The Ancestry.com ad begins with a couple - a young black woman and young white man - clad in mid 19th century clothing, running through what looks like an alley. The couple stops. The man holds up a ...

It may seem like a niche market, but genealogy research is a booming business. Interest in family history has spawned televsion shows, books, magazines, and conferences. Ancestry.com, whose main ...

Utah-based genealogy site Ancestry.com just announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Silicon Valley-based startup Inflection to acquire its competitor Archives.com for $100 ...