Award Winners to Be Announced on Thursday, April 29, 2010

PROVO, Utah--(BUSINESS WIRE)--FamilyLink (www.familylink.com), the largest family social network with more than 70 million users, was named a finalist in the eighth annual Stoel Rives Utah Innovations Awards.

The Stoel Rives Utah Innovation Awards recognize significant innovations and the Utah companies that created them. The program draws attention to the high level of invention and creative advancement taking place throughout the state.

FamilyLink is a finalist in the Consumer Software and Internet category. Other award categories include Biotechnology/Pharmaceuticals; Clean Technology and Energy; Computer Hardware/Electrical Devices; Enterprise Software and Business-to-Business Solutions; Mechanical Systems/Chemicals/Manufacturing; Medical Devices; and Outdoor and Consumer Products.

A panel of 70 Utah experts from private industry, government and academic communities selected the finalists. On Thursday, April 29, 2010, winners from each category will be announced and honored at an awards luncheon at the Marriott City Center Hotel in downtown Salt Lake City, Utah.

“Our goal has always been to create and provide products and services that will inspire genealogical interest and communication among families,” said Paul Allen, CEO of FamilyLink. “We’re honored to be recognized by Stoel Rives and grateful for the validation that we’ve been successful in meeting our goal. We remain committed to provide online resources that will help families connect, communicate and learn more about their heritage.”

FamilyLink provides a platform for families to create family-generated content, preserve interactions, add historical content and communicate with more than 70 million users. It also enables users to leverage greater than 1.2 billion names to find, tag and integrate ancestors.

This is the second time this year FamilyLink has been recognized for its innovative website. In January, comScore named FamilyLink.com the top growth website in its comScore Media Metrix study. comScore’s Media Metrix provides industry-leading internet audience measurement services that report details of online media usage. The report indicated that FamilyLink increased its unique visitors 142 percent in November and December of last year.

For more information about FamilyLink or to become a member, visit http://www.familylink.com/allow/.