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.

Tuesday, January 4, 2011

When was the IGI?

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With the release of the new FamilySearch.org website, many are asking where the International Genealogical Index ( IGI ) went. To understa...
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Monday, January 3, 2011

What is the IGI?

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With the release of the new FamilySearch.org website (not to be confused with NFS, the new FamilySearch Tree ), many are asking where the I...
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Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Insider Named RootsTech 2011 Blogger

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I’ve been named an Official RootsTech 2011 Blogger! This is quite an honor. RootsTech is shaping up to be an exciting event. The conferen...
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Monday, December 20, 2010

Monday Mailbox: Printed Research Guides

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Dear Ancestry Insider, The state and country research guides have been moved to the FamilySearch wiki . That's a good way to keep t...
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Wednesday, December 15, 2010

We Want Tech: Automatic Citations

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At the 2010 NGS Conference GenTech Luncheon David Rencher presented “The Top 10 Areas Where Technology Can Still Make a Real Difference in...
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Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Beta.familysearch.org Replaces www.familysearch.org

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The change is now official. The beta.familysearch.org website has “gone live,” replacing the old www.familysearch.org . For several days I ...
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Vote for Your Favorite Blogs

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Once again Family Tree Magazine is soliciting your assistance. Help choose their 2011 reader’s choice “Best Genealogy Blogs.” To vote, us...
Monday, December 13, 2010

Comparing the Old and the New

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Saturday morning another uncertain indication showed up that beta.familysearch.org will go live this month. This comment showed up temporar...
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Thursday, December 9, 2010

FamilySearch Poised to Replace www.familysearch.org

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Indications are surfacing publicly that FamilySearch is readying to replace www.familysearch.org with beta.familysearch.org possibly befo...
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Tuesday, December 7, 2010

FamilySearch Indexing by the Numbers

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Total Records Indexed 2010 166,466,352 – Records indexed this year as of 23 November 2010. 9 165,952,000 – Records indexed this ye...
Monday, December 6, 2010

Mailbox Monday: Stitching

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Comments about last Wednesday's article, " We Want Tech: When You Can't Stitch " : Dear Insider, Maybe I am misun...
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Friday, December 3, 2010

Tips for Using Image Composition Editor

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The past two Wednesday’s I’ve talked about using Microsoft Image Composite Editor to stitch together photographs of a map or large document ...
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Wednesday, December 1, 2010

We Want Tech: When You Can’t Stitch

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How can Microsoft Research’s Image Composite Editor successfully stitch together 15 photographs of a large wall mural but fail on a 9 photo...
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Monday, November 29, 2010

Los Angeles Family History Library Opens

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Photo by Richard Radstone, LDS Church News When it closed for remodeling, it was the Los Angeles Regional Family History Center. Nove...
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Wednesday, November 24, 2010

We Want Tech: Stitching Folio Size Documents

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At the 2010 NGS Conference GenTech Luncheon David Rencher presented “The Top 10 Areas Where Technology Can Still Make a Real Difference in...
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Monday, November 22, 2010

Monday Mailbox: Indexing Place Names

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“When census enumerators wrote ‘Ind.’ and the person is named Charlotte Smith,” wrote Brad, “and yet the birthplace is transcribed as India...
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Mailbox Monday: Family Hydra

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Regarding “ Family Hydra ,” the census family with two heads, thank you all for your comments and John and Joan especially. Dear Insider, ...
Friday, November 19, 2010

Can You Say “Surprise Child?”

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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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