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About This Business

Ancestry.com is a genealogy company.

BBB Accredited Since: 3/8/2010

Years in Business: 42

Products and Services

Genealogy, Historical Records, Family History, DNA Test

Business Details

BBB File Opened:
7/15/1997
Business Started:
2/28/1983
Business Started Locally:
2/28/1983
Business Incorporated:
2/28/1983
Type of Entity:
Corporation
Alternate Names:
Newspapers.com
Fold3.com
Ancestry Academy
Archives.com
Ancestry ProGenealogists
Find A Grave, Inc.
Rootsweb.com
Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
Related Businesses:
AncestryProGenealogists
Business Management:
Mr. Aaron Young, Company Contact

Additional Contact Information

Principal Contacts
Mr. Aaron Young, Company Contact
Additional Websites
genealogy.com
archives.com

Additional Information

Payment methods
Ancestry.com accepts debit and credit cards.
Business Categories
Genealogy

Latest Reviews

  • celess P

    "Thiefs don't return your money doesn't have a supervisor tells lies only"

  • Skyler A

    "Predatory free-trial scheme and monthly subscription trap that additionally has the gall to CHARGE YOU EXTRA should you decide to cancel. They claim in their expanded terms and conditions that it's because the services provided are discounted heavily, but if anything the very base of the cost charged to the consumer is grotesquely inflated versus the the overall value of the services provided and they aren't even willing to consider of the extent to which a customer or user actually utilized said services." ... Read full review

  • CHRISTOPHER L

    "They allow people to disrespect another person's family on ************************. I was never asked by the person who posted my Father, my grandparents, and my great grandparents if they could post them." ... Read full review

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