Report: Global Genealogy Products and Services Industry

I was going to order this but I couldn't find a spare $950 in my checking account this morning. However, if your employer is in the genealogy business, you might find this report from ReportLinker to be a worthwhile purchase.

I may be biased, but as I read through the table of contents, I realized that everything in this report's "Recent Industry Activity" and "Product and Service Launches" has already been published in this newsletter and the price of reading the news on www.eogn.com is a lot less than $950! Maybe I should raise my rates...

The following was written by ReportLinker:

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its
catalogue.

The global outlook series on Genealogy Products and Services provides a collection of statistical anecdotes, market briefs, and concise summaries of research findings. The report offers a bird`s eye view of the industry; highlights latest market trends, and demand drivers. Also included is an indexed, easy-to-refer, fact-finder directory listing the addresses, and contact details of 39 companies active in the market.

GENEALOGY PRODUCTS AND SERVICES GOS-144
A GLOBAL OUTLOOK, OCTOBER 2009

CONTENTS

1. Market Overview 1
Introduction 1
Market At a Glance 1
Male Adoptees Turn to DNA Testing to Discover Surnames 1
Genetic Genealogy Testing Grows Generously 2

2. Tracing Genealogy 2
Genealogy 2
The Historic Account of Genealogy 2
The History of Genealogy Record Keeping 2

3. Genealogy Research 3
The Genealogist 3
The Process of Genealogy Research 3
The Genealogy Research Spending 3
The Role of Genetic Analysis in Genealogy Research 3
The Contribution of Volunteers to Genealogy Research 4
Critical Genealogical Information 4
Family Name 4
Place Name 5
First Name 5
Dates 5
Occupations 5
Genealogy Research Products and Services 6
Publications 6
Public Records 6
Genealogy Software 7
Online Databases 7
Ancestry Library Edition by The Generations Network 7
Family Tree Connection by Genealogy Today 8
Footnote by Footnote.com 8
Heritage Quest by ProQuest 8
OneGreatFamily by OneGreatFamily.com 8
DNA Testing 8

4. Recent Industry Activity 9
Ancestry.com Announces Affordable Access to Genetic DNA Testing 9
GeneTree and Sorenson Molecular Genealogy Announce Collaboration 9
Scotland Online Announces findmypast.com Acquisition 9
MyHeritage Completes Kindo Acquisition 9
Ancestry.com and FamilySearch Sign Agreement 9
Generations Network Enters into Partnership with JewishGen 10
23andMe Inks Agreement with Ancestry.com 10
Generations Network and Sorenson Genomics Announce Partnership 10
MyFamily.com Adopts New Corporate Name 11
Spectrum Equity Acquires Majority Stake in The Generations Network 11
FindMyPast.com Takes Over PedigreeSoft.com 11
Sorenson Genomics Acquires Identigene Laboratory 11
Global Heritage Press Takes Over MacDonald Research Centre Publications 11
Sorenson Genomics Merges GeneTree and IDENTIGENE 12
Pearl Street Software and MyHeritage.com Merge 12
Illumina and 23andMe Announce Partnership 12
New England Historic Genealogical Society Signs Agreement with
Ancestry.com 12
Ellis Island, World Vital Records, and FamilySearch Enter into Partnership 12
Quintin Publications and WorldVital Records.com Sign Agreement 13
Generations Network and National Archives Ink Agreement 13
FamilySearch and WorldVitalRecords Sign Agreement 13
Sorenson Genomics Announces DNA Testing Laboratory Expansion 13

5. Product and Service Launches 14
WorldVitalRecords.com Unveils Online Genealogy Database 14
Ancestry.com Launches Jewish Family History Records Collection 14
MyHeritage Introduces DNA Tests 14
Familybuilder Launches Familybuilder DNA 14
Geni.com Launches New Video Sharing and Virtual Scrapbook Features 14
Generations Network Introduces Chinese Family History Website 15
Ancestry.com Unveils Family Tree Maker 2008 15
KwaZulu-Natal to Introduce Family Tree Project 15
Enteractive Releases Family Historian 3 in the US and Canada 15
Ancestry.com Introduces DNA Ancestry, an Online DNA Testing Service 15
Ancestry.com Rolls Out AncestryPress 16
Ancestry.com Releases Australian Convict Records 16
Ancestry Magazine Announces Magazine Re-launch 16
Ancestry.com Revamps Site with Advanced Family Tree Building Tools 16
Family Tree DNA Automates Sample Management with REMP and Tecan 17
The Generations Network Launches MyCanvas.com 17
Generations Network Launches Ancestry.it and Ancestry.fr 17
Sorenson Introduces Genetic-Genealogy Social Networking Website 17
thecreativeuniverse.org Introduces The Arthurian Genealogical Exhibition 18
Famillion Launches Family Tree Merging Technology 18
MIH India Launches Online Networking Site, OneFamily 18
Ancestry.com Launches Online US Military History Collection 18
Ancestry.com Introduces US Historical Immigration Records Collection 18

6. Focus on Select Players 19
DNAPrint Genomics, Inc. (USA) 19
Familybuilder (USA) 19
Family History Library - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (USA) 19
Family Tree DNA (USA) 19
Sorenson Molecular Genealogy Foundation (USA) 19
The Generations Network, Inc. (USA) 20
Ancestry.com 20
Genealogy.com 20
MyFamily.com 20
RootsWeb.com 21
WorldVitalRecords (USA) 21

GLOBAL DIRECTORY

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Comments

[M. Diane Rogers]

Dick, we all appreciate your keeping us up to date with the latest genealogy news! (And yes, we appreciate your prices too.)

[Lee Hoffman]

Like many other reports purported to be "professional" (in most professions), this would be laughable except that some supposedly smart people/entities actually do order this kind of over-priced and over-hyped trash. First, it is never complete (anyone with a little experience in the pertinent field can review the contents and see that many things are not included. For example, in this case, one quicklly sees that many of the more popular programs and services do not seem to be addressed (i.e., FootNote.com, TMG, Reunion, etc.). On the other hand, I do note some items that do not seem familiar (possibly new, possibly not related to an area of interest to me).

In any case, like Dick, I do not plan to waste my money. Also, I would not recommend it to anyone else. It sounds very much to me (on a "higher" level ) like the false "geneology" [sic] books that were proliferating a few years ago.

[Betsy]

Genealogy publishing has been discovered by the mainstream. The mainstream wants to make money. They will try whatever they can think of to accomplish this. The current example is but one of a list stretching back over time of similar efforts accruing to a newly-discovered "hot" field of endeavor. As a former reference librarian, I received many requests for our university library to purchase the latest (well-advertised) resource in what was then called Afro-American studies (to mention but one subject at the time in its ascendancy). And similarly, many of them were also junk.

Now, more than ever, caveat emptor!

[Gene Kuechmann]

Most of the information I need on the topics they list, as well as on many topics they don't list, is available on the Internet free or at low cost. Then I can spend that $950 going to local, regional, and national conferences, where I can get up-to-date information from real genealogists with some one-on-one help at no extra cost. Please keep your prices low and keep reminding us that a scam is a scam is a scam ...