This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Lynne Miller Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.northcarolina.counties.lincoln/4016.3.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I'm sorry. I don't have the answer you are looking for. You will have to expand your branches before we can make a connection. Although I have other families in my data base, Lincoln County Ballards and their branches was my main priority. Check back with me in 6 months. I'll try to help you. Lynne D. Miller Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.
This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: jhcline_1 Surnames: Kids, Ballard, Tucker Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.northcarolina.counties.lincoln/4016.3.1.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Thanks so much. But these Ballards didn't seem to marry into my "KIDS" family (the "s' is not plural). The people using the KIDD spelling were a different family not related to William Sidney Kids b. 1834 (buried at Bethel with wife Julia Ann Howard) or his siblings.It seems they were not from England as Sidney's grandfather was. Sidney's children did change their name to KIDD in the 1900s.I think they just got tired of being called Kidd without the "s" and having to correct everybody. I don't know if his brothers' children finally did the same or not. I am beginning to think that the BALLARD connection is with William Tucker's (b. abt.1830) family. His wife Nancy Kids was Sidney Kids' older sister. It could be that the Ballard marriage was in Virginia before the Tuckers moved to Lincoln, Co. NC Thanks again - I'm going to check out your new book when I get to NC. - Julie Cline Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.
This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Lynne Miller Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.northcarolina.counties.lincoln/4016.3.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I can't find an exact match. This is one branch of Kidd/Ballard families that I've found Descendants of John "Jack" Kidd 1 John "Jack" Kidd b: 1757 Ireland d: 16 Jan 1849 Lincoln Co., NC .. Catherine Ballard b: 1756 m: Bef. 1787 d: 28 Nov 1849 Lincoln Co., NC .2 John W. Kidd, Jr. b: Abt. 1785 York Co., SC d: 1872 Fairburn Campbell Co., GA ..... Sarah Savina Wallace b: Abt. 1786 Scotland SC m: 05 Jan 1804 York Co SC d: 1868 Fairburn Campbell Co., GA .2 Martha Jane "Jennie" Kidd b: 1787 NC d: 27 Sep 1870 Greenville Co., SC ..... Benjamin C. Ballard b: Feb 1783 d: 20 Nov 1854 Lincoln Co., NC ..... 3 William Lewis Ballard, Rev. b: 08 Nov 1814 Lincoln Co., NC d: 19 Feb 1875 Greenville Co., SC ......... Jemima "Mina" Whitney b: 21 Aug 1813 7/21 Lincoln Co., NC m: 06 Mar 1833 Lincoln Co., NC d: 21 Feb 1891 Greenville Co., SC .........4 Henry P. Ballard b: 29 Jul 1835 Lincoln Co., NC d: 04 Mar 1868 Greenville Co SC (bur. Shoals Bap. Church Cem) ............. Permelia .........4 Benjamin Ebinezer Ballard b: 08 Jun 1839 Lincoln Co., NC d: Aft. 1920 Greenville Co., SC ............. Mary Jane Walker b: 06 Oct 1848 SC m: 22 Feb 1866 Greenville Co., SC d: 07 Mar 1922 .............5 William Pleasant Ballard b: 09 Apr 1867 Greenville Co., Sc d: 04 Dec 1936 bur. Fork Shoals Bap. Ch. Cem. Greenville Co SC ................. Sarah Margaret Evatt b: 15 May 1868 1867 m: 13 Oct 1892 d: 14 Oct 1954 bur. Fork Shoals Bap. Ch. Cem. Greenville Co SC .............5 James Henry Ballard b: 1868 SC d: Aft. 1880 .............5 Carrie Ballard b: Bet. 1868 - 1888 SC ................. Leland Jones .............5 Leah Jemima Ballard b: 15 Apr 1870 Greenville Co., Sc d: 30 Dec 1952 Greenville Co., Sc ................. David Barker b: 11 Jun 1845 Spartanburg Co SC m: 12 Sep 1889 d: 08 Feb 1920 Greenville Co., Sc .............5 George W. Ballard b: 1873 SC d: Aft. 1880 .............5 Silas D. Ballard b: 1875 SC d: Aft. 1930 ................. Maude b: 1874 m: Bef. 1897 d: Bet. 1920 - 1930 .............*2nd Wife of Silas D. Ballard: ................. Mary M. b: 1874 SC m: Bet. 1920 - 1930 d: Aft. 1930 .............5 [2] Wade H. Ballard b: 31 May 1877 SC d: 23 Feb 1942 ................. [1] Mary Jane Evatt b: 31 Jul 1881 SC m: 29 Sep d: 02 Jul 1972 .............5 Ellie Ballard b: Feb 1880 SC d: Aft. 1900 .............5 Minnie Ballard b: Jun 1883 SC d: Aft. 1900 ................. David White b: Abt. 1865 .............5 Perry Ballard b: Aug 1885 SC d: Aft. 1900 ................. Alma .............5 Mary Ballard b: Aug 1888 SC .............5 Josie Ballard b: 1893 SC d: Aft. 1910 ................. Meaders Henry b: 1885 d: Aft. 1910 .............5 Sarah Ballard b: Jun 1893 SC d: Aft. 1900 .........4 Mary E. Ballard b: 05 Nov 1841 NC d: Aft. 1860 ............. Cary Sherman b: Abt. 1840 m: 12 May 1868 .........4 Sarah A. Ballard b: 24 Nov 1843 NC d: Aft. 1870 ............. Edmond Fleming Evatt b: 16 Aug 1833 m: 13 Oct 1870 d: 18 Mar 1896 .............5 James H. Evatt .............5 William J. Evatt .............5 John F. Evatt .............5 Walter Evatt .............5 Hepsabeth Rose Evatt b: 1871 d: 1944 bur. Fork Shoals Bap. Ch. Cem. .............5 Florrie A. Evatt b: 23 Jun 1878 d: 12 May 1939 bur. Fork Shoals Bap. Ch. Cem. ................. John P. Manley b: Abt. 1875 ............5 [1] Mary Jane Evatt b: 31 Jul 1881 SC d: 02 Jul 1972 ................. [2] Wade H. Ballard b: 31 May 1877 SC m: 29 Sep d: 23 Feb 1942 .............5 Ernest P. Evatt b: 13 Nov 1886 d: 13 Oct 1914 bur. Fork Shoals Bap. Ch. Cem. ................. Etta Sims b: Oct 1891 d: 29 Jun 1927 bur. Fork Shoals Bap. Ch. Cem. .........4 Martha Jane Ballard b: 08 Feb 1846 NC d: Aft. 