Brightsolid becomes DC Thopmson Family History

Brightsolid Online Publishing, the UK company behind Findmypast, ScotlandsPeople, Genes Reunited, and FriendsReunited, has appointed a new CEO, Annelies van der Belt, and announced a name change for the company. They will now be known as DC Thomson Family History, to align with its Dundee-based media company owner and to focus on its core business, leading digital family history brands. This should not affect the delivery of any of their products, but is seen as a strengthening of their organisational structure. You can read the full press release at http://www.brightsolid.com/brightsolid-group/latest-news/recent-news/the-future-for-family-history-is-digital.html

Scotlands' People

A new version of the Scotland's People website is being launched this week, which will contain many new exciting and advanced features. In addition to all of the new features listed below, the site has added new Catholic records, modern indexes to 2009, and a major indexing update of all current records.

• Enhanced free surname search
• One character restrictions on wildcards
• Surname no longer required field in search forms
• Refine Search Button
• Saved search criteria
• Fuzzy searching, Name Variant and Metaphone options for name fields
• Direct View Image Viewer
• Easy reporting of transcription and image issues
• Mapping of search results and images
• Advanced Searching

Why not take a look today?