Posted by James Tanner on August 27, 2009 at 11:17pm
During the past few months I have been focusing on the announcements of New FamilySearch introductions throughout Utah and Idaho. Those of us in Arizona have been waiting for the Wasatch Front Temple Districts to have the program introduced. Well, it now seems that they already have limited access to the program. I have started seeing Ordinance Cards printed from New FamilySearch with addresses in the Salt Lake Valley. Apparently, enough of the consultants and their friends have access to the pr
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Posted by Anita Wills on August 27, 2009 at 1:51pm
The Christiana Resistance thought of in some corners as a precursor to the Civil War. It is one of the many events in American History that is not widely known."A major episode in African-American history, along with John Brown’s raid, was the Fugitive Slave Rebellion in Christiana. This event was a harbinger of the Civil War. Frederick Douglas referred to the Christiana Riot as “… the battle for liberty.”On September 11, 1851, Slave owner Edward Gorsuch, his son Dickinson, a Federal Marshall, d
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"Remembering...Life Story Triggers and Memory Essays," a new book by Hella Buchheim, can help anyone starting a life memoir or life story. Originally designed as a monthly newsletter to stimulate thoughts and writing opportunities, the essays have now been compiled into a book. Each story and list of triggers helps elicit memories of events not thought of in years. The book is a perfect way for baby boomers to work together with their parents on their stories or baby boomers discovering their mo
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The first time I began to consider truly the weighty significance of the notion of ancestry and the personal history of all who've come before us occurred when I analyzed the William Cullen Bryant poem "Thanatopsis" to prepare to teach it. Now not a day goes by that I don't wonder when I walk the streets of Austin whose feet trod exactly the same path centuries ago. I love Bryant's image of all of those who have lived forming a hand-in-hand chain than transcends time and place. When I leave this
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Legacy Multimedia won ISES Crystal Icon Award for Best Videography at Sunday night's award ceremony in Houston, Texas.Two years in a row for that honor!
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Go to www.hollingsworthrobbinsfamilytree.blogspot.com to see photographs and stories of the Hollingsworth, Robbins, Gray, Littlejohn, and more surname stories from our families' histories.
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Posted by James Tanner on August 26, 2009 at 8:56am
FamilySearch, formerly The Genealogical Society of Utah, is "is dedicated to promoting the preservation of genealogical information throughout the world. To quote the FamilySearch Website:Read more...Read more…
I have just discovered this site. I spent a lot of time years ago researching my family history. I am in pocession of personal affects of Robson arriving to me thru the generations. I have his bible, the buttons off his navel uniform as well a dagger...
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Will wonders never cease? Today I stepped officially into the 21st century social / technological world. I joined Facebook. That I do so had been recommended by Sarah - a GenWise member. But it was an unexpected phone call from a 70+ year-old cousin who is a great grandfather that pushed me over the edge. "Why aren't you on Facebook," he asked at some point in our conversation. I could put up no convincing reason - so I joined. Will I become socially powerful? Will I attract a multitude of frien
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I still love birthdays. When I was little my mom hung streamers, balloons, and a big Happy Birthday sign on the wall. Today, my wife continues the tradition, minus the streamers and balloons. I still get the big sign. And I still look forward to it. Maybe I'm just trying to hold on to my youth. (I did find my first grey hair this year though....)Today marks the birthday/anniversary of a different kind. It's now been four years since our first Legacy News blog article was published. This is blog
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Posted by James Tanner on August 25, 2009 at 9:15am
In rummaging through an online family tree service, George was surprised and angered to find his whole genealogy file posted by someone he didn't even know. He immediately sent several E-mails accusing the person of stealing his genealogy. Why did George believe that he owned the family tree information?Read more...Read more…
Aug 20th, 2009 by Charles Rice Bourland, Jr.I have often said it borders on a criminal act to fail to write your autobiography. An exaggeration perhaps, but as you research your ancestors how many times have you wished your father? your grandfather? your great grandmother had written theirs? Why extend this family failure?Here are some reasons to write such a document. • Simply because you wish to write; • Your children probably know little of your first, what, 30 years; • Your grandchildren pro
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Today, tomorrow and Wednesday are the last three days to register online and purchase meals or ballpark tickets for the FGS/AGS Conference! Four full days of education about genealogical societies, both online and offline resources and some nice surprises.After August 26th, registration is only at the door at the Statehouse Convention Center beginning at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, September 1st. There might still be a few meal tickets at the door. Can't believe this conference is almost here. The ent
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Posted by James Tanner on August 24, 2009 at 8:51am
Your Great-aunt sends you a GEDCOM file of your ancestry on her side of the family. The file includes hundreds of individuals with notes and sources. You immediately decided to publish the information for your family and eventually, you publish a book containing the information from your Great-aunt as well as some of your own work. Did your Great-aunt own any of the information she sent to you? Do you own a copyright in the book you have just published? What parts, if not all, of your work is pr
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For some reason this morning my thoughts run toward my maternal grandfather Joseph. I've always wondered what I would have grown up calling him. He was killed when he was just 33 years old and my mother 10. It wasn't until I was about 10 myself that I began asking questions about him. My grandmother, who lived with us, had an old pastel-tinted portrait that hung in the living room for as long as I can remember. I'd stare for hours at that portrait - as if the young man featured there could read
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William Murray Gunn is making his claim to be recognised as Chief of Clan Gunn, one of Scotland's northernmost clans, with a bloodthirsty reputation that dates back centuries..Descended from the Vikings, and with lands that once encompassed Orkney, Caithness and Sutherland, Clan Gunn has survived into the 21st century despite having no chief for more than 200 years.But now a 41-year-old former lorry driver has stepped forward to claim his right to be the new chieftain after years of dispute over
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