Genealogy Companies on Twitter

Twitter

There are quite a few genealogy companies on twitter. There are quite a few employees on twitter as well.

The list below focuses on just the companies, not their owner, officers or other employees. If you really are interested in any particular company, you’ll probably find their employees followed by the company profile.
The Tweeple Directories article provides an overview of directories for twitter people, and many of these have a genealogy category.

The list also focuses on just the genealogy companies. It does not include every one-person genealogical research service, but does includes a few popular and major archives and record subscription sites that many genealogists use.

It is no surprise that not every genealogy company can be found on twitter, but it is a bit surprising how few social genealogy companies are on twitter.

This overview is also available (sans descriptions) as a Twitter List, see links below.

genealogy companies

1911census: 1911 Census
23andme: 23andMe personal genomics
Aldfaer: Aldfaer, Dutch desktop genealogy application
AfricanAncestry: African Ancestry
ancestralatlas: Ancestral Atlas
AncestralForest: AncestralForest
ancestralspace: Ancestral Space
Ancestrydotcom: Ancestry.com
AncestorSync: AncestorSync
ancestortree: PhpGedView hosting
AncestryComUk: Ancestry.com United Kingdom
AncestryComAu: Ancestry.com Australia
AncestryUK: Ancestry.com United Kingdom
AncientFaces: AncientFaces.com, family photos
ArcaLife: social genealogy & digital memories
Archivescom: Archives.com
bigfamilyphotos: Big Family Photos (FamilyLink)
BillionGraves: BillionGraves.com
brightsolid: FindMyPast, ScotlandsPeople, etc.
chronoplex: Chronoplex software
CyndisList: Cyndi's List
daubages: Daub Ages!
DeadFred: Dead Fred
dynastreeTeam: dynastree
ellisisland: Ellis Island Foundation
everlastinguk: memorial & tribute site
FamilyChartMstr: genealogy chart printing (formerly GenerationMaps)
Family_History: The Family History Event
FamilyAtlas: Family Atlas
FamilyChArtist: FamilyChArtist
familyforest: large CD-ROM pedigree database
familyforestblog: Family Forest blog
Familygenetics: DNA testing lab
familylink: FamilyLink, databases & social genealogy
familynotices: FamilyNotices
familyrelatives: familyrelatives.com
familyteller: FamilyTeller
FamilyTreeMag: Family Tree Magazine
familytreetools: Family Tree Tools
FamilyTreeU: Family Tree "University" (Family Tree Magazine)
Family Village: Family Village FaceBook game
familypursuit: wiki-based family tree
FamReunion: Family Reunion Organiser
famiva: social network for families
footnote: original documents
FHExpos: Family History Expos
findmypast: findmypast.com (United Kingdom)
findmypastIE: FindMmyPast Ireland
geditcom: GEDITCOM
genclass: GenClass
GenDetective: GenDetective
geneally: news and search engine
genealogicalcom: genealogical.com; books and CDs
GenealogyBank: GenealogyBank, digitised newspapers & books
GenealogyInTime: genealogy portal
GenealogyWise: GenealogyWise
geneanet: geneanet.org online trees and search
geneanetdotorg: geneanet.org English
generations TV: The Generations Project
genesreunited: Genes Reunited
genetree: social genealogy with DNA
GenFreelancers: Genealogy Freelancers
geni: geni.com
TheGeniAPI: The Geni API
genlighten: Remunerated Acts of Genealogical Service
genoom: private social genealogy
GenoPresse: GenoPresse, French Windows software
genpgenealogy: GENP
genseek: Family History Library Catalogue 2.0
GenStation: GenealogyStation
HistoryTimes: History Times
HistoryWarrior: FamilyLink FaceBook game
heirhunters: HeirHunters (BBC)
InheritedHealth: (formerly AccessDNA) personal genetics reports
@InsideHistory: Inside History magazine
LastingLegacies: obituaries & tributes
LegacyObits: legacy.com memorials & obituaries
legacyfamily: Millennia Legacy Family Tree
Lineascope: application in development
LivingGenealogy: social genealogy
TheMagiKey: MagiKey Family Tree
meus_parentes: Portuguese Verwandt.de
moikrewni: Polish Verwandt.de
mf2: old myfamily account
mycanvas: MyCanvas (Ancestry.com)
myfamily: family tree site
myGeneticist: genetics based healthcare advice
MyHeritage: MyHeritage.com online trees (Family Tree Builder)
MyHeritageDE: MyHeritage Deutschland
MyHeritageES: MyHeritage España
MyHeritageFR: MyHeritage France
MyHeritageNL: MyHeritage Netherlands
mundia_com: Mundia.com by Ancestry.com
NamesInStone: Names in Stone
Navigenics: DNA testing and genetic counselling
nbcwdytya: NBC Who Do You Think You Are?
notrefamille: genealogie.com (French)
OneGreatFamily: OneGreatFamily, online family tree database
Otrib: free obituary site & directory
ourfamilyology: ourFamily•ology
our_mountain: Our Mountain of Ideas (iHeritage)
PathwayGenomics: personal genomics
PersonalHistory: Personal Historian
photosreunited: PhotosReunited
Photoloom: pictures in family history
preceden: Predecen (timelines)
ProQuest: ProQuest
RecordsWiki: FamilySearch Records Wiki
relatedfamilies: Related Families (family tree hosting)
RestingSpot: RestingSpot mobile app
rootsmagic: RootsMagic
RootsMagicUK: RootsMagic UK
rootstelevision: RootsTelevision
rtcollab: Real-Time Collaboration (SharingTime)
runsinmyfamily: family health history
SaveTheirStory: video biography
ScotlandsPeople: ScotlandsPeople
sharingtime: SharingTime
SOML: Old storyofmylife account
storyofmylife: Story Of My Life, online life stories
storytree: storytree.me, online stories
SyniumSoftware: Synium Software (MacFamilyTree)
sysoon: Sysoon (death & obituaries database)
thegenealogist: www.thegenealogist.co.uk
TimeMaps: TimeMaps, Atlas of World History
TpstryWeb: tpstry.com
un4tunatecookie: Unfortunate Cookie (Footnote)
UnlockThePast: Unlock the Past
verwandt_de: Verwandt.de (Dynastree, formerly ItsOurTree.com)
Weihnachten_09: Weihnachten '09 (German, Verwandt.de)
wererelated: We're Related (FaceBook app)
WorldArchives: Ancestry.com WorldArchives project
worldvrecords: WorldVitalRecords
worldhistory: WorldHistory.com, social history
WDYTYA: Who Do You Think You Are
WDYTYALIVE: Who Do You Think You Are? LIVE
We_Relate: WeRelate.org
WVRNewsletter: WorldVitalRecords Newsletter
WikiTreeOnline: WikiTree.com
yology: open-source genealogy in Ruby
yourfamhistory: Your Family History

updates

2009-10-30 Twitter List

Twitter has introduced the long-expected list feature (see Twitter Lists). I have made the above overview (sans descriptions) available as a twitter list. I offer several additional twitter lists, such as genealogy research services and genealogists on twitter.