This week RootsTelevision is featuring the video,”A Better Way to Cite Online Sources “. I appreciate their help in getting the word out. While you are there check out some of the other great videos they are featuring. Here is a link to the Og Blog post .

In Better Online Citations – Details Part 1 we examined how the QuickCheck model for “Book: Basic format” from Evidence Explained was coded in Family Tree Maker 2009, Legacy 7, and RootsMagic 4. From the screens we were able to identify implementation differences between the three applications. There are also differences between the applications in how citation information is conveyed via a GEDCOM export. The individual fields shown on the template screens are lost in the standard GEDCOM export making it impossible to create a rich EE-style citation in one application, ...

GenSeek is the Web 2.0 replacement for the Family History Library Catalog . It is expected to release soon, but has no published release date. I have been thinking of a common way genealogy researchers use the FHLC and how it could be improved in GenSeek. Before a trip to the Family History Library, many researchers use the FHLC to find sources they want to examine. Often each detail page is printed off and taken to the library. Some choose to sort the papers in the order they want to perform their research. At the library, these papers can be used to write notes about what was found or ...

In Episode 64 of the Genealogy Gems podcast, Lisa calls online downloadable source citations a “Gem of an Idea!” She explains the issues clearly and interviews genealogy blogger, Stephen Danko to get his opinion. Lisa also gives the outcome of her interview requests with Ancestry and World Vital Records . I was excited to hear the interview with Stephen as I have been an admirer of his work for years ever since the Genealogy Guys first mentioned him on their podcast. Stephen’s genealogy blog is in actuality an online research log where he posts document images, ...

There have been a number of comments from viewers of the video, “A Better Way to Cite Online Sources ”, asking about how things work behind the scenes. Being a geek by nature, I tend to be technical in my writing and so I tried to stay away from too many details in the video. The main point was to show what a solution to the online citation problem might look like. For those who want to know more, here are the details. We will first start with the QuickCheck models found in Evidence Explained. These models can be used by software developers as a feature specification: This ...

PRESS RELEASE Phoenix, AZ – April 20, 2009. Every genealogist and family historian from beginner to professional will at some time confront the issue of source citations. Although great advances have been made in recent years to standardize and simplify citations, it is still too difficult. Today on ThinkGenealogy.com a video was released that proposes a better way to cite online sources. http://www.thin...e-citations/ This 7.5 minute video consists of two sections. The first section discusses some of the current issues with citing sources especially when it ...

The team at ProGenealogists, Inc. have been hard at work reviewing and ranking the literally millions of genealogy and family history blogs down to a list of 25 (actually 26 including a tie). This list is a “must follow” if you want to stay in tune with the news and trends of genealogy. Back in January 2008, I created a list of the top 10 genealogy blogs and podcasts and know how difficult compiling such a list can be. I am very pleased to be included on this list and want to thank my fellow GeneaBloggers for the motivation to keep blogging, my blog readers for providing ...

Yesterday I was transcribing a document for the current ProGen Study Group assignment. The document I chose was an automobile operator’s license for my paternal grandmother, Hannah Riley Tucker. My grandfather, Andrew Charles Tucker, was a carpenter by trade and was called to serve a labor mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints . His task was to help build the dormitories for the Church College of Hawaii (later renamed to BYU-Hawaii ). So my grandparents and their youngest daughter moved from Utah to Hawaii in the early 1960s. Now back to the driver’s ...