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Additional Stakes announced for New FamilySearch

Posted by James Tanner on September 29, 2009 at 7:14pm

According to the official Website, as of September 28, 2009, all of the Stakes in the Provo, Utah Temple District had access to New FamilySearch. Some of the Stakes in the Ogden, Utah Temple District also had access on that date, the remaining Stakes in the Ogden, Utah Temple District will gain access on October 5, 2009.Read more...

Looking online for real information about your family

Posted by James Tanner on September 29, 2009 at 3:02pm

Sometimes when I am doing genealogical research online, I can't see the forest for the trees. Let me give an example. I enter a surname into a Google search, something common, like "morgan." In the first go around, I get over 15 million results. Now, who can actually use 15 million surnames? In the nature of search engines, the most popular results come up at the top of the list, so I get things like the Morgan Motor Company and Morgan Stanley financial services. Following my own advice, I try t

Geneabloggers WebRing

Posted by The Genealogy Box on September 29, 2009 at 2:27pm

Geneabloggers WebRing is a webring for Family, Home and Genealogy blogs. Family history blogging and genealogy carnivals. Exclusively for Geneabloggers! You can read more about this webring here.

City Directories

Posted by Bob Mooney-Pa on September 29, 2009 at 9:21am

Often people over look these sources of info. They can be very useful in pin pointing dates of death,places of work or exact home address.With the absence of a 1890 census city directories can be a big help.Not all smaller towns have them but at times combined with other small towns in the area or even with the county were they are located.Most public librarys and historical groups have them. Pus they are available online at such sites as ancestry.com.http://www.distantcousin.com/directories/htt

What 15 Minutes Can Get You

Posted by Sandra L Ruffing on September 29, 2009 at 7:54am

With a full-time job and other obligations I find it hard to keep up with my genealogy research. So I've decided to spend at least 15 minutes a day doing some type of research or organization of my research. Tonight I opened up my Family Tree Maker software and focused on my third great grandfather Jacob Ruffing. Within ten minutes I struck upon a copy of his obituary courtesy of another user of Ancestry. I am totally stoked! The obit is posted below for your viewing pleasure.

Monday Madness is posted on Harvey Edward Foulk

Posted by Susi (Susan C Jones) Pentico on September 28, 2009 at 5:03pm

Harvey was my Great Grandfather and a very interesting man he was. He was so interesting he disappeared.Some time in the Mid 1930's Harvey decided to create a new life for himself and left his wife behind in Blackhawk Co. IA. The town of Washburn to be exact.He came from good stock but he endured much in his life. I can almost understand the reason for the disappearance but it sure has become a stickler to locate his death records.Family says IOWA under hay stack, Russia with load of Wheat. Aust

Family Tree Connection - Update (27/Sep/2009)

Posted by Illya Daddezio on September 27, 2009 at 3:30pm

Family Tree Connection has added the following genealogy items to its database:

Smith College 1929 Commencement Program - Smith College, Commencement, Monday, June Seventeeth, 1929, John M. Greene Hall, Northampton, Mass.

Johnstown Board of Trade 1902 Manual - Official Manual and Reference Book of the Board of Trade of the City of Johnstown, New York. Containing Portraits of Officers, Constitution and By-Laws, List of Members, History, Views, Etc. 1902.

Adams Academy 1903 Catalogue - Catalogue of A

New FamilySearch after almost two years, a commentary

Posted by James Tanner on September 27, 2009 at 7:00am

Almost two years ago, we were introduced to the New FamilySearch program. Since that time, I have spent a considerable time working with and teaching about, this interesting program. Although, it is still not available to those who do not belong to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS), and not even to all the members yet, the program has had a huge impact on the LDS community.Read more...

Genealogy Feeders, Readers and Changes

Posted by James Tanner on September 27, 2009 at 6:00am

One of the questions I often get is how do I keep up with all of the different Websites. There is a huge amount of information out there on the Internet and it can be daunting to try to follow even one limited topic like online genealogy. However, there are a number of Web tools that make following blogs and other Websites manageable.Read more...

Create Your Own Family Bible

Posted by Stefani Twyford on September 26, 2009 at 2:56pm

We often do large photo archiving projects for families that involve scanning and creating digital records of photos albums, boxes of loose photos, newspaper articles, certificates and other family mementos that a family wants preserved. Families want this service because it provides a backup should anything happen to the original as well as a architected filing storage system that makes it simple to find any photo within minutes. If you have a large family, there is no need to argue over who ge

GenealogyWise Chatroom a great genealogy resource

Posted by Dawn Evans Stringer on September 25, 2009 at 1:49pm

Many members are not aware of the chat room here on GenealogyWise, or if they are aware of the scheduled chats they don't realize that the chat room is open all day every day. There are a group of people who are in there and are willing to help you with a genealogy problem, do lookups or just general chat. If you do not know how the chatroom works you can leave a message for me on my homepage and I will walk you through it. We would love to have you join us. Drop in and introduce yourself.

