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:
- 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"