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.

Wednesday, September 3, 2014

#FGS2014 Conference: AncestryDNA Matches

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At the 2014 annual conference of the Federation of Genealogical Societies , Anna Swayne of Ancestry.com presented the session “Utilizing An...
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Tuesday, September 2, 2014

#FGS2014 Conference: AncestryDNA Ethnicity Reports

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At the 2014 annual conference of the Federation of Genealogical Societies , Anna Swayne of Ancestry.com presented the session “Utilizing An...
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Monday, September 1, 2014

#FGS2014 Conference: Autosomal DNA

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At the 2014 annual conference of the Federation of Genealogical Societies , Anna Swayne of Ancestry.com presented the session “Utilizing An...
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Saturday, August 30, 2014

#FGS2014 Focus On Societies: Strong Business Strategy

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Wednesday was society day at the 2014 annual conference of the Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS) this week. Breaking a bit from th...
Friday, August 29, 2014

#FGS2014 Conference: Riders on the Orphan Train

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Over a quarter million orphans and unwanted children from the streets of New York were loaded up on trains and sent out all over the country...

#FGS2014 Conference: Finding Female Ancestors

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At the 2014 annual conference of the Federation of Genealogical Societies, Anne Gillespie Mitchell presented the session “How to Use Ancestr...
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Thursday, August 28, 2014

#FGS2014 Conference For Free

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If you’re within striking distance of San Antonio, Texas, now’s the time to think about taking advantage of the free offerings at the 2014 a...

#FGS2014 #Genealogy Conference Free Presentations on Main Stage

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The Texas State Genealogical Society , a co-host of this year’s Federation of Genealogical Societies conference, is hosting several free pr...

#FGS2014 #Ancestry.com Free Presentations

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I’ve seen people pay a couple dozen bucks to attend an “Ancestry Day” of sessions about Ancestry.com . If you’re in the San Antonio, Texas a...

#FGS2014 Free Outside the Box #Genealogy Presentations

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If you’re near San Antonio this week, heads up. Four respected experts have teamed up to do some free presentations at the 2014 annual confe...

#FGS2014 #FamilySearch Free Presentations

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There are presentations at the 2014 annual conference of the Federation of Genealogical Societies that you don’t have to pay to see. If you...
Wednesday, August 27, 2014

#FGS2014 Conference FamilySearch Media Dinner

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David Rencher addressed bloggers at the FamilySearch Media Dinner at FGS 2014. (Thank you, Marian, for taking the picture for me. I neglect...
Tuesday, August 26, 2014

Retirement of MyCanvas is Cancelled

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Ancestry.com’s MyCanvas website was scheduled to go away on 30 September 2014. Events have changed and that will no longer happen. The comp...
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Monday, August 25, 2014

Plan Your Schedule for the #FGS2014 Conference

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It’s official! I’m now an ambassador for this week’s 2014 annual conference of the Federation of Genealogical Societies . You can find me on...
Thursday, August 21, 2014

Don Anderson and FamilySearch Partners #BYUFHGC

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Don Anderson is a senior vice president at FamilySearch for patron and partner services. He gave two presentations at the recent BYU Confer...
Wednesday, August 20, 2014

Ron Tanner Announces Private Spaces at #BYUFHGC

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Ron Tanner, FamilySearch product manager, presented the session “Family Tree Primer for Consultants” at the BYU Family History and Genealog...
Tuesday, August 19, 2014

FGS Conference for $49 Saturday - #FGS2014

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The Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS) has announced special pricing for those who wish to attend their annual conference on Saturd...
Monday, August 18, 2014

FGS Conference Online Registration Deadline #FGS2014

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I applied to be an ambassador for the Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS) Conference but I’ve given up being accepted. Bummer. That ...
Friday, August 15, 2014

Ancestry.com New Terms and Conditions

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On the first of August, Ancestry.com released new terms and conditions. Keep in mind that I am not a lawyer nor do I play one on TV. My opi...
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Thursday, August 14, 2014

Ancestry.com United States Obituary Collection of Limited Value

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I recently tried using the Ancestry.com   United States Obituary Collection after not using it for, say, five years. Something has happened...
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