1860 ............. J. J. Campbell, Rev. b: Abt. 1845 m: 02 Mar 1862 .........4 John K. Ballard b: 01 Oct 1848 SC or NC d: Aft. 1880 ............. Frances Eskew b: 1852 SC m: 24 Nov 1870 d: Aft. 1880 .............5 William W. Ballard b: 1872 SC d: Aft. 1880 .............5 Walter T. Ballard b: 1875 SC d: Aft. 1880 .............5 Dora Ballard b: 1879 SC d: Aft. 1880 .....3 John Washington Ballard b: Dec 1819 d: 20 Jul 1884 or b 1813/d, 6/10/1870 ......... Susan Ann Bandy b: 1820 NC m: 1840 d: Aft. 1880 .........4 Luther Martin Ballard b: 1841 NC d: 1862 .........4 Martha Frances Ballard b: 1844 KY or NC d: 1906 ............. James W. Hall b: Abt. 1840 m: 01 Nov 1885 Jackson AL .........4 Sophronia Louise Ballard b: 1846 KY d: 1910 ............. William Comb Gamble .........4 Susan Ann Ballard b: 1848 NC d: 1910 ............. Robert Gamble b: Abt. 1840 m: 03 May 1874 Fr. Co., TN .........4 Julia Ballard b: 1850 SC or NC d: Aft. 1880 .........4 George William Ballard b: 16 Sep 1852 9/10/1853 SC d: 10 Apr 1910 Stevenson AL ............. Amanda Vinson b: Abt. 1850 m: 19 Feb 1871 Jackson AL .....3 Martha Caroline Ballard b: 23 Aug 1820 d: 29 Mar 1862 ......... Hugh M. Thompson b: 1817 NC d: Aft. 1860 .........4 John Thompson b: 1838 NC d: Aft. 1860 .........4 Eliza Thompson b: 1844 NC d: Aft. 1860 .........4 Mary Thompson b: 1846 NC d: Aft. 1860 .....3 Nancy Ballard b: Abt. 1823 ......... James Thornburg/Thornbarger m: 29 Jan 1846 Lincoln Co., NC .2 James Kidd b: 1791 .2 Nancy Kidd b: 07 Nov 1799 .2 William Kidd b: Abt. 1801 .2 Catherine Kidd b: Abt. 1806 Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. 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This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: jhcline_1 Surnames: Kids, Childers, Ballard, Tucker Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.northcarolina.counties.lincoln/4016.3.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Thanks, if you have any info on the Kids or the Ballards. My email is jhcline@msn.com. William Sidney KIDS b.1834 parents are evidently William and Mary "Polly" Childers Kids of Lincoln Co. The next Kids generation back is the one who came from England to,presumably, Virginia first in the late 1700s.(I know nothing about the CHILDERS.) The BALLARD connection to my family, I now believe, comes throught the TUCKER family. William Tucker b. abt. 1830 who married Nancy Kids may have had a mother or grandmother who was a Ballard. Nancy Kids(-Tucker) and Wiliam Sidney Kids were brother and sister. But I am directly realated to BOTH through different grandparents. My maternal grandparents were what's called "first cousins once removed". Thanks again for anything that touches on or confirms the above. - Julie Cline Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.
This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Littlebugbandy Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.northcarolina.counties.lincoln/4016.3.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I have a little bit of info is all, but,I might can help you in this search. How can I email you ? Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.
This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: jhcline_1 Surnames: Kids, Howard,Whitener, Dellinger Classification: cemetery Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.northcarolina.counties.lincoln/4020.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Jamie - Thank you so much for letting "the world" know about Bethel being on Find-a-Grave. I have, just this morning, found the maiden names of early women (and sometimes their parents) that might have taken me ages to find. Also thanks so much for nice CSA write-up with William SIDNEY Kids. I had no idea where he was captured - evidently Gettyburg. I cried. He lived to be 92 and my mother dearly loved him. And I have several pieces of his furniture (even some that he made) and his CW pension papers. My research shows that he was sent to a Fort in North Dakota and served in the Union Army for the last year of the war. His tales /letters of the trip back to NC are amazing. Another "thank you" for correcting my Aunt Gertrude's (GERTIE) nickname. She was dignified woman who would not want to be called "Girlie", even in the "afterlife". I know most errors have merely been passed to you by others. As I mentioned ealier, there are other names in the family that are wrong. Even though these is under the category of relatives/info on those buried at Bethel, it would be nice to have it corrected since it is on line now. It affects at least the grave info of :William Sidney Kids, Julia Ann Howard-Kids, Dellinger-Infant son of William W. and "Brenda" T. Kids-Dellinger, and Carl Clifton Whitener. 1- "Brenda" Theodosia Kids-Dellinger -the first name is actually BERNADA 2- J.M. Davis Kids - There is no such person. J.M. Davis is the husband of Mary Jane Kids-Davis, not a child of the Kids-Howard family. 3- "Airley" Kids - Uncle ARY's name (Airy, Airey) might get spelled several ways, but never with and "L" in it. He changed his name to KIDD as an adult, by the way. 4- Sadie EUSTACE Kids ( my grandmother) married a WHITENER, not Whitner. 5- The Kids-Howard union produced no one named Julia Kids Ritchie. That is my grandparents' daughter who married a Ritchie. Her middle name was Kidd - Julia Kidd Whitener-Ritchie, daughter of Eustace Kids and William A. Whitener. Thanks again for ALL that you have done in this great effort. People will be using it long after you are the resident of some fine cemetery. - Julie Cline Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.
