Hi all Thought you might be interested to read this Press Release from BrightSolid (now DC Thomson Family History) who run the ScotlandsPeople web-site on behalf of the Scottish Government. Regards Les ============================= DC Thomson Family History and FamilySearch.org to make billions of records available for people to search Posted 17 October 2013 By DC Thomson Family History and Family Search press release More than 13 million records launched today on findmypast.com LONDON, England and SALT LAKE CITY, Utah -- Annelies van den Belt, the new CEO of DC Thomson Family History, the British-based leader in online family history and owner of findmypast and Genes Reunited, has announced a major new partnership with US-based FamilySearch.org that will give family history enthusiasts access to billions of records online and new technology to collaboratively research their family roots. DC Thomson Family History, formerly known as brightsolid online publishing, is collaborating with FamilySearch, which has the largest collections of genealogical and historical records in the world, to deliver a wide range of projects including digital preservation, records search, technological development and the means to allow family historians to share their discoveries. More than 13 million records from FamilySearch.org launched today on findmypast, including major collections of births, marriages and deaths covering America, Australia, and Ireland. Around 600 additional collections, containing millions of records, will follow. The two organisations have a long history of working together on historical projects, including indexing 132 million records of the 1940 US census and two hundred years of British Army Service Records (Chelsea Pensioners) in a joint digitisation project with The National Archives. Van den Belt said: "This is fantastic news for our customers all over the world. As a leader in online family history we will be able to offer access to a much wider variety of records dating back hundreds of years and the first batch are ready to search on findmypast. The convenience of searching many treasures from FamilySearch.org along with our own extensive collections will provide rich new insights for our customers. "This partnership with FamilySearch will accelerate the momentum of our next phase of global growth into new non-English-speaking markets and give more people more access to more records to uncover their family history. This really cements our position as a market leader." "We are excited to work with DC Thompson Family History on a vision we both share," said Dennis Brimhall, CEO of FamilySearch. "Expanding online access to historical records through this type of collaboration can help millions more people discover and share their family's history." DC Thomson Family History is the British-based leader in online family history, which operates major online sites including findmypast, Genes Reunited and the British Newspaper Archive. It launched in America last year with its findmypast brand. DC Thomson Family History has a strong record of partnerships with non-profit and public sector organisations such as the British Library and The National Archives among many other major archives and organisations around the world.

If I read it correctly I suppose the changes to the Family Search site meant that it wouldnt be long before there was a charge to access their collections. Janet ----- Original Message ----- From: "Les Horn" <Leshorn@ythanonich.freeserve.co.uk> To: "Rootsweb [Mull List]" <sct-isleofmull@rootsweb.com>; "Rootsweb [Argyll List]" <sct-argyll-L@rootsweb.com>; "Rootsweb [Argyll List]" <sct-argyll-L@rootsweb.com> Cc: "Rootsweb Admin [Argyll List]" <SCT-argyll-admin@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2013 9:12 AM Subject: Re: [SCT-ISLEOFMULL] BrightSolid aka DC Thomson Family History > Hi all > > Thought you might be interested to read this Press Release from BrightSolid (now DC > Thomson Family History) who run the ScotlandsPeople web-site on behalf of the Scottish > Government. > > Regards > Les > ============================= > DC Thomson Family History and FamilySearch.org to make billions of records available for > people to search > Posted 17 October 2013 > By DC Thomson Family History and Family Search press release > > More than 13 million records launched today on findmypast.com > > LONDON, England and SALT LAKE CITY, Utah -- Annelies van den Belt, the new CEO of DC > Thomson Family History, the British-based leader in online family history and owner of > findmypast and Genes Reunited, has announced a major new partnership with US-based > FamilySearch.org that will give family history enthusiasts access to billions of records > online and new technology to collaboratively research their family roots. > > DC Thomson Family History, formerly known as brightsolid online publishing, is > collaborating with FamilySearch, which has the largest collections of genealogical and > historical records in the world, to deliver a wide range of projects including digital > preservation, records search, technological development and the means to allow family > historians to share their discoveries. > > More than 13 million records from FamilySearch.org launched today on findmypast, > including major collections of births, marriages and deaths covering America, Australia, > and Ireland. Around 600 additional collections, containing millions of records, will > follow. > > The two organisations have a long history of working together on historical projects, > including indexing 132 million records of the 1940 US census and two hundred years of > British Army Service Records (Chelsea Pensioners) in a joint digitisation project with > The National Archives. > > Van den Belt said: "This is fantastic news for our customers all over the world. As a > leader in online family history we will be able to offer access to a much wider variety > of records dating back hundreds of years and the first batch are ready to search on > findmypast. The convenience of searching many treasures from FamilySearch.org along with > our own extensive collections will provide rich new insights for our customers. > > "This partnership with FamilySearch will accelerate the momentum of our next phase of > global growth into new non-English-speaking markets and give more people more access to > more records to uncover their family history. This really cements our position as a > market leader." > > "We are excited to work with DC Thompson Family History on a vision we both share," said > Dennis Brimhall, CEO of FamilySearch. "Expanding online access to historical records > through this type of collaboration can help millions more people discover and share > their family's history." > > DC Thomson Family History is the British-based leader in online family history, which > operates major online sites including findmypast, Genes Reunited and the British > Newspaper Archive. It launched in America last year with its findmypast brand. > > DC Thomson Family History has a strong record of partnerships with non-profit and public > sector organisations such as the British Library and The National Archives among many > other major archives and organisations around the world. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SCT-ISLEOFMULL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com