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<span style="color: #336699; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We did it!</span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></h1>
On August 3, 2012 just before 2:00 p.m. (MDT), the very last batch of the 1940 US
Census was arbitrated and submitted for publication. The indexing portion
of the 1940 US Census Community Project is officially done!<o:p></o:p></td>
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<td id="Table_01" style="background-color: transparent; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 6pt;">Just look at what we accomplished:<o:p></o:p><br />
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supposed to take at least six months, yet <strong>it was completed in
just </strong></span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><strong>124 days</strong>—two full months ahead of schedule!<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">An "army"
of <strong>more than 160,000 volunteers</strong> participated. Plainly
stated, there is </span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">nothing in the annals of the genealogical community
that can compare with this </span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">achievement.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Because of the
familiarity of the volunteers with the names and places contained in </span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">the records, the resulting index is thought to be among <strong>the
most accurate of any </strong></span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><strong>census ever published</strong>.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><strong><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Tens of millions of
people will benefit for generations.</span></strong><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> That's quite a
legacy! <o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">It
will take a few more weeks to complete the quality audit of the remaining
states and </span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">publish them online for searching; however, the majority of the <span style="color: blue;">1940
US Census records </span></span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: blue;">are already searchable online</span> at the sites of the
consortium members. Meanwhile, we hope</span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> the feelings you have at this moment
of complishment are satisfying and will motivate </span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">you to continue giving.
Families are being united across the generations with every name </span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">you index
or arbitrate.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Immigration & Naturalization Community Project</span></a>. We're starting with
</span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">passenger lists from all of the major US ports, so there will be something
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</div>Ronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14454180841887693231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2576947635507922254.post-92224519722742776092012-02-13T19:33:00.001-07:002012-02-13T19:40:41.320-07:00Legacy User Group<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Th<span style="font-size: small;">ere has been interest in forming a Legacy User Group where we can get answers to questions on features of Legacy and to exchange ideas on researching our ancestors.<br />
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A organization meeting is being scheduled for February 28, 2012 at 7:30pm in the FHC to discuss </span></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">to discuss what the next step is and to get input on items of greatest concern and interest this group should cover.</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
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</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">All are invited to attend as we get organized so that members concerns are covered.</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: small;">To sign up for this user group simply click</span><b><a href="https://boisestate.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_9Ktel4YSh5WxSZu" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2288bb; font-size: small;"> </span><span style="color: red; font-size: 18pt;">here</span></a></b></span></span><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b>Ronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14454180841887693231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2576947635507922254.post-71195597029346494952012-01-30T11:24:00.000-07:002012-01-30T11:24:50.536-07:00RootsTech Conference Will Broadcast Select Sessions Free Online<div align="center"><table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; border: 1pt solid rgb(126, 183, 174); mso-border-alt: solid #7EB7AE .25pt; mso-cellspacing: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; width: 600px;"><tbody>
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<tr style="mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;"> <td style="background-color: transparent; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 15pt;" valign="top"><div align="center" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #505050; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">SALT LAKE CITY—RootsTech, a leading family history and technology conference held in Salt Lake City, Utah, February 2-4, 2012, announced today that fourteen of its popular sessions will be broadcasted live and complimentary over the Internet. The live broadcasts will give those unable to attend worldwide a sample of this year’s conference content. Interested viewers can watch the live presentations at <a href="http://familysearch.us2.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=b0de542dc933cfcb848d187ea&id=84fb8e26a9&e=56365fd13b"><span style="color: #d05124;">RootsTech.org</span></a>. The second-year conference has attracted over 3,000 registered attendees.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #505050; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The free online sessions include the keynote speakers and a sampling of technology and family history presentations. Following are the fourteen broadcasted sessions and speakers. All times are in Mountain Standard Time (MST):<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong><span style="color: #505050; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Thursday, February 2</span></strong><span style="color: #505050; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #505050; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">8:30-10:00 am, <strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Inventing the Future, as a Community</span></strong> (Keynote Address) by Jay L. Verkler<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #505050; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">11:00 am-12:00 pm, <strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Do I Trust the Cloud?