September 26, 2013
WASHINGTON — Two providers of family history resources recently made a groundbreaking deal that will streamline global access to genealogical records.
Ancestry.com, a commercial entity, and FamilySearch.org, a non-profit group, plan to put about 1 billion historical records online. The records will include birth, marriage, death and immigration certificates once not obtainable on the Internet.
The deal between these two organizations, both heavyweights in the genealogy business, exemplifies the growing efforts to meet the hunger of people longing to research their family trees.
Genealogy, in fact, has become a global phenomenon.
A market research firm, Global Industry Analysts, says there are more than 80 million professional and amateur genealogists around the world. It projects the market for genealogy products and services will reach $4.3 billion by 2018, nearly double from last year.
Sounds like there's a fascination behind tracing one's ancestry.
Information on the Internet
Ancestry.com, a commercial entity, and FamilySearch.org, a non-profit group, plan to put about 1 billion historical records online. The records will include birth, marriage, death and immigration certificates once not obtainable on the Internet.
The deal between these two organizations, both heavyweights in the genealogy business, exemplifies the growing efforts to meet the hunger of people longing to research their family trees.
Genealogy, in fact, has become a global phenomenon.
A market research firm, Global Industry Analysts, says there are more than 80 million professional and amateur genealogists around the world. It projects the market for genealogy products and services will reach $4.3 billion by 2018, nearly double from last year.
Sounds like there's a fascination behind tracing one's ancestry.
Information on the Internet
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