# Ancestry

> Canonical HTML: https://h1dr4.dev/bases/ancestry
> Machine index: https://h1dr4.dev/llms.txt

In November 2015, the Ancestry service, as well known as Rootsweb, underwent data. The violation was not found before the end of 2017, when a file containing almost 300,000 email addresses and unspent passwords were found.

## Indexed metadata

- Password: 556,621
- Email: 299,982
- Nick: 292,183

## Index context

- Record ID: database_2660
- Numeric ID: 2660
- Indexed bases: 5259
- Raw contents hosted by H1DR4: no
- Intended use: sourced investigative context and historical exposure research
- Reference URL: https://h1dr4.dev/bases/ancestry