</span></strong> by D. Joshua Taylor <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #505050; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1:45-2:45 pm, <strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Effective Database Search Tactics</span></strong> by Kory Meyerink <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #505050; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3:00-4:00 pm, <strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Twitter – It’s Not Just “What I Had for Breakfast” Anymore</span></strong> by Thomas MacEntee <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #505050; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4:15-5:15 pm, <strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Eleven Layers of Online Searches</span></strong> by Barbara Renick <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong><span style="color: #505050; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Friday, February 3</span></strong><span style="color: #505050; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #505050; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">8:30-9:30 am, <strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Exabyte Social Clouds and Other Monstrosities</span></strong> (Keynote Address) by Josh Coates<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #505050; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">9:45-10:45 am, <strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Publish Your Genealogy Online</span></strong> by Laura G. Prescott <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #505050; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">11:00 am-12:00 pm, <strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Optimize Your Site for Search Engines</span></strong> by Robert Gardner <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #505050; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1:45-2:45 pm, <strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Genealogists “Go Mobile”</span></strong> by Sandra Crowly <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #505050; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3:00-4:00 pm, <strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Google’s Toolbar and Genealogy</span></strong> by Dave Barney <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong><span style="color: #505050; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Saturday, February 4</span></strong><span style="color: #505050; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #505050; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">8:30-9:30 am, <strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Making the Most of Technology to Further the Family History Industry</span></strong> (Keynote Address) by Tim Sullivan and Ancestry.com Panel<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #505050; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">9:45-10:45 am <strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Genealogy Podcasts and Blogs 101</span></strong> by Lisa Louise Cooke <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #505050; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">11:00 am-12:00 pm, <strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Future of FamilySearch Family Tree</span></strong> by Ron Tanner<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #505050; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1:45-2:45 pm, <strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Privacy in a Collaborative Environment</span></strong> by Noah Tatuk <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div><h2 align="left" style="background: rgb(206, 79, 32); margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: #f5dcd2; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 110%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">About RootsTech</span><span style="color: #f5dcd2; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></h2><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(206, 79, 32); line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #f5dcd2; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">RootsTech is a new conference designed to bring technologists together with genealogists to learn from each other and find solutions to the challenges faced in family history research today. The conference’s activities and offerings are focused on content that will help genealogists and family historians discover exciting new research tools while enabling technology creators to learn the latest development techniques from industry leaders and pioneers.<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> </tr>
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This new site is dedicated to <a href="http://lds.about.com/od/youngwomenyoungmen/LDS_Young_Women_and_Men.htm"><span style="color: #3366cc;">Youth</span></a> and <a href="http://lds.about.com/od/ldsfamilyhistory/index.htm"><span style="color: #3366cc;">Family History</span></a>. In his talk, Elder Bednar addressed the youth of the Church and said:</span><br />
<blockquote>"I invite the young people of the Church to learn about and experience the Spirit of Elijah. I encourage you to study, to search out your ancestors, and to prepare yourselves to perform proxy baptisms in the house of the Lord for your kindred dead (see D&C 124:28-36). And I urge you to help other people identify their family histories."<sup><span style="font-size: xx-small;">1</span></sup></blockquote>The Youth and Family History website (currently available in English, Spanish, and Portuguese) has a three minute introductory video called, "<a href="https://lds.org/youth/family-history/discover#elder-bednar-addresses-youth"><span style="color: #3366cc;">The Time is Now</span></a>," in which Elder Bednar and several youth of the Church speak about the work of family history.<br />
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This new website will help youth:<br />
<ul><li>Discover how to do family history</li>
<li>How to serve others, and</li>
<li>Watch the experiences of other youth who've been doing temple and family history work</li>
</ul>On the <a href="https://lds.org/youth/family-history/discover"><span style="color: #3366cc;">Discover</span></a> page there are five steps with videos to help the youth get started with their family history. The five steps are:<br />
<ol><li>Discover My Family Tree</li>
<li>Discover a Family Record</li>
<li>Return and Verify</li>
<li>Prepare a Name for the Temple</li>
<li>Go to the Temple ... Again and Again</li>
</ol>The <a href="https://lds.org/youth/family-history/serve?lang=eng"><span style="color: #3366cc;">Serve</span></a> page currently has videos to:<br />
<ul><li>Help the Families You Home Teach</li>
<li>Help Others Come Back to Church</li>
<li>Help New Members Take a Name to the Temple</li>
<li>Help Others Add Photos and Documents to Their Family Tree</li>
<li>Help Others Find Records by Indexing</li>
</ul>The <a href="https://lds.org/youth/family-history/experiences?lang=eng"><span style="color: #3366cc;">Experiences</span></a> page has several videos of youth who share their experiences with temple and family history work.<br />
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What a wonderful resource this new website is to help our youth learn how to do family history work and then help others to learn how to do it too. If you are new to temple and family history work this website can help you too.Ronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14454180841887693231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2576947635507922254.post-33298828702704250142011-08-11T14:05:00.000-06:002011-08-11T14:05:59.077-06:00 <br />
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<a href="http://familysearch.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b0de542dc933cfcb848d187ea&id=4c43e65e9a&e=56365fd13b" target="_blank"><span style="color: #336699; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><img alt="FamilySearch YouTube channel" border="0" height="302" id="_x0000_i1025" src="http://gallery.mailchimp.com/b0de542dc933cfcb848d187ea/images/Screen_Shot_2011_08_10_at_10.07.55_AM.png" style="border-width: 0in; display: inline; height: auto; line-height: 100%; text-decoration: none;" width="500" /></span></a><br />
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FamilySearch has unveiled a newly updated <a href="http://familysearch.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b0de542dc933cfcb848d187ea&id=da8d16b04c&e=56365fd13b"><span style="color: #336699;">YouTube channel</span></a> giving viewers an informative, fun and fascinating look at several different aspects of genealogy through a growing number of videos in five playlists.<br />
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High-quality videos are available for the rookie genealogist and the seasoned veteran alike. The <em><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Genealogy in 5 Minutes </span></em>playlist demonstrates how, in just a few minutes, individuals with little or no genealogy experience can make some headway on their family’s history.<br />
