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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