Gale Group Partners With Ancestry.com

Posted on June 29, 2001

The Gale Group, a unit of The Thomson Corporation's Thomson Learning group, and Ancestry.com are joining forces on a new online genealogy service for libraries. AncestryPlus will integrate Ancestry.com's vast information resources, including more than 10 million images of the U.S. Federal Census forms, with the Gale Group's genealogical references. AncestryPlus will debut in late summer, 2001.

``AncestryPlus puts three powerful genealogy resources together: Ancestry.com, Gale Group, and libraries,'' said Allen Paschal, Gale Group CEO. ``We're putting the most effective resources for tracing family history together in the spot where genealogists have the most abundant access to local history: the library.''

Ancestry.com is a consumer online service containing records on more than 1 billion names, along with information on how to begin family research. In addition to its store of the entire U.S Federal Census forms from 1790-1920, Ancestry.com also provides information from vital, church, military, and court and probate records. Gale Group's Passenger and Immigration records have been used in library genealogy collections for more than 30 years. AncestryPlus marks the first time this information has been combined in a single product.

The Gale Group is a leader in ereference publishing for libraries, schools and businesses. The company creates and maintains more than 600 databases that are published in electronic form, as well as in print and microform. The Thomson Corporation with 2000 revenues of approximately $6.0 billion, is a leading, global electronic information and solutions company in the business and professional marketplace.