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The <em><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Woven Generations </span></em>playlist features powerful, personal experiences from those who have found success or inspiration through family history work.<br />
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Additionally, FamilySearch sent camera crews to Virginia, Ohio, California, Indiana and other locations for a closer look at how FamilySearch works with societies and archives to provide access to more records online and to further mutual interests in family history. These videos can be found in the <em><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Societies and Archives </span></em>playlist.<br />
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These videos and others are available at <a href="http://familysearch.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b0de542dc933cfcb848d187ea&id=ede0183c62&e=56365fd13b"><span style="color: #336699;">YouTube.com/FamilySearch </span></a>and can be powerful tools in introducing the excitement of family history to a friend or family member. They will also enrich the life of a veteran genealogist. Check out the videos today and share them with your family and friends!<br />
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The updated <a href="http://beta.josephsmithpapers.org/">Joseph Smith Papers website </a>debuted at the annual <a href="http://www.mhahome.org/">Mormon History Association </a>conference in St. George, Utah, on Friday, 27 May 2011.<br /><br />The comprehensive website will eventually contain about 2,500 documents used by the <a href="http://newsroom.lds.org/article/the-joseph-smith-papers">Joseph Smith Papers </a>project in creating the definitive collection of records related to the life and work of <a href="http://newsroom.lds.org/article/joseph-smith">Joseph Smith </a>and early Mormonism. Some of these documents have never before been available to the public, while others were available only in various archives and libraries around the world.<br /><br />“This will be the complete collection of extant documents that we have permission to use,” the project’s assistant managing editor Jeffrey Walker said. “There is a power with these documents. There is something magical when you find the original, and now we have the ability to release these images and transcriptions and our scholarship to the great wide world.”<br /><br />The purpose of the project is to make available every document produced by Joseph Smith himself or by others he appointed as scribes. Similar projects exist for several of America’s founding fathers, but the Joseph Smith Papers is the first of its kind to make all of materials available for free on the Internet. This will provide easy access to the foundational documents of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for anyone from scholarly researchers to casual history buffs.<br /><br />“The goal is to take all that rich fabric of Joseph Smith’s world and use technology to allow it to be looked at from the entire world,” Walker said.<br /></div><div>In addition to the website, the project will print 20 physical books divided into six subjects: Journals, Revelations and Translations, History, Documents, Administrative Records and Legal and Business Records. Due to the limitations of printing, not all of the available documents will be included in the books but will be available on the website.<br /><br />“Our goal was to create a digital library that is not volume based but document based,” Walker said.<br /><br />Walker said the books and the website will have a very different look and feel. He thinks scholars will still prefer the hard copies, but it is nice that anyone can access the documents without buying the books.<br /><br />“There is something powerful about having the book in hand, flipping through it as you research, but more people around the world will access it online in the long term,” he said.<br /><br />Assistant Church historian and recorder Richard E. Turley said many people will probably enjoy the material in both forms.<br /><br />“When you use both the web and the book, you will get different experience,” Turley said. “Both views offer different insights.”<br /><br />The format of the website will make it easy to view and understand the historic papers, with the digital image of the original document posted side-by-side with a detailed transcription.<br /><br />According to Walker, documents will be available on the website before they are printed in the books. That means some of the transcriptions will be posted online after just two reviews by the project team, rather than the three reviews required for the books.<br /><br />“There will be some interim content that is not yet annotated and vetted,” Walker said. “The documents going online will be what we call second level verified, but we are also giving you the image to double-check yourself.”<br /><br />The website allows users to browse the documents by category, such as journals, revelations or administrative documents. You can also search by keyword, person or location. For example, you can search for documents about Emma Smith in New York in 1830. Variant spellings have been standardized and linked together. The site also includes information that provides context for the documents, including maps, charts, photographs and biographies.</div>Ronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14454180841887693231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2576947635507922254.post-69549946154630023392011-06-01T09:21:00.002-06:002011-10-26T13:59:58.108-06:00FamilySearch Records Update: 25 million new images and records for 19 countries<div>The FamilySearch volunteers did it! With the completion of the state of Veracruz, they indexed the entire 1930 Mexico Census—almost 13 million records. Add the census to the millions of Mexico church records FamilySearch also has online for free, and FamilySearch patrons now have a phenomenal, fundamental asset for their Mexico ancestral research. There were 59 collections updated in this release, comprising 25 million new images and records for 19 U.S. states and 16 countries. See the table below for more details. You can search all of these updated collections now for free at <a href="https://www.familysearch.org/">FamilySearch.org</a>.<br /><br />If you are enjoying the steady stream of free records added weekly, please consider “giving back” as a FamilySearch volunteer. You can start and stop volunteering at any time. Find out more at <a href="http://indexing.familysearch.org/">indexing.familysearch.org</a>.</div>Ronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14454180841887693231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2576947635507922254.post-21137565324866725342011-05-16T14:26:00.003-06:002011-05-16T14:31:56.084-06:00Genealogical Tip: How to Contact Living Relatives<div>by Gena Philibert Ortega<br /><br />Researching the dead can be easy. Contacting the living can be a whole different ball game. When you find a new cousin, except for genealogist cousins, the most important thing to remember is that not everyone is thrilled about family history. In fact some people could care less (a collective ouch is felt by many of us).<br /><br />The following are some ideas about making that first contact:<br />•<strong>Contact potential cousins in the least intrusive way as possible</strong>. Responding to a genealogical query from a researcher is much different than contacting an unknown cousin out of the blue. With the unknown cousin, I would consider writing an e-mail, if the address is available, or mailing a letter. I know that some genealogists don't think twice about calling an unknown cousin. I would hesitate just because some people may find it intrusive to get a call from someone asking or telling them about their family history. If you choose to make a call, try to write out what you will say and be sure to be short, sweet, and concise. Don't overwhelm the person, and be prepared if the person does not want to talk to you.