Monday, December 29, 2014

Monday Mailbox: A Lesson About Family

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Dear Readers, In a submission to my RootsTech 2015 contest, Julie Wood shared a poignant discovery that taught her an important lesson abo...
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Tuesday, December 23, 2014

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays

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I had to laugh. I hadn’t even noticed. A couple of days ago I was walking through the lobby of the Joseph Smith Memorial Building where th...
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Monday, December 22, 2014

Monday Mailbox: Insights That Help Tell Important Family History Stories

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Dear Readers, In a submission to my RootsTech 2014 contest, Nik McOmber shared how using both Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org provided in...
Friday, December 19, 2014

Beware the Accuracy of the Darned Census

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How accurate is the census? Well, records say the darnedest things! We depend upon records to reveal the “truth” about our pasts. Yet somet...
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Thursday, December 18, 2014

Ancestry.com Shares Global Family History Survey Results

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Ancestry.com has shared a study they commissioned on family history. The preface to the report states: The aim of this report is to show h...
Wednesday, December 17, 2014

Findmypast Making Progress Digitizing PERSI Articles

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I came across a list of periodicals that Findmypast has added to its PERSI collection. According to the FamilySearch Wiki, The Periodic...
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Tuesday, December 16, 2014

Insider Ketchup

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I’m trying to take the rest of the month off for Christmas, but news keeps happening. I have no time. Time to quickly ketchup… Laura Bush an...
Monday, December 15, 2014

Monday Mailbox: What is Going On Here?

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Dear Ancestry Insider, Recently, when I performed a Google search for family names, links appeared which lead to the person in Ancestry.co...
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Friday, December 12, 2014

Darned Records: Always Check Adjacent Images

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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, December 11, 2014

Ancestry.com Releases Historical Insights

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Ancestry.com released a cool new feature last week for its Apple app: Historical Insights. In their blog, they wrote: So how does it work?...
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Wednesday, December 10, 2014

New FamilySearch Indexing Program Delayed

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Last week FamilySearch spokesperson, Jennifer T. Smith, announced that the release of their new indexing program has been delayed. As an ol...
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Tuesday, December 9, 2014

RootsTech Announces Techie Contest with $25,000 in Cash Prizes

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RootsTech has announced that it is offering $25,000 in cash prizes to encourage development of cool new family history apps and technology. ...
Monday, December 8, 2014

RootsTech Contest Winner: Finding the Hidden Record

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Dear Readers, We have a winner! I’ve selected Dusty Gorman as the winner of a free pass for full 3-day admission to RootsTech 2015 (a $239 ...
Friday, December 5, 2014

“Keep Me. Protect Me. Share Me.”

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This was a fun find. I recently came across the inspiration for FamilySearch’s Photos campaign. FamilySearch adapted a Kodak commercial, pre...
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