Tuesday, March 31, 2015

NARA Suspends Ancestry.com Scanning Operation

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On 16 March 2015, Twitter user “RM Cooper” posted , “Ancestry’s doing a digitization project with our WW2 records. Person caught ‘improperly...
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Monday, March 30, 2015

Last Day for #NGS2015GEN Discount

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Don’t forget. Today is the last day to get a discount for this year’s annual conference of the National Genealogical Society . The conferenc...

Monday Mailbox: Home Access to HeritageQuest

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Dear Ancestry Insider, We can no longer get Heritage Quest at home on our computer.  We must go to the Library to check Heritage Quest.  T...
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Friday, March 27, 2015

Darned Wonderful Color Images

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A scanner company recently published an interview with FamilySearch’s Michael Benson, an imaging services operations Manager in their Reco...
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Wednesday, March 25, 2015

NGS 2015 Conference Official Blogger (#NGS2015GEN)

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I’m pleased to announce that I get to help promote the 2015 annual conference of the National Genealogical Society as an official blogger! ...
Monday, March 23, 2015

Monday Mailbox: Does Your Tree Software Care?

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Dear Ancestry Insider, When you commented parenthetically, "Let’s see how your tree program likes a marriage date after a death date!...
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Friday, March 20, 2015

Darned Posthumous Marriage

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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, March 19, 2015

Enhancements to FamilySearch’s Personal Trees

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Robert Kehrer, senior product manager for search, recently announced enhancements to FamilySearch Genealogies, its personal tree feature pr...
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Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Librarians Express Concern Over HeritageQuest Changes

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On 4 March 2015, Ancestry.com took over operation of the HeritageQuest website on behalf of its owner, ProQuest . (See yesterday’s article,...
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Tuesday, March 17, 2015

Ancestry.com Did Not Buy HeritageQuest

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HeritageQuest is a genealogical website available through many local libraries which usually let you access it from home. In the state of Ut...
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Monday, March 16, 2015

Monday Mailbox: History, Ancestry.com, and HeritageQuest

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Dear Ancestry Insider, What a disappointment. Ancestry.com again is taking over a well built website, HeritageQuest.  HeritageQuest was t...
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Saturday, March 14, 2015

AncestryDNA $89 Sale Through 17 March 2015

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Several times a year AncestryDNA runs an $89 sale. That is happening right now, through 17 March 2015. In the past, at least once a year, ...
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Wednesday, March 11, 2015

It’s Almost Friday the 13th and I am Behind!

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I have no time. I’m way behind on articles. That’s unlucky. Time to ketchup… Ancestry.com Has New Head of Product Management I briefly menti...
Monday, March 9, 2015

Ancestry Insider on FamilySearch Blog

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An Internet marketing firm recently interviewed me for an article to be posted on the FamilySearch blog . I would be quoted along with a li...
Thursday, March 5, 2015

FamilySearch Family Tree 2014 and beyond (#RootsTech #RTATEAM)

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At RootsTech last month Ron Tanner spoke about FamilySearch Family Tree and its future. Tanner is a product manager for FamilySearch. Tanner...
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Wednesday, March 4, 2015

Partnership Town Hall with FamilySearch Executives: Partnerships (#RootsTech #RTATEAM)

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At RootsTech three executives from FamilySearch answered questions about partnerships. Bruce Brand was the moderator. Don Anderson is over...
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Tuesday, March 3, 2015

Studio C’s Handy Book for Genealogists (#RootsTech/#FGS2015)

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When Studio C helped David Archuleta close off the RootsTech and FGS conferences this year, I’ll bet nobody in the audience knew they were ...

David Archuleta at #RootsTech/#FGS2015 Closing Social (#RTATEAM)

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David Archuleta performed at the RootsTech/FGS2015 closing social and a host of amateur videographers caught virtually ever moment. His segm...
Monday, March 2, 2015

Donny Osmond Keynote at #RootsTech/#FGS

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Scott Fisher of the ExtremeGemes radio show and Amy Urman of The Genealogy Search blog, with me, hangin' with our good friend, Donny ...
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Friday, February 27, 2015

More Than Serendipity in Tan Le’s #RootsTech/#FGS2015 Keynote (#RTATEAM)

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Tan Le’s voice wavered a bit and she shed a tear or two as she spoke of her grandmother and some special moments they shared. Le shared them...