Genealogy.com Completes 1900 Census Project

Exclusive Online Database Provides Quick, Easy, and Continuous Access to 75 Million Names from the 1900 U.S. Census across the entire U.S.

June 12, 2001 (FREMONT, CALIFORNIA) — Genealogy.com, a division of A&E Television Networks and the leading Internet destination for genealogy research and software, today announced the availability of the highly anticipated 1900 Census Subscription. This exclusive online research tool provides family history researchers with access to the entire collection of microfilm images and indices from the 1900 Census, and is the only database to list every U.S. resident from 1900. Available via monthly or yearly subscriptions, the 1900 Census Subscription can be accessed at http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/1900census.html.

Offering quick, easy, and continuous access to 75 million names from across the entire U.S., including the District of Columbia, the Indian territories and the military, the 1900 Census Subscription allows new and experienced genealogists alike to discover a wide variety of details from their family's story from a single research destination.

"Completion of the 1900 Census Subscription project marks a major milestone for both Genealogy.com and the genealogy community as a whole. Three years in the making, this exclusive online resource reflects the company's continuing commitment to provide the tools to make researching family history easier and less time consuming. With these new indexed microfilm images, customers no longer need to manually page through images to find their ancestors, making research quicker and less tedious," said Genealogy.com's General Manager Rob Armstrong. "Combined with our International & Passenger Records, World Family Tree^(tm), and Genealogy Library^(tm) subscriptions, the 1900 Census Subscription continues to make Genealogy.com the premiere destination for valuable and historically significant family history data."

Instant Access, Growing Resource

Using any Internet-connected computer, American genealogists can quickly and easily search the 1900 Census Subscription by head of household across the entire U.S., comprising nearly 3,000 counties. High quality hand-written documents offer a wealth of vital family history information, including head-of-household, list of full family members by name, age, citizenship status, and ethnic background. Details from the 1900 Census, such as place of residence, provide additional clues for expanded research to other types of records, including church and county records confirming births, baptisms, marriages and deaths.

A Vast Array of Genealogy Resources Online

In addition to the new 1900 Census Subscription, the Genealogy.com site hosts a comprehensive list of additional online genealogy resources including the International & Passenger Records Subscription, a dynamic ever-growing resource with over 13 million records covering Western Europe, Great Britain and Passenger lists from all major American immigration ports. Also offered is the World Family Tree Diamond Collection, providing users with online access to more than 130 million names in over 190,000 user-contributed trees. Finding an ancestor in the World Family Tree may well add an entire branch to one's family tree. Subscription services are also available at Genealogy Library, another ever-growing resource that will provide a core collection of genealogical research content in one convenient online research tool. This comprehensive resource includes data spanning marriage records to genealogies; vital, military, and land records to pedigrees; and 1850 census images to society journals. These valuable tools can save literally years of research.

Genealogy.com also hosts GenForum, the most widely used genealogy message boards, with more than 7.5 million messages posted. Family history enthusiasts can use the tools at www.genealogy.com to do everything from utilizing a step-by-step guide about getting started in genealogy, to searching for information on their own family members.

Pricing, System Requirements, and Availability

The 1900 Census Subscription is available for a $19.99 monthly, or $99.99 annual subscription fee. The subscription can be accessed through any Internet-ready computer that has Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 and higher or Netscape Navigator 4.0 and higher. As with all software, a faster processor, more RAM and more free disk space may enhance performance. The 1900 Census Subscription can be accessed on the Internet at http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/1900census.html.

About Genealogy.com

Genealogy.com is a division of A&E Television Networks. The company enriches the lives of its customers by providing the tools, resources, and community that empower them to uncover and share their unique family stories. Headquartered in Fremont, CA, it designs, develops, and markets genealogy software applications and online resources that enable family history enthusiasts to research, organize, and document their heritage at home or away. Developing software since 1984, Genealogy.com continues to be the leader in the genealogy technology space, producing the # 1 selling family tree software Family Tree Maker^(r) for more than a decade. The company also provides extensive online genealogy resources, including subscriptions that give researchers continuous, easy access to valuable family history information.

About A&E Television Networks

A&E Television Networks, a joint venture of The Hearst Corporation, ABC, Inc. and NBC, is an award-winning, international media company offering consumers a diverse communications environment ranging from television programming, magazine publishing, web sites, books, music CDs to home videos/DVDs, as well as supporting nationwide educational initiatives. A&E Television Networks is comprised of A&E Network^(r), The History Channel^(r), The Biography Channel^(tm), History International^(tm), AETN Consumer Products, AETN International, AETN Interactive and Genealogy.com. The A&E^(r) web site is located at www.AETV.com, The History Channel at www.HistoryChannel.com, the Biography(r) web site at www.Biography.com, and Genealogy.com at www.genealogy.com.

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