An answer for you> Ancestry.com Inc., formerly The Generations Network, is a privately held Internet company named PERMIRA based in Provo, Utah, United States. The largest for-profit genealogy company in the world, it operates a network of genealogical and historical record websites focused on the United States and nine foreign countries, develops and markets genealogical software, and offers a wide array of genealogical related services.[2] As of December 2013, the company provided access to approximately 12.7 billion records and had 2.14 million paying subscribers. User-generated content included 191 million uploaded photos and more than 16 million uploaded stories.[3] OWNS 1000memories.com Ancestry.com Archives.com Family Tree Maker software Fold3.com Genealogy.com MyFamily.com Newspapers.com ProGenealogists Rootsweb.com