In UK, community site Friends Reunited, which is looking for a buyout itself, has bought The National Archives 1901 Census for about $6 million, in a bid to boost membership of its ancestry website Genes Reunited.
Science and technology company QinetiQ previously owned the 1901 Census, which was digitised and made available online in 2002.
Friends Reunited predicts that the acquisition will boost its overall revenues from $16 million this year to $27 million in 2006.
Related:
– Friends Reunited Pondering Sale
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