Friday, April 29, 2011

One Step Backwards, Wait, Wait, Wait, Wait, One Step Back

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With the release this week of search filters, FamilySearch can breath a sigh of relief. Search filters allow users to cut the number of sear...
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Thursday, April 28, 2011

New Copy Machines at Family History Library

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An alert reader made me aware of these blog articles by David Dowell of the San Luis Obispo Cuesta Emeritus College program. Part 1 The ...
Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Cite the Source You See

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Image: frenta . Used with permission. Citations have two purposes: locate the source and indicate its strength. This series of articl...
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Monday, April 25, 2011

Monday Mailbox: Addressing Conflicts of Interest

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Dear Readers, I’d like to think that at least some of you have noticed that I haven’t published much of late. Things have been hectic. Fam...
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Friday, April 22, 2011

A Nice Ride in the Mountain

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“You don’t interest others in horse riding by showing them how unpleasant it is to clean out the stables,” said Tim Cross. “You take them o...
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Thursday, April 21, 2011

FamilySearch Plans for Attaching Sources

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Image: renjith krishnan FreeDigitalPhotos.net Users will soon be able to link sources to their ancestors in the new FamilySearch...
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Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Citations Have Two Purposes

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I hear a lot of misunderstanding regarding citations, so I feel compelled to address the subject with a series of articles . What are the ba...
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Friday, April 1, 2011

Ancestry.com Sullivan and FamilySearch Verkler are Related

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Reaction to the news? Sullivan seen with young Hollywood starlet (above). Verkler photographed celebrating i...
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Friday, March 25, 2011

Thank You; I am Honored

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I’m so amazed that an ordinary guy like me has fallen into the position I am in, having so many of you read my blog. Thank you, all, for y...
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Thursday, March 24, 2011

Utah South Area Gets Online Film Ordering

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FamilySearch Film Distribution Center Image Property of Intellectual Reserve Family History Library (FHL) online film ordering b...
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Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Frankenstein Genealogy

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Yesterday I pointed out that as our research extends further into the past, we must rely on multiple records to create a “complete picture”...
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Tuesday, March 22, 2011

The Chasm

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Last Wednesday in “ Three Reasons Vendors Get It Wrong ” I gave three reasons why unwise product managers produce genealogically unsound pro...
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Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Three Reasons Vendors Get It Wrong

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“We have failed to recognize the chasm” Image used with permission. I am obsessed with explaining a phenomenon I’ve ...
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Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Select RootsTech Presentations Available Online

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FamilySearch announced today that select presentations from this year’s RootsTech conference are now available online. The available...
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Monday, March 14, 2011

Monday Mailbox: Edit Warring

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Dan Lawyer’s comparison of NFS to a moldy refrigerator struck a chord with many readers. Here are some of their comments . Dear Ancest...
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Wednesday, March 9, 2011

South Davis Fair in the Aftermath of RootsTech

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Like the St. George Family History Expo , attendance at the South Davis Family History Fair is way down in the wake of RootsTech , a new n...
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Tuesday, March 8, 2011

South Davis Fair: Selective Blindness

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During his keynote at the South Davis Family History Fair, Dan Lawyer mentioned scenarios allowing different groups of people to see reco...
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Monday, March 7, 2011

South Davis Fair: NFS is Like a Refrigerator

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“The new FamilySearch Tree (NFS) is like a refrigerator,” said Dan Lawyer, “with a rule that you can only put stuff in; you can’t take it ...
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Friday, March 4, 2011

Laissez Faire Indexing

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FamilySearch has been immensely successful in assembling a large, volunteer workforce of indexers. Yet digitizing microfilm images still ou...
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Wednesday, March 2, 2011

What is Tagging?

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Many websites support “tagging,” which is nothing more than assigning a word or phrase to something on the website such as a photograph. T...
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