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The Generations Network

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The Generations Network is a genealogy discovery company which helps you map your family tree through its online resouces Ancestry.com and MyFamily.com.

The company also operates Genealogy.com and RootsWeb.com.

The Generations Network has been around since far before the bubble. It started as a print publishing company called Ancestry in 1983. In October 2007 the company was acquired by Spectrum Equity Investors for $300 million dollars.

Milestones

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  The Generations Network received $300M in Unattributed funding. (10/16/07)
  Posted 7/24/09 at 3:19pm
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  The Generations Network added Daren Thayne as CTO.
  Posted 10/16/07 at 8:56am
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  The Generations Network added Andrew Wait as SVP, Marketing.
  Posted 10/16/07 at 8:56am
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  The Generations Network added David H. Rinn as CFO.
  Posted 10/16/07 at 8:55am
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  The Generations Network added Tim Sullivan as President/CEO.
  Posted 10/16/07 at 8:55am
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  The Generations Network added Eric Shoup as VP, Product.
  Posted 9/5/08 at 12:59pm

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Sources

1. Private BuyOut Of Ancestry.com For $300+ Million (techcrunch.com) [edit]