Friday, November 21, 2008

New name for GSU and FamilySearch?

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The Canadian census press release from FamilySearch received earlier this month sported a new name for the organization, "FamilySearch...
Thursday, November 20, 2008

Visiting NARA: Records in your home town

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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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Wednesday, November 19, 2008

NFS Rollout update for Temple Tuesday, 18-Nov-2008

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Theoretically, one more temple went live with New FamilySearch (NFS) this week, although there has been no official acknowledgment (that I...

Helen Radkey

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This is another in a series of encyclopedia-like articles written by the Ancestry Insider. Some serve as extensions to my failing memory...
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Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Serendipity in Genealogy: Nothing on earth left to do

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It's coincidence, hunch, synchronicity, fortuitous luck, guidance, paranormal, spiritual, karma, ESP, visitation, life-after-death, fate...
Monday, November 17, 2008

Visiting NARA: Colored sheet finding aids

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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, November 11, 2008

Giving Your Family Tree for Christmas

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Reader Fawn Eutzy writes, I am attempting to find the pricing for ancestry.com   I want to have a family tree style book made for my mo...
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Monday, November 10, 2008

Ancestry.com ombudsman

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In a recent article, Ancestry's Ranked Search , I crossed the line and called GNW "stupid." I should not have done that. I am ...
Friday, November 7, 2008

Visiting NARA: Pulling Records

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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...
Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Visiting NARA: Research Card

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This is one in a series of articles about visiting the National Archives and Record Administration (NARA). The information in today's a...
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Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Visiting NARA: Hours and Security

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This is one in a series of articles about visiting the National Archives and Record Administration (NARA). The information in today's a...
Sunday, November 2, 2008

Introducing the “Ancestry Toolbar”

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I love Ancestry.com. One idea I pushed while I was at Ancestry.com was a browser toolbar. To the best of my knowledge, no actual work was s...
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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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