Major Takeaways This Year
In conclusion, here are some of the major takeaways this year.
• Genealogy grew at a healthy 4.4% rate overall in the past year. There is evidence to suggest that genealogy growth was particularly strong in Australia.
• In the last year, genealogy has become more of a global phenomenon. More websites in the Top 100 List come from France, Germany, Norway, Spain, Netherlands, Portugal, Sweden, Italy, Brazil and Finland. This is in addition to the traditionally strong genealogy countries of the US, the UK, Canada, Ireland and Australia. New Zealand is also a strong genealogy country, but we have yet to see a New Zealand genealogy website crack the Top 100.
• The lions share of internet traffic continues to go to the Top Ten websites. These websites specialize in either ancestral records or family trees.
• There are still several significant free genealogy websites, but there are fewer of them with each passing year. The free genealogy websites tend to be much more diverse than subscription websites, which focus more on records, family trees and services such as DNA analysis.
• As the genealogy industry matures, it is becoming more dominated by large firms. Ancestry, MyHeritage and brightsolid combined now control 51% of the genealogy marketplace.
Further Resources
Search free online ancestral records using the Genealogy Search Engine. It covers many ancestral records not covered by the subscription websites.
Use the Family Tree Search Engine to see if anyone else has built a family tree of your ancestors.
Read A Guide to Performing Genealogy Searches to get the most out of your Google searches.
Discover The Key to Understanding Family Relationships.
Get started on our best genealogy articles with 50 Best Genealogy Brick Wall Solutions.
The website Crestleaf has put together an infographic highlighting in graphical format the key outcomes of the Top 100 List.
Appendix
For websites that are in the Top 100 List, you are welcome to use the emblem below that is applicable for your website (depending on where you rank in the Top 100 List). Just copy and paste the appropriate html code. Bloggers are also welcome to use the top 100 emblem as long as it is embedded within an article talking about the Top 100 List.
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