Friday, October 31, 2008

Visiting NARA: NARA Publications

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I recently made my first visit to the National Archives and Record Administration (NARA). This is one in a series of articles inspired by t...
Thursday, October 30, 2008

Record Search 27 October 2008 Update

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The collection news dated 27 October 2008 on the FamilySearch Record Search pilot website (http://pilot.familysearch.org) indicates several ...
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JewishGen data available on Ancestry.com

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First, sorry about the double weirdness yesterday, the two identical posts titled " JewishGen Belarus Databases... " That was an a...
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Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Opinion piece: Ancestry.com / USGenWeb squabble

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The well publicized squabble between Ancestry.com and U.S. GenWeb Project (USGenWeb), in my opinion, has hurt both. But perhaps the greate...
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Tuesday, October 28, 2008

JewishGen Belarus Databases Name Index - Ancestry.com

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Search JewishGen Belarus Databases Name Index - Ancestry.com : "JewishGen Belarus Databases Name Index [database on-line]. Provo, UT, U...
Monday, October 27, 2008

Visiting NARA: Maps and restaurant reviews

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I recently made my first visit to the National Archives and Record Administration (NARA). This is one in a series of articles inspired by t...
Friday, October 24, 2008

Ancestry.com starting Alabama projects

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Ancestry.com owner, the Generations Network, is starting a preservation project in Montgomery, Alabama as evidenced by this advertisement...
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Thursday, October 23, 2008

Ancestry's Ranked Search

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-- Updated 9-November-2008 with my apologies -- GNW writes, I don't like any of the searches at Ancestry.com.  It takes too much ...
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Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Visiting NARA: The exhibits

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I recently made my first visit to the National Archives and Record Administration (NARA). This is one in a series of articles inspired by t...
Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Shootout at the OK Corral

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I got upset in a recent discussion on Ancestry.com's new search interface. I usually wait a day or two before responding. This time, I d...
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Monday, October 20, 2008

Yearbooks free thru October 30

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Ancestry.com has announced that access to their yearbooks is free through October 30 as part of a promotion highlighting the doubling of t...
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Friday, October 17, 2008

Visiting NARA: Staging a visit to Archives I

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I recently made my first visit to the National Archives and Record Administration (NARA). This is one in a series of articles inspired by t...
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Thursday, October 16, 2008

NFS Rollout update for 14-Oct-2008

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Salt Lake City ran into winter this week like a brick wall. There's a lot of people walking around with red noses. Speaking of red, th...
Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Hot Keys in the Ancestry.com New Search User Interface

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Ancestry.com has added hot keys in the New Search User Interface . Hot keys are a common means of adding power tools for power users. In thi...
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Monday, October 13, 2008

Visiting NARA: The Insider goes inside the National Archives

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I recently made my first visit to the National Archives and Record Administration (NARA). This is the first in a series of articles inspire...
Friday, October 10, 2008

Answer: Where's the Insider?

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Pennsylvanians are in me. But I am not in Pennsylvania. I am not the one ("Archive I") on Pennsylvania; I am nort...
Thursday, October 9, 2008

Where's the Insider? Clue 4

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Clue 4: Pennsylvanians are in me. But I am not in Pennsylvania. I am not the one on Pennsylvania; I am north of Pennsylvania, too. ...
Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Where's the Insider? Clue 3

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Clue 3: Pennsylvanians are in me. But I am not in Pennsylvania. I am north of Pennsylvania.   I'll give you one clue per d...
Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Where's the Insider? Clue 2

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Clue 2: Pennsylvanians are in me. But I am not in Pennsylvania. I'll give you one clue per day, posted at noon Utah time. Pos...
Monday, October 6, 2008

Where's Waldo... er... the Ancestry Insider? Clue 1

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A year ago the Family Tree Magazine staff Simpsonized themselves and then challenged me to reveal my Simpsonized appearance . My Simpsoni...
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