Sunday, September 30, 2007

New FamilySearch Coming to You!

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It's been a bit since I've updated on the status of the New FamilySearch (NFS) rollout. Forgive me if you've read all this befor...

Beta Test New FamilySearch Affiliates

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New FamilySearch (NFS) will support an Application Programming Interface (API) which lets affiliates and partners create programs and websit...
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Friday, September 28, 2007

Don't Miss the Train - Part 2

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" Too Late ," © Josef F. Stuefer This is the second in a four part series examining the use of blogs to open communications betwe...
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Thursday, September 27, 2007

Ancestry.com Adds Corporate Blog

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Last Tuesday Ancestry.com launched a new corporate blog: http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/ A sidebar welcome message says, "Here ...

FamilySearch Indexing Tip: Birth Year Quiz Answer

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At the end of last week's FamilySearch Indexing tip , the Ancestry Insider gave a "pop quiz." The question was, "What yea...
Tuesday, September 25, 2007

The Nervous Green Duck, reborn

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When the Family Tree Maker (FTM) team saw the original Nervous Green Duck, they loved it and just had to have one of their own. They created...
Monday, September 24, 2007

Ancestry Titles Available in FHCs

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Last Wednesday the Insider reported that Ancestry.com had decreased the number of titles available to patrons of FamilySearch 's Family...

Help will come

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Serendipity in Genealogy It happens to individuals of all religious, cultural and intellectual persuasions. Almost all long-time genealogis...
Friday, September 21, 2007

Ancestry, Don't Miss the Train - Part 1

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" Too Late ," © Josef F. Stuefer This is the first in a four part series examining the use of blogs to open communications betwee...
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Wednesday, September 19, 2007

FamilySearch Indexing Tip: Birth Year

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You've noticed, of course, that the 1900 U.S. Census includes both the birth year and the age. But have you noticed that adding the year...
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Tuesday, September 18, 2007

The Bloglines Plumber

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At the moment, Bloglines is the Ancestry Insider's blog reader of choice. He doesn't like Bloglines stripping out his fantastic ne...
Monday, September 17, 2007

Not by Chance

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Serendipity in Genealogy It happens to individuals of all religious, cultural and intellectual persuasions. Almost all long-time genealogis...
Friday, September 14, 2007

Why the 1900 Census!?!

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What was it about FamilySearch's decision to index the 1900 U.S. Census that concerned people so much? One Ancestry Insider reader wro...
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Thursday, September 13, 2007

FamilySearch Indexing Hint: Lookup List

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Let's use the surname to the right as an example. If you weren't quite sure what the name was, you could use the Lookup ability of...
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Wednesday, September 12, 2007

Layoffs at The Generations Network

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The Generations Network  (TGN) released 30 employees last week according to Marilyn Meyers in a post Tuesday evening on the LDS-FHC-Consult...
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Monday, September 10, 2007

I Found Her Crying

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It happens to individuals of all religious, cultural and intellectual persuasions. Almost all long-time genealogists have experienced it in ...
Friday, September 7, 2007

Unreadable Floppies

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This External Floppy Drive connects to the USB port Photo courtesy Gearxs.com Genealogists sometimes share data by floppy. Members of the C...
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Thursday, September 6, 2007

Am Eye Seeing Things?

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I was having lunch with a good friend from the Generations Network the other day.  "I see you have a new employee badge," I said...
Wednesday, September 5, 2007

BYU Conference: Elder Coleman Presentation

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Elder Gary J. Coleman of the First Quorum of the Seventy of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was the lead keynote presenter ...
Tuesday, September 4, 2007

Serendipity in Genealogy

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Today we begin a new feature at the Ancestry Insider. We call it serendipity in genealogy. It happens to individuals of all religious, cultu...