PROVO, Utah, Nov. 16, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Ancestry.com is
pleased to announce it has created a strategic alliance with
National Geographic Digital Media to help individuals make new
discoveries in their family history. As part of the relationship,
NationalGeographic.com will host a family history experience
online, developed by Ancestry.com, which enables visitors to learn
more about researching their genealogy and provides specific tools
for them to search their ancestral roots located on the Genographic
Project website.
"We are always looking for unique ways to connect with people
interested in their family history and have forged a great alliance
with NationalGeographic.com," said John
Pereira, Vice President of Business Development, at
Ancestry.com. "With our development of this new experience on the
Genographic Project website, we believe we can help individuals
understand how exciting family history can be as they find further
success in discovering their own family history."
The new feature is an add-on to National Geographic's existing
Genographic Project Web portal that helps chart the migration
history of the human species using DNA analysis. This additional
online experience offers the ability to start an online family
tree, tips on how to get started with researching family history
and links to important historical record collections that are
searchable on Ancestry.com.
For anyone interested in learning more about their ancestors, or
to experience the family history tools offered by Ancestry.com and
National Geographic, visit http://bit.ly/ACOMonNatGeo.
About Ancestry.com
Ancestry.com Inc. (Nasdaq: ACOM) is the world's largest online
family history resource, with more than one million paying
subscribers. More than 6 billion records have been added to the
site in the past 14 years. Ancestry users have created more than 20
million family trees containing over 2 billion profiles.
Ancestry.com has local websites directed at nine countries that
help people discover, preserve and share their family history,
including its flagship Web site at www.ancestry.com.
About National Geographic Digital Media
National Geographic Digital Media (NGDM) is the multimedia
division of National Geographic Ventures, the wholly owned, taxable
subsidiary of the National Geographic Society, one of the world's
largest education and scientific nonprofit organizations that works
to inspire people to care about the planet. Holding many top
industry awards, NGDM publishes Nationalgeographic.com; produces
short-form video for broadcast markets; manages marketing and
content partnerships across broadband, mobile, gaming and other
consumer digital platforms; and provides video and film footage to
commercial, theatrical, educational and other digital footage
markets.
SOURCE Ancestry.com