End of the September FREE 1901 Census Promotion

Dear Publisher,

Please be aware that the Ancestry FREE 1901 promotion is ending the night of the 30th September 2005.

New banners have been built that are in-keeping with the previous FREE 1901 designs so not to clash with any specific site designs that have been created. All of these banners will revert to the 1901 Census search page.

In the coming months these banners will be updated again for the launch of the **1851 census** and a Christmas promotion so please keep checking back.

More information will be provided soon so continue to check your Commission Junction Mail Account and the Ancestry.c0.uk Affiliate blog.

Many thanks

Paul

Affiliate Marketing Manager

Changes to Ancestry.co.uk

Hello all and welcome to the Ancestry.co.uk Affiliate blog.

I'll be updating this blog with relevant pieces of information - some large and some small - so please check back and feel free to add comments/questions for me to answer.

As you'll all be aware the Ancestry.co.uk site has changed somewhat. Together with a new crisp clean feel to the site you find the follow changes have taken place:

* The header tabs on the home page have been tidied up

* The homepage now allows you to do ranked searches V's exact searches

* We've tided up the what's new section to make it that much more evident. Now you can continue to check back to see what records have been updated!

* On the homepage we've added a "what can I do next?" This section will focus on showing you the last search that you have done and also the last records viewed. It's a good promote if you forgot where we where when you finally logged of your computer at who knows what hour in the morning!!

These are only some of the big changes that have taken place so take a look at the site and have fun doing it.

Thanks

Paul.

MyFamily Aids Katrina Survivors in Finding Homes

We are very excited to announce that MyFamily is launching a major initiative to assist families – literally connecting families – that have been driven from their homes due to the devastation of hurricane Katrina.

We have partnered with a non-profit agency, KatrinaHousing.org, to assist displaced families in finding temporary homes to live in while they look at rebuilding existing homes or relocating.

What is it? Katrina Housing is a housing services hub for Katrina victims. Volunteers nationwide can offer up housing space for victims, and hurricane survivors can search for available rooms/houses/apts/etc. This site is working in cooperation with other support organizations. www.katrinahousing.org

How it works - Volunteers go online or call an 800# and offer a home/room/apt. Information is collected in a database. Survivors of Katrina can also log on to the site or call an 800# and request housing. Matches are then made according to a list of criteria such as location, size of home, available timetable.

How is MyFamily helping? MyFamily is temporarily turning part of our call center into a call center for the survivors of Katrina.

- Katrina Housing will route incoming phone calls to a phone number at our call center.

- We will have MyFamily employees taking calls from survivors that are looking for temporary housing

- We will begin taking calls beginning TODAY and continue through Sept. 30.

- Another call center in Indiana will be taking calls from volunteers offering their homes/apts. and the matching will take place via database matching!

We will also continue to evaluate additional opportunities as they relate to our mission of connecting families.