Wednesday, July 28, 2010

101 Best Free Websites for 2010

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Family Tree Magazine’s September 2010 issue announced their choices for the 101 best websites of the year . This year magazine editors chos...
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Monday, July 26, 2010

The Insider Going Outside (Corrected)

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Oops! The correct address for the example website is http://claytonraymond.blogspot.com . Kind readers, Some of you wrote about the lack o...
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The Insider Going Outside

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Kind readers, Some of you wrote about the lack of articles last week. No, I haven’t been sick. No, your spam filter did not eat my newslett...
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Friday, July 16, 2010

Links to Individual Collections

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Dear Ancestry Insider, How can a specific database (e.g., "Scandinavia Vital Records Index") be accessed directly without having a...
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Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Reporting Ancestry.com Indexing Errors

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Dear Ancestry Insider, I am in the FamilySearch indexing project, and am very worried about the incidence of errors in indexing. PLEASE...
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Monday, July 12, 2010

IGI on FamilySearch beta/pilot Websites

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Randy Seaver recently asked if records from the International Genealogical Index (IGI) are available on the beta FamilySearch.org website...
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Friday, July 9, 2010

Go Vote… Today!

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National Archives Website The NARA website is getting a new look. Want to give your input? Voting ends this week! For more information or ...
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Thursday, July 8, 2010

Serendipity in Genealogy: The Lighthouse

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The Dutch Island Light Station 2 It is as though our ancestors want to be found. Uncanny coincidences Olympian luck. Phenomenal ...
Tuesday, July 6, 2010

FamilySearch Launches Indexing Newsletter

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FamilySearch International launched a monthly newsletter last week for indexing volunteers. According to FamilySearch, This inaugural edit...
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Monday, June 28, 2010

Evidence Management Diagram Revisited

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Last week I wrote about evidence management and the New FamilySearch Tree. The plan this week was to write about Ancestry.com Member Tree...
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Friday, June 25, 2010

Advisory Notices: Evading Emending?

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The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) invites patrons to inform them of quality problems in NARA collections posted on pa...
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Wednesday, June 23, 2010

What About Current Problems?

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Ancestry.com added the missing ship, Etruria, to Browse of New York pass- enger arrivals on 13 November 1893. Ance...
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Monday, June 21, 2010

The Evidence Architecture of the New FamilySearch Tree

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See “ Evidence Management ” for an overview of this series and for links to other articles. Let me show you that the New FamilySearch Tre...
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Friday, June 18, 2010

NARA Responds to Ancestry.com Issues

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The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) recently responded to accusations that Ancestry.com posts NARA record collections ...
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Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Ancestry.com Missing Documents

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Staff at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) recently responded to accusations that Ancestry.com posts NARA record co...
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Monday, June 14, 2010

Genealogist or Gossip

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If they don't depend on true evidence, scientists [including genealogists] are no better than gossips. Penelope Fitzgerald In ...
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