Ancestry.com in the News

Family Trees Found Online

Nov 25, 2006 — CBS Saturday Early Show
AOL's advisor Regina Lewis demonstrates how you can trace your ancestors online.

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Immigrant Passenger Logs Now Onlie

Nov 10, 2006 — Jennifer Viegas — Discovery Channel
Ancestry.com's new U.S. passenger list collection contains more than 100 million names, from Albert Einstein to Hillary Clinton's grandfather.

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Diane Sawyer Finds She's a True Kentucky Woman

Nov 3, 2006 — ABC Good Morning America
GMA anchor Diane Sawyer discusses her proud Appalachia past.

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Robin Roberts Finds Strong Tradition in Southern Roots

Nov 2, 2006 — ABC Good Morning America
GMA anchor Robin Roberts takes a walk backward through time as she learns more about her family's southern past.

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Chris Cuomo Traces Roots Back to Italy

Nov 1, 2006 — ABC Good Morning America
GMA anchor Chris Cuomo discovers his family's rich Italian heritage. In fact, one of Cuomo's living relatives is an actual pizza historian.

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Sam Champion Traces Roots Back to the Old Sod

Oct 26, 2006 — ABC Good Morning America
GMA anchor Sam Champion learns his family hails from County Cork, Ireland.

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Genealogy for the Living, the Dead, the Far Away

Oct 9, 2006 — Bob Tedeschi — New York Times
Ancestry.com is described as an up-and-coming social networking site, especially with its new tree-building features introduced last July.

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Building a Family Tree Using an Upgraded Site Online

Sep 6, 2006 — Walter S. Mossberg and Katherine Boehret — Wall Street Journal
Mossberg and Boehret give Ancestry.com a try and discuss its online content as well as brand-new tree-building reatures.

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In Politics, Some Ties Are by Blood

Jul 3, 2006 — Jennifer Viegas — Discovery Channel
The U.S. Federal Census Collection, online at Ancestry.com, reveals a connection between President George W. Bush and Dick Cheney.

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Digitizing the Entire U.S. Census

Jun 26, 2006 — Bloomberg Radio
Bloomberg Radio interviews Tim Sullivan on the U.S. Federal Census Collection, now completely digitized and available online at Ancestry.com.

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New Ways to Dig for your Roots Online

Jun 22, 2006 — Jessica E. Vascellaro — Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal takes a look at the new online U.S. Federal Census Collection available at Ancestry.com. The Collection includes all publicly available U.S. federal census records.

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Ancestry.com Adds U.S. Census Records

Jun 22, 2006 — Clarissa Striker — Associated Press
Ancestry.com's new online U.S. Federal Census Collection includes 540 million names and spans 1790 to 1930, making the collection invaluable to Americans looking to discover more about their roots.

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Online Census Data is Genealogy Treasure Trove

Jun 20, 2006 — Benjamin Pimentel — San Francisco Chronicle
According to one 1930 census record, Tom Hanks' grandfather was a "squirrel inspector." This is just one of the tidbits you can learn in the U.S. Federal Census Collection available on Ancestry.com.

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Tom Hanks' Squirrelly Past: Celeb Family Secrets

Jun 20, 2006 — Buck Wolf — ABC News
ABC News discusses some of the surprising finds revealed in a few celebrity family trees that Ancestry.com uncovered using the online U.S. Federal Census Collection.

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'African American Lives'

Feb 1, 2006 — The Washington Post
Leslie D. Farrell from the PBS Show 'African American lives' suggests going to Ancestry.com for help with African American research.

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The Latest Software

Jan 1, 2006 — PC Today
Great review of Family Tree Maker 2006, describing the new features such as websearch.

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Fun Site of the Day: Ancestry.com

Jan 1, 2006 — PC Today
Ancestry.com site review explaining how to get started.

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