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.

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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