New and Interesting this Week - 28 Sept 08
Sunday September 28, 2008
It seems like genealogists this week have been reading my mind. Here are several of the many interesting things I read this week that I thought you might enjoy as ... Read More
I Love Your Blog
Wednesday September 24, 2008
I'm extremely honored to have been chosen this past week for the "I Heart Your Blog" award by two talented genealogists: Janet Hovorka of The Chart Chick blog and Cat ... Read More
Backdoor Genealogy
Tuesday September 23, 2008
How often have you run into a brick wall in your family history research? Silly question, I bet. Which brings me to one of my absolutely favorite uses for online ... Read More
New and Interesting this Week - 21 Sept 08
Tuesday September 23, 2008
I'm amazed every day by the talent, knowledge and enthusiasm of my fellow genealogy bloggers, but it also takes a great deal of time each week to keep up with ... Read More
Capturing Memories
Saturday September 20, 2008
Locating and preserving old photographs of our ancestors is a big part of genealogy research - we use them to ask questions of our relatives, examine them for every little ... Read More
New and Interesting this Week - 14 Sept 08
Tuesday September 16, 2008
It seems like every day I'm learning something new from any number of my fellow genealogists, but often times these snippets don't really need their own blog post - they ... Read More
The Differences Between FamilySearch Indexing and TGN's World Archives Project
Thursday September 11, 2008
I asked for and received some followup this week from Paul Nauta of FamilySearch Indexing regarding what they perceive as the differences between their offering, and the new Ancestry.com World ... Read More
Footnote Pages - Facebook for the Deceased
Wednesday September 10, 2008
Following up on my earlier blog about social networking and collaboration among online genealogists, Footnote.com introduced a new service this afternoon at the TechCrunch50 conference in San Francisco. In his ... Read More
World Archives Project vs. FamilySearch Indexing
Tuesday September 9, 2008
Following the announcement by Ancestry.com of the launch of the World Archives Project and their partnership with the Federation of Genealogical Societies, everyone was asking why the second volunteer indexing ... Read More
Collaboration & Networking for Genealogists
Tuesday September 9, 2008
As many genealogists are on Facebook these days, I must have met at least as many at the FGS Conference last week who either had never heard of Facebook, or ... Read More
23andMe Lowers Prices Dramatically
Tuesday September 9, 2008
23andMe, Inc., a leading genetic testing company, announced today a substantial reduction in price for its Personal Genome Service - lowering the cost to users from $999 to $399! The ... Read More
Indexing Collaboration between Ancestry.com and the Federation of Genealogical Societies
Thursday September 4, 2008
Ancestry.com formally launched the World Archives Project at the kickoff of the Federation of Genealogical Societies annual conference this morning. If you haven't yet heard of it, the World Archives ... Read More
The FGS Genealogy Conference
Tuesday September 2, 2008
I don't get to genealogy conferences nearly as often as I would like, but thanks to my husband who juggled his schedule so he could work from home this week ... Read More