Monday, September 29, 2014

Monday Mailbox: Browsing Images on Ancestry.com

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Dear Ancestry Insider, I have been enjoying Ancestry.com , but I do have one question.  If you suspect the record you need is in a particula...
Wednesday, September 24, 2014

Ancestry.com News Ketchup

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I have no time. I’m behind. Time to ketchup… Find A Grave Celebrates 100 Million Photos Jim  Tipton founded Ancestry.com ’s Find A Grave ...

FamilySearch Invites You to #MeetMyGrandma

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FamilySearch began a campaign last weekend encouraging people to share memories of grandmas (and by extension, other family members). Their ...
Monday, September 22, 2014

Monday Mailbox: Numbers Instead of Place Names

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Hello Ancestry Insider: I subscribe to your blog postings and enjoy what you write and the way you write it. I’m wondering if you coul...
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Thursday, September 18, 2014

Ancestry.com Updates Mobile App – Receives Technology Patent

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The BYU and FGS 2014 conferences and their aftermath have kept me busy. Things are settling a bit and I’m starting to empty my in box. At th...
Tuesday, September 16, 2014

FamilySearch’s Electronic Books - #BYUFHGC

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Dennis Meldrum and Tim De Graw gave a session titled “What is Happening with FamilySearch Books” at the BYU Conference on Family History and...
Monday, September 15, 2014

Conference Early Bird Discounts Extended – Deadline Today

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The end of special registration discounts to RootsTech and the Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS) conferences snuck up on many of us...
Friday, September 12, 2014

Ancestry Insider Photographed at FGS Conference

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A reader caught this photo of me at the recent Federation of Genealogical Societies conference: New readers may not be aware that I am the...
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Thursday, September 11, 2014

Genealogy at a Glance: Polish Genealogy Research

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After my recent review of another At a Glance title, I pawed through my stack of things to do and looked at the other titles Genealogical P...
Wednesday, September 10, 2014

Genealogy At a Glance: Scots-Irish Genealogy

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I don’t know why the Genealogical Publishing Company keeps sending me stuff for review. I don’t have time for a lot of reading and have a b...
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Tuesday, September 9, 2014

Family Tree Magazine’s 101 Best Genealogy Websites for 2014

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A friend tells me that the Ancestry Insider is honored this year on the Family Tree Magazine list of the 101 Best Genealogy Websites for 2...
Monday, September 8, 2014

#FGS2014 Conference: FamilySearch Record Hints

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The week before the 2014 annual conference of the Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS), Robert Kehrer explained a bit about the hinti...
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Friday, September 5, 2014

#FGS2014 Conference: FamilySearch Search Features

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Did you know that FamilySearch.org has an extensive database of name forms? For example, searching for Nellie matches Ellen. And searching...
Thursday, September 4, 2014

#FGS2014 Conference: Person Search vs. Record Search

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At the 2014 annual conference of the Federation of Genealogical Societies , Robert Kehrer gave a luncheon presentation titled “Effective Sea...