World Vital Records

WorldVitalRecords.com maintains online databases with many names and records of family histories.

Started by some of the founders of Ancestry.com, WorldVitalRecords.com maintains online databases with over 1.3 billion names and records of family histories. Some of its current partners include Everton Publishers, FamilySearch, Quintin Publications, Newspaper Archives, Archive CD Books Australia, Archive CD Books Canada, Archive CD Books USA, Eneclann, British Origins, Find My Past, Immigrant Ships Transcribers' Guild, Dundurn Books, E-Yearbook, and The Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation, Inc. The company also operates [FamilyLink](http://www.familylink.com), a social network for genealogists and families looking to work on their family trees and connect with one another. WorldVitalRecords.com's key competitor is [Ancestry.com](http://www.crunchbase.com/organization/ancestry.com).