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55. No, Ancestry has never belonged to the Mormon Church

Sun Jul 2, 2017, 07:58 PM

Jul 2017

It was started as Infobases, Inc. by Paul B. Allen and Dan Taggart. They got their start by putting LDS genealogical information on floppy diskss and selling them out of the back seat of their car. LAter they upgraded the digital format to CDs and finally went online in 1994.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancestry.com#Infobases.2C_Inc.

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"In October 2012, Ancestry.com agreed to be acquired by a private equity group consisting of Permira Advisers LLP, members of Ancestry.com's management team, including CEO Tim Sullivan and CFO Howard Hochhauser, and Spectrum Equity, for $32 per share or around $1.6 billion.[45][46] At the same time, Ancestry.com purchased a photo digitization and sharing service called 1000Memories."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancestry.com#Ancestry.com
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LDS has their own database, FamilySearch.org which has some overlap with Ancestry.com but which offers some information not on Ancestry. FamilySearch.org is free while Ancestry is pretty expensive.

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Have you seen this Ancestory ad? [View all] DURHAM D Jul 2017 OP

It's stunningly brilliant. n/t targetpractice Jul 2017 #1

That's great! KT2000 Jul 2017 #2

Yes.....and it's just perfect for these times. eom a kennedy Jul 2017 #3

Gave me chills. Thanks for posting. Squinch Jul 2017 #4

That is absolutely fantastic. I teared right up. nolabear Jul 2017 #5

Me too. forgotmylogin Jul 2017 #70

:) Solly Mack Jul 2017 #6

Yet today, some of them would be told by Ellis Island descendents to "go back to Africa" BumRushDaShow Jul 2017 #7

Given that Ellis Island didn't open until the 1890s DURHAM D Jul 2017 #8

And unfortunately the cultural conditioning hasn't encouraged folks to do just that. BumRushDaShow Jul 2017 #10

You have the dumbass at youtube rpannier Jul 2017 #60

Cool ad. Makes you think. Nt Grammy23 Jul 2017 #9

Rightwing knuckledragger's heads explode all up in here HAB911 Jul 2017 #11

Beautiful. Simply beautiful NastyRiffraff Jul 2017 #12

Well damn. That brought us both to tears... Hekate Jul 2017 #13

Excellent! GeoWilliam750 Jul 2017 #14

It is inspiring- KrazyinKS Jul 2017 #15

Bet that triggered a **it load of reich wing snowflakes! workinclasszero Jul 2017 #16

Yeah probably 47of74 Jul 2017 #31

No doubt Hieronymus Jul 2017 #47

This message was self-deleted by its author Pacifist Patriot Jul 2017 #17

We are probably related - 13th and 14th generation American here. DURHAM D Jul 2017 #19

Undoubtedly Pacifist Patriot Jul 2017 #29

Wow! Duppers Jul 2017 #34

I loved it the first time I saw it malaise Jul 2017 #18

Oh wow. Tears. Beautiful. Love it! Thank you. Silver Gaia Jul 2017 #20

"Our sacred honor" - that's a concept the republicans piss all over Achilleaze Jul 2017 #21

It is a good ad .... jb5150 Jul 2017 #22

Do tell flamingdem Jul 2017 #23

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They seem to have produced some really good programmers. DURHAM D Jul 2017 #30

Those little flapping leaves draw me in.. flamingdem Jul 2017 #32

The way I see it . . . markpkessinger Jul 2017 #35

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Baptize them and even marry them if they were living in sin. Ligyron Jul 2017 #43

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Their genealogy projects are a mixed blessing. Mom used their library extensively... Hekate Jul 2017 #36

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Very much on point . . . markpkessinger Jul 2017 #49

That was my advantage as well. Pacifist Patriot Jul 2017 #51

I found errors in the Mormon database early on . . . markpkessinger Jul 2017 #54

The user has to know how to do research csziggy Jul 2017 #56

No, Ancestry has never belonged to the Mormon Church csziggy Jul 2017 #55

I did not know about FamilySearch.org. DURHAM D Jul 2017 #64

This message was self-deleted by its author Pacifist Patriot Jul 2017 #65

There is a Mormon link - the people who started Ancestry.com csziggy Jul 2017 #72

The way Ancestry.com works is that if you give them a sample, the LDS own the rights to your DNA Heaven Sent Jul 2017 #68

My DNA test was part of the National Geographic project. Pacifist Patriot Jul 2017 #73

Beautiful LiberalLovinLug Jul 2017 #24

omg, it actually brought me to tears. BlancheSplanchnik Jul 2017 #25

That gave me chills Mickju Jul 2017 #26

Nice nt trocar Jul 2017 #28

need to test. said we are cousin's of abe lincoln. have secretary of state on another side. pansypoo53219 Jul 2017 #33

Thanks! LAS14 Jul 2017 #37

Excellent!! Thank you for posting this ailsagirl Jul 2017 #38

That is wonderful! Mountain Mule Jul 2017 #39

Beautiful sheshe2 Jul 2017 #42

Mahalo for that, Durham! Cha Jul 2017 #44

Kick. zentrum Jul 2017 #46

Recommended! panader0 Jul 2017 #48

We did the Ancestry DNA test.. Books_Tea_Alone Jul 2017 #50

That is a world I can be proud of, and proud to be part of. warmfeet Jul 2017 #52

Is this the one with the Jefferson decendents? I saw it for the first time earlier today... TheDebbieDee Jul 2017 #53

The ad linked to has descendants from 26 of signers dflprincess Jul 2017 #61

KICK! Cha Jul 2017 #57

That . . . peggysue2 Jul 2017 #58

Wow...... Just Wow. magicarpet Jul 2017 #59

Nice message. Thanks. nt DURHAM D Jul 2017 #63

AND, 1776 elleng Jul 2017 #62

Yes, once. I was wondering what they were trying to sell me. mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2017 #66

K and r. nt cwydro Jul 2017 #67

saw this the other day AllaN01Bear Jul 2017 #69

tears here for that beautiful ad! niyad Jul 2017 #71