Ancestry®

Ancestry® Partners With The Home Edit to Bring More Meaning to Spring Cleaning

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Monday, March 1, 2021
Science, Other Science, Research, General Health, Health, Family, Genetics, Consumer, Articles, Cleaning, Spring Cleaning, Compulsive decluttering, Clea, T, Publications, Ancestry®, The Home Edit

View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210301005269/en/

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  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210301005269/en/
    The Home Edit and Ancestry have teamed up to provide spring cleaning solutions to refresh the home in a more meaningful way this year.
  • Spring cleaning is traditionally thought to be a time of decluttering and clearing, but there is also an opportunity to bring rich new meaning and thoughtfulness to the age-old tradition, says Clea Shearer.
  • Ive been an Ancestry member for years and was delighted to uncover a photo of my great-great-grandparents and their four kids.
  • The goal in starting The Home Edit was to reinvent traditional organizing, and merge it with design and interior styling.

Blackstone Completes Acquisition of Ancestry®, Leading Online Family History Business, for $4.7 Billion

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Friday, December 4, 2020
Professional services, Health, Technology, Genetics, Finance, Internet, Applied genetics, Blackstone, Ancestry®, GIC

Ancestry is the global leader in digital family history services, operating in more than 30 countries.

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  • Ancestry is the global leader in digital family history services, operating in more than 30 countries.
  • The company harnesses the information found in family trees and historical records to help people gain a new level of understanding about their lives.
  • Ancestry also operates a market-leading consumer genomics business, which informs consumers about their heritage and key health characteristics.
  • Ancestry, the global leader in family history and consumer genomics, empowers journeys of personal discovery to enrich lives.

Ancestry® Completes the Arolsen Archives Collection with 19 Million Holocaust Records

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Wednesday, August 26, 2020
Other Education, Other Retail, Continuing, Software, University, Primary, Secondary, Internet, Education, Specialty, Other Consumer, Data management, Foundation, Women, Seniors, Technology, Religion, Retail, MEN, Audio, Video, Online, Family, Consumer, Online Retail, Philanthropy, Teens, Arts, Museums, Entertainment, Other Philanthropy, Arolsen Archives - International Center on Nazi Persecution, Genealogy, International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, Bad Arolsen, Aftermath of the Holocaust, Bibliography of The Holocaust, Germany in World War II, History of the Jews in Europe, Ancestry®, Arolsen Archives, USC Shoah Foundation

Building on its commitment to preserve at risk history, there are now more than 19 million Holocaust records available globally, for free and in perpetuity as part of the Arolsen Archives Collection.

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  • Building on its commitment to preserve at risk history, there are now more than 19 million Holocaust records available globally, for free and in perpetuity as part of the Arolsen Archives Collection.
  • First launched to the public last July 2019, today marks the completion of the Ancestry Arolsen Archives Collection which has been a multi-year project, culminating with the digitization of a total of 19.2 million records and 1.6 million images.
  • The collection now has an additional 9 million digital records from the French, British, and Soviet zones of occupation.
  • Our partnership with Ancestry is bringing visibility to our unique collection of historical documents about the Holocaust and Nazi persecution, said Floriane Azoulay, Director of Arolsen Archives.

Survey Finds Americans Skip Holiday Gatherings to Avoid Uncomfortable Family Conversations, and Wish Dialogue Was More Meaningful

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Wednesday, October 23, 2019
Women, MEN, Health, Parenting, Family, Genetics, Consumer, Other Consumer, Women, MEN, Health, Parenting, Family, Genetics, Consumer, Other Consumer, Ancestry®, TABLETOPICS

In fact, some family gatherings are so divisive or uncomfortable, that almost half (49%) of those polled skipped a family gathering at least once.

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  • In fact, some family gatherings are so divisive or uncomfortable, that almost half (49%) of those polled skipped a family gathering at least once.
  • Despite these statistics, Americans want and yearn for more meaningful family connections.
  • Americans reported family members giving unsolicited advice (88%), and uncomfortable topics, such as politics, marital status or kids being brought up (81%), or even arguments breaking out (37%).
  • Four out of five Americans (80%) wish more family members knew about their family history.

Ancestry® Digitizes Millions of Holocaust and Nazi Persecution Related Archives Making Them Searchable Online for the First Time Ever

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Wednesday, July 31, 2019
Family, Data management, Public policy, Government, Consumer, Technology, Arts, Museums, Entertainment, Other Education, Education, Philanthropy, Women, Other Policy Issues, Other Philanthropy, Religion, MEN, Internet, Racism in Europe, Holocaust historiography, Arolsen Archives-International Center on Nazi Persecution, Genealogy, International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, Bibliography of The Holocaust, Racism, The Holocaust, Holocaust, Bad Arolsen, Aftermath of the Holocaust, Ancestry®, Arolsen Archives, The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Ancestry then used advanced technology to digitize millions of names and other critical information found within these records, which are now searchable online for the first time ever.

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  • Ancestry then used advanced technology to digitize millions of names and other critical information found within these records, which are now searchable online for the first time ever.
  • Beginning today, people will be able to view both Holocaust and Nazi persecution related archives to identify immigrants leaving Germany and other European ports as well as non-citizens persecuted in occupied territories.
  • Holocaust Memorial Museum, I was able to unlock a story about my own grandmothers experiences as a Holocaust survivor in Germany.
  • To this day, Arolsen Archives answers inquiries about some 20,000 victims of Nazi persecution every year.