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Robert Spencer
Jun 25, 2014, 9:26:47 AM6/25/14
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Today is an exciting day for genealogists everywhere as we're announcing that Mocavo has been acquired by Findmypast/DC Thomson Family History. This is a groundbreaking development for the industry and a major turning point in Mocavo's quest to bring all the world's historical information online for free. The wonderful folks at DC Thomson Family History share our vision of the future of family history, and we couldn't be more excited to join them.
For the past few years, the Mocavo team and I have dedicated ourselves to bringing innovation and competition to an industry that is sorely lacking in both. From the very beginning of Mocavo's history, we had this burning desire to figure out how to organize all of the historical information disparately spread across the Web. Not long ago, even with a hard-working and incredibly talented team, our service wasn't resonating with users and our business wasn't working. In October of last year, we decided to do something audacious and bold - something never before tried in the industry. We launched our Free Forever revolution and this became the day when Mocavo's soul was born. Everything turned around once we put a stake in the ground and stood for free genealogy (and now Mocavo is growing rapidly, putting more than 1,000 free databases online every single day and more users discovering us than ever). We have our loyal and supportive users to thank more than anyone!
One of the immediate benefits of the acquisition is that we're putting the complete US Census index online for free (forever!), making us the first commercial provider in history to ever do this. Search the United States Federal Census Now.
The next few months are going to be incredibly exciting as we bring together two companies with enormous resources, content, and technology to bring you more of what you love. I'll also note that nothing on either site will be going away - just getting better (and quickly!).
Lastly, we could not have done this without the support of our loyal community members. We appreciate your dedication and patience, and we look forward to helping you discover even more of your family's story.
Best regards,
Cliff Shaw, Founder
For the past few years, the Mocavo team and I have dedicated ourselves to bringing innovation and competition to an industry that is sorely lacking in both. From the very beginning of Mocavo's history, we had this burning desire to figure out how to organize all of the historical information disparately spread across the Web. Not long ago, even with a hard-working and incredibly talented team, our service wasn't resonating with users and our business wasn't working. In October of last year, we decided to do something audacious and bold - something never before tried in the industry. We launched our Free Forever revolution and this became the day when Mocavo's soul was born. Everything turned around once we put a stake in the ground and stood for free genealogy (and now Mocavo is growing rapidly, putting more than 1,000 free databases online every single day and more users discovering us than ever). We have our loyal and supportive users to thank more than anyone!
One of the immediate benefits of the acquisition is that we're putting the complete US Census index online for free (forever!), making us the first commercial provider in history to ever do this. Search the United States Federal Census Now.
The next few months are going to be incredibly exciting as we bring together two companies with enormous resources, content, and technology to bring you more of what you love. I'll also note that nothing on either site will be going away - just getting better (and quickly!).
Lastly, we could not have done this without the support of our loyal community members. We appreciate your dedication and patience, and we look forward to helping you discover even more of your family's story.
Best regards,
Cliff Shaw, Founder
Robert Spencer
Jun 25, 2014, 9:42:31 AM6/25/14
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Fantastic records, here is one example only
seems to be full scans of the materials..
http://www.mocavo.com/records/1100s
Robert
seems to be full scans of the materials..
http://www.mocavo.com/records/1100s
Robert
Ian Goddard
Jun 25, 2014, 10:17:08 AM6/25/14
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On 25/06/14 14:26, Robert Spencer wrote:
> Today is an exciting day for genealogists everywhere as we're announcing that Mocavo has been acquired by Findmypast/DC Thomson Family History. This is a groundbreaking development for the industry and a major turning point in Mocavo's quest to bring all the world's historical information online for free.
From Movaco's home page:
> Today is an exciting day for genealogists everywhere as we're announcing that Mocavo has been acquired by Findmypast/DC Thomson Family History. This is a groundbreaking development for the industry and a major turning point in Mocavo's quest to bring all the world's historical information online for free.
"How can I trust that content on Mocavo will be free forever?
We are committed to free genealogy unlike any other company � it�s part
of our history. When I founded GenForum in 1997, I said the site would
be free forever. To this day, it�s still free."
Is this the GenForum which Ancestry is about to close down?
--
Ian
The Hotmail address is my spam-bin. Real mail address is iang
at austonley org uk
Robert Spencer
Jun 25, 2014, 10:33:19 AM6/25/14
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I do worry about the same thing, but for now its a nice site with lots of records free and open..
All I can respond with is the history on the company who bought them.
Company history
Findmypast is a brand of DC Thomson Family History, owned by Scottish Publisher DC Thomsom.
1965
The findmypast story begins in 1965, when a small group of leading professional genealogists and heir hunters form what was then known as Title Research. Since there were no online records, employees spent many long hours poring over microfiche machines.
2001
Title Research starts a project to create an online copy of the paper General Register Office birth, marriage and death records in the UK. The project is named "1837 online".
2002
Title Research has the innovative idea to put the newly digitized UK birth, marriage and death records onto a website so family historians worldwide can benefit from them. Title Research consults with expert genealogists, including family history societies and the Society of Genealogists, on this monumental project.
2003
Title Research gets a license to publish the birth, marriage and death indexes online and launch the first incarnation of the website: 1837online.com.
2004
1837online.com makes its first £1 million this financial year and becomes a separate business within Title Research.
