USA and Canada.

2 Calls to mobiles in the USA and Canada are also included at no extra charge.

3 Just dial 18418 before the international number. Call any time, day or night, up to 70 minutes without charge. If you want to talk more just hang up and dial again. Like all of our plans, Talk3 International is structured in the same way as the BT equivalent, making it easy for you to compare prices."

Countries:-

USA (includes mobile) - - Canada (includes mobile) - Australia - New Zealand - Austria - Belgium - Cyprus - Czech Republic - Denmark - Estonia - Finland - France - Germany - Greece - Hungary - Ireland - Italy - Latvia - Lithuania - Luxembourg - Malta - Netherlands - Poland - Portugal - Slovakia - Slovenia - Spain (inc Balearic Islands) - Sweden

from usenet

2007-01-18T08:11:00.000-08:00

Does anyone have a copy of the book that was made on the family farm names
for the town/area of Leka, Norway. I would like the information about my
family that is in this book, and would like to obtain a copy of this book if
possible.

My grandfather was Henrik Meyer Hartvikson, born in Leka, Norway.

Thanks,

RaeDel (Hartvickson)Hallock

"ask a librarian" exists in Denmark, UK and other countries by telephone and on line so why not Norway?

so lets try Google

site:no ask librarian

I don't know how to say that in Norwegian
but english words will find english language pages on norwegian sites

try the national library or a university close to the locality you are interested in - grab some maps if you don't know

good hunting

Hugh W

Llanvair Kilgeddin

2007-01-18T07:37:00.000-08:00

Just found your family tree on Rootsweb and wondererd if you have any connections to my Joseph Watkins born in Llanvair Kilgeddin in 1840 baptised 18/10/1840 son of John Watkins and Elizabeth Johnson

Both his parents were not from Llanvair Kilgeddin but Llagarren Longrove Herefordshire, but i guess must have either known other watkins or had family living there hense having there son Joseph there,

best regards

*****

Hello *****

Without looking at my notes or census first, I need to know occupations and addresses because in societies where patronymics from popular christian names are used, you identify people by nicknames mostly of occupation or address.

For example there may be many Jones Castle Farm, Jones the baker or Jones the post

When the welsh parish register images are on line in 2 or 3 years I hope you will help me transcribe and index them

from my email

2007-01-18T04:40:00.000-08:00

every day I read or skim about 400 emails either to me, or on groups I subscribe to and answering publicly some of these, and writing about genealogy itself, is the theme of this blog.

That is in comparison with my MAIN BLOG (so far) GENEALOGE http://hughw36.blogspot.com/ which is my web log of what web sites interest me, I have visited, and of news about changes and developments in the industrial, archival, volunteer and hobby sites of interest to fellow genealogists, and librarians world wide.

Mostly each blog post is a quotation from another web site, or what librarians call an abstract, with a link to enable my readers to find out more for themselves. I try and comply with accepted "fair use" as regards copyright but my citations are not in academic style but links in fact worth gold in web ratings by search engines and the rest.

Because that is my main blog I include personal news and if unwell or off line or breaking my daily posting pattern on Usenet or in a forum or group, I aim to make one post in the main blog from a friend's, a library, an archive or a hospital computer.

My main image blog is photographs and walks http://snaps4.blogspot.com/ which is set up to accept images from my Sony Ericsson 800i videophone / mobile phone directly through the world wide 3G network

3g network - Google Search
3g network worldwide - Google Search

BTW the blogger / google spell checker does not know Ericsson
but suggests Erickson, Ericsson's, Ericson's, Eric's and Erickson's for Ericsson
Ericsson - Google Search: "about 127,000,000 hits"

checking my usages of words:-

about 13,400 for Sony Ericsson 800i "mobile phone"

about 1,430 for Sony Ericsson 800i "mobilephone".
about 1,260 for Sony Ericsson 800i "camera phone".
about 409 for Sony Ericsson 800i "video phone
about 30 for Sony Ericsson 800i "videophone"

and so I better drop the last expression videophone

after thought:-
about 31,300 hits for genealoge.
and that could be genealogy. genealogies. genealogy's. according to the spell checker
or (auch: Familienforscher) Genealogen befassen sich mit der Genealogie von Menschen.

DANMARK Landsdækkende arkivalier

2007-01-16T00:14:00.000-08:00

Digitale Kilder

Arkivalier online
Kirkebøger på nettet
.
Arkivalier online
Folketællinger på nettet
.
Dansk Demografisk Database
Indtastede Folketællinger
.
Det Danske Udvandrearkiv
Lister over udvandrede
.
Indvandrede
Indvandrerhistoriske databaser
.
Dannebrogsmænd
Database over Dannebrogsmænd
.
Danske billeder
Historisk billedarkiv
.
Indeks til arkivalieronline.dk
Indeks til kirkebøger
.
Daisy
Arkivskabere på Statens Arkiver
.
Historie-online
Historiske foreninger, selskaber, laug og grupper
.
Dansk Demografisk Database
Oeders efterretninger 1771

Genealogy News

2007-01-14T11:35:00.000-08:00

Genealogy News - Marriage Records: "here are numerous marriage records available online.

Here are some of the best places to search for and find them along with marriage resources and products. Some of these are free marriage record resources while others charge a fee."

Winterbourne Family History Online

2007-01-14T08:31:00.000-08:00

Home Page

The family history research material available on this site is mainly related to the Civil Parish of Winterbourne, South Gloucestershire.

This includes the ecclesiastical parishes of Winterbourne, Winterbourne Down and Frenchay.

Also the hamlets of Watley's End, Hicks Common, Pye Corner, Whiteshill and Hambrook; all within the Civil Parish.

Archives: "by Frenchay Village Museum"

Parish Records

[The first page is inscribed as follows:]

M: James St ff your friend was at my house this day, but you that Mr Thomas Williams of Winterbourne hath given to the church of Winterbourne aforesayd the somme of vis & viiid for a pew or seate in the said church in witness whereof we the parson and Churchwardens subscribed our names.
Per me Richardum Brydges, Clericum, Jhon Middleton, William Bayly, Churchwardens.

M: That Mr Thomas Hopkins of Hambroke within the parish of Winterbourne hath given unto the church of Winterbourne aforesaid the somme of tenn shillings for a pew or seate in the church neere the chancell: in witness whereof we have subscribed our names this ii day of May 1613.
Per me Richardum Brydges, Clericum, Abraham Cox X, John Lyall X, Churchwardens.

M: That we Thomas Williams and John Marshall churchwardens of the parish of Winterbourne have places Mr Thomas Hoptkins of Hambroke in the uppermost seate in the church over against the pullpitt; in regards his former seate stood where the pullpitt now standeth.
Thomas Williams, John X Marshall, Churchwardens.

Memor: that Mr Thomas Symes of Winterbourne hath given unto the church of Winterbourne aforesaid the somme of twenty shillings for a pew or seate, formerly Mr William’s, in the said church: in witness whereof we the churchwardens have subscribed our names this present 25th of January 1656.

can anyone name these navvies on the Badminton line ?
click here to answer to the above site please

Good morning

2006-12-28T15:05:00.000-08:00

Hullo World