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.

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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