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.

Monday, November 15, 2010

New Family History Library Catalog Beta

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Last Wednesday FamilySearch revised their beta.familysearch.org website. Today I’ll review the library catalog. Tomorrow I’ll look at othe...
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Friday, November 12, 2010

Family Hydra

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We depend upon records to reveal the “truth” about our pasts. Yet sometimes records have anomalies. Some are amusing or humorous. ...
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Thursday, November 11, 2010

Surveys: FamilySearch Wiki

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I recently participated in a survey about the FamilySearch Wiki . It was short and sweet: You have been invited to participate in this ...
Wednesday, November 10, 2010

BCG Lecture: Elizabeth Shown Mills

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I wrote last week about the Board for Certification of Genealogists lectures in Salt Lake last month. I was able to slip away from work t...
Friday, November 5, 2010

“Celebration of Family History” Rebroadcast

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BYU-TV is broadcasting “A Celebration of Family History,” the 2010 NGS Conference special event featuring Henry B. Eyring , the Tabernacle...
Wednesday, November 3, 2010

A Big, Annual Thank You to BCG

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The BCG seal is a service mark of the Board for Certification of Genealogists My thanks to the Board for Certification of Geneal...
Monday, November 1, 2010

Mailbox Monday: GEDCOM

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Dear Ancestry Insider, Hi there, I'm part of the GEDCOM-L mailing list and it was raised 2 days ago whether anyone was working on g...
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Friday, October 29, 2010

Records Say the Darnedest Things: Missed It By That Much

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Welcome to a new series, “ Records Say the Darnedest Things .” We depend upon records to reveal the “truth” about our pasts. Yet sometim...
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Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Genealogist-ologist-ologist

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Dan Lawyer defines Uber-Techno-Genealogist-Ologist Photo by R. Scott Lloyd, © LDS Church News Dan Lawyer, FamilySearch.org produ...
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Friday, October 22, 2010

Genealogical Maturity Model

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The Genealogical Maturity Model is a framework for personal growth. © 1971. All rights reserved. This is a “table of contents...
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Thursday, October 21, 2010

Clip Feature of Google Books

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Did you know that you can “clip” portions of public domain Google Books to share in your genealogy on the Internet? The portrait to the righ...
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Wednesday, October 20, 2010

We Want Tech and We Want It Now

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At a luncheon during this year’s National Genealogical Society conference David Rencher presented a top 10 list of technologies he wished ...
Monday, October 18, 2010

Mailbox Monday: Redbook Online

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Dear Ancestry Insider, Hi I noticed during the NGS conference last April in SLC that Ancestry.com announced that the "Red Book...
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Friday, October 15, 2010

Go Cruising With the Ancestry Insider!!

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Exploring Your Roots Cruise on Royal Caribbean 's Freedom of the Seas Seven fabulous nights in the Eastern Caribbean with...
Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Can Copyright Be Claimed on Digitized Public Domain Documents?

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Last week I wrote “ Can I Freely Copy Public Domain Documents? ” and asked interested legal minds to respond to some questions. James Tanner...
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Tuesday, October 12, 2010

New FamilySearch Rollout Continues

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Rollout of the new FamilySearch Tree (NFS) to the general public is eagerly anticipated by many. Before that can start, FamilySearch must ...
Monday, October 11, 2010

Footnote.com Acquisition

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Most of you know that Ancestry.com announced they are buying Footnote.com. Here is some information about Footnote.com that may interest you...
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Friday, October 8, 2010

Research Your Family Tree, by the Allure Insider

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Another cousin of mine, the Allure Insider, recently interviewed Megan Smolenyak. (Cousin Allure is the family beauty expert.) To read her ...
Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Can I Freely Copy Public Domain Documents?

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The law probably requires that I disclose to you that I am not a lawyer. Nor do I play one on TV. The following opinions should not be cons...
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Monday, October 4, 2010

Mailbox Monday: Community Trees Redux

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Dear Insider, I was wondering how family trees or community trees get put on the FamilySearch Community Tree website. Can ordinary folk...
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