The email below is courtesty of Mr. Tom Kemp on the Roots-L mail list. It concerns corporate changes concerning what most of you may know as ancestry.com and, the makers of the family tree maker program, Genealogy.com. According to this report the companies My Family and Genealogy.com have merged. I don't think anyone will see any major changes in the near future. Hopefully those changes will be improvements. As some of you know, there is currently an agreement between Genealogy.com and the History Channel. Now A & E will begin seeing input from My Family...which is a good thing. Joyce Gaston Reece ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Kemp" <TKemp@godfrey.org> To: <ROOTS-M@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2003 10:47 AM Subject: [ROOTS-L] Gen Librarian News: FLASH: MyFamily.com Acquires Genealogy.com > Genealogy Librarian News > Published Weekly by the Godfrey Memorial Library > 8 April 2003 > _______________________________________________________________ > News > FLASH: MyFamily.Com Acquires Genealogy.com > Godfrey Library Sponsors Author/Society Book Signings at NGS > Library Publishes New Periodical: The Vital Record > Keeping Current. Book Reviews. Virtual Roots 2.0 > > _______________________________________________________________ > FLASH NEWS > ____________________________________________________________ > MyFamily.com, Inc. Acquires Genealogy.com, Expands Product Line, and > Enters Long-Term Promotional Agreement with A&E Television Networks > > PROVO, Utah, April 8 /PRNewswire/ -- MyFamily.com, Inc., a leading > online subscription business and the leading network for connecting > families, and A&E Television Networks (AETN) announced today that > MyFamily has acquired Genealogy.com, producer of the award-winning > family tree software, Family Tree Maker, and provider of extensive > online genealogy resources. In addition, MyFamily will receive > promotion on AETN television properties. > > Genealogy.com joins the MyFamily network of websites -- Ancestry.com, > MyFamily.com, and RootsWeb.com -- giving customers a full complement of > Internet services focused on connecting families with their histories > and one another. Combined, the network of websites receives over 10 > million unique visitors each month and has more than one million paid > subscriptions. > > "We're excited to bring these two strong companies together to better > serve consumers and the genealogy community," said Tom Stockham, > President & CEO of MyFamily.com. "It's a great strategic fit and > underscores an opportunity to serve the growing market for family > history products. By providing customers with a broad set of tools to > discover the information that makes their family history come to life, > we help customers answer the questions, 'Who am I?', 'Where do I come > from?' and 'How am I connected?'" > > "AETN is excited to see these two important family history companies > come together, increasing the positive experience of consumers embarking > on family research," said Nick Davatzes, President & CEO, A&E Television > Networks. "We believe this agreement makes good sense for the > businesses and for the consumer. AETN looks forward to a long-term > strategic partnership with MyFamily." > > Genealogy.com will continue to offer its wide variety of products and > services, including Family Tree Maker, and its dynamic roster of online > subscription products. MyFamily will continue to improve upon the > products and services Genealogy.com currently offers, enhancing the > family history research experience. In addition, Genealogy.com will > continue to host GenForum message boards, a widely used free genealogy > community resource, with more than six million messages posted. > > MyFamily serves the fast-growing market of people with an interest in > family history. As reported in a recent study, family history is one of > the fastest-growing hobbies in the U.S., with over 60% of Americans > interested in researching their family history. The addition of > Genealogy.com's strong product line to MyFamily's network of websites, > family tree software, databases on CD-ROM, message boards, books, and > magazines, is a natural expansion, providing researchers valuable tools > to quickly and easily explore their family history, saving them time and > money. > > About MyFamily.com, Inc. > > MyFamily.com, Inc. is among the largest online subscription businesses, > with over one million paid subscriptions. A next-generation media > company, MyFamily is focused on connecting families with their histories > and one another. The company provides both free and paid subscription > services through it's network of Internet properties, which include: > Ancestry.com, Genealogy.com, RootsWeb.com, and MyFamily.com. The > Company also publishes Family Tree Maker and Ancestry Family Tree > software, Ancestry magazine, Genealogical Computing magazine, over 50 > book titles, and numerous databases on CD-ROM. > > About A&E Television Networks > > A&E Television Networks is a joint venture of The Hearst Corporation, > ABC, Inc. and NBC. AETN is an award-winning, international media > company offering consumers a diverse communications environment ranging > from television programming, magazine publishing, and web sites, to > books, music CDs and home videos/DVDs, as well as supporting nationwide > educational initiatives. A&E Television Networks is comprised of A&E > Network, The History Channel, The Biography Channel, History > International, AETN International, AETN Consumer Products, and Biography > Magazine. > > SOURCE MyFamily.com, Inc. > > CO: MyFamily.com, Inc.; Genealogy.com; A&E Television Networks > _______________________________________________________________ > Godfrey Library Sponsors Author/Society Book Signings at NGS > _______________________________________________________________ > > This year the Godfrey Memorial Library is sponsoring 4 days of book > signings at our booth during the NGS Conference. We would like to invite > you to display your book(s) and hold a book signing during the > conference. > > Are you going to Attend NGS? (May 28-June 1, 2003, Pittsburgh). If so, > we would like to invite you to hold a book signing for your recent > book(s) at the National Genealogical Society Conference in Pittsburgh. > If you cannot attend, then see the 2nd option listed below. > > Option 1. Recently published a book and will be attending the NGS > Conference. This is open to all Authors/Publishers of recent Genealogy > or Local History Book(s). The booth will be open May 28-June 1, 2003. > Wed, Thurs, Fri: 9am to 5pm; Sat: 9am to 4pm. At the Godfrey Memorial > Library Booth in the NGS Exhibit Hall. Each book signing will last ½ > hour. Authors/Publishers can sign-up reserve the time slots on a first > come, first serve basis. The booth is the. This is no charge for this > service. > > If you cannot attend the NGS Conference. > > Even if you are not able to attend the NGS Conference, the Library would > like to assist you to let others know about your work and to promote > your book. > > Please send two copies of the book(s) you would like displayed at the > conference along with ordering information. > > The Library: 1. Will display Your Book(s) at the Conference; 2. Will > produce and distribute a catalog of all books submitted and 3. Will > post this catalog on their website at: www.Godfrey.org > > There is no charge for this service. Copies of the book(s) and ordering > information must be received by: Monday May 19th. > > For further information contact The Godfrey Memorial Library > 860.346.4375 > _______________________________________________________________ > Library Publishes New Periodical > _______________________________________________________________ > The Vital Record. Quarterly. This new quarterly is focused on vital > records registration and access. The first issue includes articles by > David Brownlee (Deputy Keeper (Corporate Services), National Archives of > Scotland and Martin Tyson (Departmental Record Officer, GROS, Scotland) > and others. The editor is Thomas Jay Kemp, past Chair of the ALA > Genealogy Committee and author of the International Vital Records > Handbook (4th edition. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co.). Subscriptions > are $24.00/year. Contact: Godfrey Memorial Library; 134 Newfield Street; > Middletown, CT 06457-2534. > > _______________________________________________________________ > KEEPING CURRENT > _______________________________________________________________ > > Virtual Roots 2.0 by Thomas Jay Kemp. Wilmington, DE: Scholarly > Resources, 2003. Hardback. ISBN: 0-8420-2922-2. $75; Paper ISBN: > 0-8420-2923-0. $29.95. > > See Review in Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter. Vol. 8 No. 14 - > April 7, 2003. > http://www.rootsforum.com/newsletter/index.html#VirtualRoots > > >