September 20th, 2011

MyHeritage.com Acquires Family Tree Backup Service BackupMyTree

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MyHeritage.com, a relatively heavily-funded Israeli startup operating a huge family-based social network, this morning announced that it has acquired BackupMyTree, which enables people to automatically backup their family history for free.

This is the sixth acquisition by MyHeritage.com – recent purchases include Germany’s OSN , Poland’s Bliscy.pl and Dutch Family Network ZOOOF. → Read More

June 7th, 2011

Exclusive: MyHeritage acquires Poland's Bliscy.pl, now 760 million profiles strong

MyHeritage.com, a relatively heavily-funded Israeli startup operating a huge family-based social network, has moved to acquire Bliscy.pl from Poland’s Internet publishing company Wirtualna Polska to solidify its position in the Polish family history market.

The acquisition translates to growth of MyHeritage’s family network to 56 million registered users and roughly 760 million profiles. → Read More