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Member Since: October 2006 Posts: 6 889 Send Message	RolloTheRed	Report	21 Aug 2020 16:38
	Ancestry has been sold to a hedge fund, Blackstone Inc. Blackstone have a long history of squeezing value out of their investments. In the case of Ancestry the focus is on the DNA database. Hold on tight. https://www.blackstone.com/press-releases/article/blackstone-to-acquire-ancestry-leading-online-family-history-business-for-4-7-billion/
	Researching: The Man In the High Castle
Member Since: March 2004 Posts: 9 728 Send Message	ZZzzz	Report	21 Aug 2020 16:49
	It would be good if they concentrated a lot more on the English genealogy.
	Researching: Frame mainly from. Reading Berkshire. Vos from Netherlands. Nelson and Sowerby from Newcastle. Pickles from Saddleworth and Australia. Bainbridge from Durham. Willmot, Wilmot. Wilmott from Berkshire.
Member Since: May 2006 Posts: 6 914 Send Message	nameslessone	Report	21 Aug 2020 16:50
Member Since: May 2006 Posts: 6 914 Send Message	I put this on the Genealogy Chat thread 3 weeks ago some days after it appeared on other sites: https://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards/board/genealogy_chat/thread/1386208 Edit. Can't count - two weeks ago.
Member Since: November 2005 Posts: 2 399 Send Message	ElizabethK	Report	22 Aug 2020 13:02
	Yes, you got 94 reads (not Rollo?) and 7 posts :-D