Tracking additions and changes to the FamilySearch Wiki

Posted by James Tanner on September 25, 2009 at 8:33am

One measure of the effectiveness of a genealogy Website is the number of visitors. Although still not a major player in the online world of genealogy, the FamilySearch Wiki is steadily growing in its resources and usability. As of September 25, 2009, the homepage had been accessed 371,941 times. Since this is the number of times some pages are accessed in one day, the number itself is not impressive. What is impressive is to view the list of new pages added by logged-in users. There were nearly

Ontario Genealogical Contest

Posted by William Bruce Hillman on September 25, 2009 at 7:03am

John D. Reid in his blog “Anglo-Celtic Connections” (Sept.24, 2009) outlined a two new essay competitions by the Ontario Genealogical Society aimed at young people.The Dr. Don Brearley Genealogical Essay Prize is open to secondary school students in grades 11 and 12. For this, the first year, it is open to Toronto District School Board students only. In future years it will be available to students in other Ontario school boards. Submission deadline is February 26, 2010.The Mike Brede Genealogic

Kansas work

Posted by Rita Schmidt Martin on September 24, 2009 at 11:07am

Spent Weds. 9-16 at the Mennonite Library and Archives in No. Newton. Went over the Bergthal church books yet again, taking some photos. Also got a few obits from the MWR. Still plenty I need to do there.Stopped at Kaufman Museum as well. Talked to Rachel Pannebecker and she told me that the Schmidt trunk was not on display but she would get it out and let me know. Then when i got home, I had a letter from her with a photo (the one from the Mennonite Furniture book) and she told me that after i

Buried at a Mall?

Posted by Heather Wilkinson Rojo on September 23, 2009 at 6:07pm

Buried at a Mall?Robert Wilson, 3rd died in 1797 in what was then part of Danvers, Massachusetts, at a farm which no longer exists, and the family plot is now located in Peabody, behind the Kappy’s Liquor Store. The Wilson family wouldn’t recognize this land. Where the farm stood is now the cloverleaf intersection of routes 114 and 128, and the North Shore Mall.Robert Wilson served in the Revolutionary War as a private in Captain Samuel Epe’s Company, under Colonel Pickering’s regiment of Danver

New FamilySearch marches on

Posted by James Tanner on September 23, 2009 at 5:20pm

By September 28, 2009, the Provo Temple District, which includes all of the Student Wards and Stakes at Brigham Young University, will have full access to New FamilySearch. In addition, the Ogden Temple District is scheduled for its first Stake access on September 28th also. With these two Stakes going online, that leaves only the Mount Timpanogos Temple District in Utah Valley and the remaining Temple Districts in the Salt Lake Valley itself to get access.Read more...

Little Green Blog - TreeRing

Posted by Stefani Twyford on September 23, 2009 at 10:30am

Preserving memories "Green" - a look at Tree Ring, creators of yearbooks for the internet generation.Little green Blog - TreeRing Preserving memories of childhood and our future earth

Latest records added to Record Search

Posted by James Tanner on September 23, 2009 at 8:57am

More records have been added to the FamilySearch Record Search Website. These include the following: (All descriptions from the Website with the spelling corrected).Read more...

Parade of States --- online digital genealogy resources -- Alaska

Posted by James Tanner on September 23, 2009 at 8:52am

Like Wyoming, Alaska is large with a small population. It is the least densely populated state of the U.S. See Wikipedia. I have only known a few people over the years who actually were born and raised in Alaska. As shown below, some of the online resources are actually in other state repositories.Read more...

Where Nature and People Meet

Posted by Judy Rosella Edwards on September 22, 2009 at 7:00pm

When I first visited the Ballard Nature Center in 2002, I found a flyer that aptly read, “Where nature and people meet.” The BNC can rightfully make that claim. Some 3,000 visitors from 29 states and four countries visited the BNC during its first year, and the nature enthusiasts just keep coming and coming back.A $300,000 visitor’s center serves as a meeting place for clubs and a living classroom for educators and schoolchildren. Paths radiate from the center through 210 acres of prairie, woodl

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Additional Stakes announced for New FamilySearch

Looking online for real information about your family

Geneabloggers WebRing

City Directories

What 15 Minutes Can Get You

Monday Madness is posted on Harvey Edward Foulk

Family Tree Connection - Update (27/Sep/2009)

New FamilySearch after almost two years, a commentary

Genealogy Feeders, Readers and Changes

Create Your Own Family Bible

GenealogyWise Chatroom a great genealogy resource

Tracking additions and changes to the FamilySearch Wiki

Ontario Genealogical Contest

Kansas work

Buried at a Mall?

New FamilySearch marches on

Little Green Blog - TreeRing

Latest records added to Record Search

Parade of States --- online digital genealogy resources -- Alaska

Where Nature and People Meet

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