FFHS-NEWS Ancestry.com and JewishGen Align to Provide More Online Access to Millions of Jewish Historical Documents

[News from the Federation of Family History Societies]

Ancestry.com and JewishGen Align to Provide More Online Access to Millions
of Jewish Historical Documents
 
Partnership Enables Broader Research of Jewish Ancestry Through Powerful
Search Tools in One Centralized Location (USA)
CHICAGO  USA - Aug. 19, 2008 - The Generations Network, Inc., parent company
of Ancestry.com, and JewishGen, a non-profit organization dedicated to
researching and promoting Jewish genealogy and an affiliate of the Museum of
Jewish Heritage - A Living Memorial to the Holocaust, (based in New York
USA) today announced a partnership designed to provide easier online access
to millions of important Jewish historical documents. JewishGen's collection
of databases will be integrated and be made available for free on
Ancestry.com, making these historical Jewish records and information more
accessible than ever before. As part of the agreement, the JewishGen site
will also be hosted in Ancestry.com's data center.
For the first time ever, those interested in researching Jewish ancestry
will be able to search JewishGen's databases on Ancestry.com, taking
advantage of Ancestry.com's powerful search technologies, including tree
hinting and the ability to search all JewishGen databases through one simple
interface. The agreement will also give researchers the ability to make
connections within family trees and to perform broader searches - searching
JewishGen's databases in combination with the other 7 billion names and
26,000 databases available on Ancestry.com. In addition, visitors will be
able to network with millions of Ancestry.com members to connect with others
interested in Jewish genealogy and discover distant relatives.
 
Under the new agreement, some of the important JewishGen content that will
be available on Ancestry.com includes databases from many different
countries, the Holocaust Database, Yizkor Books (memorial books from
Holocaust survivors), The Given Names Database and JewishGen ShtetlSeeker,
among others. The JewishGen collections will be available on Ancestry.com by
the end of the year.
 
To learn more about this important agreement, or if you would like a sneak
peek of the Jewish collections that will be available on Ancestry.com, visit
<http://www.ancestry.com/JewishHeritage> www.ancestry.com/JewishHeritage. 
 
About JewishGen
JewishGen,
<https://prnewswire.webdriverlogin.com/FCKeditor/Local%20Settings/Temporary%
20Internet%20Files/OLKD/www.jewishgen.org> www.jewishgen.org, became an
affiliate of the Museum on January 1, 2003. An Internet pioneer, JewishGen
was founded in 1987 and has grown from a bulletin board with only 150 users
to a major grass roots effort bringing together hundreds of thousands of
individuals worldwide in a virtual community centered on discovering Jewish
ancestral roots and history. 
 
Researchers use JewishGen to share genealogical information, techniques, and
case studies. With a growing database of more than 11 million records, the
website is a forum for the exchange of information about Jewish life and
family history, and has enabled thousands of families to connect and
re-connect in a way never before possible.
 
About Ancestry.com 
With 26,000 searchable databases and titles and nearly 3 million active
users, Ancestry.com is the No. 1 online source for family history
information. Since its launch in 1997, Ancestry.com has been the premier
resource for family history, simplifying genealogical research for millions
of people by providing them with many easy-to-use tools and resources to
build their own unique family trees. Ancestry.com is part of The Generations
Network, Inc., a leading network of family-focused interactive properties,
including  <http://www.myfamily.com/> www.myfamily.com,
<http://www.rootsweb.com/> www.rootsweb.com,  <http://www.genealogy.com/>
www.genealogy.com and Family Tree Maker. In total, The Generations Network
properties receive nearly 8.5 million unique visitors  worldwide (C comScore
Media Metrix, March 2008). To easily begin researching your family history,
visit  <http://www.ancestry.com/> www.ancestry.com.
 
 
Maggie Loughran 
Joint Administrator, Federation of Family History Societies 
*   <mailto:admin at ffhs.org.uk> admin at ffhs.org.uk 
 <http://www.ffhs.org.uk/> www.ffhs.org.uk 
 
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