<br />•<strong>If you are requesting information from someone, be sure you are specific.</strong> Telling a genealogist you want anything and everything to do with Great-Grandma Harris is probably not going to get you much. But asking what they know about her death might get you what you need. When writing a letter or e-mail, I would recommend that you provide the person with some information and then make your request.<br /><strong>•If you are requesting documents or other items, even the person's time to look up something, make sure you offer to reimburse them.</strong> Taking time out of their lives to make copies, mail documents or get information for you is worth something. The person may decline a monetary reimbursement but at least offer it. You may even consider sending something as a thank you based on how much the person has supplied you. A thank you card or a gift certificate might be much appreciated it.<br />•<strong>Also, remember to provide your new cousin with copies of your research.</strong> Your contact may inspire them to learn more about their family history or bring up questions that they have. Consider sending completed family group sheets or pedigree charts to them so that they can know more about your shared family history. You may also consider putting together a blog, wiki, or web site that updates family members on your findings.<br /><br />However, you decide to contact the living, these contacts can often lead you right where you want to be...finding the dead.</div>Ronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14454180841887693231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2576947635507922254.post-60115618055971259292011-05-11T07:49:00.000-06:002011-05-11T07:52:12.058-06:00Millions of Civil War Records Now Available on FamilySearch Website <br />Salt Lake City | 2011-05-10 | <br />As the United States marks the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, history buffs and people who had ancestors involved in the conflict can access millions of records recently published on the familysearch.orgwebsite. And millions more records are coming, as volunteers enlist in an online campaign over the next five years to provide access to the highly desirable historic documents.<br />Ronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14454180841887693231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2576947635507922254.post-11240175577250222072011-04-27T10:51:00.002-06:002011-04-27T10:55:35.804-06:00Free Online Classes Help People Climb Their Family Tree<div><br />Genealogy is one of the most popular hobbies in the world, and new online classes from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints make it easier than ever to search for your ancestors from the comfort of your own home.<br /><br /> Through the nonprofit <a href="http://newsroom.lds.org/article/familysearch">FamilySearch</a> organization, the Church provides <a href="https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/list">records</a> and <a href="https://familysearch.org/locations">resources</a> to help people with their family history. This effort stems from the Latter-day Saint belief that families can be together after this life, but the Church provides access to genealogical information to everyone, regardless of religious affiliation. These offerings now include a growing collection of free online <a href="https://familysearch.org/learn/researchcourses">classes</a> that anyone can access on the Internet at their convenience. These classes help people get started in genealogy, learn how to use different types of records or research in a specific area.<br /><br /> FamilySearch instructional designer Candace Turpin says there are currently about 140 classes available on the <a href="https://www.familysearch.org/">familysearch.org</a> website, and that number is growing every month. The variety of classes offers something for everyone, from experienced family historians to curious novices.<br /><br />“The goal of the initiative is to educate more people worldwide about how to find their ancestors,” Turpin said. “We do it by filming the experts teaching a particular class of interest and then offering free access to that presentation online — complete with the PowerPoint used and any electronic handouts that the user can download or print for future reference.”<br /><br />FamilySearch uses viewing software that splits the viewing screen (sort of like the picture-in-picture features on some smart televisions) so the user can watch the video of the presenter while also seeing the PowerPoint presentation. Most courses are 30 minutes in length. Unlike live classes, viewers can fast forward through the online course or pause or stop and finish watching it later.</div>Ronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14454180841887693231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2576947635507922254.post-17361753385213650532011-04-11T13:00:00.000-06:002011-04-11T13:01:03.220-06:00Documenting the Family Home for PosterityBy Sarah Hill<br /><br />When my grandpa passed away a couple years following my grandma, my mom and her siblings knew they would have to sell their childhood home. It was inevitable, but still sad. In a way, my mom was mourning the loss of her home along with mourning her parents. Wanting to somehow preserve the physical as well as the memories, my mom embarked upon a little project that became priceless.<br /><br />Before cleaning out the closets and dividing up those things of sentimental value, my mom went around the house with her camera. She took pictures of everything: the furniture that was so outdated it was almost back in style; the vintage wallpaper; the stuffed animals now balding, the bookcases filled with Nancy Drew, Trixie Belden, Anne Shirley and Louis L'Amour.; the height chart to which we always went, even years past we had quit growing, to see where we had been and where we were in comparison to our cousins; the avocado and citrus trees my grandpa painstakingly cared for; the rose bushes that were my grandma's pride. My mom photographed every corner of that home.<br /><br />Then she enlisted each of the 27 grandchildren to write about a memory they had of going to my grandparents' home. Some wrote several paragraphs and most wrote a page or two. There were often similar memories, whether it was my grandpa's waffles with a "surprise" ingredient (spoiler: blackberries turn them purple) or having my grandma correct your hand position at the piano or grandpa's whiskers or grandma's ability to beat anyone at Rack-O. The underlying themes of the stories were the feelings we had in that home–something you couldn't photograph.<br /><br />With the photographs and the stories, my mom compiled them all using an online publisher. She worked tirelessly on it, and the results justify that. Now, each of my siblings and I have a beautiful, professionally-printed hardbound book of pictures and stories about my grandparents' home that I can share with my children and my children's children. This project has inspired me to take pictures and document the smaller things that we often overlook. It took just a few days to put together, but I will cherish it forever–especially the picture of the wallpaper.Ronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14454180841887693231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2576947635507922254.post-47178337253840494942011-01-25T14:51:00.002-07:002011-01-25T14:56:16.911-07:00Legacy-FamilySearch webinars now onlineThe two Legacy-FamilySearch classes that Geoff Rasmussen taught at the Arizona Family History Expo this past weekend are now available to view online. The handouts are also there for each class. The two classes are:<br /><br />- <strong>New FamilySearch Made Easy with Legacy Family Tree </strong>(59 minutes) – this one is the overview to everything<br />- <strong>Improving Your Use of New FamilySearch: Data Cleanup Strategies </strong>(60 minutes)<br /><br />Both are available at:<br /><br />- FamilySearch page at <a href="http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/fs.asp">www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/fs.asp</a><br />Webinars page at <a href="http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/webinars.asp">www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/webinars.asp</a><br /><br />Geoff Rasmussen<br />Millennia Corporation<br />Geoff@LegacyFamilyTree.com<br />www.LegacyFamilyTree.comRonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14454180841887693231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2576947635507922254.post-82085039033145065142011-01-18T09:13:00.005-07:002011-01-18T09:21:20.759-07:00A Family's Sorrow Revealed in 1848 NewspaperFamily trees, with all the dates carefully researched and neatly recorded, tell you that your ancestors existed. But to get to know them as people–the lives they lived, their hardships and triumphs–you need to know their stories. For that kind of information, nothing beats an archive of historical newspapers, as the following story illustrates.