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.

Friday, May 27, 2011

The Gretna Green for Death? Why Y

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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, May 26, 2011

Jay Verkler, FamilySearch, and the Community

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Jay Verkler addresses 2010 NGS Conference © 2010 IR1. All rights reserved. I had a chance to grab a minute with Jay Verkler at the...
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Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Citation Principles: What is a Derivative?

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  Above are two types of derivatives from the same page of the 1790 U.S. Census. Citations have two purposes: locate the source a...
Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Ancestry.com launches Web Search

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Eric Shoup of Ancestry.com Eric Shoup of Ancestry.com announced the release of Ancestry Web Search at a reception Thursday nigh...
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Monday, May 23, 2011

FamilySearch Indexing Outage Continues

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Some time around noon on Sunday, FamilySearch Indexing stopped working. As of 1:00 pm Mountain Time, the outage has not been fixed. A mes...
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Monday Mailbox: A Nice Ride in the Mountains

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Several readers responded positively to Tim Cross’s “ A Nice Rice in the Mountain .” Dear Ancestry Insider If the person knows noth...
Friday, May 20, 2011

What’s Next at Ancestry.com

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After the FamilySearch.org reception Thursday evening, I went up to the Ancestry.com reception. Here again, I found an interesting contrast...
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Thursday, May 19, 2011

Enlist Now that the War is Over

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I attended two vendor receptions Thursday evening. Translated, that means I’m a loser and failed to sign up for the evening BBQ before t...
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Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Is Mills Style Necessary?

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Citations have two purposes: locate the source and indicate its strength. This series of articles explains what we must d...
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Tuesday, May 17, 2011

FamilySearch as an Archive

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FamilySearch is digitizing, providing access, and preserving the world’s genealogical records, said Ed Donakey in a session at the NGS Conf...
Monday, May 16, 2011

Monday Mailbox: Collection Names and Blog Duplication

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Dear Insider, Another issue with the “ Oklahoma County Marriages, 1891-1959 ” record collection is the name. There is a county in Oklah...
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Friday, May 13, 2011

To Infinity and Beyond

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“For the Family Tree, the whole effort this next year is to be able to make it public,” said Craig Miller, “and to be able to allow people ...
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Ancestry.com Takes Another Swing

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After the ill-fated Internet Biographical Collection debacle, one would expect Ancestry.com to be extremely careful the next time they st...
Thursday, May 12, 2011

From NGS: Preserving War of 1812 Pensions

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Sounds a bit like extending the pensions of some really, really old people: “Preserving War of 1812 Pensions.” Actually, it is a project ...
Wednesday, May 11, 2011

NGS and My Darned Day Job

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Where the Past is Still Present Image: Detail from "A Meeting of Souls" by Madeline Carol , 1991 Hi all. Ancestry Insider...
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The Transformation of NARA

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“What’s happening” is how David S. Ferriero summed up his address for me. As we found out, the list is long. Ferriero made the remarks Wedn...
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The Insider’s Guide to Citations

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Forward I see a lot of misunderstandings about citations. They are both easier and harder than you think. I see a need for a summary of c...
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Friday, May 6, 2011

Darned Indexes!

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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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Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Specify the Source of the Source

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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, May 2, 2011

Monday Mailbox: Author-Date Citations

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Dear readers, My article, “ Citations Have Two Purposes ,” elicited a good batch of comments. Here are some related to the author-date cit...
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