Tuesday, May 31, 2016

Ancestry’s Newspapers.com at #NGS2016GEN

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At the 2016 National Genealogical Society Conference I attended Ancestry.com’s presentation “The Ancestry Family: Newspapers, Fold2, Ancest...
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Monday, May 30, 2016

Memorial Day Serendipity

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In honor of Memorial Day, here are two graveyard experiences. That’s My Shadow! We all regularly benefit from the work of those that have ...
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Friday, May 27, 2016

Serendipity in Graveyards and Digital Scans

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It is as though our ancestors want to be found. Uncanny coincidences. Olympian luck. Phenomenal fate. Tremendous intuition. Remarkable mirac...
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Thursday, May 26, 2016

News Ketchup for 26 May 2016

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Behind again. Time to catch up. Drew Smith, the most recent recipient of the National Genealogical Society’s Filby Award , recently shared ...
Wednesday, May 25, 2016

Ancestry.com Preparing Large German Record Collection

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And I’m guessing it is German city directories. A number of years ago Ancestry.com developed technology allowing its computers to “read” (t...
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Tuesday, May 24, 2016

Ancestry ProGenealogists Expands to Larger Facility

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Ancestry.com recently expanded the Salt Lake City facilities of their professional research subsidiary, ProGenealogists. They held a ribbon ...
Monday, May 23, 2016

Monday Mailbox: Genealogy Search Engines

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Dear Ancestry Insider, Hi,  You some time ago (yeah, real helpful) published an article about a search engine where you only had to enter ...
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Thursday, May 19, 2016

Ancestry.com Provides Some Free Educational Opportunities

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At RootsTech, Ancestry.com interviewed some genealogical experts. They are posting short, educational clips on YouTube taken from the interv...
Wednesday, May 18, 2016

Ancestry Day by the Bay

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Ancestry.com and the Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation are hosting a full day of classes on Saturday, 18 June 2016 at the South Sa...
Monday, May 16, 2016

Monday Mailbox: Irish Catholic Parish Registers

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Dear Ancestry Insider, Do you know if findmypast and Ancestry.com indexed the Irish Catholic Parish registers from NLI separately, or if t...
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Friday, May 13, 2016

Serendipity and Susan

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It is as though our ancestors want to be found. Uncanny coincidences. Olympian luck. Phenomenal fate. Tremendous intuition. Remarkable mirac...
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Thursday, May 12, 2016

Findmypast Makes Good on Mocavo Promise

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Good news for Mocavo users and—basically—all genealogists. After my story “ Mocavo’s Free Forever Promise No Longer ” Findmypast content mar...
Wednesday, May 11, 2016

Insider Named Official Blogger for BYU Conference

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I’m honored to announce that Brigham Young University has asked me to serve as an official blogger at the BYU Conference on Family History a...
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Tuesday, May 10, 2016

Ancestry Updates Handling of Media

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Ancestry.com has updated their media upload experience. You can drag and drop files to upload or select them explicitly. While the upload ta...
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Saturday, May 7, 2016

#NGS2016GEN Crista Cowan, Ancestry.com

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I grabbed the opportunity to attend one of Crista Cowan’s presentations in the Ancestry.com booth at the 2016 National Genealogical Society ...
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Friday, May 6, 2016

#NGS2016GEN Opening Session Info about the National Genealogical Society

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Jordan Jones, president, opened the 2016 National Genealogical Society Family History Conference on Wednesday. Prior to Connie Lester’s ope...
Thursday, May 5, 2016

#NGS2016GEN Michael Hall Presents FamilySearch Luncheon

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At the 2016 National Genealogical Society Family History Conference , Michael J. Hall spoke to the title, “Discovering the Memories of Your ...
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Wednesday, May 4, 2016

#NGS2016GEN Connie Lester Opening Keynote

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Image credit: University of Central Florida Dr. Connie Lester presented the keynote address at the 2016 National Genealogical Society Fami...
Monday, May 2, 2016

Monday Mailbox: Do I Specify Periods In Searches

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Dear Insider, How do FamilySearch and Ancestry "handle" periods following an initial in records searches? Would I be better off n...
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Friday, April 29, 2016

Darned Sketchy Death Certificate

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We depend upon records to reveal the “truth” about the past. Yet sometimes records have anomalies. Some are amusing or humorous. Some are in...
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