<br /><br />Tom Kemp, our Director of Genealogy Products, was doing research on the Ayres family, who lived in Westchester County, New York, in the mid-nineteenth century.<br /><br />He found James Ayres (born in 1817) and his wife Ann (also born in 1817) listed in the 1850 Census for Greenburgh, Westchester County, New York. The Census also listed their three children: James H. (born in 1842), Sarah (born in 1844), and Frederica (born in 1849).<br /><br /> <br /><br />Looking at this family closely, we see that there is a suspicious five-year gap in the ages of the two youngest children: Sarah is 6 and Frederica 1. Tom, who has been doing genealogy for 45 years, knows that these gaps are often the most difficult to research–and yet often turn up the most interesting and poignant family history. He also knows that you can't rely on census records to find every member of a family–newspapers provide family history details not found anywhere else.<br /><br />Death was something people in 1850 were all too familiar with. The life expectancy was only around 39 years. Infant mortality was shockingly high–roughly 22 out of every 100 live births died as infants. Is there an Ayres family tragedy that the above record does not reveal–was there a child born that had died before the 1850 Census? Tom turned to GenealogyBank's extensive newspaper archive to find the answer.<br /><br />It didn't take Tom long to find what he was looking for, and a painful part of the Ayres' family history came to light. In the Dec. 12, 1848, issue of the Hudson River Chronicle (Sing Sing, New York), he found an obituary notice for the daughter of James and Ann Ayres: Lovina Ayres, who was born Aug. 7, 1846, and died Nov. 26, 1848.<br /><br />And there is more. Accompanying the obituary, the family inserted this notice–and suddenly the personal connection is made, and we can feel the Ayres' sorrow:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9rXaQvruq9UM-o_NcBa3O85xKWja3uFJ0jp_I2Z9RA4Oh1vnoENExhPB0nEO3kviLJ6iixYvUSK7ulCpGvk1hFAy0NCWGugBXgY78Ny7QCL-7IdcgGlTDZpmsUtEILJnVe1yHBBBJ3H0/s1600/feature-2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 124px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9rXaQvruq9UM-o_NcBa3O85xKWja3uFJ0jp_I2Z9RA4Oh1vnoENExhPB0nEO3kviLJ6iixYvUSK7ulCpGvk1hFAy0NCWGugBXgY78Ny7QCL-7IdcgGlTDZpmsUtEILJnVe1yHBBBJ3H0/s320/feature-2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563560720377957890" /></a><br /><br /><br />Newspapers not only fill in gaps in census records, they provide intimate family details that humanize genealogy research. Imagine if the Ayres were part of your family tree and you found this newspaper notice. Suddenly, you've come to know something about their lives; you've shared their grief, holding onto the image of the smile on Lovina's lips as their darling two-year-old girl passed away. They've become part of your family.<br /><br />"GenealogyBank's newspaper archive gives us important details about Lovina: her brief life, exact age, dates of birth/death, and even the actual poem that her parents chose to remember her by. For a brief moment we are standing there in the home–feeling the grief of our ancestors as they lived it," Tom commented. "These are details you just won't find in the census or anywhere else. Family trees are just not complete without the details available in newspapers." <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHoElmf5T-r056LgT8eiJuZaJhqdP_CnY6TbHX-xLBaCg4XwFf0vnFZlyZLi9pni5dhrjbDkrOU7ffxYb52q-rq-pC-Gb_qstlR7Y2V9AHTj20CQF9Sw8uMpYLYGsfPqp8CZQ2AeQpuVM/s1600/feature1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 39px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHoElmf5T-r056LgT8eiJuZaJhqdP_CnY6TbHX-xLBaCg4XwFf0vnFZlyZLi9pni5dhrjbDkrOU7ffxYb52q-rq-pC-Gb_qstlR7Y2V9AHTj20CQF9Sw8uMpYLYGsfPqp8CZQ2AeQpuVM/s320/feature1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563561551216865954" /></a>Ronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14454180841887693231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2576947635507922254.post-3689743350523203542011-01-14T09:39:00.002-07:002011-01-14T09:46:10.887-07:00How an Expert Tackles the ProblemBy Ancestry Monthly Update 05 January 2011 <br /><br />Every search has to start somewhere. Even experience and know-how won’t change that, says Joseph B. Shumway, AG, professional genealogist with ProGenealogists.<br /><br />“You want to find good documentation for each generation,” he says. “You don’t want to connect to the wrong line.” For Shumway, that means starting your search in the present … or at least as close as you can get. “All the background knowledge you acquire for the more contemporary generations can help you see further into the past.”<br /><br />That’s just one of Shumway’s tips for tackling a family history problem. What else does Shumway suggest?<br /><br />SLOW DOWN. “Sometimes you can get too far ahead of yourself. It’s better to slow down, find as much documentation as you can for each generation. The more info you have about each ancestor, the fuller your understanding is going to be.”<br /><br />SEE WHAT OTHER PEOPLE KNOW. “Your first step is always to browse around and find out what’s already been done. Look for compiled family trees, books, items like that. The information you find may not be reliable, but you can use it as a guide to help you decide what to look for. From there, it’s a matter of looking for additional records to supplement – even prove or disprove – what you’re finding.”<br /><br />KNOW WHEN YOU GET THERE. “How do you know when you’ve found enough information about an ancestor? When you get to a place where you feel beyond a reasonable doubt that you’ve connected the right people to each other and when you feel pretty certain that it’s unlikely that there’s another contender whom you might have missed.”<br /><br />PICK YOUR GO-TO SOURCES: “If you’re a beginner, your key record sources are always going to be census records and vital records, at least for most parts of the western world. I have a lot of tricks that I’ll use to find people: wildcard searches, searching for everyone with the same first name or last name in a geographical area, for example. And if the problem I’m facing is that I don’t have enough evidence to prove a connection, I’ll look at siblings, neighbors and other associated people that I find mentioned in records with the person I’m interested in. Focus on these people for a while and you might find clues to the person you’re looking for and piggyback on the sibling or neighbor.Ronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14454180841887693231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2576947635507922254.post-5899509707993200742010-10-24T15:43:00.000-06:002010-10-24T15:48:36.500-06:00Legacy Family Tree WebinarsThe makers of Legacy Family Tree has offered webinars dealing with genealogy and will have more in the future you can sign up to watch. Visit their web page at <a href="http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Webinars.asp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531732332866900354" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 100px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 100px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPcujQ1boeoBMQrhNCOuKbismaCn5ziR6w9M17Jeh20moeUbA2P3znjr3V_3c_AoPexlIj3So2cyfSaowgGkCaPswjAZ6kCgBtg5Am7Y3BWlo-6ZPb9kfbngQVyEh06B3lG3NVCR7DHt4/s400/webinars.gif" border="0" /></a>Ronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14454180841887693231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2576947635507922254.post-71956735723201529742010-09-20T21:34:00.000-06:002010-09-20T21:51:59.041-06:00BOISE AREA FALL FAMILY HISTORY CONFERENCE<div>Nampa North Stake Center<br />6111 Birch Lane<br />Saturday, October 16, 2010 </div><br /><br /><div><br />Online registration is available for the Boise Area Fall Family History Conference.