The Ancestry Insider

The unofficial, unauthorized view of Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org. The Ancestry Insider reports on, defends, and constructively criticizes these two websites and associated topics. The author attempts to fairly and evenly support both.

Friday, October 19, 2007

Inside Scoop On Ancestry Acquisition

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If life continues to be so busy, this is going to be a weekly column rather than a weekday column. Holy Cow! Fortunately, the world has no s...
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Wednesday, October 17, 2007

TGN and Ancestry.com Sold

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   The Generations Network, Parent Company of Ancestry.com, to be Acquired by Spec...
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Friday, October 12, 2007

Employees: Don't Get Hit by the Train — Part 4

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Don't Miss the Train. © Josef F. Stuefer This is the last in a four part series examining the use of blogs to open communicat...
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Friday, October 5, 2007

Don't Miss the Train - Part 3

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Don't Miss the Train. © Josef F. Stuefer This is the third in a four part series examining the use of blogs to open communications betw...
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Thursday, October 4, 2007

FamilySearch Indexing Tip: Keyboard Shortcuts

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When indexing it sometimes slows you down when you have to move your hand from the keyboard to the mouse. The programmers who created Family...
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Wednesday, October 3, 2007

Can You Spare a Dime...

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Dear Ancestry Insider, Is there any way to work in this request for genealogy materials into your daily emails? — L.A. Dear FHC director...
Tuesday, October 2, 2007

Stories I Would Blog On If I Had the Time

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I'm so behind. Lately I haven't had enough time to post breaking genealogy news and my special, insightful commentary. To catch up, ...
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Monday, October 1, 2007

He Had Tapped Me on the Shoulder

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Serendipity in Genealogy: Virtually all long-time genealogists have experienced it. It can be as simple as a thought or feeling or as dramat...
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...
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