American blogger Dick Eastman is reporting that the US based Ancestry.com has purchased four million records from the former South African website Ancestry24 (http://ancestry24.com), which ceased operation earlier this year.
The full announcement on the Ancestry24 site states:
ANCESTRY.COM PURCHASES FAMILY HISTORY RECORDS FROM MEDIA24
Ancestry.com, the world’s largest online family history resource, has acquired over four million South African records from Ancestry24, the South African family history website.
Ancestry.com intends to make the records available to members in the future, adding to the company’s existing 12 billion records that already help millions of people worldwide discover, preserve and share their family history.
Anyone looking to find out more information about the records should visit http://www.ancestry.com/ancestry24, as Ancestry24.co.za is officially closed as at 22 Oct 2013.
(With thanks to Dick Eastman)
My latest book, Discover Scottish Civil Registration Records, is now available from http://www.gould.com.au (print) and http://www.gen-ebooks.com/unlock-the-past.html (ebook), whilst Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet is available at http://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Tracing-Your-Irish-History-on-the-Internet/p/3889/. My next Pharos Scottish course, Scotland 1750-1850: Beyond the OPRs, starts Nov 13th - see http://pharostutors.com.
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