We’re a science and technology company with a very human mission.
Follow the many chapters of our story.
Ancestry Publishing is founded, publishing over 40 family history magazine titles and genealogy reference books.
Ancestry Publishing launches Ancestry.com paving the way for online family history.
Ancestry.com offers family history information on CD-ROM to help people grow their family trees.
Ancestry launches the first census images, and completes the 1930 census in 2003.
Ancestry.co.uk debuts, starting the company’s international expansion.
Australian, Canadian, and German sites are introduced.
New customer-centric collaboration innovations are added to the product, including the iconic shaky leaf hints and Ancestry Member Trees.
Ancestry expands DNA offering with integration of family trees.
Ancestry reaches the one million subscribers mark and debuts on the NASDAQ.
The first season of the U.S. series Who Do You Think You Are? launches. The show’s success leads to additional seasons and becomes the first of many new TV partnerships for the Ancestry brand.
The first Ancestry app for iPad and iPhone is unveiled, reaching one million downloads within a few months and garnering numerous industry awards.
New autosomal AncestryDNA is launched, testing the human genome at 700,000 markers to offer users insight into their ethnicity.
AncestryDNA is updated to map a test taker's ethnic origins to 26 global regions.
Ancestry introduces revolutionary new technology to power New Ancestry Discoveries.
Ancestry releases an exclusive collection of U.S. Wills and Probate records.
A new record-setting milestone—one million people tested via AncestryDNA—is achieved.
