How far back can you trace your family’s lineage? Great grandparents? Great-great grandparents? Have you ever wondered how deep into the past you could go if you really tried? If so, Ancestry.com ...

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It may seem like a niche market, but genealogy research is a booming business. Interest in family history has spawned televsion shows, books, magazines, and conferences. Ancestry.com, whose main ...

Aug 5 (Reuters) - Blackstone Group Inc BX.N said on Wednesday it agreed to acquire genealogy provider Ancestry.com Inc from private equity rivals for $4.7 billion, including debt, placing a big bet on ...

Genealogy and DNA-testing behemoth Ancestry.com is selling 75% of itself to alternative asset manager Blackstone Group, according to a report from Bloomberg. The total deal is valued at $4.7 billion ...

A reader, who has a premium Ancestry.com subscription, recently asked me this: Is there any point in also searching for information on FamilySearch.org? Or can researchers assume Ancestry will give ...

A decade ago, tracing one’s ancestry was an activity associated with bored and perhaps elderly individuals who had nothing but time and tons of photo albums on their hands. In recent years, it’s ...

In this article, we take a look at 7 best sites like Ancestry.com to research your family history. If you would like to skip our detailed analysis of the genealogy industry, you can directly go to 3 ...

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