I was also pleased to discover (via the graphic inside the Ensign of the program running on a G4 powerbook) that the Java-based program is now available on a mac!

You [all the "indexing patrons"] have indexed almost 29.5 million names during the first quarter of 2007. We currently have about 33 thousand indexers and over one hundred people are joining the workforce every day. The enthusiasm for this work is phenomenal.

Wow! As the previous comment shows, in January there were 3.5 million records indexed. The following two months saw 26 million more records indexed. That’s an amazing increase in numbers. I am in awe at how quickly this project is progressing.

Using FamilySearch Indexing you indexed 114,345 names in January of 2006 compared to this past January of 2007 when you indexed 3,659,329 names. In just one year, we have seen an incredible increase in production of about 32 times as many names. Each one of you contributed to this amazing growth. Thank you very much and keep up the great work!

Whoa, that’s quite the increase in user adoption and volunteer work! I’ve heard estimates that with this new software enabling us to pump through names a lot quicker, all the records in the Church’s granite vaults could be indexed and digitized within 2-3 years. Exciting stuff!

Second of all, they are pretty much one and the same. From MyFamily.com’s copyright page:

MyFamily.com, Inc. (we, us or our) owns and operates the World Wide websites MyFamily.com, Ancestry.com, Ancestry.co.uk, Genealogy.com, RootsWeb.com and Ancestry.ca.

Lastly, this post has nothing to do with this company. This is referring to the church’s efforts in family history, which is not affiliated with this private company.