Tag archive: Ancestry

Genealogy Web site Ancestry.com hopes to raise about $100 million when it goes public this week. With more than a million paying subscribers, little competition, a small debt load and a record of increasing revenues, it may fare better than other IPOs that have recently priced below their filing ranges. The Provo, Utah-based company, which is the world's largest online resource for birth certificates and marriage records, expects to price… Read More

In what may be an important move to reconcile modern Western society with its slave-owning past, genealogy and family history site Ancestry.co.uk has launched an online archive with the historical records of nearly 100,000 slaves owned by British colonists in Barbados during the early 1800s. “With few relevant collections online, it has not been easy for those with ancestors from former British colonies or territories to research… Read More