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Recent Additions

Mocavo Acquired By Findmypast

MyHeritage and BillionGraves Team Up to Digitally Preserve the World's Cemeteries

MyHeritage and Whitehead Institute at MIT Announce Genetic Research Collaboration

Ancestry.com LLC Acquires Find A Grave, Inc.

MyHeritage Acquires Geni.com

Genealogy Industry Leader Acquires Another Competitor

RootsPoint.com to Provide Searchable Database of 1940 U.S. Census

Explore the 1940 U.S. Census on MyHeritage with free, easy and automatic discoveries

National Archives Announces Website for Free 1940 Census Release Online on April 2, 2012

brightsolid Launches Ground-Breaking Pay-As-You-Go Site CensusRecords.com

Three Genealogy Powerhouses Join Forces to Publish 1940 US Census

MyHeritage Acquires FamilyLink.com and WorldVitalRecords.com to Enter US Market

National Archives to Release 1940 Census Free Online on April 2, 2012

Footnote.com Announces New Focus on Historical U.S. Military Records and Changes Name to Fold3

1940 Census to be Free on Ancestry.com

Millions of Pages of Museum Archives to Be Indexed and Made Free to All

NEHGS Provides Access to Massachusetts Jewish Cemetery Records

Mocavo.com Launches as Free Genealogy Search Engine

New Web Service Provides Database of Genealogy Resources and Researchers spoken word version available

Sorenson Forensics Launches Industry’s Only Ancestry DNA Test for Law Enforcement

MyHeritage.com Brings Family History to the Masses with Free Family Builder 5.0

NEHGS Officially Moves its Website to AmericanAncestors.org

Launch of BUILD A BetterGEDCOM Initiative spoken word version available

Findmypast.Co.Uk Publishes Online Over 260,000 Records from the 2nd Boer War

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