2020
Legacy is here to help with emergency obit updates and remote funeral participation
2018
Funeral Service Foundation is receiving dollar for dollar match up to forty-five thousand dollars in 2018
The new Legacy Advisor Network program connects funeral homes with more qualified customers
ObitWriter℠ and Tributes Memorial Print Sections Bring New Life to Obituaries
2017
Legacy.com Ranks No. 19 in Category for the Chicagoland Area
Donation Match Event to Kick Off at NFDA Convention Building on Last Year's Success
First-Ever Natural Language Generation Tool Makes Writing Obituaries Easier
A 10-year remembrance of the artist's legacy as "Spider-Man: Homecoming" launches in theaters
Legacy announced today that it has acquired assets of Obitdata.com, further expanding its value-added offerings to funeral home and newspaper partners.
2016
Increased Donation Comes After Initial Donation Match Goal Was Reached In First 24 Hours
Integrated Platform Simplifies Print Obituary Placement for Tributes.com Funeral Home Partners
Donation Match Event To Kick Off at NFDA Convention
Practical How-To Sessions Now Available Online
Obituary platform offers partners consistent growth averaging over 100 million monthly sessions
Engaged Audience Has More Than Quadrupled Page Views Since 2014
Second major customer service award for Legacy this year
Series Honoring Food Memories Wins at Digiday Publishing Awards
Memories and condolences shared on Legacy.com.
10th annual awards will be presented on March 4, 2016 in Las Vegas
Top Fundraisers Include Final Salute, Ty Louis Campbell Foundation & The Funeral Service Foundation
2015
Founding participants include American Heart Association and StoryCorps
Fresh Design Makes Features More Shareable.
Dedicated screeners review each Guest Book submission to protect grieving families. This week, they reviewed the 100 millionth entry.
Legacy.com has named Steve Parrott its new CEO. Stopher Bartol, Legacy.com's Founder and CEO of 16 years, will remain with the company in his new role as Executive Chairman.
Legacy.com further strengthens its position and that of its partners.
Legacy.com will begin serving readers directly in selected markets where the local newspaper has de-emphasized online obituaries.
2014
Partnership will provide death care providers with industry-leading products and improved access to local media outlets nationwide.
Legacy.com, Inc. and the Mindset List® authors create thought-provoking work titled “From Cherubs to Cryonics: The Mindset List® of American Death and Remembrance.” This comprehensive list tackles the evolution of how death and remembrance have been viewed in America since 1750. The authors even speculate how death will be perceived in 2100.
Legacy.com Inc., the global leader of online obituary solutions for the newspaper and funeral industries, has elevated Steve Parrott to the role of president. Parrott has been Legacy’s chief operating officer throughout 2013 and previously served for 10 years as president of CNET Content Solutions, a division of CBS Interactive.
2013
Legacy.com, Inc., the leading provider of online obituary solutions in the U.S. and globally, introduces the Next Generation Obituary, a new online experience designed to elevate the category and transform newspapers' online obituary offerings.
Legacy.com, Inc., the leading provider of online obituary solutions in the U.S., today announced it has acquired Web Announcements Ltd, the parent company of iAnnounce (www.iAnnounce.co.uk), the European leader in online obituaries and family announcements.
Legacy.com, Inc., the leading provider of online obituary solutions in the U.S., has been selected as an Official Honoree of the 17th Annual Webby Awards in the Social Media category.
2012
Legacy.com, the market leader in the online obituary space, announced today that is has been acquired by Great Hill Partners, a Boston-based private equity firm with over $2.5 billion under management.
2010
Legacy.com has been honored as the best overall newspaper-affiliated Web site in its class. The recognition came in the form of a 2010 EPpyTM Award, presented by Editor & Publisher magazine at a ceremony held June 17th in Las Vegas during the 2010 Interactive Media Conference and Trade Show.
2009
Legacy.com is partnering with Batesville Casket Company, the largest provider of hosted funeral home websites in the U.S., to give funeral homes access to the largest nationally networked obituary system.
2008
Legacy.com, Legacy.com has joined forces with the largest daily newspapers in Australia and Canada and some of the largest papers in Ireland.
Legacy.com, the Web’s dominant obituary resource and the leader in online memorialization, has launched an enhanced portal that builds upon its affiliation with more than 650 U.S., Canadian and British newspapers.
Legacy.com, which hosts online obituaries, memorials, and other family announcements for more than 650 U.S., Canadian and United Kingdom newspapers has attracted one of Europe’s leading newspapers and online brands as an affiliate.
Legacy.com — which collaborates with newspapers to offer their obituaries online and to provide newspaper readers with new ways to share their remembrances of loved ones, has affiliated with its 650th newspaper.
2007
Former Playboy playmate and E! reality TV star Anna Nicole Smith and televangelist and Moral Majority founder Jerry Falwell had little in common in life, but they share a distinction in death.
Although 29-year-old Navy SEAL Lt. Michael P. Murphy of Long Island was killed in Afghanistan almost two-and-a-half years ago, a week scarcely goes by without someone – a friend, fellow soldier or complete stranger – remembering him ... online.
When Indianapolis resident Peggie Writtenhouse mourns her brother, Army Master Sgt. James F. “Fred” Hayes, a father of five killed serving his second tour of Operation Iraqi Freedom, she can’t easily visit his gravesite in a Kentucky veteran’s cemetery.