Genealogy Corner… 100 Most Popular Genealogy Websites

Issue 5.12

GenealogyInTime Magazine recently released their list of the 100 Most Popular Genealogy Websites.  They are listed here in numerical order,followed by a description of the type of site,the area served and the word free for free sites or pay for sites that require payment.  That is followed by the [...]

Genealogy Corner… Prime Time Genealogy

Issue 4.12

This year NBC and PBS will continue bringing their genealogy shows to American prime time television.  They are exciting shows showing each person’s journey through their individual family histories.  You can learn a lot of research techniques just by watching television. 

Premiering on Friday,February 3 (7-8:00 p.m. Mountain) is the [...]

Genealogy Corner… New Year’s Resolutions

Issue 3.12

There are many genealogy related New Year’s resolutions that we can set.  It may be that you just need some help to get started.  Here are some ideas.

There is no time like the present to start documenting your family’s genealogy. However,many adult children needlessly postpone logging valuable information and [...]

Genealogy Corner… New FamilySearch Is Ready!

Issue 2.12

FamilySearch is ready to begin inviting the public to use the new FamilySearch Website (new.familysearch.org).  You can be among the first to be invited to discover what information the new FamilySearch website may already contain about your ancestors and to help improve and extend that information.

New FamilySearch has been available [...]

Genealogy Corner… 1000 Memories

Issue 1.12

While beta testing a new application that will be added to www.familysearch.org  (The Family Tree which will move most of the capabilities currently at new.familysearch.org) I found that cannot currently upload an image from my computer for use as a source.  This means in order to link sources that I have [...]

Genealogy Corner… Obituary Notices

Issue 51.11

More often than not,the obituary notice is the only “biographical sketch” that has ever been devoted to some of our ancestors.  The wealth of genealogical and biographical information to be found in an informative obituary makes the effort of searching for one worthwhile.  For many of our ancestors and relatives [...]

Genealogy Corner… Why Are We Indexing These Fields?

Issue 50.11

FamilySearch Indexing at https://www.familysearch.org/volunteer/indexing gets asked this question a lot,so here is an explanation –

Fewer fields allow more collections to be published more quickly.  FamilySearch chooses to index fields because of an extremely insightful finding at the beginning of 2010.  Analysts determined that a field reduction of 37 percent [...]

Genealogy Corner… Sharing Is A Good Way To Find Ancestors

Issue 49.11

For some reason,sharing seems like a bad thing.  To my granddaughter Ali,sharing with her cousin River is not a good thing,it is more like punishment.  The opposite is true when we share our genealogy with others.  It helps because it lets the world know what you have accomplished.

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Genealogy Corner… Scatterbrained Research

Issue 48.11

Family history research can sometimes leave us feeling a little scatterbrained.  While we don’t want to be thought of as a person incapable of serious,connected thought,but sometimes we can research that way.  Lack of focus is a rookie mistake and we are unlikely to stay on task,especially when [...]

Genealogy Corner… Source Footnote Style Guides

Issue 47.11

Since we want to add a source citation every time we add an event to a family group record,we need to know what to include.  In practice the first five elements are:

Who is the author?

What is the title?

Where is the repository? Or where is the record found?

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