Have you, Julie, done research on the Cline family?? If so, please email me privately about your major findings.? Thank you. Alta Mitchem Durden - AltaMDurden@aol.com -----Original Message----- From: gc-gateway@rootsweb.com <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> To: NCLINCOL-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Wed, 12 Mar 2008 2:05 pm Subject: Re: [NCLINCOL] Bethel UMC Cemetery listing entered to Find-A-Grave This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: jhcline_1 Surnames: Kids, Howard,Whitener, Dellinger Classification: cemetery Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.northcarolina.counties.lincoln/4020.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Jamie - Thank you so much for letting "the world" know about Bethel being on Find-a-Grave. I have, just this morning, found the maiden names of early women (and sometimes their parents) that might have taken me ages to find. Also thanks so much for nice CSA write-up with William SIDNEY Kids. I had no idea where he was captured - evidently Gettyburg. I cried. He lived to be 92 and my mother dearly loved him. And I have several pieces of his furniture (even some that he made) and his CW pension papers. My research shows that he was sent to a Fort in North Dakota and served in the Union Army for the last year of the war. His tales /letters of the trip back to NC are amazing. Another "thank you" for correcting my Aunt Gertrude's (GERTIE) nickname. She was dignified woman who would not want to be called "Girlie", even in the "afterlife". I know most errors have merely been passed to you by others. As I mentioned ealier, there are other names in the family that are wrong. Even though these is under the category of relatives/info on those buried at Bethel, it would be nice to have it corrected since it is on line now. It affects at least the grave info of :William Sidney Kids, Julia Ann Howard-Kids, Dellinger-Infant son of William W. and "Brenda" T. Kids-Dellinger, and Carl Clifton Whitener. 1- "Brenda" Theodosia Kids-Dellinger -the first name is actually BERNADA 2- J.M. Davis Kids - There is no such person. J.M. Davis is the husband of Mary Jane Kids-Davis, not a child of the Kids-Howard family. 3- "Airley" Kids - Uncle ARY's name (Airy, Airey) might get spelled several ways, but never with and "L" in it. He changed his name to KIDD as an adult, by the way. 4- Sadie EUSTACE Kids ( my grandmother) married a WHITENER, not Whitner. 5- The Kids-Howard union produced no one named Julia Kids Ritchie. That is my grandparents' daughter who married a Ritchie. Her middle name was Kidd - Julia Kidd Whitener-Ritchie, daughter of Eustace Kids and William A. Whitener. Thanks again for ALL that you have done in this great effort. People will be using it long after you are the resident of some fine cemetery. - Julie Cline Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NCLINCOL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
I do not believe that Ancestry.com is an affiliate of the LDS Church...Agnes Cloninger Thank you, Agnes...you have put my mind at rest. And many others have offered very good reasoning for having paid genealogy on the internet as well. Thanks all. This may not be what this list is for, but my concerns were genealogy related, and now, I believe, I can proceed without any further worry. Thanks. In keeping with our rules...does anyone have a clue as to where Absalom Bonham is buried? There's not a record anywhere. Thanks. Brownie MacKie In a message dated 3/11/2008 9:55:08 P.M. Central Daylight Time, agnesec@cableone.net writes: On Mar 11, 2008, at 6:20 PM, nclincol-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > Message: 6 > Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2008 19:19:24 -0500 > From: "Brownie MacKie" <lumackie@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [NCLINCOL] Find-a-Grave and Ethics in genealogy > To: nclincol@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: > <8b434e920803111719h21ffbafn5c106e517e87f505@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Knowing the LDS church, they will NEVER charge for this service. > > Val...don't you think that the LDS *owns *Ancestry.com and all its > subsidiaries? If not, please tell me! Thanks. > > Brownie I live not far from Salt Lake City and used to spend a week there in the library twice a year. I also have made use of the services of Ancestry. com - a membership is a lot less expensive than a trip to SLC, but not nearly so comprehensive. I find that Ancestry.com is very convenient to have here in my house now that I can no longer travel. What is expensive and what is not is a relative thing, it does cost a good deal of money to provide the service that Ancestry does, and like myself or any one else, the choice of how we want to use our money is a very private matter. It cost me a whole lot more to spend a week in SLC than have an Ancestry membership - one need not have the entire package. Yes the Family History Library is gradually getting their collection on line - and I am one of the extractors. This chore can be undertaken by anyone - they did not ask me what my religious preferences were when I signed up any more than they do at the door of the library or any of the FH Centers. I do not believe that Ancestry.com is an affiliate of the LDS Church. They do not advertise the same scope of records as one will find in the Library nor do they have the same software for sale. In fact the LDS Genealogy software can be downloaded free and Family Tree Maker offered by Ancestry.com is a bit pricy. I have always owned a MAC and so use different software. When I began I entered all info by hand on paper, software is a Godsend. We all should share our efforts with whomever needs the information, no matter how hard we worked to find it or how precious it is to us. Let us never lose sight of the fact that because someone in the past saw to it that information was preserved we are able to enrich our understanding of our ancestors. The information does not belong exclusively to us. The LDS Church, no matter if we hold with their teachings or not, has been hugely responsible for the preservation of many millions of records which they share with us freely and with great grace. Please let us not look a gift horse in the mouth, everyone works for a profit one way or another, otherwise we could not indulge ourselves by embracing this expensive little hobby. I have seldom purchased anything that has given me more entertainment or personal pleasure than this fascinating way to waste time. Sorry to be so wordy - I will shut up now and go quietly back to my corner. Agnes Cloninger ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NCLINCOL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message **************It's Tax Time! Get tips, forms, and advice on AOL Money & Finance. (http://money.aol.com/tax?NCID=aolprf00030000000001)