<br />• BYU-Idaho is pleased to offer online registration. Please go to:<br /><a href="http://www.byui.edu/cc/familyhistory/registration.htm">www.byui.edu/cc/familyhistory/registration.htm</a>. </div><br /><br /><div><br />• For information on the conference and for handouts, please go to:<br /><a href="http://www.byui.edu/cc/familyhistory/default.htm">www.byui.edu/cc/familyhistory/default.htm</a>. </div><br /><br /><div><br />• For answers to questions, please phone: (208) 496-2337.<br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>Welcome and Devotional Blair D. Keddington<br />Blair D. Keddington is a product manager for FamilySearch. Blair has<br />worked for the Family History Department for 30 years, with most of<br />that time spent in software development. Blair has been a product manager<br />on New FamilySearch for 7 years and prior to that has been a project<br />manager, Help Desk manager, Microfilm Distribution manager and other<br />positions in software development. He has an accounting degree from the<br />University of Utah. Blair and his wife Michelle live in Centerville, Utah They<br />have 6 children and 5 grandchildren.</div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyvArJmcQfu6rLCJHpjfSr1TBrviCKuAdD6SSIRus-u27DiRP_i6h5iZ_dKehGvv69xBCv5U4kwNgT2ZOoJwiF6B5anfidp19vOh6VcsKDVYwrnAEjEJRFgmmaisV1inVWE8Ls0QWsUXM/s1600/boise_fall_brochure_2010_final_Page_2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 309px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519209033501203682" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyvArJmcQfu6rLCJHpjfSr1TBrviCKuAdD6SSIRus-u27DiRP_i6h5iZ_dKehGvv69xBCv5U4kwNgT2ZOoJwiF6B5anfidp19vOh6VcsKDVYwrnAEjEJRFgmmaisV1inVWE8Ls0QWsUXM/s400/boise_fall_brochure_2010_final_Page_2.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div>Ronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14454180841887693231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2576947635507922254.post-928575400452768952010-09-16T14:12:00.000-06:002010-09-16T14:33:53.193-06:00Where do I look for sources?Did you know that genealogy is everywhere? Sometimes we get in ruts and don't enlarge our scope of thinking about places to search for that piece of evidence that would point to the date of our ancestor's birth, marriage or death.<br /><br />Now some of the documents listed below may not give you an actual date of the event but they may give you a clue. For example, land deeds aren't going to provide a death date but they may show a widow and/or her children selling land after her husband dies. An ancestor may be shown paying taxes year after year and then he disappears from the tax roll.<br /><br />In some cases you can find the documents listed through an online subscription site or you may find them by researching at a library, archive or museum. Don't forget to use the National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections (<a href="http://lists.worldvitalrecords.com/t/31560456/43302057/855/0/">NUCMC</a>) and the Periodical Source Index (PERSI) as you research.<br /><br />Here are the first 20 resources to look for.<br /><br /><strong>1. State Vital Record Certificates</strong><br />This is usually the first source we look for, the birth, marriage or death certificate of an ancestor. While this should be our first stop, remember that states differ on when they required vital record registration. Information may be found about where to order these from <a href="http://lists.worldvitalrecords.com/t/31560456/43302057/1881/0/">Vitalrec.com</a>. Also check out genealogy subscription sites like <a href="http://lists.worldvitalrecords.com/t/31560456/43302057/102/0/">WorldVitalRecords</a> for indexes. <a href="http://lists.worldvitalrecords.com/t/31560456/43302057/1125/0/">FamilySearch</a> has some digitized images. Additionally, some states have digitized images of their vital records certificates. For more information check out Online Death Indexes and Online Birth and Marriage Indexes.<br /><br /><strong>2. World War I Draft Registration</strong><br />Available from some genealogy subscription sites, the World War I draft registration is going to pertain to your male ancestor born between 1872-1900. To learn more about this draft, read the book Uncle, We Are Ready! By John J Newman.<br /><br /><strong>3. World War II Draft Registration (Old Man's Draft)</strong><br />Available from <a href="http://lists.worldvitalrecords.com/t/31560456/43302057/522/0/">WorldVitalRecords</a>. Because of privacy restrictions, this is currently the only draft registration available to use for the World War II era. Taken in 1942, the Old Man's draft was for men who were born on or between 28 April 1877 and 16 February 1897. These men were between 45 and 64 years at the time of the registration.<br /><br /><strong>4. Midwife Diary<br /></strong>Diaries and journals are typically available by searching a university library website, museum, archive or <a href="http://lists.worldvitalrecords.com/t/31560456/43302057/855/0/">NUCMC</a>. A few midwife journals have been published including <a href="http://lists.worldvitalrecords.com/t/31560456/43302057/1883/0/">Martha Ballard's</a>. The value of a midwife's diary is that it includes information not only on the births she attended but also how she assisted other family members while the mother recuperated. Don't underestimate the value of the writings of your ancestor's neighbors.<br /><br /><strong>5. Military Pensions</strong><br />Military pensions can provide lots of great info about the soldier and in some cases the wife. Don't forget that there are more than just the pensions given out by the federal government. After the Civil War, the former Confederate states had to pay out their own pensions. You can find more information about what types of pensions were given out and when by checking out state archives. I would also recommend the William Dollarhide book, <a href="http://lists.worldvitalrecords.com/t/31560456/43302057/1837/0/">Genealogical Resources of the Civil War Era</a>, for information about Civil War research.<br /><br /><strong>6. Birthday Books<br /></strong>Birthday Books were like autograph books that Victorians kept that listed names and birthdates. You will most likely find these in a manuscript collection kept at a museum, library or archive. Search <a href="http://lists.worldvitalrecords.com/t/31560456/43302057/855/0/">NUCMC</a> for the locality you are researching.<br /><br /><strong>7. Scrapbooks</strong><br />Scrapbooking is not a new craze, the Victorians loved scrapbooking and they pasted newspaper clippings about their family, friends and neighbors in their scrapbooks. In some cases scrapbooks were donated and are part of manuscript collections. Conduct a locality search in N<a href="http://lists.worldvitalrecords.com/t/31560456/43302057/855/0/">UCMC</a> for possible hits as well as a search through a university library, museum or archive in the area you are researching.<br /><br /><strong>8. Social Security Death Index<br /></strong>You can search the <a href="http://lists.worldvitalrecords.com/t/31560456/43302057/520/0/">Social Security Death Index</a> for free on WorldVitalRecords. The Social Security Death Index contains over 86 million records of deaths that have been reported to the Social Security Administration. This file includes the following information on each decedent, if the data are available to the Social Security Administration: Social Security number, name, date of birth, date of death, state or country of residence (prior to March 1988), ZIP code of last residence, and ZIP code of lump sum payment.