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Article: Genealogy Web Site Swamped
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- May 24, 1999
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KRISTEN MOULTON, Associated Press Writer
AP Online
05-24-1999
Genealogy Web Site Swamped
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- People checking out a new genealogical Web site on Monday for details about their family's history ran into a very modern problem -- computer overload.
The Mormon church's new genealogical Web site, www.familysearch.org, was formally unveiled Monday.
The site's search engine looks through Mormon records of 400 million names of people who lived as long ago as 1500, many of them with pedigree charts, as well as through 4,000 other Web sites devoted to genealogy. It's one of the hottest hobbyist categories on the Internet.
The site was overwhelmed by demand on Monday, forcing ...