They’re the 800 lb gorilla of the genealogy world. You can’t ignore them — and they got that way for a good reason.
Here’s the company press release.
LEHI, Utah–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Taking photos and attaching them to a family tree on Ancestry can help people preserve images and memories, help connect family members with information they would never have found otherwise, and build deeper connections with loved ones. That’s why Ancestry®, the global leader in family history, today announced its exclusive partnership with media preservation and archiving specialist company Photomyne.
By integrating Photomyne’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) based technology, Ancestry customers will get an even easier way for family historians to digitize old family photo albums, by scanning and uploading multiple photographs at once through the Ancestry mobile app.
“Almost everyone has a shoebox filled with old family photos and albums that sit on a top shelf in their closet. The problem with that is that no one sees or shares them and they are often forgotten,” said Heather Friedland, Chief Product Officer at Ancestry. “With the Photomyne technology integrated into the Ancestry mobile app, you can now easily and quickly scan full pages of multiple images from your photo albums at once and with a click, have them automatically digitized and saved to Ancestry. Uploading your photos to Ancestry ensures your family memories are preserved and your family’s stories will be cherished for generations.”
Unlike other scanning tools, Photomyne’s AI technology uses the phone’s processor and their proprietary algorithms to:
- Auto-detect image boundaries and auto-crop photos
- Scan multiple images from one page and split into individual images
- Enhance and restore the quality of images
“They say a picture is worth a thousand words and photos are more valuable now than ever with the rise of user generated content,” said Photomyne CEO Nir Tzemah. “We are excited to be able to give the Ancestry community an even easier way to upload, scan, enhance and share priceless family images and memories.”
Ancestry customers will now also be able to upload and share images of photo albums previously added to Ancestry and apply the same auto-cropping, rotation, and image enhancement.
Beginning today, anyone can get started by downloading the Ancestry app and creating a free account.
COMMENT: I’ve not been able to try these, possibly because the release for Android platforms is delayed, while IOS is active.
The article does not mention that Ancestry owns any pictures that you upload. You have no control over what happens to them. For this reason there are no photos in my Ancestry tree of anyone born after 1900.
Of course the Android version is delayed…always runs second to the Holy Grail that is anything Apple…