Who owns Ancestry.com? The website is owned by Blackstone, a leading global investment firm. Blackstone acquired a majority stake in Ancestry from Silver Lake, GIC, Spectrum Equity, and other existing ...

A reader, who has a premium Ancestry.com subscription, recently asked me this: Is there any point in also searching for information on FamilySearch.org? Or can researchers assume Ancestry will give ...

Genealogy and DNA-testing behemoth Ancestry.com is selling 75% of itself to alternative asset manager Blackstone Group, according to a report from Bloomberg. The total deal is valued at $4.7 billion ...

How far back can you trace your family’s lineage? Great grandparents? Great-great grandparents? Have you ever wondered how deep into the past you could go if you really tried? If so, Ancestry.com ...

After my son asked about our family history, I set out to uncover my father's lineage, piecing together a family tree once ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Ancestry.com has bought San Francisco startup 1000memories to help members add photos to their family trees. The acquisition gives the genealogy website access to 1000memories’ ShoeBox ...