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Find a Location

Ancestry.com has 8 locations, listed below.

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    • Ancestry.com

      1300 W Traverse Pkwy Lehi, UT 84043-5373

      BBB Accredited Business
    • Ancestry.com

      PO Box 7865 Fremont, CA 94537-7865

    • Ancestry, Inc.

      7349 Van Buren Ave Hammond, IN 46324-2547

    • Ancestry, Inc.

      7349 Van Buren Ave Hammond, IN 46324-2547

    • Ancestry.com

      5700 Yonge Street, Suite 200 Toronto, ON M2M 4K2

    Business ProfileforAncestry.com

    Genealogy
    HeadquartersMulti Location Business
    BBB accredited business
    The Complaints and Reviews shown on this HQ profile may have been submitted against either the HQ itself or one of the corporate-owned locations found under "Find Locations".

    At-a-glance

    Customer Reviews

    1.15/5stars

    Average of 299 Customer Reviews

    Customer Complaints

    920 complaints closed in last 3 years

    298 complaints closed in last 12 months

    BBB Rating & Accreditation

    Accredited Since: 3/8/2010

    Years in Business: 41

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    Find a Location

    Ancestry.com has 8 locations, listed below.

    *This company may be headquartered in or have additional locations in another country. Please click on the country abbreviation in the search box below to change to a different country location.

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      • Ancestry.com

        1300 W Traverse Pkwy Lehi, UT 84043-5373

        BBB Accredited Business
      • Ancestry.com

        PO Box 7865 Fremont, CA 94537-7865

      • Ancestry, Inc.

        7349 Van Buren Ave Hammond, IN 46324-2547

      • Ancestry, Inc.

        7349 Van Buren Ave Hammond, IN 46324-2547

      • Ancestry.com

        5700 Yonge Street, Suite 200 Toronto, ON M2M 4K2

      Headquarters
      1300 W Traverse Pkwy, Lehi, UT 84043-5373
      BBB File Opened:
      7/15/1997
      Years in Business:
      41
      Business Started:
      2/28/1983
      Business Started Locally:
      2/28/1983
      Business Incorporated:
      2/28/1983
      Accredited Since:
      3/8/2010
      Type of Entity:
      Corporation
      Alternate Business Name
      • Newspapers.com
      • Fold3.com
      • Ancestry Academy
      • Archives.com
      • Ancestry ProGenealogists
      • Find A Grave, Inc.
      • Rootsweb.com
      • Ancestry.com Operations Inc.
      Business Management
      • Mr. Aaron Young, Company Contact
      Contact Information

      Principal

      • Mr. Aaron Young, Company Contact
      Additional Contact Information

      Customer Complaints

      920 Customer Complaints

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      Most Recent Customer Complaint

      04/15/2024

      Complaint Type:
      Billing Issues
      Status:
      Resolved
      Cancelled my membership on April 6 on Ancestry.com, jumping through the hoops of all the questions about am I sure I want to cancel, pay to pause, or cancel. I chose cancel & received a screen that said it was cancelled. Unfortunately, I did not take a screenshot. On April 10 (1:55 am) I received a notice from my credit card company that I had been charged $99.95 for an additional three months. I searched the website & finally found a phone number & called Ancestry.com. I was asked for a cancellation number, which I did not have & did not know I needed. He told me that I did not cancel properly & there are no refunds once charged. It's sad & frustrating that Ancestry.com has to make cancelling so difficult so they can fraudulently charge people. This says alot about company ethics & unfortunately they have lost me permently as a subscriber & cannot endorse them to anyone else. Apparently I am not the only one that feels that way after reading the numerous reviews. Also, I want my credit card information removed from Ancestry.com's database so they cannot charge me again or provide the information to anyone else, personally or business.
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      Customer Reviews

      299 Customer Reviews

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      Most Recent Customer Review

      Susan C

      1 star

      03/10/2024

      Ancestry.com constantly asks me to upgrade when I have already paid for my membership. This is very annoying. I am not certain what ancestry's issue is but I find this practice intrusive and I I use Family Search more and more. WHAT IS GOING ON WITH ANCESTRY?!

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