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 30, 2009

Kory Meyerink to speak Saturday

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Note: This article is off topic and will be of interest primarily to Christians living in the Provo, Utah area. Kory L. Meyerink , noted g...
Monday, October 26, 2009

FamilySearch Community Trees

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Last week a new project appeared on FamilySearch Labs . Historical Family Trees Ever wish you could reconstruct the families that ...
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Friday, October 23, 2009

Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy 2010

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Dear Ancestry Insider, Would you consider including information from the attached document on your blog? Please let me know if you ar...
Tuesday, October 20, 2009

A Guide to Mormon Family History Sources

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This is one in a series of reviews. Important legal notices regarding reviews can be found at ancestryinsider.blogspot.com . A Guide to M...
Monday, October 19, 2009

Kip Sperry

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This is another in a series of encyclopedia-like articles . The biography from Kip Sperry’s latest book begins: Kip Sperry is a profe...
Thursday, October 15, 2009

Spanish Is Not Dead

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Last week I wrote about finding more FamilySearch content republished on Ancestry.com . (See “ Ancestry.com Posts FamilySearch Microfilm .”...
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Tuesday, October 13, 2009

NFS Rollout News for Columbus Day 2009

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Columbus discovered America and Bountiful discovered that they are next up for New FamilySearch (NFS). And it’s time for another map update...
Friday, October 9, 2009

Don’t Stop at the Index

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Last time, I pointed out a couple of databases on Ancestry.com from the FamilySearch   Western Europe Vital Records Index : D...
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Thursday, October 8, 2009

Ancestry.com Posts FamilySearch Microfilm

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I continue to see evidence of improved relations between Ancestry.com and FamilySearch . Last week, an intriguing title caught my eye in th...
Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Vote for Your Fav 40

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Fresh from their successful 101 Best Web Sites awards , Family Tree Magazine is now sponsoring a contest to honor your favorite 40 genealog...
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Tuesday, October 6, 2009

NFS Rollout News for Motion Picture Day

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The 6th of October plays an important role in the evolution of motion pictures. In 1889 Thomas Edison showed his first motion picture and 3...
Monday, October 5, 2009

Why Mormons Build Temples

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FamilySearch sponsor, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, held its semi-annual world-wide conference this past weekend. Whil...
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Tuesday, September 29, 2009

NFS Rollout News for the 179th Semiannual General Conference

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Visiting the Salt Lake Family History Library during a General Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is probably...
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Monday, September 28, 2009

Finding Sources For IGI Records

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It can be tricky to find the source of records in the International Genealogical Index Finding the sources of records in the Intern...
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