Monday, February 28, 2011

NFS Public Release Begins

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“In February 2011, we’ve invited a limited number of public users to begin testing public access to the new FamilySearch [Family Tree] websi...
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Friday, February 25, 2011

Dating 19th Century Photographs

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Image: Phototree.com Ambrotype, ca. 1861 I have an old photograph. According to the name on the back, it is my great grandfather...
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Never Drink Downstream from the Cows

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“Never drink downstream from the cows,” said Glenn Rawson in the keynote session of the St. George Family History Expo . “The same principl...
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“Genealogy at a Glance” Reviews

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I imagine Genealogical Publishing Company (GPC) has made a lot of money selling Elizabeth Shown Mills 4 page, laminated citation guides. The...
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Tuesday, February 22, 2011

RootsTech Ketchup

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Don’t tell me that wasn’t big fun! I still have a big stack of RootsTech stories I wanted to do. But the party’s over and I need to turn my ...
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Monday, February 21, 2011

Monday Mailbox: Bulk Merge

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Dear Ancestry Insider, I am very frustrated, and think you might be in a position to help, at least understand the problem. The Chu...
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Saturday, February 19, 2011

Legal Notice Update

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I recently updated the legal notice about my website and articles. It is found at the bottom of the page at http://ancestryinsider.blogspot....
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Thursday, February 17, 2011

RootsTech: Future Directions in Search

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These are my notes from the session “Future Directions in Search,” by Ian Tester, a product manager at findmypast.co.uk , a brightsolid webs...
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Wednesday, February 16, 2011

RootsTech “An Amazing Accomplishment”

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“Wildly successful. Loved every minute,” said Jay Verkler after the conclusion of the inaugural RootsTech Conference. Apparently attendees a...
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Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Richard G. Scott: Some of the Finest at RootsTech

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“We have some of the finest organizations on earth represented and handling various aspects of this conference,” said Elder Richard G. Scot...
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Monday, February 14, 2011

RootsTech Keynote Speaker Archiving and Preserving Everything

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“The opportunity of our generation is to put information online,” said Brewster Kahle during his RootsTech keynote address. Kahle is the fo...
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Friday, February 11, 2011

RootsTech and the Changing Face of Genealogy

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“I really think these are really the best of times for genealogy,” said Curt Witcher. “All of us really know the passion of finding family...
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Thursday, February 10, 2011

RootsTech Expo Hall is a Winner

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The RootsTech conference goal of bringing together technology users and technology producers was nowhere more evident as in the Expo Hall....
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FamilySearch Technology Booth

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“Technology can be used as an enabler and accelerator,” said Bruce Miller at the FamilySearch technology booth. FamilySearch is showing the...
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Jay Verkler Opens RootsTech Conference

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  “Why would we have a technology conference related to genealogy?” asked Jay Verkler, “When friction and filtering is reduced between conne...
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RootsTech Conference Opens

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The new RootsTech Conference inaugural opening is today, Thursday, 10 February 2011. Close to 3,000 attendees are expected to attend. Keyn...

Family History Centers Get Ancestry.com

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After a week of rumors, FamilySearch   announced Tuesday the return of Ancestry.com to family history centers . In addition to Ancest...
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Wednesday, February 9, 2011

RootsTech for Free!

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In Salt Lake or in your home town, there are parts of RootsTech that you can participate in for free. A Few, Select Sessions Live and F...
Tuesday, February 8, 2011

RootsTech for Family History Consultants

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Free training and a devotional with Elder Richard G. Scott are available for family history consultants of the Church of Jesus Christ of...
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Sunday, February 6, 2011

Super Indexing Sunday

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Remember that today is Super Indexing Sunday! Join the rest of the genealogical community as we shatter the single day indexing record. To...