GenealogyBank Reports Explosive Growth in 2007

NAPLES, FL, Jan 22 (MARKET WIRE) --
GenealogyBank, a leading online provider of newspapers for family history
research, reported explosive growth in 2007 increasing its digital archive
with over 40 million historical newspaper articles and modern
obituaries.

GenealogyBankis quickly becoming the fastest growing newspaper archive for
family history
research with over 3,300 U.S. newspapers in all 50 states. The exclusive
collection features newspapers from the 1600s to the present day with over
106 million historical newspaper articles and more than 26 million
obituaries now available for family history research. Each article is a single
digital image that can be printed and preserved for family scrapbooks.

To celebrate, GenealogyBank is currently offering a 30-Day trial for only
$9.95.

"We are excited about the rapid growth of our newspaper collection and the
vast breadth of family history information we now have available," says
Genealogy Director for NewsBank, inc., Tom Kemp. "GenealogyBank provides
exclusive
access to more than four centuries of important genealogical information such as
obituaries, marriage and birth announcements as well as interesting and
often surprising facts about our ancestors."

Latest additions to the GenealogyBank historical newspaper collection
features big
city dailies and regional weeklies including: San Jose (CA) Mercury 1886-1922,
Baltimore (MD) Sun - 1837-1901, Kansas City Star (MO) 1815-1922, NY Herald
1844-1863, Philadelphia Evening Post - 1804-1912, Philadelphia Inquirer
1860-1922
And many more. View entire list.

Kemp added, "Toward our stated goal of creating the single most
comprehensive
resource of newspapers for family history research, GenealogyBank will continue
to
digitize millions of family history records in the upcoming months that will
greatly expand and increase the depth of our collections. We will begin
releasing Hispanic American Newspapers, 1808-1980 in February along with
hundreds of
additional historical newspaper titles."

About GenealogyBank:

GenealogyBank, a division of NewsBank, inc., supplies individuals interested
in
family history research with over 300 years of U.S. newspapers, government
documents and
other historical records in all 50 states. GenealogyBank contains over 214
million
family history records including obituaries, birth, marriage, death notices and
much
more. GenealogyBank can be found at: www.genealogybank.com.

For more information contact:
Kevin Spaulding
Marketing Manager
NewsBank, inc.
802-222-5818
Email Contact

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