Ancestry Supports the Community During COVID-19

Ancestry’s President and CEO, Margo Georgiadis, believes it is important that we approach this time of uncertainty with a sense of calm and responsibility – for our families, colleagues, and our members. They are offering support for those who are stuck at home due to COVID-19.

At home educational resources for families and teachers: With parents educating their kids at home and teachers looking for creative ways to administer assignments, new virtual ways of learning are on the rise. Ancestry is making teacher-developed lesson plans available for free for anyone to download, covering a range of educational topics for various ages. For more information, click here.

Helping to ease the isolation from social distancing with new connections: Ancestry has collaborated with the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration to offer temporary free access to millions of historical records and images from the federal government. And they will continue providing free online tutorials and video courses to help people get started with family tree building. For more information, click here.

Collaborating to address the COVID-19 global pandemic: Finding new ways to use science to advance our understanding of ourselves and our health is core to who we are. Genomics has the power to unlock insights into different traits, diseases and certain health conditions, so Ancestry’s team of scientists is working to see how they can best leverage Ancestry’s expertise, network and connectivity to advance efforts to combat COVID-19. Ancestry will share more with you, including how you can help, as these efforts evolve.

This is just the start and Ancestry will continue to look for ways to help their members and communities across the world navigate through this challenging time. In this time of social distancing, we all have the opportunity to forge closer bonds with family while empowering each other to keep in contact with those who are most vulnerable and practice kindness toward everyone.

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