Ancestor Search Blog

I just noticed something that has had very little, if any, publicity from Ancestry.com. Family Tree Maker 2014 is now available as a down...

Success! I found family on the 1940 census ... at Ancestry.com .  The National Archives server still cannot handle the load. Ancestry has ...

Like everyone else, I was looking forward to browsing the newly-released 1940 US census today.   Because the census is not yet indexed, th...

"I am loving this ride"  That's what Blair Underwood exclaimed while he was learning the story of his family history during th...

Last night's (Feb 3, 2012) episode of Who Do You Think You Are   followed the family history quest of Martin Sheen, American actor and t...

Google has just introduced Verbatim Search  which can be used when you want an exact search to your query. Doesn't Google already giv...

Google has removed the cached page  link from the search results page.  Until last week, it used to appear with every link in the search res...

Google has just recently removed the + search operator and replaced it with quotation marks functionality.  Instead of placing the Google + ...

Ancestry.com 15th Anniversary Sweepstakes Starting October 1st, Ancestry.com will celebrate its 15th Anniversary with 15 days of free ...

The 20% pre-sale discount for Family Tree Maker 2012 ends Wednesday, September 28, at about 10:00 AM MST and, shortly after, Ancestry will ...