2005
Title Research publishes the 1861 census website for England and Wales. It's the first time this census has ever been published online.
2006
Title Research publishes the 1891 census in March 2006. In November, 1837online.com becomes findmypast to reflect the wider range of records.
2007
In January of 2007, the outbound passenger lists 1890-1960 are published in association with The National Archives. This project marks the first use of color scanning by a family history website anywhere in the world. These records link family historians all around the world with their emigrant ancestors from the British Isles. Later in the year, Scotland Online purchases findmypast from Title Research group, so becoming the second biggest provider of resources to the online genealogy community in the UK.
2008
Scotland Online is rebranded as brightsolid. In January, as part of brightsolid, findmypast now has a license to publish the 1911 census online. In May, the 1901 census is also made available online rapidly followed by the 1851 census in November.
2009
The 1911 census is published by findmypast.
2010
In April 2010 brightsolid acquires Genes Reunited, Friends Reunited and Friends Reunited Dating.
2011
brightsolid continues to add millions more records to this extensive collection, including over 9 million new records from the Society of Genealogists. Brightsolid extends the reach of find my past to Australia and Ireland.
2012
Findmypast and the British Library continue to work together on the exciting project to publish UK electoral registers 1832-1932, as well as records of baptisms, marriages and burials drawn from the archives of the India Office. Findmypast expands to the US market publishing the 1940 census as it is released and indexed, alongside all other existing US census records since 1790.
All I can respond with is the history on the company who bought them.
Company history
Findmypast is a brand of DC Thomson Family History, owned by Scottish Publisher DC Thomsom.
1965
The findmypast story begins in 1965, when a small group of leading professional genealogists and heir hunters form what was then known as Title Research. Since there were no online records, employees spent many long hours poring over microfiche machines.
2001
Title Research starts a project to create an online copy of the paper General Register Office birth, marriage and death records in the UK. The project is named "1837 online".
2002
Title Research has the innovative idea to put the newly digitized UK birth, marriage and death records onto a website so family historians worldwide can benefit from them. Title Research consults with expert genealogists, including family history societies and the Society of Genealogists, on this monumental project.
2003
Title Research gets a license to publish the birth, marriage and death indexes online and launch the first incarnation of the website: 1837online.com.
2004
1837online.com makes its first £1 million this financial year and becomes a separate business within Title Research.
2005
Title Research publishes the 1861 census website for England and Wales. It's the first time this census has ever been published online.
2006
Title Research publishes the 1891 census in March 2006. In November, 1837online.com becomes findmypast to reflect the wider range of records.
2007
In January of 2007, the outbound passenger lists 1890-1960 are published in association with The National Archives. This project marks the first use of color scanning by a family history website anywhere in the world. These records link family historians all around the world with their emigrant ancestors from the British Isles. Later in the year, Scotland Online purchases findmypast from Title Research group, so becoming the second biggest provider of resources to the online genealogy community in the UK.
2008
Scotland Online is rebranded as brightsolid. In January, as part of brightsolid, findmypast now has a license to publish the 1911 census online. In May, the 1901 census is also made available online rapidly followed by the 1851 census in November.
2009
The 1911 census is published by findmypast.
2010
In April 2010 brightsolid acquires Genes Reunited, Friends Reunited and Friends Reunited Dating.
2011
brightsolid continues to add millions more records to this extensive collection, including over 9 million new records from the Society of Genealogists. Brightsolid extends the reach of find my past to Australia and Ireland.
2012
Findmypast and the British Library continue to work together on the exciting project to publish UK electoral registers 1832-1932, as well as records of baptisms, marriages and burials drawn from the archives of the India Office. Findmypast expands to the US market publishing the 1940 census as it is released and indexed, alongside all other existing US census records since 1790.
Denis Beauregard
Jun 25, 2014, 11:31:15 AM6/25/14
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On Wed, 25 Jun 2014 06:42:31 -0700 (PDT), Robert Spencer
<robert.di...@gmail.com> wrote in soc.genealogy.medieval:
>Fantastic records, here is one example only
>
>seems to be full scans of the materials..
>
>http://www.mocavo.com/records/1100s
But what they call "databases" are often scanned books. Good tool
anyway !
Denis
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Denis Beauregard - généalogiste émérite (FQSG)
Les Français d'Amérique du Nord - www.francogene.com/genealogie--quebec/
French in North America before 1722 - www.francogene.com/quebec--genealogy/
Sur cédérom à 1785 - On CD-ROM to 1785
<robert.di...@gmail.com> wrote in soc.genealogy.medieval:
>Fantastic records, here is one example only
>
>seems to be full scans of the materials..
>
>http://www.mocavo.com/records/1100s
anyway !
Denis
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Denis Beauregard - généalogiste émérite (FQSG)
Les Français d'Amérique du Nord - www.francogene.com/genealogie--quebec/
French in North America before 1722 - www.francogene.com/quebec--genealogy/
Sur cédérom à 1785 - On CD-ROM to 1785
Robert Spencer
Jun 25, 2014, 12:47:26 PM6/25/14
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Yes Dennis, but the searchable database is the tool to find your results from the scanned documents /books, it works very well, whereas google only gives you the snippet most times, this gives you much more info from the same book. Another great source is forgottenbooks.com I believe.
Robert
Robert
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