Tuesday, June 30, 2015

Ancestry.com Changes Privacy Agreement

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© Atee83 | Dreamstime Stock Photos Ancestry.com announced changes to its privacy agreement last Friday, 27 June 2015. The changes expand ...
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Monday, June 29, 2015

RootsTech Attendee Demographics

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RootsTech (hosted by FamilySearch) recently released some interesting demographics about 2015 RootsTech conference and Innovator Summit atte...
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Tuesday, June 23, 2015

FamilySearch Announces Project to Index Freedmen Records

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Friday, on the 150th Juneteenth day, FamilySearch announced the Freedmen’s Bureau Indexing Project. The project is a collaborative effort wi...
Thursday, June 18, 2015

The Global Family Reunion

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Nearly 4,000 people showed up at the Global Family Reunion in New York City on 6 June 2015. Thousands attended the associated block party at...
Tuesday, June 16, 2015

BYU Conference on Family History and Genealogy

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I’m honored to be an official conference blogger for this year’s conference on Family History and Genealogy at Brigham Young University. The...
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Thursday, June 11, 2015

Ancestry.com News Ketchup for 10 June 2015

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I have no time. I’m way behind on Ancestry.com articles. Time to ketchup… Ancestry has posted vital records from the state of Virginia. S...
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Wednesday, June 10, 2015

FamilySearch News Ketchup for 11 June 2015

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I have no time. I’m behind on FamilySearch articles. Time to ketchup… While my NGS conference coverage covered a lot of new and coming fea...
Tuesday, June 9, 2015

The New Ancestry.com Website

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Ancestry has released its “new website.” The changes Ancestry is singling out are all on the person page of a member tree, although the rest...
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Friday, June 5, 2015

Darned Records: Volumes or Loose Papers

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Not many of us get to see inside the record vault of a state’s vital records. A recent segment on CBS’s 60 Minutes gave a very brief glimps...
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Thursday, June 4, 2015

The Magic Kingdom: NGS 2016

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With the dust barely settled on the 2015 annual conference of the National Genealogical Society, people are already starting to look towar...
Wednesday, June 3, 2015

FHL Sessions Available Online For Free

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Image credit: lds.org The FamilySearch Family History Library in Salt Lake City is offering ten free, online lectures during June. Th...
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Tuesday, June 2, 2015

SCGJ Sessions Available Online For Free

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The Southern California Genealogy Society has announced that they will stream several sessions of the Southern California Genealogy Jamb...
Monday, June 1, 2015

Family Reunion Season Is Early This Year: The Global Family Reunion

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When does your extended family usually get together? The Henry Hendricks Family , who get together every five years, is meeting 31 July ...
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Friday, May 29, 2015

Ancestry Insider Caught at #NGS2015GEN

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Someone snapped a picture of the Ancestry Insider at the 2015 annual conference of the National Genealogical Society. I was investigating th...
Thursday, May 28, 2015

Searching for Sources at FamilySearch at #NGS2015GEN (Part 2)

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I barely got started telling you about Robert Kehrer’s luncheon presentation at the 2015 annual conference of the National Genealogical Soci...
Wednesday, May 27, 2015

Searching for Sources at FamilySearch at #NGS2015GEN (Part 1)

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FamilySearch’s Robert Kehrer, search product manager, presented a luncheon session at the 2015 annual conference of the National Genealogica...
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Tuesday, May 26, 2015

Owners of Ancestry.com Hoping to Sell

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Image credit: Keerati / FreeDigitalPhotos.net It seems Ancestry.com will soon be on the auction block, according to “people familiar with...
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Monday, May 25, 2015

In Memoriam: Software Friends at Ancestry.com and FamilySearch

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My thoughts and prayers today are with our military families who have lost cherished family members. I am also cognizant of others mourning ...
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