Wednesday, February 11, 2015

FamilySearch Opens First Discovery Center at #RootsTech/#FGS2015 (#RTATEAM)

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Last night I was treated to an advanced showing of a FamilySearch Discover Center—a new type of family history center. “The Family Discovery...
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Watch #RootsTech Free, Online (#RTATeam)

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RootsTech is striving to be a family conference, said FamilySearch spokesperson, Paul Nauta. Strengthening the family is at its core. Speaki...

The White House on Tuesday, #RootsTech and #FGS2015 on Friday (#RTATEAM)

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Jenna Bush Hager, who reported from the White House earlier this week, will be in Salt Lake City on Friday. That morning she will present th...
Tuesday, February 10, 2015

Ancestry.com Revamping Website

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Last Wednesday I published an announcement from Ancestry.com saying that they are undertaking a groundbreaking initiative to improve their ...
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Saturday, February 7, 2015

Ancestry.com UK Collection Free Through February 8th

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This is a special weekend edition of the Ancestry Insider. This free offer from Ancestry.com expires Sunday night, 8 February 2015, and I th...
Friday, February 6, 2015

DNA Serendipity in Michigan

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This week’s story of serendipity is for members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. While all are welcome to read it, it o...
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Thursday, February 5, 2015

Ancestry.com Featured on the Discovery Channel

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Electric Productions recently produced a piece for Ancestry.com and broadcast it in their “Trending Today” show on the Discovery Channel. A...
Wednesday, February 4, 2015

Late Breaking News: Ancestry.com to Release Enhanced Website

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Ancestry.com issued the following statement this morning: Over the past year, we have been conducting extensive research and testing to gat...
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Insider Ketchup—RootsTech/FGS

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With no time over the weekend, and a bunch of RootsTech and FGS conference news, I’m way behind. Time to ketchup… Innovator’s Challenge to ...
Monday, February 2, 2015

Insider Ketchup–-Ancestry.com

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I was on the road last weekend. I had little time. There were several news items about Ancestry.com that I wanted to write about. Time to ke...
Friday, January 30, 2015

No Posterity? Buy Some!

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I regularly get chided for my failure to proofread. I guess I’m not the only one blind to my own typos. A friend forwarded this email to me....
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Wednesday, January 28, 2015

Personal Message from Tim Sullivan

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I logged into my Ancestry.com account recently and received a personal greeting from Tim Sullivan, sent just to me and 2.7 million of his cl...
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Monday, January 26, 2015

Attention Impulse Buyers: End of #FGS2015 and #RootsTech Discounts

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If you’re an impulse buyer who has been waffling over attending either the FGS or RootsTech conferences, I’ve got news. Today is the last ...
Friday, January 23, 2015

Darned Records: Mickey Mouse’s Vitals

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If you thought Mickey Mouse was born at the Disney Studios in California in 1928, the Disneyland Hospital in Chicago, Illinois may beg to di...
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Thursday, January 22, 2015

FamilySearch Releases More Record Hints

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On 23 December 2014 FamilySearch released new record hints. “Users of the Family Tree may wish to visit their ancestor pages again and see ...
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Wednesday, January 21, 2015

FamilySearch Clarifies? New.FamilySearch.org Shutdown

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Some of you are aware that FamilySearch Family Tree has a predecessor: new.FamilySearch.org (NFS). NFS is not used much, as it was never ava...
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Tuesday, January 20, 2015

FGS/RootsTech Conference Preparation

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Smart phone apps are available now to help you plan your time at the 2015 FGS and RootsTech family history conferences, 11-14 February, in S...
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Friday, January 16, 2015

Actual Cause of Death

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It is well understood that birth information on death certificates is secondary. But for death and burial information, they generally provid...
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Wednesday, January 14, 2015

Reconstructing the DNA Past

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As DNA becomes an ever more important tool, some of us are wishing we had a DNA sample from a long gone ancestor. But using DNA of enough of...
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Tuesday, January 13, 2015

Ancestry.com Releases Android Find A Grave App

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“We’re in the holiday spirit today so what better way to celebrate that spirit than to announce our official release of the 1.0 version of F...
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