Family historians and genealogists who hit walls searching for information about ancestors should try Live Roots at www.liveroots.com, a genealogy search engine. It also is available as a Facebook application. The project, under development by D’Addezio and Genealogy Today, offers access to one-of-a-kind family history files working in sync with genealogy providers and files collected by D’Addezio. To search, type keywords, surnames or location in the search box. The site processes and sends the request to an internal catalog of resources and a list of external genealogy Web sites and providers. Results are returned in a page listing surname results, resource results and available partner services.

Source: The Oklahoman, January 25, 2010