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> Readers of this list may be interested in this Press Release from
> MyFamily.com dated 8 Apr 2003:
>
> MyFamily.com, Inc. Acquires Genealogy.com, Expands Product Line, and
> Enters Long-Term Promotional Agreement with A&E Television Networks
>
> PROVO, Utah, April 8 /PRNewswire/ -- MyFamily.com, Inc., a leading
> online subscription business and the leading network for connecting
> families, and A&E Television Networks (AETN) announced today that
> MyFamily has acquired Genealogy.com, producer of the award-winning
> family tree software, Family Tree Makera, and provider of extensive
> online genealogy resources. In addition, MyFamily will receive
> promotion on AETN television properties.
>
> Genealogy.com joins the MyFamily network of websites --
> Ancestry.com,
> MyFamily.com, and RootsWeb.com -- giving customers a full complement
of
> Internet services focused on connecting families with their histories
> and one another. Combined, the network of websites receives over 10
> million unique visitors each month and has more than one million paid
> subscriptions.
>
> "We're excited to bring these two strong companies together to
> better
> serve consumers and the genealogy community," said Tom Stockham,
> President &
> CEO of MyFamily.com. "It's a great strategic fit and underscores an
> opportunity to serve the growing market for family history products.
By
> providing customers with a broad set of tools to discover the
> information that makes their family history come to life, we help
> customers answer the
> questions, 'Who am I?', 'Where do I come from?' and 'How am I
> connected?'"
>
> "AETN is excited to see these two important family history
companies
> come together, increasing the positive experience of consumers
embarking
> on family research," said Nick Davatzes, President & CEO, A&E
Television
> Networks. "We believe this agreement makes good sense for the
> businesses and for the consumer. AETN looks forward to a long-term
> strategic partnership with MyFamily."
>
> Genealogy.com will continue to offer its wide variety of products
> and
> services, including Family Tree Makera, and its dynamic roster of
online
> subscription products. MyFamily will continue to improve upon the
> products
> and services Genealogy.com currently offers, enhancing the family
> history
> research experience. In addition, Genealogy.com will continue to host
> GenForum message boards, a widely used free genealogy community
> resource, with more than six million messages posted.
>
> MyFamily serves the fast-growing market of people with an interest
> in
> family history. As reported in a recent study, family history is one
of
> the
> fastest-growing hobbies in the U.S., with over 60% of Americans
> interested in researching their family history. The addition of
> Genealogy.com's strong
> product line to MyFamily's network of websites, family tree software,
> databases on CD-ROM, message boards, books, and magazines, is a
natural
> expansion, providing researchers valuable tools to quickly and easily
> explore their family history, saving them time and money.
>
> About MyFamily.com, Inc.
>
> MyFamily.com, Inc. is among the largest online subscription
> businesses,
> with over one million paid subscriptions. A next-generation media
> company,
> MyFamily is focused on connecting families with their histories and
one
> another. The company provides both free and paid subscription
services
> through it's network of Internet properties, which include:
> Ancestry.com,
> Genealogy.com, RootsWeb.com, and MyFamily.com. The Company also
> publishes
> Family Tree Maker and Ancestry Family Tree software, Ancestry
magazine,
> Genealogical Computing magazine, over 50 book titles, and numerous
> databases
> on CD-ROM.
>
> About A&E Television Networks
>
> A&E Television Networks is a joint venture of The Hearst
> Corporation, ABC, Inc. and NBC. AETN is an award-winning,
international
> media company offering consumers a diverse communications environment
> ranging from television programming, magazine publishing, and web
sites,
> to books, music CDs and home videos/DVDs, as well as supporting
> nationwide educational initiatives. A&E Television Networks is
> comprised of A&E Network, The History Channel, The Biography Channel,
> History International, AETN International, AETN Consumer Products, and
> Biography Magazine.
>
> SOURCE MyFamily.com, Inc.
>
Technology - AP
50 Million Historical Documents Hit Web
Fri Apr 4, 2:31 PM ET
By EUN-KYUNG KIM, Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON - Researchers, genealogists and the plain curious
can now use the Internet to check more than 50 million historical
records at the National Archives, from Civil War battles to family
immigration files.
Before the system became available, people had to either
visit the Archives and spend hours combing through documents or request
the files by phone and pay to have them mailed.
"Now, people can pull these electronic records at their own
convenience," said Michael Carlson, electronic and special media records
director for the archives. "It's totally self-service from your
desktop."
The records available on the database system represent a
small fraction of the archive's electronic holdings. They were selected
because of their analytical and statistical nature - most deal with
information that easily can be looked up based on specific names, dates,
organizations, cities or states.
For instance, someone wanting to research a
great-grandfather who immigrated to the United States in the 19th
century can choose the series of records listed under "immigrants,"
enter the relative's name and learn on what ship he traveled, the
occupation he claimed prior to leaving, the date he arrived in New York,
and the country from which he left, among other details.
"It can be another stop in creating your family tree and
understanding what happened and when," said Michael Kurtz, assistant
archivist for records services.
Carlson said he expects the service will be popular with
veterans in particular because of all the information related to
military action, casualties and POWs.
The records in the new system "aren't a revelation in
information, but is it helpful? Absolutely," said American Legion
spokesman John Peterson after checking out the Web site.
"A lot of people active with the POW/MIA issue complain the
government doesn't release enough documents about people who are still
missing, so almost anything they give out is good in our eyes," he said.
Kristine Minami, a spokeswoman for the Japanese American
Citizens League, said getting easy access to government records will
provide "a lot of validation" to Japanese Americans who were sent to
internment camps during World War II.
The database draws from the records of 20 federal agencies.
Most of the information was created by the agencies to suit their own
program needs, without any thought to its historical significance.
Because of that, some records have typographical errors like
misspelled names or an inaccurate dates. National Archives officials did
not correct any of the information to preserve the records' integrity.
Shirley Langdon Wilcox, former president of the National
Genealogical Society, called the new system an "extremely useful and
exciting" tool.
"This certainly gives you enough of an idea of what might be
available to you so you know what to weed out before taking a trip
somewhere," she said. "Anytime you have a tool that can make yourself
better prepared before you go to the Archives or library, it's
worthwhile. You don't end up wasting an hour or two looking at whether
they have something, because you've done your homework. "
___
On The Net:
National Archives' Access to Archives Databases:
http://www.archives.gov/aad/
Regards, Uncle
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