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'''Ancestry.com''' was founded as the publishing company '''The Generations Network''' in 1983. The company is now the largest for-profit genealogy company in the world and runs a network of genealogy and family-related websites.
'''Ancestry.com''' was founded as the publishing company '''The Generations Network''' in 1983. The company is now the largest for-profit genealogy company in the world and runs a network of genealogy and family-related websites.
== Personal Trees on Ancestry ==
Reasons for using Ancestry's personal tree feature:<br>
*No-one can change your personal tree
*Trees generate hints for sources, stories, photos, and media
*Ancestry.com has unique data search engine
*Ancestry.com helps you find relatives who also have trees, photos, sources, and stories about your ancestors
*Your personal tree allows you to transfer data between Ancestry.com and FamilySearch Trees


== See also  ==
== See also  ==
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*[[Latter-day Saint Resources at Ancestry.com]]  
*[[LDS Research Sources at Ancestry.com]]  
*[[England, Using Ancestry.com and Ancestry.co.uk for English Research]]
*[[England, Using Ancestry.com and Ancestry.co.uk for English Research]]
*[[How to use ancestry.com]]
*[[How to use ancestry.com]]

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Ancestry.com was founded as the publishing company The Generations Network in 1983. The company is now the largest for-profit genealogy company in the world and runs a network of genealogy and family-related websites.

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