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.

Thursday, May 8, 2014

#NGS2014GEN State Collection Pages on Ancestry.com

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“Understanding State Collections on Ancestry.com” was presented by Crista Cowan, Ancestry.com’s Barefoot Genealogist. Who was that guy in th...
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#NGS2014GEN Genealogists’ Declaration of Rights

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In the opening session of the National Genealogical society 2014 annual conference, Jordan Jones announced the participation and support of...

#NGS2014GEN Comet Ison

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Jim Ison, FamilySearch area manager gave the luncheon presentation at the FamilySearch luncheon Wednesday at the 2014 annual conference of ...
Wednesday, May 7, 2014

#NGS2014GEN Newspapers.com

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Peter Drinkwater addressed the topic, “The Scoop on Newspapers.com.” Drinkwater is with Ancestry.com who owns and operates Newspapers.com ....
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#NGS2014GEN Opening Session

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“If your history goes back far enough in the United States, then somewhere you have a Virginia ancestor,” said Sandra Treadway, Librarian of...

#NGS2014GEN FamilySearch.org Blogger Dinner

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FamilySearch’s Paul Nauta and Jennifer Anderson prepare to address bloggers at NGS conference FamilySearch addressed several topics at th...
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Tuesday, May 6, 2014

#NGS2014GEN Is Here

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General sessions of the National Genealogical Society ’s 2014 annual conference begin tomorrow. If you can’t make it to the conference (or ...
Monday, May 5, 2014

#NGS2014GEN Is Almost Upon Us

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The National Genealogical Society ’s 2014 annual conference is almost upon us. If you’re there, come say hello. I’ll be at the press table o...
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Friday, May 2, 2014

Darned Origins of Family Legends

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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, May 1, 2014

AncestryDNA Management Changes

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I noticed a couple of items on LinkedIn recently regarding AncestryDNA. Kendall Hulet has been appointed “vice president of product – DNA at...
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Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Ancestry.com Adds Page Control for Swedish Church Records

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One of the things that makes browsing images difficult on Ancestry.com or FamilySearch.org   is that the image numbers don’t match the page...
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Tuesday, April 29, 2014

FamilySearch Donates $1.5 Million to MoAR

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Dennis Brimhall addresses MoAR press conference Photo courtesy Lisa J. Godfrey Dennis Brimhall , president and CEO of FamilySearch Intern...
Thursday, April 24, 2014

Fold3 Commemorates Civil War Commencement with Free Access

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I received this from Ancestry.com (the company, not the website): To remember the commencement of the Civil War in April 1861, Fold3 invi...
Tuesday, April 22, 2014

#NGS2014GEN Conference Pre-Registration Deadline

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If you’re planning on going to the 2014 National Genealogical Society ’s 2014 annual conference, today is the last day to pre-register, but ...
Monday, April 21, 2014

Monday Mailbox: Hiding Dead Individuals Online

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Dear Ancestry Insider, We living genealogists place dead ancestors on various websites such as FamilySearch, Ancestry.com , and RootsWeb Wor...
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Sunday, April 20, 2014

Short Easter Greeting

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My goal is to make this blog inoffensive to readers of all religions and denominations. On this Easter morning, permit me a short aside. Mor...
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Thursday, April 17, 2014

FamilySearch Obituary Search

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A couple of people have pointed me to https://familysearch.org/obituaries/ . This is a useful little page for searching for obituaries on Fa...
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Wednesday, April 16, 2014

FamilySearch Breaks, Fixes Image URLs

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Several weeks ago users of the FamilySearch.org website reported that bookmarked URLs to images on FamilySearch.org stopped working. User...
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Tuesday, April 15, 2014

Win Ancestry.com Subscription, DNA Test, and Research Package

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This month you can win a free Ancestry.com sub-scription and other prizes worth more than $3,000. In Ancestry.com’s Branch Out Contest six ...
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Monday, April 14, 2014

Monday Mailbox: More RootsTech Sessions Than I Thought

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Dear Readers, Two weeks ago I told Claire that all the recorded RootsTech sessions were available on the RootsTech website. Several reade...
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