Friday, December 5, 2014

Remember: Contest for Free RootsTech Full Admission Today

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You’ll recall I’m sponsoring a contest to give away a free pass for full 3-day admission to RootsTech 2015 ($239 value). The entry must be r...
Wednesday, December 3, 2014

Upcoming FamilySearch Historical Records

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I’ve stumbled upon a way to see what new record collections FamilySearch might soon publish. In the FamilySearch wiki, search for [scheduled...
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Tuesday, December 2, 2014

FamilySearch Publishes Find A Grave Index

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As I write this, I’ve not yet seen an announcement, but I see that FamilySearch has published an index to Find A Grave . FamilySearch publi...
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Monday, December 1, 2014

Monday Mailbox: Requiring an Email Address

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Dear Ancestry Insider, This is something FamilySearch needs to CHANGE: REQUIRE an active email address for the privilege of having a FamilyS...
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Wednesday, November 26, 2014

Contest for Free RootsTech Full Admission

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You’ll recall that I get to give away a free pass for full 3-day admission to RootsTech 2015 ($239 value). I solicited ideas for how to do s...
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Tuesday, November 25, 2014

AncestryDNA and DNA Circles

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Ancestry.com announced last week an improvement and an addition to its DNA product: enhanced DNA matching and a beta of DNA Circles. Impro...
Monday, November 24, 2014

Monday Mailbox: FamilySearch Family Tree Manual

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Dear Readers, Last Monday I told you that I would inquire about the apparently retired FamilySearch Family Tree manual. Here’s my email ex...
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Friday, November 21, 2014

Dumbfinding Census Enumerator

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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 i...
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Thursday, November 20, 2014

Ancestry Insider Ketchup: 20 November 2014

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Lot’s of things to write about. No time to do it. Time to ketchup… The MyHeritage Library Edition is now available for free at family histo...
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Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Happy Birthday, FamilySearch

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Credit: tiverylucky, FreeDigitalPhotos.net Last week FamilySearch hit an impressive milestone. The 13th of November 2014 was the 120th anni...
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Tuesday, November 18, 2014

FamilySearch Announces Retirement of New.FamilySearch.org

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Credit: Stuart Miles, FreeDigitalPhotos.net Last week FamilySearch announced that starting 1 February 2015 FamilySearch would cut access to...

RootsTech, FGS, NGS Program Announcements

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I’m a big proponent of genealogical education through attendance at conferences. That’s why I’ve accepted the invitation to be an ambassador...
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Monday, November 17, 2014

Monday Mailbox: Family Tree Manual is No More

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Dear Ancestry Insider, Is there any chance that FamilySearch will return the Tree manual to Help if lots of us complain?  I don’t want to...
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Friday, November 14, 2014

Darned Census Enumerators: Harmonica Shea

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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 12, 2014

Ancestry.com Updating Search Form

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Last week Ancestry.com announced new changes are coming to its search form. The change to the basic search form is slight. Ancestry.com is...
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Monday, November 10, 2014

Monday Mailbox: Identification of People in Photographs

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Dear Ancestry Insider, My husband JOHN CRAGUN is a descendant of Elisha Cragun. It was interesting to know we are related to the Osmonds. ...
Thursday, November 6, 2014

Darned Alien Ancestors

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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, November 4, 2014

Donny Osmond to Speak at RootsTech/FGS 2015

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My best friend, Donny Osmond, will be a keynote speaker at the RootsTech and FGS 2015 conferences. Fine. I admit I wasn’t friends with Donny...
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Thursday, October 30, 2014

Two Days Later Would Have Been Too Late

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It is as though our ancestors want to be found. Uncanny coincidences. Olympian luck. Phenomenal fate. Tremendous intuition. Remarkable mirac...
Monday, October 27, 2014

NARA Online Genealogy Fair

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This week the National Archives and Record Administration (NARA) is holding a three day genealogy conference, of sorts, on the internet. If...