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Thank you, Doris, for posting this fact-based information. Lynn Wesson -----Original Message----- >From: Doris Christian <dmkchristian@austin.rr.com> >Sent: Mar 12, 2008 10:49 AM >To: nclincol@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [NCLINCOL] Church of Latter-day Saints and Ancestry.com > >Press Releases ><< [Back to Press Releases] > >The Generations Network, Parent Company of Ancestry.com, to be >Acquired by Spectrum Equity Investors >Investment Will Support and Accelerate Company's Strategic Direction >and Growth Plan >PRNewswire >PROVO, Utah > >PROVO, Utah, Oct. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- The Generations Network, Inc., >today announced that Spectrum Equity Investors will lead an investment >of $300 million to purchase a majority interest in the company. >Spectrum, a private equity firm based in Menlo Park and Boston, has >been a shareholder in The Generations Network since 2003. Following >the transaction, Vic Parker and Ben Spero from Spectrum will serve on >the company's new board of directors, along with Tim Sullivan, >President and CEO of The Generations Network. Additional terms of the >transaction were not disclosed. The acquisition is subject to >customary regulatory and closing conditions and is expected to close >in 2007. > >The Generations Network's portfolio of sites and products includes >Ancestry.com and seven international Ancestry sites, myfamily.com, >Rootsweb.com, Genealogy.com, Family Tree Maker® and Ancestry Magazine. >The company's current management team will continue to lead the company. > >"As an investor in The Generations Network for the past four years, we >have watched the company revolutionize the family history category by >leveraging the power of the Internet to make it more accessible and >easy for anyone," said Vic Parker, Managing Partner, Spectrum Equity >Investors. "Ancestry.com and myfamily.com are clear category leaders >in the growing and rapidly evolving family history and family >networking markets. We are excited to partner with The Generations >Network management team to continue growing this truly unique company >that has the power to impact users at a very personal and emotional >level." > >The Generations Network properties have more than 900,000 paying >subscribers and receive 8.2 million worldwide unique visitors per >month (© comScore Media Metrix, August 2007). In the last 18 months, >the company has solidified its position as one of the largest and most >profitable subscription businesses online with success in several areas: > > * Ancestry.com is the world's leading online family history >resource, > with more than 5 billion names from historical records, >unmatched and > proprietary search technologies and an engaged and passionate >community > of more than 2.5 million active members. > > * A redesigned Ancestry.com experience has transformed an online >research > tool into a platform for aggregating the world's family history > memories. Since late July 2006, more than 3.8 million family >trees have > been created on Ancestry.com, over 330 million names added to >Ancestry > Family Trees™, and more than 3.5 million individual photos, >stories, > or scanned documents have been uploaded by members. > > * Ancestry.com now boasts the only completely indexed online U.S. >Federal > Census Collection (1790-1930), the most comprehensive online > compilation of U.S. ship passenger lists (1820-1960), the largest > online collection of African American historical documents and >the most > comprehensive online collection of U.S. military records. > > * Beyond the United States, the Ancestry global network now includes > local country sites for the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, >Germany, > Italy, France and Sweden. > > * The recent launch of DNA.ancestry.com™ now extends the Ancestry > service into the rapidly growing field of genetic genealogy. > > * AncestryPress™, a digital publishing platform integrated into > Ancestry.com, now gives every family the ability to create >completely > unique, professionally printed family history books. > > * Family Tree Maker® 2008, the No. 1-selling family history software > package, is now available online and in major retail stores >throughout > North America and Europe. > > * The redesigned myfamily.com site now has new features, providing > families everywhere a safe, private, and free family home on the >Web. >"Spectrum Equity has been an incredibly supportive and strategic- >minded investor in our company for several years, so I am thrilled to >have them acquire this majority interest in The Generations Network," >said Tim Sullivan, company President and CEO. "2007 has been the >company's most successful and profitable year to date, and 2008 looks >even more promising as we grow our core businesses further, expand our >global presence, and innovate with new products and services that help >us realize our mission to connect families across distance and time. I >appreciate Spectrum's vote of confidence in our direction and vision, >and I am excited to work even more closely with Vic Parker and Ben >Spero to continue to transform this amazing and unique business into a >truly great company." > >Lehman Brothers acted as financial advisor to The Generations Network, >Inc. in the transaction. > >About The Generations Network, Inc. > >The Generations Network, Inc., founded in 1983, is the leading online >network connecting families across distance and time. The Generations >Network, Inc. provides people the content, community, and technology >to empower them to find the people most important to them -- and >discover and share their unique family stories. The Generations >Network operates eight Ancestry websites, including http://www.ancestry.com/ > (United States), http://www.ancestry.co.uk/ (United Kingdom),http://www.ancestry.ca/ > (Canada), http://www.ancestry.com.au/ (Australia), http://www.ancestry.de/(Germany) >, http://www.ancestry.it/ (Italy), http://www.ancestry.fr/ (France), >andhttp://www.ancestry.se/ (Sweden) as well as http:// >www.myfamily.com/, http://www.genealogy.com/, and http://www.rootsweb.com/ >. The company also publishes Family Tree Maker®, the No. 1-selling >family history software, Ancestry Magazine and more than 50 book >titles. For more information, visit http://www.thegenerationsnetwork.com/ >. > >About Spectrum Equity Investors > >Spectrum Equity Investors is a private equity firm focused on >investing in profitable, growing services businesses. Founded in 1994 >with offices in Menlo Park and Boston, Spectrum manages over $4 >billion in capital across five funds. The firm's investment team has >deep experience in information services and online media, including >investments in Demand Media, Interbank FX, iPay Technologies, >NetQuote, Mortgagebot, RiskMetrics Group, Seisint (acquired by Reed >Elsevier PLC.) and WorldCheck. For more information, visit http://www.spectrumequity.com/ >. > >SOURCE: The Generations