Wednesday, September 30, 2015

Comments about the New Ancestry

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Thank you to everyone for your comments. I have gotten stricter on comments about other commenters. I’m no longer accepting comments that ch...
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Tuesday, September 29, 2015

How to Navigate Around the Internet Archive Search Bug

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There is a bug in Internet Archive’s “Search Inside” a book feature. Don’t trust it. Let me tell you what to do instead. Let’s say you foun...
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Monday, September 28, 2015

Monday Mailbox: FamilySearch Family Tree Questions

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Dear Ancestry Insider, Can one delete their submission [to FamilySearch] and resubmit a Gedcom file to start all over? I went through the ...
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Friday, September 25, 2015

Darned Double Records on FamilySearch.org

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Records say the darnedest things. People have noticed that duplicates exist for some records on FamilySearch.org . There are good reasons. ...
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Thursday, September 24, 2015

Ancestry Insider Named One of Family Tree Magazine’s Top Blogs

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I learned last week that Family Tree Magazine has named me one of the top five genealogy blogs . Thank you, Family Tree Magazine . I am gra...
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Tuesday, September 22, 2015

RootsTech Open for Registration

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I am honored that RootsTech has asked me to be an Ambassador for another year. Thank you, RootsTech. RootsTech opened their doors for regis...
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Monday, September 21, 2015

Monday Mailbox: Getting Your Stuff Off Ancestry.com

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Dear Readers, My article “ Soon the New Ancestry Will be the Only Ancestry ” drew lots of response. Thank you for sharing your feelings abo...
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Friday, September 18, 2015

Darned Roaming Basket Makers

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A coworker alerted me to a funny Facebook post by Deidre Denton of Twisted Twigs on Gnarled Branches of Genealogy. You probably think you ...
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Thursday, September 17, 2015

News Ketchup for 17 September 2015

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I’ve got a zillion article ideas I don’t have time to act upon. Time to ketchup. FamilySearch recently announced a partnership with the Ari...
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Wednesday, September 16, 2015

Soon the New Ancestry Will be the Only Ancestry

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In response to my article about Ancestry.com’s new probate records , you, my readers, jumped on the chance to provide feedback about the New...
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Monday, September 14, 2015

Monday Mailbox: Research Guidance and Ancestry.com Ownership

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Dear Ancestry Insider, I thought Ancestry was sponsored by the LDS [ The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints] and was a church n...
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Friday, September 11, 2015

Darned Records: “Published Errors Are Immortal”

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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, September 8, 2015

Ancestry.com Announces Landmark Probate Collection

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Last week Ancestry.com announced a new, significant, collection of databases: U.S. Wills and Probates. The collection contains more than 170...
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Monday, September 7, 2015

Monday Mailbox: When Will FamilySearch Post Italian Films?

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Dear Ancestry Insider, Does anyone know when Family Search will digitize more of it's microfilms. I have hundreds of relatives from Sa...
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Thursday, September 3, 2015

Artifact Citations

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I came across a beautiful sampler on the Smithsonian’s website. I thought it would make a great example for an artifact citation. One possi...
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