Competition watchdog to look into ITV's Friends Reunited sale
The Guardian
ITV 's £25m sale of Friends Reunited is to be investigated by competition regulators over fears that new owner DC Thomson will dominate the UK online genealogy market. DC Thomson acquired Friends Reunited for £25m in August , snapping up th...
Genealogy classes nearly full
Victoria Advocate
The January Beginning Genealogy 101 class is so popular, there are only four openings left in the Wednesday night class. The Victoria College Continuing Education Department now has opened a second section on Thursday evenings. During the m...
Stearns History Museum to host genealogy event
St. Cloud Times
Stearns History Museum will host Genealogy Super Saturday from 9-11 a.m. Saturday. This is especially for Minnesotans looking to explore their German or Polish ancestry. Two presentations will be given by Stephen S. Barthel, a nationally kn...
Ancestry.com gains in 1st day of trading
CNBC
NEW YORK - Shares of Ancestry.com climbed in their first day of trading Thursday after the genealogy Web site's initial public offering priced in the middle of the expected range. The stock jumped $1.43, or 10.6 percent, to $14.93 in aftern...
Senior Times: When genealogy meets serendipity
NRToday.com
When I attended the California Family History Expo in Redding, Calif., last month, Janet Hovorka's class “Serendipity and Other Miracles: Why you need Family History” intrigued me. Hovorka spoke about reasons for seeking our ancestors such ...
ITV stuck with Friends Reunited as OFT refers sale to watchdog
Times Online
The latest embarrassment came from the Office of Fair Trading, which ruled that ITV’s attempt to sell Friends for £25 million to the owner of two genealogy sites could breach competition law. ITV must now convince the Competition Commission...
Computer club set to meet at Porter Public Library on Nov. 11
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Dailey, a retired surveyor and a genealogy researcher. His talk is titled "A Perfect (Almost) Match: Computers, the Internet, and Genealogy." Dailey will show attendees how to use current technology to uncover genealogical records and to pr...
Friends Reunited sale referred to regulator
Financial Times
Brightsolid was planning to combine its family history site , Genes Reunited, with its own genealogy properties, 1911census.co.uk and FindMyPast.com. ITV, which paid £170m for Friends Reunited in 2005 , was selling the site to focus on its ...
Genealogy Dot-Com Getting Mixed Messages From IPO Watchers
Investors Business Daily
The IPO calendar is keeping busy with six offerings slated for this week. Investors, however, are still picky. Of the 13 IPOs that came out in October, only four are trading above their offering price. But Ancestry.com is different from oth...
Genealogy association to meet Nov. 14
Martinsville Reporter-Times
The Morgan County History and Genealogy Association will have its meeting in the genealogy section of the Morgan County Library in Martinsville at 9 a.m. Nov. 14. The program will be on beginning genealogy. There will be members of the Asso...
ITV's £25m Friends Reunited sale hit by competition fears
Daily Telegraph
The broadcaster agreed to sell the once-popular social networking site to Brightsolid, a division of DC Thomson, at a £150m loss in August. However, the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is concerned that Brightsolid's plan to combine Friends' g...
Ancestry.com Hopes to Raise $100 Million in IPO
ABC News
Genealogy Web site Ancestry.com hopes to raise about $100 million when it goes public this week. With more than a million paying subscribers, little competition, a small debt load and a record of increasing revenues, it may fare better than...
Genealogy: Death certificates valuable in family history research
Asheville Citizen-Times
Some of the most valuable resources for family history research are death certificates and death records. While these records contain both primary and secondary information, as I'll explain, all the information is important. Researchers cla...
Devon experts offer help with family tree (From Mid Devon Star)
This is West Country
On Thursday (November 12) members of the public can book 45 minute slots with a member of the team to find out more about using genealogy websites and assessing files held in the record office. Cllr Roger Croad said: “Tracing a family tree ...
Genealogy is one of the most popular and fastest growing hobbies in the world. Much of this popularity is due to the internet, which has made researching a lot easier and more accessible. A wealth of resources are available online including mailing lists, discussion forums, websites, and even census records. There are several popular software programs available for recording genealogical information including Family Tree Maker, Legacy, The Master Genealogist and Rootsmagic. Several applications exist for the Palm and Windows Mobile platform as well.It is said that getting to know one's ancestors leads to getting to know yourself, and that is certainly true. Exploring your family history can reveal all kinds of delightful and amazing stories. The folks that came before us, especially those who were Pioneers, were hardy folks and revealing their lives is often very rewarding.