Network, Inc. > >CONTACT: Julia Burgon, +1-212-221-1616, ext. 124, >julia_burgon@coltrin.com, or Tola St. Matthew-Daniel, +1-212-221-1616, >ext. 101, tola@coltrin.com, both of Coltrin & Associates, for >Ancestry.com > >Web site: http://www.thegenerationsnetwork.com/ >http://www.ancestry.com/ > >On Mar 11, 2008, at 9:40 PM, Mbmackie1231@aol.com wrote: > >> I had never considered the startling possibility that the Church of >> Latter-day Saints owns the corporation The Generation Network (parent >> company of Ancestry.com). >> >> It just seems probable owing to the facts that the LDS are so >> interested in >> all our past lives and religions, etc. >> >> >> In a message dated 3/11/2008 8:55:48 P.M. Central Daylight Time, >> sully1@carolina.rr.com writes: >> >> Brownie MacKie wrote: >>> [snipped] ...don't you think that the LDS *owns *Ancestry.com and >>> all its >> subsidiaries? If not, please tell me! Thanks. >>> >>> Brownie >> Hi Brownie, >> >> Wow. I had never considered the startling possibility that the >> Church of >> Latter-day Saints owns the corporation The Generation Network (parent >> company of Ancestry.com). Is there some information available about >> the >> LDS ownership of TGN? Brownie, please share your resources for this. >> It >> would be very useful to learn more about any connections between the >> two >> organizations. >> >> Thanks! >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> NCLINCOL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> the quotes in the subject and >> the body of the message >> >> >> >> >> >> **************It's Tax Time! Get tips, forms, and advice on AOL >> Money & >> Finance. 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I'm thrilled at the idea of the LDS bringing more of their records to the internet. Before we jump too hard on the various companies charging for their services, we older researchers need to recall how it was. I for one used to practically live in the LDS family search room in Mississippi until I relocated to North Carolina. Although I am Baptist, I was a volunteer in the Family Search room. When my husband and I relocated I had to revert to my home micro-film/fiche reader, (which is now stored in the garage until I take it to the town library). I was willing to pay a fee to find the records, at my fingertips on the computer. It cost me much less this way. It freed up my time. The results are fast and I have more time to spend with the grand babies. I will be very happy to have a free service but the companies that charge a fee have done us a great service. I'm a subscriber. Some of the companies that charge a fee, also offer a lot of free access. Lynne D. Miller **************It's Tax Time! Get tips, forms, and advice on AOL Money & Finance. (http://money.aol.com/tax?NCID=aolprf00030000000001)
Press Releases << [Back to Press Releases] The Generations Network, Parent Company of Ancestry.com, to be Acquired by Spectrum Equity Investors Investment Will Support and Accelerate Company's Strategic Direction and Growth Plan PRNewswire PROVO, Utah PROVO, Utah, Oct. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- The Generations Network, Inc., today announced that Spectrum Equity Investors will lead an investment of $300 million to purchase a majority interest in the company. Spectrum, a private equity firm based in Menlo Park and Boston, has been a shareholder in The Generations Network since 2003. Following the transaction, Vic Parker and Ben Spero from Spectrum will serve on the company's new board of directors, along with Tim Sullivan, President and CEO of The Generations Network. Additional terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The acquisition is subject to customary regulatory and closing conditions and is expected to close in 2007. The Generations Network's portfolio of sites and products includes Ancestry.com and seven international Ancestry sites, myfamily.com, Rootsweb.com, Genealogy.com, Family Tree Maker® and Ancestry Magazine. The company's current management team will continue to lead the company. "As an investor in The Generations Network for the past four years, we have watched the company revolutionize the family history category by leveraging the power of the Internet to make it more accessible and easy for anyone," said Vic Parker, Managing Partner, Spectrum Equity Investors. "Ancestry.com and myfamily.com are clear category leaders in the growing and rapidly evolving family history and family networking markets. We are excited to partner with The Generations Network management team to continue growing this truly unique company that has the power to impact users at a very personal and emotional level." The Generations Network properties have more than 900,000 paying subscribers and receive 8.2 million worldwide unique visitors per month (© comScore Media Metrix, August 2007). In the last 18 months, the company has solidified its position as one of the largest and most profitable subscription businesses online with success in several areas: * Ancestry.com is the world's leading online family history resource, with more than 5 billion names from historical records, unmatched and proprietary search technologies and an engaged and passionate community of more than 2.5 million active members. * A redesigned Ancestry.com experience has transformed an online research tool into a platform for aggregating the world's family history memories. Since late July 2006, more than 3.8 million family trees have been created on Ancestry.com, over 330 million names added to Ancestry Family Trees™, and more than 3.5 million individual photos, stories, or scanned documents have been uploaded by members. * Ancestry.com now boasts the only completely indexed online U.S. Federal Census Collection (1790-1930), the most comprehensive online compilation of U.S. ship passenger lists (1820-1960), the largest online collection of African American historical documents and the most comprehensive online collection of U.S. military records. * Beyond the United States, the Ancestry global network now includes local country sites for the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Germany, Italy, France and Sweden. * The recent launch of DNA.ancestry.com™ now extends the Ancestry service into the rapidly growing field of genetic genealogy. * AncestryPress™, a digital publishing platform integrated into Ancestry.com, now gives every family the ability to create completely unique, professionally printed family history books. * Family Tree Maker® 2008, the No. 1-selling family history software package, is now available online and in major retail stores throughout North America and Europe. * The redesigned myfamily.com site now has new features, providing families everywhere a safe, private, and free family home on the Web. "Spectrum Equity has been an incredibly supportive and strategic- minded investor in our company for several years, so I am thrilled to have them acquire this majority interest in The