Thursday, September 27, 2012

RootsTech 2013 Registration Opens

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I’ve accepted an invitation to be an official RootsTech 2013 Blogger. The first order of business is announcing the opening of registration...
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Thursday, September 20, 2012

Evidence Explained and the Index Derivative Type

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When it was recently released, I read Elizabeth Shown Mills’s latest online lesson, “ QuickLesson 10: Original Records, Image Copies, and De...
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Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Insider Speaking at UGA Conference Saturday

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The Utah Genealogical Association (UGA) is holding their 2012 Fall Conference this Friday and Saturday, September 21st and 22nd, at the L...
Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Ancestry.com Developing Facebook Application

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Did you know that Ancestry.com bought We’re Related, the Facebook app? We’re Related was formerly owned by FamilyLink.com, Paul Allen’s com...
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Friday, September 14, 2012

Serendipity in Genealogy: Niue Island Disaster

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“In 2004 a maximum force, category 5 cyclone struck the island nation of Niue. It was miraculous that only two people lost their lives, as t...
Thursday, September 13, 2012

FGS Insider Ketchup

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The Federation of Genealogical Societies annual conference has been over for a week and I have several articles I had hoped to write. Unfo...
Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Don Anderson at FGS: We Have the Opportunity

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“We have the opportunity to do more,” said Don Anderson, senior vice president of patron and partner services at FamilySearch . Anderson spo...
Tuesday, September 11, 2012

FGS Archives Award to Tuscaloosa Genealogical Society

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Photo credits: Tuscaloosa Genealogical Society The FGS Archives award is presented to an organization or an individual in recognition of ex...
Monday, September 10, 2012

Monday Mailbox: FamilySearch Language Issues

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Dear [ LDS-WC ], I tried the new Family Tree at familysearch.org . I find it to be inferior to new FamilySearch (nFS). But that's my p...
Friday, September 7, 2012

Bashert in Genealogy

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It is as though our ancestors want to be found. Uncanny coincidence. Olympian luck. Phenomenal fate. Tremendous intuition. Remarkable miracl...
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Thursday, September 6, 2012

FGS: Chris van der Kuyl, CEO, brightsolid

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Chris van der Kuyl, chief executive officer of bright solid gave the keynote presentation at this year’s annual conference of the Federatio...
Wednesday, September 5, 2012

FGS: Librarian’s Day

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Librarian’s Day at FGS Conference Photo credit: Kim Harrison I’ve mentioned that Wednesday, the first day of the FGS conference, has a spec...
Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Record Access in a Post 9/11 World

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David Rencher spoke at a luncheon of this year’s annual conference of the Federation of Genealogical Societies . He opened his remarks telli...
Friday, August 31, 2012

FGS: FamilySearch Key Messages

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At a preconference blogger dinner, FamilySearch ’s spokesperson, Paul Nauta, presented FamilySearch’s key messages for the Federation of Gen...
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FamilySearch Citation Report Card

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At the FamilySearch Blogger Dinner of this year’s annual Federation of Genealogical Societies conference , FamilySearch spokesperson, Micha...
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Thursday, August 30, 2012

Become That Dynamic Destination

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“Family history is a destination,” said D. Joshua Taylor, business development manager for brightsolid. “It’s all about the destination.” Ta...
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Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Ancestry.com Free Census Weekend, Time Machine

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Just in time for the Labor Day weekend, Ancestry.com is offering its entire U.S. census collection for free through September 3rd. The 25 c...
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FamilySearch Announces Post-1940 Community Project

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FamilySearch recently issued this announcement: North American Indexing Volunteers Invited to Join New US Immigration & Naturalization ...
Tuesday, August 28, 2012

FTM Lucky 13

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For owners of Family Tree Maker (FTM) 2012, 2013 is proving to be a very lucky year. Ancestry.com recently announced that they will not be ...
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Monday, August 27, 2012

Ancestry.com Finalizes Archives.com Purchase

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Ancestry.com recently announced it had finalized its acquisition of Archives.com for approximately $100 million in cash and assumed liabil...
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