Friday, September 30, 2011

Darned Gender-Specific Names

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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. Some are...
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Wednesday, September 28, 2011

It’s Not My Fault! URL Citation Principles

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I apologize about the broken FamilySearch image links in last Friday’s article, “ Darned Second Enumerations .” But I must say, IT WAS NOT M...
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Monday, September 26, 2011

Ancestry.com Planning New and Expanded Health Offering

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The Insider has learned from an undisclosed source that Ancestry.com is planning to rebrand and expand its DNA offerings into genetics and h...
Friday, September 23, 2011

Darned Second Enumerations

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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. Some are...
Friday, September 16, 2011

Darned Physicality and Organization

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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. Some are...
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Tuesday, September 13, 2011

19.40 and Some Change

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File photo: Ransom Love conference presentation “What if we took the 1940 census and made it a community project? Really!” said Ransom Love ...
Monday, September 12, 2011

The Insider Uncovers Secret Ancestry.com Program

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San Diego Genealogical Society collections published on Ancestry.com Content Publisher. Click to enlarge. O.K. Perhaps I exaggerate… but on...
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Saturday, September 10, 2011

Can I Get an Amen?!

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“I want to know with confidence that my tree is sound,” said Lisa Arnold. “Can I get an amen?” Ask a room full of genealogists if they want...
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Friday, September 9, 2011

NARA: Thank You, FGS

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David Ferriero addresses the FGS Conference “I have personally experienced the excitement of your work,” said David S. Ferriero in his keyn...
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Thursday, September 8, 2011

How Will You Survive?

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“How will your society survive?” asked David Rencher at the opening session of the Federation of Genealogical Society’s (FGS) annual confer...
Wednesday, September 7, 2011

FGS Begins Today and I’m Already Behind

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The 2011 annual conference of the Federation of Genealogical Societies gets underway in Springfield, Illinois today and I’m already behind...
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FamilySearch Vault Express

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In a briefing for bloggers, FamilySearch’s Jake Gehring explained “Field Express.” Field Express is a new process they have developed to get...
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Friday, September 2, 2011

Additional Census Images Come to FamilySearch.org

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Without fanfare FamilySearch.org recently released images for the 1910 and 1920 censuses. Access to the new images is restricted to active...
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Tuesday, August 30, 2011

One Week Free Access to Ancestry.com Migration Records

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Ancestry.com announced yesterday that it is offering free access to select immigration and naturalization records through the Labor Day holi...

FSI My Accuracy

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“My Accuracy” helps volunteers doing FamilySearch Indexing see how well their work survives the arbitration process. The feature was introdu...
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Monday, August 29, 2011

Monday Mailbox: Ancestry Removing Find A Grave Photos?

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Dear Ancestry Insider, The email below was sent to me by one of my students. [Insider Note: I’ve removed identifying information from the st...
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Friday, August 26, 2011

Darned Non-English Indexers

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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. Some are...
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Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Insider Ketchup for 23 August 2011

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I’m way behind on Ancestry.com news stories. Time to ketchup. Ancestry.com has announced its plans for Footnote.com. As some surmised...
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