Friday, August 29, 2008

Database review: Historic Land Ownership Atlases

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Earlier this week I've reviewed two free, online map collections. See " The Marshall Historical Maps Collection " and " M...
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Thursday, August 28, 2008

NFS rollout update for 26-Aug-2008

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Did the Olympics closing ceremony make you sad? Yeah, me too. What's it going to be like when New FamilySearch (NFS) is rolled out to al...
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Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Did Ancestry.com Replace Me?

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It has been a month since I left Ancestry.com and it's been rather fun watching the want ads to see if they replaced me. Some positions...
Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Maps online from the New York Public Library

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The New York Public Library (NYPL) website descriptions of its Image Collections include mentions of several with maps. Charting North Ame...
Monday, August 25, 2008

The Marshall Historical Maps Collection

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Have you ever used historic United States Geological Survey (USGS) maps? I love maps anyway, but I think historic maps give me a better und...
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Friday, August 22, 2008

Ancestry.com adds YouTube channel

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I'm still trying to catch up on all that happened while I was gone on vacation. On 15-July-2008 Ancestry.com established a YouTube Cha...
Thursday, August 21, 2008

Job change backwash

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Trouble in River City Frankly, I thought I could go with the flow. Slide by. But in hindsight it seems I was all wet. My job change had caus...
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Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Database review: Ancestry.com's U.S. Map Collection, 1513-1990

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Ancestry.com's map collection contains several large databases. In this article I examine one of them, the U.S. Map Collection, 1513-199...
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FamilySearch Record Search adds Florida census, more

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FamilySearch added over 2 million new images or indexed records this week to its pilot Record Search databases this week. Florida 1885, 1935...
Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Ancestry's Keying Tool "Achieves Its First Milestones"

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Participants in the limited beta test of Ancestry's World Archives Project keying tool received an e-mail last Tuesday informing partic...
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Monday, August 18, 2008

New FamilySearch 0.94 on the way?

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As I predicted last week, an update would be coming 15-August or soon thereafter. Sure enough. On the 15th this notice appeared on new.famil...
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Friday, August 15, 2008

Census Image Quality

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Just as making a photocopy of a photocopy degrades the quality, so too does a copy of a microfilm copy. The prospect of having access to dig...
Thursday, August 14, 2008

NFS Rollout News for Olympic 12-Aug-2008

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Having passed the opening of the Olympics on 08/08/08 since our last map update, it is only fitting that 8 temples have gone "gold...
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Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Kodak's research trip tips

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Kodak's newsletter at summer's dawn gave vacation photo tips that are just as applicable to genealogy research trips. Use phot...
Monday, August 11, 2008

Ancestry Insider is a Best 2008 Website

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The Ancestry Insider is one of the 101 best genealogy websites this year, according to Family Tree Magazine . I get to place the trophy sh...
Friday, August 8, 2008

Celebrate Triple-8 Day at Ancestry.com's Chinese Site

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08/08/08 This is an auspicious day in Chinese culture. No, not because it is the start of the Beijing Olympics . It's quite the other ...
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Thursday, August 7, 2008

I'm Presenting at the 2008 UGA Fall Conference

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Guess what?! I'm presenting two classes at the 2008 Utah Genealogical Association (UGA) Fall Conference on Saturday, September 13th at ...
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Wednesday, August 6, 2008

FamilySearch Membership Has Its Privileges

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In a statement issued by FamilySearch on 28-July-2008 ( Indexed Records to Remain Free on FamilySearch.org ), FamilySearch outlined the gene...
Tuesday, August 5, 2008

Making Sense via Motives

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Last time I pointed out that Ancestry.com's motive is financial: shareholder value, revenues and profits. Owned by The Church of Jesus C...
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