The web site was launched in 1999 by Illya D'Addezio with the purpose of highlighting new and unique resources available to genealogists.
[2] Within the next three years, several niche web sites would be acquired and integrated,[3][4] and a team of writers was assembled to create original content.
[6] As the free information available on Genealogy Today grew, so did the demand for (and interest in offering) more exclusive articles and vital records.
In the Fall of 2003, a database of transcribed records from original sources—mostly smaller in size and published in limited quantities than a genealogist would find elsewhere—was soft-launched, and in the Spring of 2004 formally released.
[11] One significant milestone in 2011, was the inclusion of the Genealogy Today (transcription, ephemera and article) catalogs into the WorldCat Local database.