More than 37 million names in Swedish Family History Records Allow

Americans to Trace Their Swedish Ancestors

    PROVO, Utah, Sept. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- The Generations Network, Inc.,
 this week unveiled Ancestry.se -- a new family history Web site focused on
 Sweden. At launch, the Swedish-language site offers access to more than 37
 million names of historical Swedish parish and emigration records, all of
 which are available for U.S. subscribers on Ancestry.com.
     In 2007 alone, The Generations Network has introduced four
 international sites, bringing the tally of Ancestry sites to eight. The
 Ancestry suite of sites now includes Ancestry.com in the United States,
 Ancestry.co.uk in the United Kingdom, Ancestry.ca in Canada,
 Ancestry.com.au in Australia, Ancestry.de in Germany, Ancestry.it in Italy,
 Ancestry.fr in France and Ancestry.se in Sweden. As with other
 sister-sites, Ancestry.se offers Swedish-language tree building tools and
 lets users tap into the world-wide Ancestry community -- the largest global
 community of individuals searching for their family roots -- as well as an
 ever-expanding collection of local historical records.
     "Sweden's Ancestry.se site increases the strength of our global family
 history network to help people discover their roots as well as family
 living all over the world," said Tim Sullivan, CEO of The Generations
 Network. "When you combine the fact that Sweden is one of the most Internet
 friendly nations with the strong ancestral cultural connections that exist
 between the United States and Scandinavia, we believe there will be
 enormous opportunity for unprecedented family history collaboration."
     For almost 4 million Americans of Swedish descent, the new Swedish
 records also make Ancestry.com an ideal location to discover their roots.
 Included in these records are more than 1.7 million names in Swedish
 emigration records, online for the first time. These various emigration
 records were created in Sweden and cover the major exodus between 1846 and
 1930, when about 20 percent of the Swedish population immigrated to North
 America.
     Users will also find more than 36 million names in Swedish parish
 records on Ancestry.com. The records, covering more than four centuries of
 historical data from 81 parishes in the county of Varmland, provide
 interesting details such as names, dates and places of birth, and marriage
 and death information.
     "Around the world we see a rising interest in tracing one's roots. We
 look forward to providing user-friendly Ancestry tools and comprehensive
 record collections to the people of Sweden and of Scandinavian descent,"
 said Josh Hanna, Senior Vice President, Europe and Australia, The
 Generations Network. "We plan to expand our Swedish collection beyond
 parish and emigration records. As we've done throughout Europe and North
 America, we will work closely with various Swedish archives to bring as
 many available records online as possible."
     About The Generations Network, Inc.
     The Generations Network is the leading online network connecting
 families across distance and time. The Generation Network's tools, content
 and community empower individuals to find people most important to them --
 and discover and share their unique family stories. The Generations Network
 family of websites includes MyFamily.com, Ancestry.com, Genealogy.com,
 RootsWeb.com, Ancestry.co.uk, Ancestry.ca, Ancestry.com.au, Ancestry.de,
 Ancestry.it, Ancestry.fr and Ancestry.se. The Generations Network also
 publishes Family Tree Maker(R), the No. 1 selling family tree software,
 Ancestry Magazine and more than 50 book titles and numerous databases on
 CD-ROM. For more information on The Generations Network visit
 http://www.thegenerationsnetwork.com. In total, The Generations Network
 properties receive 10.4 million unique visitors worldwide and over 450
 million page views a month ((C) comScore Media Metrix, March 2007).
 
 

SOURCE The Generations Network, Inc.

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