Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Citation Principles for Genealogy Record Publishers

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Citations have two purposes: locate the source and indicate its strength. This series of articles explains what we must do to accomplish ...
Tuesday, June 28, 2011

SSDI: Ancestry.com vs. FamilySearch.org

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I mentioned last time some of the shortcomings of the Social Security Index ( SSDI ). See How Reliable is the SSDI? Consider the “Verifie...
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Friday, June 24, 2011

Both Male and Female?

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Records Say the Darnedest Things We depend upon records to reveal the “truth” about our pasts. Yet sometimes records have anomalies. Some ...
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Tuesday, June 21, 2011

How Reliable is the SSDI?

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How good is the information from the Social Security Death Index ( SSDI )? It may not be as good as you think. “The full DMF [Death Master ...
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Friday, June 17, 2011

Darned Quarrels

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Records Say the Darnedest Things We depend upon records to reveal the “truth” about our pasts. Yet sometimes records have anomalies. ...
Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Emphasize the Source You Used Over the Source of the Source

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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...
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Tuesday, June 14, 2011

101 Best Websites

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Family Tree Magazine has announced their list of the “ 101 Best Websites for 2011 ” and has chosen again to honor the Ancestry Insider . Wi...
Friday, June 10, 2011

Soil? Inconceivable!

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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. ...
Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Citing Quoted Sources

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Citations have two purposes: locate the source and indicate its strength. This series of articles explains what we must do to accomplish...
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Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Stop and Wait Before You Update

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Once again there were more problems with FamilySearch Indexing over the weekend. Once again the indexing servers seemed to have crashed. Onc...
Friday, June 3, 2011

Search Ancestry.com with Search Plugin

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One reason you're not hearing much from me is the crash of my computer. Fortunately, I've followed the advice of people like Dick Ea...
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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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