Generations Network," said Tim Sullivan, company President and CEO. "2007 has been the company's most successful and profitable year to date, and 2008 looks even more promising as we grow our core businesses further, expand our global presence, and innovate with new products and services that help us realize our mission to connect families across distance and time. I appreciate Spectrum's vote of confidence in our direction and vision, and I am excited to work even more closely with Vic Parker and Ben Spero to continue to transform this amazing and unique business into a truly great company." Lehman Brothers acted as financial advisor to The Generations Network, Inc. in the transaction. About The Generations Network, Inc. The Generations Network, Inc., founded in 1983, is the leading online network connecting families across distance and time. The Generations Network, Inc. provides people the content, community, and technology to empower them to find the people most important to them -- and discover and share their unique family stories. The Generations Network operates eight Ancestry websites, including http://www.ancestry.com/ (United States), http://www.ancestry.co.uk/ (United Kingdom),http://www.ancestry.ca/ (Canada), http://www.ancestry.com.au/ (Australia), http://www.ancestry.de/(Germany) , http://www.ancestry.it/ (Italy), http://www.ancestry.fr/ (France), andhttp://www.ancestry.se/ (Sweden) as well as http:// www.myfamily.com/, http://www.genealogy.com/, and http://www.rootsweb.com/ . The company also publishes Family Tree Maker®, the No. 1-selling family history software, Ancestry Magazine and more than 50 book titles. For more information, visit http://www.thegenerationsnetwork.com/ . About Spectrum Equity Investors Spectrum Equity Investors is a private equity firm focused on investing in profitable, growing services businesses. Founded in 1994 with offices in Menlo Park and Boston, Spectrum manages over $4 billion in capital across five funds. The firm's investment team has deep experience in information services and online media, including investments in Demand Media, Interbank FX, iPay Technologies, NetQuote, Mortgagebot, RiskMetrics Group, Seisint (acquired by Reed Elsevier PLC.) and WorldCheck. For more information, visit http://www.spectrumequity.com/ . SOURCE: The Generations Network, Inc. CONTACT: Julia Burgon, +1-212-221-1616, ext. 124, julia_burgon@coltrin.com, or Tola St. Matthew-Daniel, +1-212-221-1616, ext. 101, tola@coltrin.com, both of Coltrin & Associates, for Ancestry.com Web site: http://www.thegenerationsnetwork.com/ http://www.ancestry.com/ On Mar 11, 2008, at 9:40 PM, Mbmackie1231@aol.com wrote: > I had never considered the startling possibility that the Church of > Latter-day Saints owns the corporation The Generation Network (parent > company of Ancestry.com). > > It just seems probable owing to the facts that the LDS are so > interested in > all our past lives and religions, etc. > > > In a message dated 3/11/2008 8:55:48 P.M. Central Daylight Time, > sully1@carolina.rr.com writes: > > Brownie MacKie wrote: >> [snipped] ...don't you think that the LDS *owns *Ancestry.com and >> all its > subsidiaries? If not, please tell me! Thanks. >> >> Brownie > Hi Brownie, > > Wow. I had never considered the startling possibility that the > Church of > Latter-day Saints owns the corporation The Generation Network (parent > company of Ancestry.com). Is there some information available about > the > LDS ownership of TGN? Brownie, please share your resources for this. > It > would be very useful to learn more about any connections between the > two > organizations. > > Thanks! > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NCLINCOL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message > > > > > > **************It's Tax Time! Get tips, forms, and advice on AOL > Money & > Finance. (http://money.aol.com/tax?NCID=aolprf00030000000001) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NCLINCOL-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message
Lynne, THANK YOU FOR BEING A "VOLUNTEER" IN YOUR LOCAL FAMILY SEARCH ROOM. I also use them as much as possible so I know how helpful the Volunteers are. I challange all others to also be a VOLUNTEER at either the local Library and/or Family Search Room. :) :) :) :) Joe Oregon LMiller603@aol.com wrote: > I'm thrilled at the idea of the LDS bringing more of their records to the > internet. > Before we jump too hard on the various companies charging for their > services, we older researchers need to recall how it was. I for one used to > practically live in the LDS family search room in Mississippi until I relocated to > North Carolina. > Although I am Baptist, I was a volunteer in the Family Search room. > When my husband and I relocated I had to revert to my home micro-film/fiche > reader, (which is now stored in the garage until I take it to the town > library). > >
LDS DOES NOT own Ancestry. The Generations Network is the corporate head of this business. LDS is data gathering. Period. Joyce Gaston Reece ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brownie MacKie" <lumackie@gmail.com> To: <nclincol@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:19 PM Subject: Re: [NCLINCOL] Find-a-Grave and Ethics in genealogy > Knowing the LDS church, they will NEVER charge for this service. > > Val...don't you think that the LDS *owns *Ancestry.com and all its > subsidiaries? If not, please tell me! Thanks. > > Brownie > > On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 6:30 PM, Val <vwilliams@juno.com> wrote: > >> Many of us on these genealogy lists have used the LDS Family History >> Centers, so it came as good news to me that they are in the beta stages >> of >> testing a site that will eventually have all their records on it. You can >> actually use it and help test it. It's FamilySearch.org . Knowing the >> LDS >> church, they will NEVER charge for this service. Experience in the >> History >> Centers should testify to that. I quit Ancestry.com last year when I >> heard about the LDS site. I can be patient while they get it up and >> running. I think these other places which are also based in Utah >> (translated--ancestry) are just trying to make their last bit of money >> from >> those of us who seem desperate to find that one piece of information. >> >> Anyway, my suggestion is to continue sharing on these lists, and quit >> paying for other services. Once the LDS site is up I suspect it will be >> as >> good as or even better than Ancestry--translated rip-off. >> >> my two cents >> val >> >> >> -- Derick Hartshorn <DerickH@charter.net> wrote: >> Dear Brownie and list, >> >> Thanks for the kind words. I do what I can to provide information to >> those who browse our "West-of-the-Catawba" pages. >> The opportunities for researchers to find free genealogical >> information is fast disappearing. As long as I maintain the pages >> that are of help to my fellow researchers, I will endeavor to