Genealogy News - November 2009
Below is genealogy news from November 2009. Click on the links for the full articles.
Private Archives of Franklin Roosevelt to Become Public - Franklin D. Roosevelt was a pivotal figure in the history of the United States. As president, he brought the United States out of the Great Depression and led his country through much of World War II. In spite of his prominence in American history, however, there is still much about the man that historians do not know. This may soon change when the last major archives of Franklin Roosevelt become public. These archives consist of 14 boxes of handwritten notes and correspondence that have been held in private hands until now...{Click here to read the full story}
Genealogy This Week - 14 November 2009 - Our weekly compilation of interesting new resources, tools and stories for genealogists. This week: PRDH - A Great Internet Site to Trace Your French Canadian Roots; US National Archives Launches an Online Reservation System; The Map that Named America; Sources Database from the National Library of Ireland; Visual Mapping of the National Archives of Australia; Man Accidentally Attends His Own Funeral...[More]
Google Adds New Privacy Tools: Implications for Genealogy - Google added new privacy tools this week in an attempt to stay ahead of privacy concerns. Users who have signed up for Gmail, Blogger, Picasa and YouTube will now be able to see a “dashboard” that shows what privacy information Google has collected about them. Users will then have the ability to edit and delete the privacy information. This has implications for genealogy...[More]
Genealogy This Week - 7 November 2009 - This week we thought we would do something a little different and talk about the Ancestry.com IPO (Initial Public Offering) share listing that occurred this week. This is the first time a private genealogy company has done a large public share listing. What makes this particularly interesting to genealogists is that Ancestry.com is by far the largest company in the field of genealogy.
When a company goes public, they have to release a wealth of information about their company, their business model and their industry. In this case, the company, the business model and the industry is all about genealogy. The IPO document alone runs to 156 pages. We read it. We also read several analysts’ reports on the company and talked to various people in the industry.
Here are some of the key points that we have gleaned about Ancestry.com, the field of genealogy and how genealogy is evolving...[More]
