Family tree site felled
Yesterday's formal release of the LDS Church's new family history website
was such a success that the load crashed the servers as about 500 people a
second tried to access the site.
Mormons unveil Genealogy web site
Describes debut of http://www.familysearch.org/ (genealogical web site of
LDS church) to occur today.
LavaStorm Builds World's Largest Genealogy Web Site, Launched Today by Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
http://www.familysearch.org/, free to users, may be among the most popular
destinations on the Internet, already generating up to seven million hits
daily. The site is expected to experience between 10-15 million daily hits.
SETI@home, FamilySearch hit gridlock
The Churches newly launched Familysearch.com has been slammed with an
average of 500 hits per second in the first two days since its official
debut on Monday, May 24th, and ground to a halt after hundreds of millions
of users tried to log on.
Developers of WWW.GENEALOGY.COM Welcome Announcement of Mormon Church's Online Initiative
The article is lengthy and has some good details on how to use the
Broderbund site. However, the timing of the release makes it clear that
this is an attempt to piggyback on the FamilySearch publicity.
Other Media Attention to the Church Articles
LDS Church Site Is Big Success On Its
Salt Lake Tribune 25May99
Massive overload
(Tucson) AZ Star 25May99
Mormons Publish Huge Online Family History
Fox News (AP) 25May99
Tracing family
Topeka KS Capital Journal (Scripps-Howard) 25May99
Family tree site felled
BBC News 25May99
Web site swamped by demand
Topeka KS Capital Journal 25May99
Researching your family tree may be
Hagerstown MD WHAG TV25 24May99
Mormons Publish Huge Online Family
Fox News (Reuters) 25May99
Mormons share details of 400m saved souls
London UK Times 25May99
World of genealogy at your
Melbourne Australia The Age 25May99
400 million ancestors hit
St. Louis MO Post-Dispatch (Cox) 25May99
Genealogy Web site
Walnut Creek CA Contra Costa Times (AP) 25May99
Mormon Web site traces family
Washington DC Times 25May99
Genealogy Web site swamped
Dallas TX Morning News 25May99
Geneology research gets big
Kansas City KS Star (Reuters) 25May99
Genealogy website swamped by
Ft Worth TX Star-Telegram (AP) 25May99
Sowing Seeds for Family Trees
Wired News 24May99
Mormon Church Web site helps trace ancestors
ITN News 25May99
Shaking family tree can be fun
Deseret News 26May99
Columbus GA/Phenix City AL Ledger-Enquirer (Knight-Ridder) 25May99
Developers of WWW.GENEALOGY.COM Welcome
PRNewswire 25May99
LavaStorm Builds World's Largest Genealogy Web
PRNewswire 24May99
Mormon Web site clogged by
Freedom Forum Presswatch 27May99
History on Hold
Newsweek 28May99
SETI@home, FamilySearch hit gridlock
ZDNN 27May99
HIGH DEMAND HALTS
St Louis MO Post-Dispatch (Scripps-Howard) 27May99
Genealogy Site Overwhelmed by Millions of
Salt Lake Tribune 28May99
SETI@home, FamilySearch hit gridlock - Page 2
ZDNN 27May99
LDS Web site is resorting to appointments
Deseret News 27May99
A Leap Forward for Genealogy
Omaha NE World-Herald 28May99
Mormons Offer Family Records Online
PC World 24May99
STAMPEDE SHUTS WEB
London UK The Mirror 29May99
Mormon Web site is boon for
Chicago IL Sun-Times (AP) 24May99
A road map for research
LDS Church News 29May99
Forebears? You could look
Philadelphia PA Daily News (AP) 24May99
Several sources available on site
LDS Church News 29May99
Mormon church begins putting
Portland OR Oregonian 24May99
Ancestral File: accurate as users
LDS Church News 29May99
Family-tree sleuths throng new Mormon site
Salon 25May99
Research your tree, on the Web.
Philadelphia Inquirer 25May99
World of genealogy at your
Melbourne Australia Age (AP) 25May99
Mormon Web site a hit with
San Antonio TX Express-News 26May99
Genealogy Web site swamped by demand
USA Today 25May99
Mormons put family on Web
Sidney Australia Morning Herald 25May99
Mormons launch online genealogy database
CNET News (Reuters) 24May99
Genealogy Web site gets swamped
Spokane WA Spokesman-Review 29May99
'Historic step' as Web site promises great
LDS Church News 29May99
Genealogy Web Site Swamped
Associated Press 24May99
Hot Web sites cope with gridlock
MSNBC 26May99
Genealogy Web Site Swamped
Associated Press 24May99
Genealogy records now online
WHQ TV6 Spokane WA 24May99
Mormon Church Puts Genealogy
Albuquerque NM Journal (AP) 24May99
Genealogy Site Swamped, Overloaded
Albuquerque NM Journal 24May99
The unmelting pot
San Francisco CA Examiner 29May99
Bible Colleges Take Root in Beehive State
Salt Lake Tribune 29May99
Genealogy Site Overwhelmed by Millions of
Salt Lake Tribune 28May99
Thumbs Up for the Palm VII
PC World 28May99
Web Boosts Genealogy
Oklahoma City OK Oklahoman 30May99
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