<br />It's important to understand the limitations of the Social Security Death Index. The Social Security Act was signed into law in 1935. Only those who received Social Security benefits or were reported to Social Security as being deceased will be listed. Those who never paid into Social Security such as those who worked exclusively for the Railroad will not be listed.<br /><br /><strong>9. U.S. Federal Census</strong><br />Each census year provides a clue to the age of your ancestor. In addition, the 1900 and 1910 U.S. Census each has a column that asks how many years the person has been married in the present marriage.<br /><br /><strong>10. State Census</strong><br />Some states, but not all participated in a state census. To learn more about which states participated and online links to records, check out Genealogy Research Guides-State Census Records. In some cases you will need to order the state census on microfilm from the <a href="http://lists.worldvitalrecords.com/t/31560456/43302057/1631/0/">Family History Library</a>.<br /><br /><strong>11. Religious Census<br /></strong>Church records encompass a large scope of various types of documents that can help with your research. One type of record that was kept by the Mormons and the Catholics is a church wide census. These census records provide information on each family and can be valuable to your research. Look for these records through the <a href="http://lists.worldvitalrecords.com/t/31560456/43302057/1631/0/">Family History Library</a> or a church archive.<br /><br /><strong>12. Newspapers<br /></strong>Newspapers provide much more to your research than just a place to find obituaries. Newspapers provide birth announcements, articles about 50th wedding anniversaries, funeral notices, legal notices and more. More and more digitized newspapers are making this research easier. At WorldVitalRecords we have a large collection of newspapers from <a href="http://lists.worldvitalrecords.com/t/31560456/43302057/1885/0/">Newspaper Archive</a> and <a href="http://lists.worldvitalrecords.com/t/31560456/43302057/1886/0/">Paper of Record</a>. You can also find newspaper digitized through state digitization projects like the <a href="http://lists.worldvitalrecords.com/t/31560456/43302057/1627/0/">Utah Digital Newspapers</a>. You can also find newspapers through state archives as well. Check out the <a href="http://lists.worldvitalrecords.com/t/31560456/43302057/1887/0/">Kansas State Historical Society</a> who has a large collection of newspapers from throughout the United State, available to researchers on microfilm through interlibrary loan.<br /><br /><strong>13. Cemetery Records</strong><br />Depending on the type of cemetery your ancestor is buried in, you may find records that provide a lot of information including cause of death and next of kin, you may find records that simply state where the person is buried or there may not be any records at all. Check with the owner of the cemetery, in some cases a city, county, church or private institution, for what information they have on your ancestor's burial.<br /><br /><strong>14. Funeral Home Records<br /></strong>Funeral Homes have been around since about the time of the U.S. Civil War. What was once a family business has grown to include corporations that own many homes in different cities. Funeral home records are private business records and may be stored or disposed of according to the wishes of the business owner. When inquiring about records, be patient and considerate of the work the Home does with those who are dealing with the recent death of a family member.<br /><br /><strong>15. Gravestones</strong><br />The dates listed on a gravestone may provide clues to the birth and death of an ancestor. But remember, these are secondary sources and could be incorrect. In some cases, gravestones hold much more information than a birth and death. I've seen the names of children, information about the couple, including marriage information included on a stone.<br /><br /><strong>16. County History Books (Mug Books)</strong><br />County History Books, also referred to as Mug Books are important books detailing the history of an area, including autobiographical data. Although this data needs to be verified, in some cases the subject of the biography may have exaggerated or accidentally provided incorrect dates for family events, it is a good place to look for information.<br /><br /><strong>17. Land Records</strong><br />While land records don't provide vital records information per se they may provide valuable clues about the death or a person. Following a parcel of land through time may point to clues to when your ancestor died.<br /><br /><strong>18. Plat Maps</strong><br />Plat maps are a great way to see the connections between your ancestor and their community. Marriages between neighbors and other relationships can be traced by looking at those near your ancestor. It is also a good way to find nearby cemeteries during the time of your ancestor.<br /><br /><strong>19. Funeral Cards<br /></strong>Given to those who attended a funeral, funeral cards hold valuable information about the birth and death of a person. Largely found as a home source, there is one genealogy subscription, <a href="http://lists.worldvitalrecords.com/t/31560456/43302057/1888/0/">Genealogy Today</a> that has a database of over 23,000 names from funeral cards.<br /><br /><strong>20. Photographs</strong><br />Look for clues in photographs for weddings, births, postmortem photographs and even family gatherings at funerals. While photographs are largely a home source, either your home source or a long lost cousin's, there are websites like Dea<a href="http://lists.worldvitalrecords.com/t/31560456/43302057/1889/0/">d Fred</a> that seeks to reunite photographs with their descendents.Ronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14454180841887693231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2576947635507922254.post-80860876046229703802010-09-08T12:07:00.000-06:002010-09-08T12:10:37.148-06:00General News and Information<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA-PfebM005McBxS963ILgZ8F2vgLtJIASHOGGfS8cF24EhNd6GliFxDY_R1XiGhXoNUoFlj8h3hD6cS4AC1Oap3jOXcCaLH2OAHVH3NO11FSYbDOFFOGilYWu-uM4z9BD0OuG8cD8q3s/s1600/FamilySearch.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 226px; height: 77px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA-PfebM005McBxS963ILgZ8F2vgLtJIASHOGGfS8cF24EhNd6GliFxDY_R1XiGhXoNUoFlj8h3hD6cS4AC1Oap3jOXcCaLH2OAHVH3NO11FSYbDOFFOGilYWu-uM4z9BD0OuG8cD8q3s/s320/FamilySearch.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514606134150190114" /></a><br />September 8, 2010<br /> <br />All nine videos from the widely acclaimed “Celebration of Family History” that was presented at the Conference Center in April as part of the National Genealogical Society annual gathering are available to view online <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfXVvWb0qOQ">here</a>. These are inspirational videos that you will want to share with family, friends, and ward members. <br /><br />A Certified Record Manager for the Apple MacIntosh is ready. After over 18 months of development and coordination with FamilySearch Developer Support, MacFamilyTree version 6 is fully integrated with new.FamilySearch.org. Get the details about their public beta test at <a href="http://www.syniumsoftware.com/macfamilytree6/topfeatures.html">here</a><br />Sincerely, <br />FamilySearch SupportRonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14454180841887693231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2576947635507922254.post-9485859710687687422010-09-06T05:55:00.000-06:002010-09-06T05:56:28.458-06:00Scanning AdviceWhen scanning old photos, I used to store the picture as black and white, in order to save digital storage space. It is better to start with full color settings, even though it is a black and white original photo or document. In Photoshop and similar software, you can easily remove the yellowing of the picture. This may turn a faded looking picture into a fresh, crisp and vibrant picture. If all you have is black and white data, this cannot be done.