List subscribers--
In the past I have mentioned free samples offered by commercial
companies --
but be aware --
As an example -- Yesterday in one of the large general mailing lists
there was an email by someone who said his family and forty other
families were using a protected web site at
MyFamily.com. which
limited access through a password system.
Today Ancestry annouced a $12 million investment "first round" by
Intel and others in their company
This announcement appears in Ancestry Daily News today.
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From the Feb 26 issue of Ancestry Daily News--
This issue of the Ancestry Daily News is brought to you by
MyFamily.com.
Have you spent hours gathering your family history only to find that
you are not able to easily show it to everyone? Do you often find
yourselftrying to describe or draw your family tree and wish you had
an easiermethod? Wouldn't it be nice to not only include the past
information but also display current photos of your relatives? With
the
MyFamily.com Family
Tree Viewer, your family members don't need a separate software
application to view and browse the tree file (GEDCOM file). We do it
all for you --
online. It's simple and easy, and a great way to keep the family in
touch. For more information, go to:
http://www.myfamily.com/index.asp?ID=FTV25
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OREM, UTAH, February 24, 1998 --
Ancestry.com, Inc., a leading provider
of
family-oriented content and services on the Internet, today announced it
has received $12.3 million in first round financing. This is the largest
first round venture financing for a Utah-based information technology
company and provides
Ancestry.com, Inc. with additional resources to
help
fuel its growth and to further develop and deploy its customer service
technology. Three investors participated in the initial appropriation:
CMG@Ventures, the affiliated venture capital arm of CMGI (NASDAQ: CMGI),
Intel Corporation, and Wasatch Venture Fund, Inc. Further financial
details
of the investments were not disclosed.
"Families are increasingly turning to the Internet as a means of
communication," said Curt Allen, CEO of
Ancestry.com, Inc. "The
infusion of
capital from @Ventures, Intel, and Wasatch Venture Fund enables us to
expand our family-oriented services and introduce a more global family
communication network."
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