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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Posted by Liz Pidgeon on August 24, 2009 at 1:14am
I recently filled out the Who are the Genealogists of Australia survey and had to check my database for my earliest ancestor.Convict Thomas Squires earns that nod in my family arriving in Tasmania in 1830.
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Posted by James Tanner on August 23, 2009 at 8:44pm
Who owns the U.S. Census records? If I have a copy of the U.S. Census can I charge you to look at it? Who owns the Social Security Death Index? Again, if I have a copy, can I charge you to look at it? Do the individual states own their vital records? Do churches own their membership records? All of these questions have different answers depending on specific circumstances. Some of the answers involve copyright law and some involve practical business interests.Read more...Read more…
Today - for the first time since I've been reading and posting messages on various sites - I was able to offer someone some clarifying information. Doing so was just a tiny repayment to all those who've helped me. Actually, I find myself being intimidated by the level of knowledge some researchers possess. "Do they have a household full of LDS" tapes or reference books?" I ask myself. Or have they simply become vast repositories of what they've intellectually digested over the years? Actually, I
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This post has spawned a wonderful stream of open dialogue on my Our Georgia Roots blog today {PLEASE read the insightful comments!}. Here's hoping the coversation can continue...Luckie.**************Recently I realized that over the years, my personal prejudice in regards to the Civil War has prevented me from learning about the war & the significant involvement of enslaved & free, African-American men.I confess, since middle school, every time I’d see or hear ANYTHING about the Civil War, I’d s
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