UTAH VALLEY PAF USERS GROUP MEETING The next regular, second-Saturday-of-the-month meeting of the Utah Valley PAF (Personal Ancestral File) Users Group will be on Saturday, 12 Mar 2011, from 9 am to noon in the LDS "Red Chapel", 4050 North Timpview Drive (650 East), Provo. Information about the Users Group, main presentations, classes, and class notes are available on the Group's website http://uvpafug.org and the press releases are at http://blog.uvp....org/ . The main presentation for this meeting will be by Stephen Kent Ehat on BACK-DOOR RESEARCH BREAKS THROUGH ...

The following is from FamilySearch. March 2, 2011FamilySearch Indexing Launches Its First Hungarian ProjectFamilySearch is keeping sync with its goal to increase access to records worldwide. Part of that formula is to keep introducing indexing projects from more countries. It also means additional languages for volunteers to tackle. FamilySearch has 73 international indexing projects currently underway. That’s right, 73. This week FamilySearch indexing added its first project in Hungarian, which means projects now cover 12 languages.The new Hungarian project is ...

The following is from FamilySearch. March 1, 2011 Also new U.S. records for Delaware, New Hampshire, Texas, and VirginiaMore fascinating collections were published this week online atFamilySearch.org—39 million new records, to be exact. The England and Wales 1901 Census will certainly be a favorite for British and Welsh researchers. And how about one million images added for Italy? Or India Land Ownership Pedigrees? FamilySearch’s Texas collections have always been popular, and this week Texas collections have grown by 1.5 million new records (including birth, ...

The following is from FamilySearch. 24 February 2011 SALT LAKE CITY—This month, millions of individuals of African descent are celebrating Black History Month by exploring their family history roots. In the U.S., FamilySearch volunteers have been busy helping digitize historic documents and create free, searchable indexes to them online. Throughout Africa, from Accra to Zimbabwe, where irreplaceable family information and traditions are at risk of being lost due to neglect, war, and deterioration, FamilySearch volunteers are also helping preserve this ...

Last year Leslie Albrecht Huber was kind enough to send me a review copy of her book "The Journey Takers".  This was the first time I had heard of Leslie and her book.  I was fascinated while I read about her experience in researching her immigration ancestors.  I found the book different in that it told both Leslie's story and the story of her ancestors as she discovered their lives.  There were moments of her envisioning  what they must of said and done that swept you away into their tale.  Sometimes I wished the book didn't bring me back to the ...

The following is from the Legacy News. We're coming to Utah the next two weekends. We'll be giving away computers and software, teaching classes on Legacy 7.5, and offering seminar-special pricing on Legacy software and products. St. George Family History Expo, February 25-26, 2011The 7th annual St. George Family History Expo will be held at the Dixie Center. With 103 classes to attend (including our 4) and 53 vendors (we're in booths 601 and 701) there will be something for everyone. We'll also be giving away an Acer netbook computer so be ...

If you have not already registered for the St. George Family History Expo do it now! Early online registration will end Wednesday morning. You will still be able to register at the door but the price goes up so save some bucks and register today. Online: http://www.fami....aspx?eid=25 By phone: 801-829-3295 If you have not already registered for the Friday evening event with Family History Expos do it now! Sign up today for a veritable feast! Enjoy a delicious buffet dinner, a motivational speech, and receive your signed copy of M. Bridget Cooks National ...

The following is from the Southern California Genealogical Society. February 22, 2011 The Southern California Genealogical Society is proud to announce a new program, the Jamboree Extension Series,  that provides family history and genealogy educational webinar (web-based seminar) sessions for genealogists around the world. The program will offer Jamboree-style seminars at no charge for up to 1000 attendees per session. The Jamboree Extension Series is offered as a service to the genealogical community as part of ...

It's been over a week now and I have finally recovered enough from attending RootsTech to review it.  What a wonderful experience it was. This was one of the times in my life that I could say history happened and we will never be the same. The experience started at 2pm Wednesday, Feb 9th for me.  That's when I had a tour of the Family History Library.  It had been probably 20 years since I had taken an official tour of the library. I've been using the library during that time frame but just doing my own thing.  I was very pleased to see how many digital ...

The following is from FamilySearch. Dear Family History Consultants, Center Directors, and Indexing Directors and Assistants, This is a final reminder about the upcoming St. George Family History Expo sponsored by Family History Expos (a private company). The event will be held February 25–26, 2011, at the Dixie Center, located at 1835 Convention Center Drive in St. George, Utah. Over 100 classes will be presented by more than 50 national and local speakers as well as FamilySearch employees and staff from the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah. With classes ...

The following is from Incline Software makers of Ancestral Quest. Salt Lake City, Utah (February 12, 2011) – Incline Software announces the release of its new free family tree program, Ancestral Quest Basics, as well as a new capability to search over a billion free indexed genealogical records and the availability of translations that make Ancestral Questtm accessible in six new languages. For 17 years, Ancestral Quest has provided genealogists with easy-to-use yet powerful tools to organize, research and publish their family history. Millions of ...

The following is from NYS Archives, The New York State Archives recently announced the creation of two tools, called "pathfinders," to help genealogists and researchers locate naturalization and probate records created throughout New York, from the colonial period to the present. Naturalizations grant the full legal rights and privileges held by native-born individuals to someone born in another country. Legal jurisdiction over naturalization has changed repeatedly since the colonial period, so the records can be found in various locations. They may be in the county clerk's ...

I'm reporting from the RootsTech Community Zone in the Salt Palace today.  I just found this treasure of an offer Generation Maps is GROWING! And we need your help! We have known for quite a while that the name Generation Maps doesn't exactly express what this company does and we are ready now to make a change. So we're offering a CONTEST PRIZE - $300 Generation Maps Credit That could be a working chart every year for the next 10 years,or two 30x40 Giclee charts,or one HUMONGOUS family reunion chart. We need your help to come up with a name that expresses the ...

The following is from FamilySearch. SALT LAKE CITY—FamilySearch has been helping people find their ancestors for over 100 years, but the non-profit, volunteer-driven organization has never participated in anything quite like this before. FamilySearch is hosting a new annual conference called RootsTech that begins in Salt Lake City today. The goal of RootsTech is to foster innovation in the world of genealogy technology. Keynote addresses will be streamed complimentary at RootsTech.org, and Twitter users can follow real-time updates using ...

The following is from FamilySearch. 10 February 2011 Family history enthusiasts researching in England will certainly relish the nine English record collections updated this week online at FamilySearch.org. The new English records come from Norfolk, Cheshire, and Warwick. Other new collections or updates include Brazil Catholic church records, Canada deaths, Italy civil registration, county marriages from New York, the New Jersey 1885 state census, and Switzerland church records. See the table below for additional details about the latest collection updates. ...