NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Blackstone (NYSE:BX) today announced that private equity funds managed by Blackstone (“Blackstone”) have reached a definitive agreement to acquire Ancestry® from Silver ...

Blackstone has agreed to acquire Ancestry, a provider of digital family history services, for an enterprise value of $4.7 billion. The sellers include Silver Lake, GIC, Spectrum Equity and Permira.

In October, 23andMe announced that approximately 14,000 23andMe users’ accounts were breached; according to the company, the stolen data — which some hackers tried to sell via online forums — ...

NEW YORK -- Genealogy is hot again. Shows such as "Faces of America" on PBS and "Who Do You Think You Are?" on NBC are renewing the country's fascination with family histories. And unlike when the TV ...

Digitized newspaper archives and hyperlocal historical sources can help you understand how your ancestors lived. By J. D. Biersdorfer Long before the internet made it easy to share the nuances of ...

Every “journey home” begins at home. The search to learn more about your ancestors—who they were, where they came from, what happened to them, and why—starts in conversations with relatives, in the ...

The genealogy site’s clarification of its terms and conditions has barred those working on unsolved crimes from access to the company’s vast trove of records. By Corey Kilgannon Since online genealogy ...

Ancestry is the global leader in digital family history services, operating in more than 30 countries with more than 3 million paying subscribers across its Ancestry online properties and more than $1 ...

When Brandy Vega was told that her 14-year-old daughter had tried to take her own life, she was shocked, scared, and went looking for help.She said that as she Canyons School District proposes closing ...