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New and Interesting this Week - 5 Oct 08
Sunday, October 05, 2008 - 10:49 AM - 1 month, 2 weeks ago - Genealogy - About Genealogy

The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database has been available on CD-ROM from Cambridge University Press since 1999, but many researchers have either never heard of it or seen it due to...

Celebrate Family During Family History Month
Wednesday, October 01, 2008 - 02:57 PM - 1 month, 2 weeks ago - Genealogy - About Genealogy

October is designated in many U.S. States as "Family History Month," and genealogists everywhere have adopted the month as their own. Whether you're new to genealogy, or have devoted a...

New and Interesting this Week - 28 Sept 08
Sunday, September 28, 2008 - 09:35 AM - 1 month, 3 weeks ago - Genealogy - About Genealogy

It seems like genealogists this week have been reading my mind. Here are several of the many interesting things I read this week that I thought you might enjoy as...

I Love Your Blog
Wednesday, September 24, 2008 - 02:22 PM - 1 month, 3 weeks ago - Genealogy - About Genealogy

I'm extremely honored to have been chosen this past week for the "I Heart Your Blog" award by two talented genealogists: Janet Hovorka of The Chart Chick blog and Cat...

Backdoor Genealogy
Tuesday, September 23, 2008 - 01:25 PM - 1 month, 3 weeks ago - Genealogy - About Genealogy

How often have you run into a brick wall in your family history research? Silly question, I bet. Which brings me to one of my absolutely favorite uses for online...

New and Interesting this Week - 21 Sept 08
Tuesday, September 23, 2008 - 10:51 AM - 1 month, 3 weeks ago - Genealogy - About Genealogy

I'm amazed every day by the talent, knowledge and enthusiasm of my fellow genealogy bloggers, but it also takes a great deal of time each week to keep up with...

Capturing Memories
Saturday, September 20, 2008 - 10:10 AM - 2 months ago - Genealogy - About Genealogy

Locating and preserving old photographs of our ancestors is a big part of genealogy research - we use them to ask questions of our relatives, examine them for every little...

New and Interesting this Week - 14 Sept 08
Tuesday, September 16, 2008 - 11:57 AM - 2 months ago - Genealogy - About Genealogy

It seems like every day I'm learning something new from any number of my fellow genealogists, but often times these snippets don't really need their own blog post - they...

The Differences Between FamilySearch Indexing and TGN's World Archives Project
Thursday, September 11, 2008 - 09:27 AM - 2 months, 1 week ago - Genealogy - About Genealogy

I asked for and received some followup this week from Paul Nauta of FamilySearch Indexing regarding what they perceive as the differences between their offering, and the new Ancestry.com World...

Footnote Pages - Facebook for the Deceased
Wednesday, September 10, 2008 - 08:18 PM - 2 months, 1 week ago - Genealogy - About Genealogy

Following up on my earlier blog about social networking and collaboration among online genealogists, Footnote.com introduced a new service this afternoon at the TechCrunch50 conference in San Francisco. In his...

World Archives Project vs. FamilySearch Indexing
Tuesday, September 09, 2008 - 02:08 PM - 2 months, 1 week ago - Genealogy - About Genealogy

Following the announcement by Ancestry.com of the launch of the World Archives Project and their partnership with the Federation of Genealogical Societies, everyone was asking why the second volunteer indexing...

Collaboration & Networking for Genealogists
Tuesday, September 09, 2008 - 12:49 PM - 2 months, 1 week ago - Genealogy - About Genealogy

As many genealogists are on Facebook these days, I must have met at least as many at the FGS Conference last week who either had never heard of Facebook, or...

23andMe Lowers Prices Dramatically
Tuesday, September 09, 2008 - 11:35 AM - 2 months, 1 week ago - Genealogy - About Genealogy

23andMe, Inc., a leading genetic testing company, announced today a substantial reduction in price for its Personal Genome Service - lowering the cost to users from $999 to $399! The...

Indexing Collaboration between Ancestry.com and the Federation of Genealogical Societies
Thursday, September 04, 2008 - 09:30 AM - 2 months, 2 weeks ago - Genealogy - About Genealogy

Ancestry.com formally launched the World Archives Project at the kickoff of the Federation of Genealogical Societies annual conference this morning. If you haven't yet heard of it, the World Archives...

The FGS Genealogy Conference
Tuesday, September 02, 2008 - 12:07 PM - 2 months, 2 weeks ago - Genealogy - About Genealogy

I don't get to genealogy conferences nearly as often as I would like, but thanks to my husband who juggled his schedule so he could work from home this week...

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