Vale Ellen aka. ‘The Queen’ – Aged 106 In my role as Head of Content & Community, I often have the privilege of hearing powerful, emotional stories from our family history community. Ancestry can help to unlock some incredible discoveries and although there’s no limit to the stories that could be shared, occasionally there is Read More
SideView™ Now Groups Your AncestryDNAⓇ Matches By Parent Making It Easier To Determine How You Relate To Your Matches Ancestry®, the global leader in family history and consumer genomics, unveiled SideView™ technology this year–a first-of-its-kind scientific innovation that gives AncestryDNA® customers new insights into which side of the family they inherited their genetics from. Read More
Finding the Ancestry Blog for Australia and New Zealand has just become a whole lot easier! As you may recall from recent blog posts, there’s an ongoing effort to help surface the Australian and New Zealand blog via; 1. Adding a greater frequency of meaningful posts that inform, educate, entertain and more effectively engage Read More
Welcome! Welcome back to the ongoing quarterly ‘Ancestry Community Update’ blog post for Australia and New Zealand. For anyone I am yet to meet, my name is Jason Reeve and I’m the Head of Content & Community for Ancestry in Australia and New Zealand. You’ll likely end up meeting me at a family history expo Read More
The Ancestry AU & NZ Newsletter is live! We’re excited to share that the first edition of the revived, revamped and reinstated Ancestry Monthly Update newsletter has officially gone out yesterday. Did you receive it? It’s our way to keep you – some of our most dedicated and experienced customers – up to speed on Read More
AncestryDNA® has expanded into 54 new markets AncestryDNA is now available to consumers in 89 countries and territories on five continents. This expansion more than doubles the number of markets where people can access AncestryDNA, enabling millions more people to find and connect with family. Ancestry’s simple, step-by-step DNA test reveals an individual’s unique ethnic Read More
Welcome! Welcome to the new quarterly Ancestry Community Update blog post for Australia and New Zealand. My name is Jason Reeve, and I’m the Head of Content & Community for Ancestry in Australia and New Zealand. Many of you reading this first blog post may already know me from meeting at a family history expo Read More
Ancestry provides access to AncestryClassroom™ for teachers and educators in Australia and New Zealand At Ancestry®, we aim to mobilize our global Ancestry family and products to build more connected and resilient communities by empowering the next generation of history makers. For nearly a decade, AncestryClassroom™ has helped students learn more about themselves, navigate the Read More
The Ancestry Digitisation Grant Program for 2022 is now open for submissions. The aim of this program is to encourage and allow holders of original historical content collections (of any size) to achieve a digitisation outcome that may otherwise be difficult for any number of reasons. Each year, a total of three grants will be Read More
Ancestry Participation Agreement for User Generated Content At Ancestry, we appreciate how engaged our Social Media community is and love hearing about the discoveries you’ve made during your family history research. Occasionally, we like to highlight specific member testimonials, stories, photographs, tips and quotes if we think they will encourage and support the wider community. Read More