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I wanted to send a recap of Tim Sullivan’s Saturday keynote address at RootsTech. Some of the largest highlights include:
· Ancestry.com is partnering with FamilySearch to bring 140 million pages of US Probate Records covering more than 130 years.
· Over the next 5 years, we will be spending $100 million to digitize, index and put online new content on Ancestry.com, Fold3, Archives an d Newspapers.com
· AncestryDNA is now available to everyone (subscriber and non-subscribers) for $99
· The AncestryDNA database has more than 120,000 samples and we’ve delivered more than 2 million fourth cousin DNA matches
· Ancestry.com’s new iOS 4.1 update will be available soon (now available as of today 3/25)
· More than 1/3 of our new registrants on Ancestry.com are coming from mobile devices
· That same 1/3 are younger than our typical website user and this is a great sign of the future health of the family history category
· Collaboration is key. We encourage everyone to share and help each other.
· We are constantly looking at ways to appeal to the beginner and the expert genealogist. This can be difficult when the two ends of the spectrum speak a different language, but we are determined to find the best way to appeal to both parties.
You can view the entire address online at RootsTech.org: Tim Sullivan, CEO of Ancestry.com
This was a great event and I’m looking forward to RootsTech 2014 next February.
Very hopeful! All those new items on their online databases! Especially the probate records--that would be very helpful. Thanks for sharing this, Jen.
ReplyDeleteI'm looking forward to the recorded stream of David Pogue playing the piano and singing. I know it's be up soon.
Plus --I don't know what peeps would do without your Storify contributions. Thank you so much.
Hi Jen,
ReplyDeleteI want to let you know that this post is listed in today's Fab Finds post at http://janasgenealogyandfamilyhistory.blogspot.com/2013/03/follow-fridayfab-finds-for-march-29-2013.html
Have a wonderful weekend!