MyFamily.com Acquires Genealogy.com

Posted on April 25, 2003

MyFamily.com, Inc., an online subscription business and network for connecting families, and A&E Television Networks (AETN) announced that MyFamily has acquired Genealogy.com, producer of the family tree software, Family Tree Makera, and provider of online genealogy resources. MyFamily will also receive promotion on AETN television properties.

Genealogy.com joins the MyFamily network of genealogy websites -- Ancestry.com, MyFamily.com, and RootsWeb.com. The network receives over 10 million unique visitors each month and has more than one million paid subscriptions.

"We're excited to bring these two strong companies together to better serve consumers and the genealogy community," said Tom Stockham, President & CEO of MyFamily.com. "It's a great strategic fit and underscores an opportunity to serve the growing market for family history products. By providing customers with a broad set of tools to discover the information that makes their family history come to life, we help customers answer the questions, 'Who am I?', 'Where do I come from?' and 'How am I connected?'"

Genealogy.com will continue to offer its products and services, including Family Tree Makera, and its online subscription products. MyFamily will continue to improve upon the products and services Genealogy.com currently offers. Genealogy.com will also continue to host GenForum message boards, a free genealogy community resource, with more than six million messages posted.