Friday, August 30, 2013

Darned Royalty Records

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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. Some are...
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Tuesday, August 27, 2013

#FGS2013 - Society Partnership Opportunities

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At the 2013 annual conference of the Federation of Genealogical Societies Ed Donakey and Elaine Hasleton presented “Society Partnership Opp...
Saturday, August 24, 2013

Lessons Learned from WDYTYA at #FGS2013

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Ancestry.com has done surveys a number of times. “Almost consistently, every time, 80% of people say they have an interest in learning about...
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Friday, August 23, 2013

#FGS2013 - Getting the Most Out of Historical Newspapers

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Peter Drinkwater of Newspapers.com gave a session titled, “Getting the Most Out of Historical Newspapers” at the 2013 annual conference of t...
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Thursday, August 22, 2013

Über Cool Family History Center of the Future Shown at #FGS2013

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“Everything I’m going to share with you is top secret,” warned D. Merrill White of FamilySearch . White was a luncheon speaker Thursday at t...
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Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Is your society website doing all it’s cracked up to be?

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“Is your society website doing all it’s cracked up to be?” asked Cyndi Ingle Howells in the opening session of the Federation of Genealogica...
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#FGS2013 - How to Grow Your Society Through Social Media

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I attended the full set of FamilySearch sponsored lectures during Society Day at the 2013 annual conference of the Federation of Genealogica...
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#FGS2013 - Survive and Thrive!

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I attended the full set of FamilySearch sponsored lectures during Society Day at the 2013 annual conference of the Federation of Genealogica...

#FGS2013 - Breaking Out of the Dog Pile!

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I attended the full set of FamilySearch sponsored lectures during Society Day at the 2013 annual conference of the Federation of Genealogica...
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#FGS2013: Community Trees: A Win-Win Project for Societies

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I attended the full set of FamilySearch sponsored lectures during Society Day at the 2013 annual conference of the Federation of Genealogica...
Tuesday, August 20, 2013

New Family History Library Concepts, Director

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The Salt Lake City Family History Library has a new director and new concepts are coming for the library and FamilySearch family history cen...
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For Librarians Only

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The Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS) 2013 annual conference was preceded Tuesday by an event called Librarians Day. Librarians Da...
Monday, August 19, 2013

Attaching Records to FamilySearch Family Tree

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From the tree side of FamilySearch, it is possible to launch a search on the records side. Click on “Search Records” in the Research Help bo...
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#FGS2013 is Come

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The Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS) 2013 annual conference gets underway Wednesday this week in Fort Wayne, Indiana at the Gran...
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Friday, August 16, 2013

Searching Successfully to Reveal Your Ancestor’s Story

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At the 2013 BYU Conference on Family History and Genealogy , Crista Cowan gave a presentation titled, “Searching Successfully to Reveal Your...
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Thursday, August 15, 2013

Harnessing the Power of Online Family Trees

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At the 2013 BYU Conference on Family History and Genealogy , Anna Fechter gave a presentation titled “Harnessing the Power of Online Family ...
Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Hidden Treasures at Ancestry.com

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At the 2013 BYU Conference on Family History and Genealogy , Loretta “Lou” Dennis Szucs of Ancestry.com presented a session titled “Hidden ...
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Tuesday, August 13, 2013

Scan Your Books and Photographs For Free at #FGS2013

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FamilySearch recently announced that the number of books they have posted online has hit 100,000! According to FamilySearch, over 100,000 i...
Monday, August 12, 2013

Monday Mailbox: Collection Coverage - Again

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Dear Readers, Following last week’s letter about FamilySearch ’s lack of collection coverage information about its collections, I received ...
Saturday, August 10, 2013

Ancestry.com Publishes 1921 Canadian Census Images

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Ancestry.com has privately disclosed that it has released—images at least—the 1921 Canada Census. The census enumerated a population of 8.8...