It's with a heavy heart that I pass on the news that Jayne McCormick, longtime GenealogyWise Chat Room Host has passed away. Her son has posted on Facebook that she passed away on Monday morning in her sleep.
Jayne was a wonderful friend to genealogists, teaching many through her educational chats with Dae Powell and her Civil War website, Bits of Blue and Gray.
Her obituary can be read at http://rtfoard.tributes.com/show/Jayne-Marie-McCormick-97216342 .
Jayne will be greatly missed.
Announcing our new course at The National Institute for Genealogical Studies
Business Skills: Career Development: Choosing a Niche-Part 1
Creating a genealogical business requires many steps. First, there is self-analysis to determine who you are, what you want, how to achieve balance in work and personal life, and what kind of business you wish to start. Next comes the business planning, market analysis, marketing planning and overall business structure to establish. Finally, considerations of th
The National Institute for Genealogical Studies has a new course entitled Research: US Western States Ancestors. Written by California genealogist Cath Madden Trindle, this course is for anyone who wants to know more about the history and resources for researching Western US ancestors.
Each module in this course provides an historical overview and historical timeline as well as a survey of records available in both repositories and online for one western state. States covered are Alaska, Califor
For Immediate Release
February 27, 2013
The National Institute for Genealogical Studies is proud to announce its newest course, Creating Genealogy Programs for Adults & the Younger Generation. This course was written by genealogist Jennifer Holik, author of numerous books about developing genealogy programs for children, societies, and libraries. The first course start date is Monday, March 4, 2013 and will be offered every three months.
Engaging adults in genealogy has typically been a concern
The National Institute for Genealogical Studies is proud to announce its newest course, Creating Genealogy Programs for Adults & the Younger Generation. This course was written by genealogist Jennifer Holik who has authored a number of books about developing genealogy programs for children and societies/libraries (see list below). The first course start date is Monday, March 4, 2013 and will be offered every three months.
The following is a description of the course:
Engaging adults in geneal
To make the GenealogyWise Chat Room a place every member feels welcome and free to participate, we have set up some guidelines to make the process easier.
The Chat Room is a great way to network with other genealogists, ask questions and attend educational presentations. If you have any questions about the Chats, please contact Gena Philibert-Ortega at genwise@genealogicalstudies.com
One of the subjects that has comes up now and then is how much to reveal when using a website like GenealogyWise. I would like to address some of the issues that you may want to consider as you use any social networking site whether it is GenealogyWise, Facebook, Twitter or others.
I think one of the important things to remember is that by participating in a social network site, people are able to find you. This allows you to network with other genealogists, find cousins and learn more abou
National Institute for Genealogical Studies Announces Acquisition of GenealogyWise
(Toronto, February 7, 2011)
Louise St. Denis, Managing Director of the National Institute for Genealogical Studies, has announced that the Institute has acquired the website, GenealogyWise <www.genealogywise.com>. The Genealogy Community Director of GenealogyWise, Gena Philibert Ortega, has also officially joined the Institute. She can be reached at genwise@genealogicalstudies.com.
Gena Philibert Ortega of GenealogyW
The following is from an article I wrote that appeared in the 18 December 2009 GenWise Newsletter.--Gena Philibert Ortega, Community Manager, GenealogyWise
One of the subjects that has come up in the last week has to do with social networking sites and privacy. I would like to address some of the issues that you may want to consider as you use any social networking site whether that is GenealogyWise, Facebook, Twitter or many others.
I think one of the important things to remember is that by p
Occasionally, we do get members on GenealogyWise who are here to do one thing, spam other members. Ning, the platform we use, has no way to detect a spammer prior to them bothering our members. The only way we have to find spammers and terminate their membership, for the most part, is for us to find them after they have spammed our members.
No social network website is immune from those who would bother other people. We at GenealogyWise believe our members experience is important and we do al
On Sunday October 18th at 8:00pm (MDT) 10pm (EST) we will have a memorial chat in remembrance of Dawn. As you may know, Dawn passed away unexpectedly last Sunday from a heart attack.
We invite you to come and share your thoughts, feelings or experiences you had with Dawn. We will be compiling these comments and providing them to Dawn's family.
Please come join us in the Chat Room as we remember Dawn and come together as a genealogical community.
This morning, Sunday October 11, one of our members, Dawn Evans Stringer, passed away from a heart attack. You can read her husband's statement at http://www.genealogywise.com/profiles/blogs/this-will-be-the-last-post-for.
Dawn was a wonderful, kind person that many of us will miss. If you knew Dawn, please feel free to write your thoughts on her member page for her husband and family to read. Her member page is at http://www.genealogywise.com/profile/DawnEvansStringer.
Gena Philibert Ortega
Kelli Davis Underhill Honored as Our 4th GenealogyWise Angel
GenealogyWise has given our 4th GenealogyWise Angel Award to "Kelli Davis Underhill". If you have not met Kelli yet you probably have not been on any of the Texas groups, N.C. groups, or even some Indiana groups. Kelli is a Geneaholic from way back, and has been one of my Look-Up Angels from day one. She is a Group Admin of at least 17 groups.
Kelli loves anything to do with genealogy, and more than that I think she just loves helping p
GenealogyWise has given our 2nd GenealogyWise Angel Award to Gail Winstanley. If you have not met Gail yet, I am sure you will soon. Gail helped us in the very beginning set up the site, and she continues to help volunteer where needed. She has made graphics for GenealogyWise, she has also helped with some of the content that is going into the “Welcome Center” Faq-Help page that will be released to the members soon. Last, but not least you can find Gail in any volunteer group. She is a Look-Up
