SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Ancestry.com, the
world's largest online family history resource, today announced the
availability of its new iPad app called Ancestry.
Built specifically to deliver a compelling tablet experience,
the new Ancestry app brings to life on iPad's large screen
multi-generational family trees complete with images of original
family records and photos, making iPad a powerful tool for users to
display and share their trees with family and friends in an
interactive, highly visual way.
A dynamic, intuitive user interface and integration with
Ancestry.com makes it simple for users to record memories, edit
vital information, document life events and organize photos, and
also for use in conducting field research, collection, and
documentation.
Introducing Ancestry.com onto this compelling platform takes the
website one step closer to its mission of helping everyone
discover, preserve and share their family history.
"Since I already use my iPhone to document my life, it's
natural to use it to document my family tree," said
Ancestry.com user Aaron Vaughn
of San Francisco. "Being able
to research and upload photos and information on-the-fly makes
updating my Ancestry.com account a seamless
part of my life. Now, with the new iPad app, I've got all the
added benefits the larger format affords."
Eric Shoup, Senior Vice President
of Product for Ancestry.com, comments: "The new Ancestry iPad
app makes it fun and easy to explore and share your family history
research by allowing you and your family to tap and swipe your way
through your family tree, old photos and records.
"Ancestry.com is committed to leveraging the latest
technology to make what we offer on our website easily accessible,
simple and enjoyable to use for family history novices and experts
alike, at their desks or in the field."
The Ancestry.com app for iPad is now available for free at the
iTunes App Store. A new version of the popular Ancestry.com iPhone
app, which includes more features for navigating a family tree and
viewing records already attached to a tree, is also available for
free in the App Store.
To get started, just download the apps to your iPad, iPhone or
iPod Touch(i), log in to your Ancestry.com account and choose a
family tree.
About Ancestry.com
Ancestry.com Inc. (Nasdaq: ACOM) is the world's largest online
family history resource, with nearly 1.4 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 Web sites directed at nine countries that
help people discover, preserve and share their family history,
including its flagship Web site at www.ancestry.com.
(i) "iTunes," "iPhone," "iPod" and "iPhone" are trademarks of
Apple, Inc.
SOURCE Ancestry.com