This resource was originally posted as part of the Social Genealogy article.
1999-10-10: RootsWeb WorldConnect
2000-03-10: Ancestry.com Online Family Tree (OFT) (retired in 2010, in favour of Ancestry.com Member Trees)
2001-01-24: OneGreatFamily
2001-09-27: DrAlex FamiliaOnline
2001-12-01: GenCircles
2002-10-01: Vitatela (service terminated)
2002-11-05: Genes Reunited
2004-04-04: FamilyTrackers
2005-05-26: AprilTree (Web Archive) defunct since 2008 Jan
2006-01-16: TNG Network (GENDEX index)
2006-05-17: Amiglia (defunct)
2006-06-01: myGenea (Web Archive)
2006-07-27: GenMates.com / GenMates.net (defunct)
2006-07-27: Dandelife (defunct)
2006-09-25: StamboomZoeker.nl (Dutch GENDEX index)
2006-10-03: KinJunction (defunct)
2006-12-23: FamilyTreeSeeker (English variant of StamboomZoeker.nl)
2006-11-17: SharedTree
2007-01-19: NokTree
2007-01-16: Geni
2007-01-31: OurStory
2007-02-24: Zooof.com (bought by MyHeritage.com, defunct)
2007-02-27: LivingGenealogy (defunct)
2007-03-18: Famiva
2007-03-27: FamilyOne.de (German)
2007-04-18:FamilyHistoryLink (originally named FamilyLink, defunct now)
2007-03-31: FamilyEcho
2007-03-22: KinCafe
2007-05-04: familiepagina.nl (Dutch)
2007-06-26: Verwandt.de
2007-06-27: Family Tree on FaceBook (FamilyBuilder, originally iFamily)
2007-07-04: Genoom
2007-08-01: AGES Online
2007-08-04: Story of My Life
2007-08-10: FamilyPursuit
2007-08-21: Famillion (defunct)
2007-08-22: mokrewni.pl (Polish Verwandt.de)
2007-08-24: parentistretti.it (Italian Verwandt.de)
2007-08-27: MyHeritage (2.0)
2007-09-01: FamilyRelatives (2.0)
2007-09-19: Family In History (defunct)
2007-10-14: We’re Related (FamilyLink FaceBook app)
2007-10-16: miparentela.com (Spanish Verwandt.de, originally miparentela.es)
2007-10-18: meusparentes.com.pt (Portuguese Verwandt.de)
2007-10-22: Kindo
2007-10-23: GeneTree (out of beta: 2009-03-09)
2007-11-26: Dynastree (English Verwandt.de, originally www.itsourtree.com)
2007-11-20: myfamily.com (2.0)
2007-11-13: iBibo OneFamily (defunct)
2007-11-15: FamilyCrossings
2007-11-19: 23andMe
2007-11-29: meusparentes.com.br (Brazilian Verwandt.de)
2007-11-25: TreeX
2007-12-07: boon.lv (also ciltskoks.lv) (Latvian but has English interface)
2008-02-04: Family Group (WorldVitalRecords FaceBook app) (defunct)
2008-02-18: JoinTheFamily (Danish, does have English UI)
2008-02-21: Family Tree for Bebo (FamilyBuilder)
2008-03-02: RelativelyMe (OneGreatFamily FaceBook app)
2008-03-06: MyGreatBigFamily.com
2008-03-??: FamilyBuilder Family Tree for MySpace (appears defunct)
2008-03-26: familleunie.fr (French Verwandt.de, originally notresmala.fr)
2008-03-28: AncestralForest
2008-04-??: verwandt.ch (Swiss Verwandt.de)
2008-04-??: verwandt.at (Austrian Verwandt.de)
2008-04-21: m.familiepagina.nl (mobile familiepagina.nl)
2008-04-28: Verwant.nl (Dutch Verwandt.de)
2008-05-04: Familieband (Dutch)
2008-05-07: HelloTree
2008-05-15: Familii (defunct)
2008-05-20: Family Tree for Hi5 (FamilyBuilder)
2008-05-20: Family Tree for Orkut (FamilyBuilder)
2008-06-??: FamilyDen (defunct)
2008-06-14: AncestralSpace
2008-06-20: FamilyLink buys My Family FaceBook app.
2008-06-28: WebTree by FamilyLink née WorldVitalRecords (defunct)
2008-08-02: TribalJunction (defunct)
2008-08-12: Famento
2008-08-24: Family Den (defunct)
2008-10-07: Family Mingle
2008-12-02: FaceBook: Genoom
2008-12-18: ItRunsInMyFamily (health history)
2008-12-29: GenoLink (Russian)
2008-12-31: GaggleTree (defunct)
200?-??-??: WebBiographies (defunct)
2008-??-??: Ohile
2009-01-01: arcalife (defunct)
2009-01-05: Family Photoloom
2009-01-28: semyaonline.ru (Russian Verwandt.de)
2009-02-26: myFamily·ology
2009-02-26: AncestralAtlas
2009-04-09: Geni.com on FaceBook
2008-??-??: MyFamilyHealth
200?-??-??: FaceBook: MyFamilyHealth Family Tree
2008-??-??: Family Tree Online 24 (German)
2009-??-??: Family Tree Online (English domain name for fto24.de)
2009-06-22: GenerationDB
2009-06-30: akrabaonline (Turkish Verwandt.de)
2009-08-10: aettartal.is (Icelandic and English)
2009-12-06: Mundia
2009-0?-??: BringFamily (defunct)
2010-??-??: eFamily
2010-06-??: MemoriesGrow
Somewhere in 2007 iFamily changed its name to FamilyBuilder, but did not issue a press release. The name change is probably because of possible confusion with the already existing iFamily genealogy application for MacOS.
2008-01-14 WorldVitalRecords has changed its name to FamilyLink.
2008-05-01 Friends Reunited drops its subscription model and becomes free, but Genes Reunited and Friends Reunited Dating remain subscription based.
Recent Ancestry.com press releases claim that Online Family Tree got started in 1999. Ancestry Daily News mentioned it on 2000 Mar 10.
2008-09-19 FamilyLink renamed FamilyHistoryLink.
2008-09-22 MyHeritage.com buys Kindo.com.
2008-10-23: It’s Our Tree out of beta.
2008-11-20: It’s Our Tree renames to Dynastree.
2010-09-02: eFamily acquires Famiva.
2011-04-23: The KinJuction web site is defunct. Broken link has been removed.
2011-04-23: FamilyBuilder Family Tree for MySpace appears defunct. Broken link has been removed.
2011-04-23: Dandelife is defunct. Added a link to Kelly Abbott's 2009 article about shutting Dandelife down.
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