The following is from FamilySearch. March 12, 2010 Family History Library Classes Now Available on Internet Free Classes Make Genealogy Expertise Accessible Anywhere SALT LAKE CITY–It is rare that Marcia Covington can make the trip from her home in State College, Pennsylvania, to the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah. Now, however, people like Covington can take classes from the world-famous library without ever leaving home. The FamilySearch Family History Library is now making its popular classes available at FamilySearch.org, where anyone anywhere in the ...

The following is FamilySearch. March 5, 2010 Immigration Family History Expo in Salt Lake City Dear Family History Consultant: We want to make you aware of a family history conference focused on immigration research occurring soon in Salt Lake City. You may find information at this conference beneficial in helping members find their ancestors. The Immigration Family History Expo, hosted by Family History Expos, Inc., will be on Thursday, March 18, at the Historic Masonic Temple, 650 East South Temple Street in Salt Lake City. Registration begins at the door at 8 a.m., and the ...

The following is from FamilySearch. 8 March 2010 FamilySearch Indexers have a wide variety of records to choose from this week. Civil and church records are available from Argentina, Canada, France, Peru, and the United Kingdom. Six different groups of U.S. census records are also ready to be indexed. New Projects Argentina, Cordoba—Registros Parroquiales, 1722–1924 [Parte B]Canada, British Columbia—Deaths, 1872–1986 [Part 4]Canada, New Brunswick—Births, 1810–1906France, Quimper et Leon, St. Louis—Registres Paroissiaux, ...

The following is from Megan Smolenyak. Dear RootsTelevision.com Viewer, OK, you convinced me! After getting inundated with emails, tweets, and Facebook postings and messages about the closing of RootsTelevision.com (RTV), I've decided to keep it going. I honestly had no clue how valued it was by the genealogical community, and I agree with the many of you who pointed out that it serves a somewhat different purpose than the prime time programming that's on TV at present (much as I've been enjoying that!). At the same time, I think many had not realized that RTV is a ...

The following is from FamilySearch. 09 March 2010 Salt Lake City Prepares for Week of Family History Celebration Events to include free performance by David McCullough and Mormon Tabernacle Choir SALT LAKE CITY — Family history will take center stage in Salt Lake City during the week of April 26, 2010, with four genealogy conferences taking place simultaneously. Over 200 genealogy workshops are scheduled through May 1, giving everyone from novices to advanced researchers access to unprecedented learning opportunities. Conference organizers decided to offer attendees the ...

If you are curious about the 2010 Census Questions, you can get a peak at them here: http://2010.cen...ive-form.php There are only 10 questions that can be answered in 10 minutes.  The form would be so totally different if they would ask genealogists what they wanted on the forms.  Thank goodness in this era we have birth, death and marriage certificates as resources. THIS IS PRETTY BASIC ADVICE; Be Cautious About Giving Info to Census Workers by Susan Johnson. With the U.S. Census process beginning; the Better Business Bureau (BBB) advises people ...

The following is from LDSTech (an official website of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints). We are excited to announce the inaugural LDSTech Developers Conference, conveniently scheduled for the Thursday and Friday before general conference (April 1-2). It will be held at the Riverton Office Building in Riverton, Utah. This event is for those who want to contribute their talents to Church-sponsored technology projects. You will learn about the tools and services available and how to get started on projects that interest you. There is no charge for this event. However, ...

The following is from FindMyPast. CULT OF CELEBRITY MAKING YOUNG PEOPLE SHY AWAY FROM A HARD DAY'S GRAFT *       Being a famous actress or singer tops career choices for young people in 2010 *       Less than one per cent of 18-24 year olds want manual labour jobs *       Police officers and politicians are amongst least popular professions *       Stark contrast to career trends in 1911 v 2010 A new study* by leading family history website, findmypast.co.uk, has revealed that young Brits shy away from jobs requiring ...

The following is from FamilySearch. March 4, 2010 NGS 2010 Early Bird Registration Deadline Approaching Soon Dear Family History Consultant: Two weeks ago we sent you a notice informing you of the wonderful family history events centered around the National Genealogical Society Conference to be held in Salt Lake City the last week of April. While many of the events offered that week are free to the public, there is a charge for the conference and its informative classes. However, there is a discount available for those who register early. We want to ...

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, 13 Mar 2010, from 9 am to noon at our usual location at the LDS "Red Chapel", 4050 North Timpview Drive (650 East), Provo. There is a map showing the location on the group's website http://uvpafug.org . The main presentation for this meeting will be by Barry J. Ewell on HOW TO CONDUCT EFFECTIVE GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET. If you are frustrated with searching the Internet and not being able to find ...

I found this on the GenHumor mailing list without a credited author. If you want to know what the next few years will bring to people, read these predictions! 2009 is over so now what? The future will bring change and it's mind boggling to think of some of the longtime traditional aspects of our lives that are changing forever. Whether these changes are good or bad depends in part on how we adapt to them. But, ready or not, here they come! 1. The Post Office: Get ready to imagine a world without the post office. They are so deeply in financial trouble that there is probably no ...

Today was the final day for the Winter 2010 GeneaBloggers Games. I was not good at reporting my efforts the last few days, but I have been busy. My primary focus has been on obtaining a Platinum medal in the Category 3 - Organize Your Research. Task A: Organize at least 20 hard files or ancestral items (books, fabrics, inherited items) into file folders, boxes, envelopes, containers, etc.; archival-quality where appropriate.Task B: Organize at least 20 digital files into folders, label, add metadata, add descriptions, add tags, etc.Task C: Organize at least 20 photos into photo ...

This following is from FamilySearch and fantastic news!!! Dear Family History Consultant: We are excited to announce a great new resource for you to use as you teach others how to use the new FamilySearch. We have created a fully functional training version of new.familysearch.org that contains fictitious data designed specifically for training purposes. In this system, you will be able to: · Use practice exercises to teach others how to use the new.familysearch.org Web site. · Add, edit, and modify information without the worry of using real data. ...

My quest for the perfect organizing system for my genealogy continues.  Today and Monday I have been testing, learning and experimenting with various things. I am trying to complete a bonus item in the "Organize Your Research" in the Winter 2010 GeneaBlogger Games. Task F: Create a master list of your files and notify your family members of where it is stored. Monday, I received an email from Gerhard Ruf, President of the Utah Valley PAF Users Group (UVPAFUG). He invited the board members to share a folder in Dropbox.  That way we could stop sending all our email attachments ...

It wasn't until this past Friday that I realized that the Winter 2010 GeneaBlogger Games didn't end until next Saturday, 27th Feb.  I had been beating my brains out trying to finish for this past Saturday the 20th.  Needless to say,  I took a break from the games for the weekend.  Having a major headache also helped me make that decision. I finally got back into the games today by working on the "Organize Your Research" category.  I only had one task to complete to obtain the Platinum Medal. Today I finished Task C.  I had 30 family pictures that I organized ...