After a lot of backlash from the genealogy community, Ancestry.com has removed their new Internet Biographical Database That's not to say that Ancestry.com doesn't still face a major dilemma, ... Read More

Update: On Wednesday, August 29, Ancestry.com removed the new Internet Biographical Collection from its site. According to Ancestry.com officials, the idea is being reevaluated and the database will not return ... Read More

Whether it is supported by advertising, affiliate links, grants, or has private funding, no genealogy site can be run for free. Every one of the sites or products included in ... Read More

This graphical family tree chart records the ancestors from whom you directly descend in a traditional family tree format, suitable for sharing or even framing. A muted tree in ... Read More

GenCircles users received an interesting message today from Cliff Shaw, President & CEO of Pearl Street Software (the company that created the popular Family Tree Legends software and the ... Read More

I spent this past weekend playing around with the newly released version of Family Tree Maker 2008. This new version has been built on a completely redesigned platform, and also ... Read More

An often unheralded, free resource that I love is the BYU Family History Archive, a collection of family histories and other genealogy books online. Now this great resource is set ... Read More

FamilySearch initiated a digital publishing proposal known as the Genesis Project last week, a key component of the Records Access Program that it announced earlier this year. The Request for ... Read More

Jasia at Creative Genealogy has a great blog post about digital, era-specific vintage scrapbooking kits she has found online. Some are more general, such as Art Nouveau by Clohie Watkins, ... Read More

Well, actually I do attend a few... And so I don't mislead you, I have really enjoyed the genealogy conferences I've attended. The problem for me isn't with the conference ... Read More

Our ancestors did it. The census takers did it. The transcribers did it. So we have to as well. It's a rare thing to find an ancestor whose name appears ... Read More

Understanding when and why your Italian ancestor left Italy, as well as their preferred foods, clothing styles and dialects, may help to shed light on their town of origin, a ... Read More