Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Holiday Vacation

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Dear readers, The holidays are already upon us and I am taking a holiday from writing. That’s not to say I won’t accidentally post some ...
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Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Newspaper Column Notes Ancestry.com Anniversary

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Deseret News writer Jasen Lee listens to Heather Erickson, director of corporate communications at Ancestry.com...
Monday, November 21, 2011

Book Review: Evidence Explained, 2nd Edition

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Has it been years since Genealogical Publishing provided me a review copy of Evidence Explained ? I use it more than any other book they’ve ...
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Friday, November 18, 2011

Darned Double 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. ...
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Tuesday, November 15, 2011

FamilySearch Announces New CEO

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Earlier this afternoon FamilySearch International announced the appointment of Dennis Brimhall as Chief Executive Officer. Brimhall replaces...

Ancestry.com’s Vital-ity

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Ancestry recently added a bunch of new vital records. “We released over 50 databases,” said company spokesperson, Crista Cowan, “containin...
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Thursday, November 10, 2011

Ancestry.com and Tree Growers

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We’re in a happy place right now, I think. Mind you, we haven’t always been here. Why are we in our happy place at the moment? Two article...
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Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Tree Decorators and Tree Growers

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It occurred to me the other day that there are two types of searchers on Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org . I call the two types tree de...
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Sunday, November 6, 2011

Official RootsTech Blogger

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I’m pleased to announce that I have been asked to serve as an official RootsTech Blogger! I’m a little late letting you know, but hey… I’ve...
Thursday, November 3, 2011

The Mystery of the Non-Duplicate Duplicates

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You may recall the question last week from “Robin in Short Pump” (obviously, a family name of Italian origins). Robin found two nearly iden...
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Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Copyrights, Contracts, and Trademarks; Oh My!

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If you smelled a setup yesterday, you were right. “What are they up to now?” “They,” the Computer Assisted Genealogy Group of Northern Illi...
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Tuesday, November 1, 2011

What are They Up to Now?

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Here’s a brochure I picked up at this year’s Federation of Genealogical Societies conference. Can you guess what they’re doing now? I’l...
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Friday, October 28, 2011

Darned Oliver, Kankakee, Illinois

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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, October 26, 2011

Information Provenance

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Dear Ancestry Insider, Although I have years of experience with the old FamilySearch, I'm using the new one for the first time. I a...
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Tuesday, October 25, 2011

FamilySearch Data Centers and Second Vault

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FamilySearch disclosed last week that it uses three data centers and is planning a fourth. A data center is a place where an organization c...
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Monday, October 24, 2011

Monday Mailbox: Is FamilySearch a Branch of Ancestry?

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Several people pointed out an important place to access the 1870 census that I left out of “ Monday Mailbox: Searching the 1870 Census .” Un...
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Friday, October 21, 2011

Booklet Review: German Genealogy at a Glance

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Once again I’ve been asked to review one of Genealogical Publishing Company’s (GPC) “At a Glance” series . Genealogy at a Glance: German Gen...
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Wednesday, October 19, 2011

New Pedigree Resource File: Sources and Notes

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We saw Barbara’s letter * in yesterday’s “Monday Mailbox” and Friday’s “Darned Records” article. Barbara may have been using one of the n...
Monday, October 17, 2011

Monday Mailbox: How Do I Fix PRF

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Dear Insider, How does one ask Familysearch.org to correct a Pedigree Resource File? A copy of an obit has been posted to show the ...
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Friday, October 14, 2011

Darned Pedigree Resource File

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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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