Friday, December 28, 2012

Ancestry.com Celebrates New 2012 Collections

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I am taking the week off so I forgot to tell you about a special offer from Ancestry.com . They are offering free access this week to 30 col...
Tuesday, December 25, 2012

My Christmas Card to You

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I still have my The Generations Network Christmas shirt as you can see in the photograph to the right. I wear it once a year, even though An...
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Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Ancestry.com Opens and FamilySearch Closes

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In separate announcements Ancestry.com announced it is opening a public forum and FamilySearch announced it is closing theirs. “While th...
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Monday, December 17, 2012

Monday Mailbox: FamilySearch Family of Websites

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Dear Mr. Insider, I have noticed a number of web sites for FamilySearch.org. Is there some place that lists all of the different variati...
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Friday, December 14, 2012

Talking Photos No Longer Limited to Hogwarts

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LegacyStories.org recently announced it had become the first certified web application to read the new FamilySearch Family Tree. Thi...
Wednesday, December 12, 2012

NARA’s Bill Mayer Speaks About Genealogists

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William A. “Bill” Mayer became Executive for Research Services on 18 June 2012. In a recent interview Mayer made comments of interest to ge...
Monday, December 10, 2012

Monday Mailbox: Please Tell Me Your Name

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Dear Ancestry Insider, Please tell me your name so that I may know who I am looking for in Las Vegas, ok? Signed, Ron Bremer ...
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Friday, December 7, 2012

FamilySearch Family Tree is Coming

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I found a video on YouTube that demonstrates the basic functionality of FamilySearch Family Tree. It is titled “ Family Tree from FamilySea...
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Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Ancestry.com Holiday Contest

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Ancestry.com is running a holiday contest. Prizes are: a six month US Deluxe subscription, an AncestryDNA kit, a copy of Family Tree Maker ...
Monday, December 3, 2012

NGS 2013 Conference Registration Opens

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Blame the 2013 annual conference of the National Genealogical Society . You’ve noticed I didn’t post many articles in November. I’m teachi...
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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