Cold Case Inquiries Stall After Ancestry.com Revisits Policy for Users NYT | Top Stories Corey Kilgannon 8 December 2025 at 04:46 The genealogy site’s clarification of its terms and conditions has barred those working on unsolved crimes from access to the company’s vast trove of records. © Bryan Anselm for The New York TimesDavid Gurney, head of Ramapo College’s Investigative Genetic Genealogy Center in New Jersey, said losing access to Ancestry had hindered crucial work.