make >> all web postings free and available. Many Lincoln and Gaston cemetery >> pages have been restored by the efforts of those who share my >> philosophy of FREE GENEALOGY. I will soon be posting the records of >> the Cleveland County WPA Cemetery records on the web. >> >> Many folks are aware that Ann Propst and I created a CD with these >> records that were originally made available to the public for a fee. >> Hundreds of hours were spent in making this information available to >> researchers. The only reason that a price was put on the CD was to >> recoup the time and expenses incurred in creating it. Since we have >> been able to break even (just barely), we are going to make the >> information public, in spite of the fact that we still have a bunch >> of CD's in inventory. >> >> I continue to solicit any and all cemetery surveys from folks who >> believe as I do, that freely gathered information should be shared >> with those who freely seek it. >> If readers of this post have material relating to cemeteries in >> Catawba, Lincoln, Burke, Gaston and Cleveland Counties that they >> would be willing to post on the NCGenWeb pages, I will be happy to >> credit the contributors and will offer the assurance that their >> material will be copyrighted in their name and be freely available to >> the public, in perpetuity, with any subscription fees. >> >> Thanks to all, >> >> Derick S. Hartshorn >> former NC State Coordinator, NCGenWeb Project >> current USGenWeb Project-County Coordinator >> Catawba/Burke/Lincoln/Gaston/Cleveland, NC >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~nccatawb/ <http://www.rootsweb.com/%7Enccatawb/> >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncburke/ <http://www.rootsweb.com/%7Encburke/> >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~nclincol/ <http://www.rootsweb.com/%7Enclincol/> >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncgaston/ <http://www.rootsweb.com/%7Encgaston/> >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncclevel/ <http://www.rootsweb.com/%7Encclevel/> >> >> >> >> >> At 03:50 PM 3/9/2008, you wrote: >> > Dear All: >> > >> >*Derick Hartshorne said: Regarding Find-a-Grave, I have contributed a >> good >> >deal of information >> >from my own research to them and I appreciate the efforts they have >> >made to make information available. * >> > >> >Find-a-Grave is a wonderful source; I have contributed as well, because >> >I >> >have found long lost ancestors' burial places there; however, I >> recently >> >was perusing FOOTNOTES.COM as a "free" member to try it out. I ran >> across a >> >statement where Footnotes.com will be acquiring Find-a-Grave. I decided >> to >> >go into deep denial, because Footnotes is initially free for limited >> >research but is charging for full membership. Footnotes.com is based in >> >Utah. All the good free sites are diminishing rapidly, and they're all >> going >> >to Utah. Must be the climate. ? I think we've all been "had." I stay >> >totally confused regarding copyright laws for material that should be in >> the >> >public domain and available for everyone's perusal regardless of who has >> >it. And I become totally irritated when I go to a "free" site, search, >> and >> >the answer to my query is embedded in a paid site, where I'm denied >> access >> >unless I join and pay for a years' membership. Happened just this >> morning. >> >It's a total waste of my time and energy. I don't mind paying for >> postage >> >and copying ever...nor paying for someone's time spent on help, but >> having >> >to pay to get into a site to simply view information that is over a >> hundred >> >years old is ludicrous. >> > >> > >> >Brownie MacKie >> >Total Skeptic and proud of it >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> NCLINCOL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> _____________________________________________________________ >> Click for FHA loan, $0 lender fees, low rates & approvals nationwide >> >> http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2121/fc/Ioyw6i3mItjUqTdO2zzT7jjjvzWxkY5O7nKvHPd4FdF3usCOJMjhsi/ >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> NCLINCOL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NCLINCOL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.518 / Virus Database: 269.21.7/1325 - Release Date: 3/11/2008 > 1:41 PM > >
Many of us on these genealogy lists have used the LDS Family History Centers, so it came as good news to me that they are in the beta stages of testing a site that will eventually have all their records on it. You can actually use it and help test it. It's FamilySearch.org . Knowing the LDS church, they will NEVER charge for this service. Experience in the History Centers should testify to that. I quit Ancestry.com last year when I heard about the LDS site. I can be patient while they get it up and running. I think these other places which are also based in Utah (translated--ancestry) are just trying to make their last bit of money from those of us who seem desperate to find that one piece of information. Anyway, my suggestion is to continue sharing on these lists, and quit paying for other services. Once the LDS site is up I suspect it will be as good as or even better than Ancestry--translated rip-off. my two cents val -- Derick Hartshorn <DerickH@charter.net> wrote: Dear Brownie and list, Thanks for the kind words. I do what I can to provide information to those who browse our "West-of-the-Catawba" pages. The opportunities for researchers to find free genealogical information is fast disappearing. As long as I maintain the pages that are of help to my fellow researchers, I will endeavor to make all web postings free and available. Many Lincoln and Gaston cemetery pages have been restored by the efforts of those who share my philosophy of FREE GENEALOGY. I will soon be posting the records of the Cleveland County WPA Cemetery records on the web. Many folks are aware that Ann Propst and I created a CD with these records that were originally made available to the public for a fee. Hundreds of hours were spent in making this information available to researchers. The only reason that a price was put on the CD was to recoup the time and expenses incurred in creating it. Since we have been able to break even (just barely), we are going to make the information public, in spite of the fact that we still have a bunch of CD's in inventory. I continue to solicit any and all cemetery surveys from folks who believe as I do, that freely gathered information should be shared with those who freely seek it. If readers of this post have material relating to cemeteries in Catawba, Lincoln, Burke, Gaston and Cleveland Counties that they would be willing to post on the NCGenWeb pages, I will be happy to credit the contributors and will offer the assurance that their material will be copyrighted in their name and be freely available to the public, in perpetuity, with any subscription fees. Thanks to