Ancestry programme Who Do You Think You Are is the key to their success. Shed Media claims their recent success in profit increases by 22 per cent is due to programmes like Who Do You Think You Are?. Other programmes that helped to build a healthy profit include Supernanny, BBC school drama Waterloo Road and detective drama ...

Ever wondered what happened to your old school yearbooks? Well if you went to school from 1875 to 1988 you may be in for a treat or a trick, as Ancestry.com are currently offering a complete collection of old school yearbooks in their search results. The only limitation is the yearbooks are all from US schools only. ...

How to find ancestors,  How to trace ancestors, how to build a family tree There is no end to the need to help people when it comes to searching your ancestors. So this week we decided to put together a quick How to... ancestors guide. Hopefully we have covered your question here. If not then please comment ...

With so many genealogy products to choose from it can be a real challenge choosing a software tool that will help you trace your family tree. You can read our post where we recently defined genealogy. But we want the software to help us in this  challenge. For choice and reviews I've found nothing better than ...

Discover how to find ancestors There are so many ways to search for ancestors that you can sometimes find it all a bit much. So here are a few simple tips i have found after several years of research and many hours spent hunting for my ancestors. Set aside some time. For example you have some time ...

Getting started Everyone has to start from somewhere, so how do you get off to a good start on your family tree? You will find our beginners section helpful How do you get started doing family history research on Ancestry.Com? Follow these 3 easy steps when you visit www.ancestry.com and start discovering your family's history. Try to keep as ...

It's always nice to get an insight into what goes on behind the doors of a big company like ancestry.com uk So today we have been treated to a behind the scenes tour. If you have ever wonder what the staff get up to or what happens behind the scenes then this video should give you some ...

Ancestry television makers ask "Who Do You Think You Are Brucie?", then get a surprise answer. National treasure Bruce Forsyth didn't do so well and didnt find it to be a nice game in his recent revelation while researching his family ancestry for BBC's ancestry show Who Do You Think You Are? Bruce discovers his relative ...

Ancestry.com is one of the greatest sites on the web when it comes to searching your family tree. It seems that others agree as the genealogical site recently won Five National Silver ADDY Awards. Ancestry.com, is the world's largest online family history resource and recently added Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900. It ...

Ancestry.com acquires Genline.se Ancestry.com the has agreed to acquire the leading Swedish family history website Genline.se. over the next day or two. This will be a very exciting purchase for both companies and researchers alike. Ancestry.com is the world's largest online family history resource, has digitised and put online over five billion records over the past 13 ...