Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Six Month Motor Home Genealogy Road Trip

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  The Brown’s motor home sits in front of Ancestry.com ’s Provo headquarters. Image copyright Ancestry.com “Most people who know Rob an...
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Monday, November 26, 2012

Monday Mailbox: Ancestry.com Results Differ

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Dear Ancestry Insider, I am presenting a lecture to a library next month regarding the difference between the Library and Home edition ...
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Monday, November 19, 2012

Ancestry.com DNA Research Revealed

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Ancestry.com ’s leading DNA scientists participated in the 2012 American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) annual meeting. Leading DNA expe...
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Wednesday, November 14, 2012

FamilySearch By the Numbers

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FamilySearch recently released the current size of their collections as of the 1st of November: Total images published in Historical Reco...
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Monday, November 12, 2012

Free Census Guide

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Ancestry.com recently ran a promotion billing itself as the “Home of the U.S. Census, 1790-1940.” (See http://www.ancestry.com/census .) Wh...
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Tuesday, November 6, 2012

KSL-TV “Geneology” News Story

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Recently (Friday?) Salt Lake City television station, KSL, aired a story on genealogy and FamilySearch . As is somewhat traditional with tel...

Freedom: A Gift From Your Ancestors

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Several years ago Ancestry.com , Inc. (then MyFamily.com, Inc.) employees participated in the Grand Parade of America’s Freedom Festival at...
Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Utah Pioneer Database Quality Rumors Put to Rest

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According to its website , The Mormon Overland Travel, 1847-1868 , [database] is the most complete listing of individuals and companies in...
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Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Ancestry.com and Facebook

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I’ve wanted to write an article that does justice to Ancestry.com ’s recent Facebook integration, but it has been a couple of weeks and I st...
Monday, October 29, 2012

Monday Mailbox: Errors in Ancestry.com City Directories

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Dear Ancestry Insider, I have been a member of ancestry.com for many years. In the past year, especially, I've noticed many, maNY, MA...
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Thursday, October 25, 2012

IGI Q and A - Part 2

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FamilySearch product manager Robert Kehrer recently responded to user comments about the International Genealogical Index (IGI) on the Fa...
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Wednesday, October 24, 2012

IGI Q and A - Part 1

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FamilySearch product manager Robert Kehrer recently responded to user comments about the International Genealogical Index (IGI) on the Fa...
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Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Ancestry.com Sold for $1.6 Billion

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It was announced yesterday that Permira , a private equity firm, has agreed to buy Ancestry.com for $1.6 billion dollars. Actually, I’m not...
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Monday, October 22, 2012

Monday Mailbox: Please Change My Email Address

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Dear Ancestry Insider, Please change my email address from something@somewhere.com to someWhereElse@elseWhere.com . I really enjoy your p...
Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Ancestry.com Acquires 1000memories

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Ancestry.com announced earlier this month that they have acquired the website and company 1000memories . 1000memories is a photo hosting we...
Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Two RootsTech Hotels Added After Two Sell Out

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RootsTech has announced the addition of two hotels after the first two, the Salt Lake Plaza and the Radisson, both sold out. These two are...
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Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Ancestry.com World Archives Project Update

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The World Archives Project (WAP) is Ancestry.com’s community indexing program. In a recent update , Ancestry.com announced that in the pas...
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Monday, October 8, 2012

Monday Mailbox: Family History Center Volunteers at RootsTech

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Dear Ancestry Insider, I am a Family History Consultant, or so they call me at the Family History Center where I have volunteered for the ...
Thursday, October 4, 2012

Sing Us a Song, You’re the Camera Man

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He doesn’t sing for a living. Oscar Fabian Riquelme Achucarro is a camera man. He photographs records for FamilySearch . He was featured rec...
Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Family Tree Maker—The Gift That Keeps On Giving

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Some people have claimed that Ancestry.com is skipping the release of a Family Tree Maker 2013 because they are still fixing serious tree-s...
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