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As a long-term exhibitor at NGS Conferences (my first time was 1985 in Salt Lake City with Heritage Quest), I always wonder how the Tuesday set-up day is going to work out. We typically start moving product into the exhibit Continue reading Getting Product into the NGS Exhibit Hall
It’s now Wednesday morning, and the National Genealogical Society Conference in Las Vegas is underway. I just happen to be setting in the Media Center, located in the Exhibit hall. The Media Center is set up in the corner of Continue reading The Media Center for Official Bloggers at the NGS Conference
The following U.S.A. & Canadian vital-records oriented databases have been recently added or updated at FamilySearch.org. This blog updates all five of the Online Database groups (see below) through 6 May 2013 [updated from 11 April 2013]. We’ve also updated all Continue reading FamilySearch U.S. and Canadian Vital Records Database Updates as of 6 May 2013
Your Swedish Roots: A Step by Step Handbook may be the most comprehensive book on Swedish family history research available on the market today. The book focuses on Swedish-American research, from immigrant descendents back to their roots in the old Continue reading Your Swedish Roots
The new ruling is summarized in this article post on DesMoinesRegister.com: Iowa Supreme Court: Married lesbians have constitutional right for both to be on baby’s birth certificate Married same-sex couples have the same rights as married heterosexuals to have both Continue reading Iowa Supreme Court Ruling May Change the Way You Think About Vital Records
This article by Megan Smolenyak was posted at the Huffington Post: HBO’s Family Tree First of Four Genealogy Series to Air in U.S. Posted: 05/02/2013 10:29 am Though there’s been a bit of a vacuum in genealogical programming in the Continue reading HBO Offers Up Family Tree, 1 of 4 New Genealogy Shows Coming Soon
Information about the new show to air was found on the blog at SFGate.com. The new PBS show will begin filming and airing in San Fransico. Here is and excerpt from the articles: PBS and KQED, the Bay Area’s public Continue reading Move Over ‘Antiques,’ Here Comes the Genealogy Roadshow
The following release was post on the MyHeritage Blog: We’re proud to announce that the entire collection of U.S. Federal Censuses is now available on MyHeritage. These censuses span every decade from 1790-1930 and complement the existing 1940 U.S. Census, which Continue reading MyHeritage: All US Census Records Now Available!
The following was received from APG: The Association of Professional Genealogists (APG®) has appointed Christy Fillerup of Salt Lake City, Utah, as managing editor of its quarterly publication, Association of Professional Genealogists Quarterly (APGQ). APGQ has served the genealogy community Continue reading Christy Fillerup Appointed APGQ Managing Editor
The following is from FamilySearch: FamilySearch has added more than 1.7 million index records and images this week from Austria, Brazil, China, Germany, Hungary, Italy, New Zealand, Poland, Ukraine, and the United States. Notable collection updates include the 369,729 index Continue reading FamilySearch Adds to Austria, Brazil, China, Italy, New Zealand & the USA Collections
Popular speaker and creator of GeneaBloggers.com, Thomas MacEntee, has been Legacy Family Tree’s most prolific guest webinar speaker. His presentations are easy going and easy to follow. One of his ever popular presentations was Google for Genealogists, which is available Continue reading Google For Genealogists – Webinar-on-CD
Geoff Rasmussen is the host and regular presenter at Legacy Family Tree Webinars. Topics he has covered shows his wide and experienced knowledge base in genealogical research as well as Internet and digital tools valuable to genealogists. One popular webinar Continue reading Organizing and Sharing Digital Images
What do really know about any given historical event? Who were the major players? What smaller events led up to the bigger event? How did these events effect people living at that time? History books can do more than simply Continue reading A History of the French War: Ending in the Conquest of Canada
Years ago, I taught a class on technology for genealogists. In this class I discussed the value of new technologies for genealogists, like those new USB thumb drives, some having as much as 256MB or memory, if you could pay Continue reading Turn Your iPad into a Genealogy Powerhouse
Surely one of you has the answer to my question: How do I get more productive time in my life???? I found and just love this Google image clock. Time swirls around, past and over me just like this crazy Continue reading Salt Lake Christmas Tour…………. Week’s Peek