all, Derick S. Hartshorn former NC State Coordinator, NCGenWeb Project current USGenWeb Project-County Coordinator Catawba/Burke/Lincoln/Gaston/Cleveland, NC http://www.rootsweb.com/~nccatawb/ http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncburke/ http://www.rootsweb.com/~nclincol/ http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncgaston/ http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncclevel/ At 03:50 PM 3/9/2008, you wrote: > Dear All: > >*Derick Hartshorne said: Regarding Find-a-Grave, I have contributed a good >deal of information >from my own research to them and I appreciate the efforts they have >made to make information available. * > >Find-a-Grave is a wonderful source; I have contributed as well, because I >have found long lost ancestors' burial places there; however, I recently >was perusing FOOTNOTES.COM as a "free" member to try it out. I ran across a >statement where Footnotes.com will be acquiring Find-a-Grave. I decided to >go into deep denial, because Footnotes is initially free for limited >research but is charging for full membership. Footnotes.com is based in >Utah. All the good free sites are diminishing rapidly, and they're all going >to Utah. Must be the climate. ? I think we've all been "had." I stay >totally confused regarding copyright laws for material that should be in the >public domain and available for everyone's perusal regardless of who has >it. And I become totally irritated when I go to a "free" site, search, and >the answer to my query is embedded in a paid site, where I'm denied access >unless I join and pay for a years' membership. Happened just this morning. >It's a total waste of my time and energy. I don't mind paying for postage >and copying ever...nor paying for someone's time spent on help, but having >to pay to get into a site to simply view information that is over a hundred >years old is ludicrous. > > >Brownie MacKie >Total Skeptic and proud of it ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NCLINCOL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _____________________________________________________________ Click for FHA loan, $0 lender fees, low rates & approvals nationwide http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2121/fc/Ioyw6i3mItjUqTdO2zzT7jjjvzWxkY5O7nKvHPd4FdF3usCOJMjhsi/
Oops! I meant, of course, in case I'm wrong. :-) In a message dated 3/11/2008 9:40:20 P.M. Central Daylight Time, Mbmackie1231@aol.com writes: I still have my hat out to eat in the case I'm right. :-) **************It's Tax Time! Get tips, forms, and advice on AOL Money & Finance. (http://money.aol.com/tax?NCID=aolprf00030000000001)
I had never considered the startling possibility that the Church of Latter-day Saints owns the corporation The Generation Network (parent company of Ancestry.com). It just seems probable owing to the facts that the LDS are so interested in all our past lives and religions, etc. In a message dated 3/11/2008 8:55:48 P.M. Central Daylight Time, sully1@carolina.rr.com writes: Brownie MacKie wrote: > [snipped] ...don't you think that the LDS *owns *Ancestry.com and all its subsidiaries? If not, please tell me! Thanks. > > Brownie Hi Brownie, Wow. I had never considered the startling possibility that the Church of Latter-day Saints owns the corporation The Generation Network (parent company of Ancestry.com). Is there some information available about the LDS ownership of TGN? Brownie, please share your resources for this. It would be very useful to learn more about any connections between the two organizations. Thanks! ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NCLINCOL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message **************It's Tax Time! Get tips, forms, and advice on AOL Money & Finance. (http://money.aol.com/tax?NCID=aolprf00030000000001)
I'm not sure, and I have to be honest about that, but my instincts tell me that it's a probility. It simply adds up. All the companies are located in Utah for one. That should be a first clue. There was no Generation Network fifteen years ago, when I began my research, but Ancestry.com came out fairly soon after that. "The Generation Network" has suddenly emerged the past year. So which came first? The chicken or the egg? :-) I think it's a given that Ancestry, Family Tree, TGN, and all are owned by LDS. I still have my hat out to eat in the case I'm right. :-) In a message dated 3/11/2008 8:55:48 P.M. Central Daylight Time, sully1@carolina.rr.com writes: Brownie MacKie wrote: > [snipped] ...don't you think that the LDS *owns *Ancestry.com and all its subsidiaries? If not, please tell me! Thanks. > > Brownie Hi Brownie, Wow. I had never considered the startling possibility that the Church of Latter-day Saints owns the corporation The Generation Network (parent company of Ancestry.com). Is there some information available about the LDS ownership of TGN? Brownie, please share your resources for this. It would be very useful to learn more about any connections between the two organizations. Thanks! ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NCLINCOL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message **************It's Tax Time! Get tips, forms, and advice on AOL Money & Finance. (http://money.aol.com/tax?NCID=aolprf00030000000001)
Check out this website that says Generations Network was sold to Spectrum Equiity Investors for $300 million in October, 2007. http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSN1729430020071017?sp=true ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kathy Gunter Sullivan" <sully1@carolina.rr.com> To: <nclincol@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:54 PM Subject: [NCLINCOL] Church of Latter-day Saints and Ancestry.com > Brownie MacKie wrote: >> [snipped] ...don't you think that the LDS *owns *Ancestry.com and all its >> subsidiaries? If not, please tell me! Thanks. >> >> Brownie > Hi Brownie, > > Wow. I had never considered the startling possibility that the Church of > Latter-day Saints owns the corporation The Generation Network (parent > company of Ancestry.com). Is there some information available about the > LDS ownership of TGN? Brownie, please share your resources for this. It > would be very useful to learn more about any connections between the two > organizations. > > Thanks! > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NCLINCOL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message
Brownie MacKie wrote: > [snipped] ...don't you think that the LDS *owns *Ancestry.com and all its subsidiaries? If not, please tell me! Thanks. > > Brownie Hi Brownie, Wow. I had never considered the startling possibility that the Church of Latter-day Saints owns the corporation The Generation Network (parent company of Ancestry.com). Is there some information available about the LDS ownership of TGN? Brownie, please share your resources for this. It would be very useful to learn more about any connections between the two organizations. Thanks!