Friday, November 29, 2013

Darned November 31st

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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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Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Family History Library Cuts Reference Staffing Hours

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[This was new news back in September, but I think the information is still current. Sorry about taking so long to report this important stor...
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Tuesday, November 26, 2013

NGS Conference Registration Opens 1 December 2013

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I received this notification from the National Genealogical Society regarding their 2014 national conference, to be held in Richmond, Virgi...
Monday, November 25, 2013

Monday Mailbox: Ancestry.com Dendrology

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Dear readers, This is a follow up to “ Monday Mailbox: World Family Tree .” Ancestry.com said that World Family Tree was not available on...
Friday, November 22, 2013

Serendipity from Abuelita

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On a Saturday night in December 2011, Marge Vallazza walked past her spinet piano whereon were various family photos. Her eyes were drawn to...
Wednesday, November 20, 2013

FamilySearch Old Logo Merchandise Sale

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FamilySearch recently rolled out a new logo, obsoleting merchandise sporting the old logo. Consequently, Deseret Book is offering discount...
Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Ancestry.com Releases 1921 Census of Canada

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On 29 October Ancestry.com added an index to their 1921 Census of Canada database. They posted the images back in August at which time th...
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Monday, November 18, 2013

Monday Mailbox: World Family Tree

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Dear Ancestry Insider, I wonder if you could tell me if we can view anywhere on Ancestry.com the information that was on WFT disks? Also,...
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Friday, November 15, 2013

Darned Overly Helpful Indexers

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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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Wednesday, November 13, 2013

The Importance of FamilySearch Record Preservation

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A destructive magnitude 7.2 quake hit Bohol, Philippines in mid October . There were 222 reported dead, 8 missing, and 976 people injured. T...
Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Census Search Tip

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The usefulness of the U.S. census took a big leap forward in 1850 with the inclusion of all members of the household. The addition of relati...
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Friday, November 8, 2013

Darnedest Research Report

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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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Thursday, November 7, 2013

FamilySearch.org Adds Printable Fan-chart, Other Features

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I’ve written before about the Misbach, colorful fan-charts that can be printed for your FamilySearch.org Family Tree pedigree (below left)...
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Wednesday, November 6, 2013

FamilySearch Working on New Indexing Program

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In a recent invitation for test volunteers, FamilySearch disclosed a little more about their plans for its Indexing program. “Next year an ...
Tuesday, November 5, 2013

FamilySearch Adds Docs, PDF, Larger Files

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Adding to its support for photographs, FamilySearch recently added support for documents, PDF files, and larger file sizes. With the additi...
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Friday, November 1, 2013

Serendipity in a Little Booklet

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Ann Amadori lives in Virginia but her grandmother came from Nova Scotia. Ann’s cousin had visited Halifax and found a wonderful library wher...
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Thursday, October 31, 2013

Darned Black Cat

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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...
Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Hotel Rooms for NGS Conference Quickly Selling Out

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The National Genealogical Society announced recently in their What’s Happening newsletter that hotel rooms are selling out quickly for the...
Tuesday, October 29, 2013

FamilySearch Announces Source Contest, Sunset of NewFamilySearch.org

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“ new.FamilySearch.org is scheduled for Read-only status at the end of this year,” Ron Tanner recently posted on FamilySearch.org . Tanner...
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Saturday, October 26, 2013

Ancestry.com Halloween Contest

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Ancestry.com is giving away an iPad and three other prizes this Halloween season, starting this weekend, Saturday, 26 October 2013. The An...