Wednesday, December 19, 2007

Have You Heard The Latest Regarding
FamilySearch and The Generations Network?


Have you heard the latest about FamilySearch and The Generations Network? A press release from The Generations Network was just released today stating that the 13 Regional Family History Centers listed below will have free access to their patrons for Ancestry.com. Free access will also be available to patrons at Brigham Young University, Idaho, Hawaii, and Provo campuses and the LDS Business College. I have provided a copy of the press release from The Generations Network for your review below.

Provo, UT – December 19, 2007 – FamilySearch and The Generations Network, Inc., parent company of Ancestry.com, today announced an agreement that provides free access of Ancestry.com to patrons of the Family History Library in Salt Lake City and the 13 largest regional family history centers effective today.

With this new agreement, full access will be provided to more than 24,000 Ancestry.com databases and titles and 5 billion names in family history records. In addition to the Family History Library, the following 13 regional family history centers have been licensed to receive access to Ancestry.com:

• Mesa, Arizona

• Los Angeles, California

• Oakland, California

• Orange, California

• Sacramento, California

• San Diego, California

• Idaho Falls, Idaho

• Pocatello, Idaho

• Las Vegas, Nevada

• Logan, Utah

• Ogden, Utah

• St. George, Utah

• Hyde Park, London, England


“We’re excited for our patrons to receive online access to an expanded collection of family history records on Ancestry.com,” said Don Anderson, director of FamilySearch Support. “Ancestry.com’s indexes and digital images of census, immigration, vital, military and other records, combined with the excellent resources of FamilySearch, will increase the likelihood of success for patrons researching their family history.”

The Generations Network and FamilySearch hope to expand access to other family history centers in the future.

FamilySearch patrons at the designated facilities will have access to Ancestry.com’s completely indexed U.S. Federal Census Collection, 1790-1930, and more than 100 million names in passenger lists from 1820-1960, among other U.S. and international record collections. Throughout the past year, Ancestry.com has added indexes to Scotland censuses from 1841-1901, created the largest online collection of military and African American records, and reached more than 4 million user-submitted family trees.

Free access is also available at Brigham Young University Provo, Idaho, and Hawaii campuses, and LDS Business College patrons through a separate agreement with The Generations Network.

“FamilySearch’s Family History Library in Salt Lake City is one of the most important physical centers for family history research in the world, and we are happy that patrons to the Library and these major regional centers will have access to Ancestry.com,” said Tim Sullivan, President and CEO of The Generations Network, Inc., parent company of Ancestry.com. “We’ve enjoyed a ten-year working relationship with FamilySearch, and we look forward to continued collaboration on a number of family history projects."

If you would like to view the press release click Family History Library and Major Family History Center Patrons to Receive Free Ancestry.com Access.

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