<br /><br />While keeping the original scan for archive, I usually make copies and crop the picture for display to bring out the important features. Many times this allows me to see faces that I could not make out on the original picture. With cropping and enlargement, group pictures can be turned into a series of individual portraits, useful when no other picture exists for that person.Ronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14454180841887693231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2576947635507922254.post-74810257347040727002010-08-25T12:59:00.001-06:002010-08-25T13:05:43.231-06:00Software that FamilyInsight and/or NewFamilySearch works with<strong>Family Tree Maker 2010 </strong><br />• Full-featured genealogy program for Windows. <br />• You can use FamilyInsight to synchronize your records with new FamilySearch. <br />• Can synchronize with records found on Ancestry.com if you have an account. <br />• Video training lessons are available from the Help menu. Chose, "Training Tutorials".<br /><strong>Family Tree Maker 2011</strong> (to be released any day now)<br />• All of the features of Family Tree Maker 2010 with some added enhancements.<br />• A Mac version of this program will be available towards the end of the year and we will work with that program also.<br />• To learn more, <a href="http://www.ohanasoftware.com/?sec=learnmore/CompatiblePrograms&page=FamilyTreeMaker">click here</a> <br /><strong>Personal Ancestral File (PAF 5.2)</strong><br />• Full-featured genealogy program for Windows.<br />• You can use FamilyInsight to synchronize your records with new FamilySearch.<br />• Free to download from <a href="http://www.familysearch.org/eng/default.asp?page=home/welcome/simplePAFRegistration.asp">www.familysearch.org</a><br />• PAF v5.2 Lessons (English Only) are available for downloading from the same page as PAF download. The PAF manual and other help documents are available from the Help menu.<br /><strong>Ancestral Quest 12.1</strong>• Full-featured genealogy program for Windows<br />• Certified to work with the new FamilySearch or you can use FamilyInsight.<br />• To learn more, <a href="http://www.ohanasoftware.com/?sec=learnmore/CompatiblePrograms&page=AncestralQuest#system">click here</a> <br />• A direct link to their online video tutorials is found on the Help menu. Click "Video Tutorial".<br /><strong>RootsMagic 4</strong>• Full-featured genealogy program for Windows.<br />• Certified to work with the new FamilySearch or you can use FamilyInsight (currently in Beta testing).<br />• To learn more, <a href="http://www.ohanasoftware.com/?sec=learnmore/CompatiblePrograms&page=RootsMagic#system">click here</a> <br /><strong>Legacy 7</strong>• Full-featured genealogy program for Windows. Certified to work with the new FamilySearch or you can use FamilyInsight.<br />• To learn more, <a href="http://www.ohanasoftware.com/?sec=learnmore/CompatiblePrograms&page=Legacy#system">click here</a> <br />• A printed manual and training videos are available for purchase. The purchase offer appears when you open the program. There are help documents and written overviews available from the Help menuRonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14454180841887693231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2576947635507922254.post-1341954965694757282010-08-25T12:53:00.000-06:002010-08-25T12:56:06.544-06:00Ohana FamilyInsightToday, Ohana Software announced their latest MAJOR update. You may now use PAF and Family Tree Maker 2010 files with FamilyInsight without the need of a GEDCOM file. We will be compatible with 2011 when that version of Family Tree Maker is released very soon. Ancestral Quest and RootsMagic users can join us in beta testing FamilyInsight for that program. Legacy users, please don't loose heart, the ability to read a Legacy file is under development. We hope to develop the ability to work with other programs, too. If you are interested in helping us with our beta testing, please send an email to beta@ohanasoftware.com telling us which program you use and would like to help test with. <br />To use these additional program files in FamilyInsight, you will simply open FamilyInsight from the desktop icon and select your Family Tree Maker (.ftm), Ancestral Quest (.aq), RootsMagic (.rmg) or Legacy (.fbd) file. Remember, no GEDCOM is needed!<br />The gift of choice is now yours. You may continue using PAF and FamilyInsight but if you choose to try other software programs FamilyInsight will be able to read their files without creating a GEDCOM. Because of the relationship we have with these other companies we can now offer you their products bundled with FamilyInsight at a discount. We currently sell Family Tree Maker 2011 as pre-order for when it is released , Ancestral Quest 12, RootsMagic 4 and Legacy 7 on our website. Look for our bundles and save! Change is GREAT!<br />~Cina Johnson~Ronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14454180841887693231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2576947635507922254.post-9988887147271951802010-08-20T08:14:00.000-06:002010-08-20T08:16:26.080-06:00FamilySearch announced the addition of over 200 million new searchable historic recordsFamilySearch announced the addition of over 200 million new searchable historic records representing 18 countries to its online database. The new records were added to the hundreds of millions FamilySearch published earlier this year at a similar event in Salt Lake City, Utah. The number of records on the pilot site totals 700 million The latest deluge of records includes 53 new or updated collections from the United States and over 100 million new records from Europe, Scandinavia and Mexico. The United States collections include the 1910 U.S. Census and states’ birth, marriage and death records. There are 10 million new records from New Jersey and Michigan, 4 million from Tennessee, an amazing 41 million from Massachusetts, and many more from other states. <br /><br />“Some time ago, FamilySearch committed to creating access to the world’s genealogical records online in a big way. Today’s updates are part of an ongoing effort to make good on those commitments,” said Paul Nauta, FamilySearch public affairs manager. “We have only just begun,” Nauta concluded. In the U.S., FamilySearch is currently focusing on digitizing and publishing online federal and state censuses and state birth, marriage and death records. When complete, the initiative will provide a definitive collection of U.S. genealogical resources for family history researchers. <br /><br />In addition to the new U.S. collections, over 100 million records were added to FamilySearch’s international collections online — making it most likely the largest international genealogy collection online. The new international databases come from birth, marriage and death records and from municipal records. Go to FamilySearch.org, then click Search Records and then Record Search pilot to see a full list of the free collections. The records will also soon be available at beta.familysearch.org. <br /><br />“What makes today’s announcement even more impressive is that FamilySearch uses predominantly a growing corps of volunteers to accomplish the task of digitizing and indexing the records for online publication. That’s also in large part how we can do it for free, how it can be done at no cost to the patron,” said Nauta. Currently, 350,000 volunteers worldwide log on to FamilySearchIndexing.org and use FamilySearch’s proprietary software to view digital images of historic documents of personal interest and type in the desired information. FamilySearch then creates a free, searchable index of the historic collections online for the public to use.Ronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14454180841887693231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2576947635507922254.post-33571557622831362032010-07-08T07:06:00.000-06:002010-07-08T07:10:14.479-06:00New Family History HoursStarting the week of July 11, 2010 the Family History Center located in the Meridian Idaho Amity Stake Center will be changing hours.<br /><br />Tuesdays<br />9am - noon<br />1pm - 4pm<br />7pm - 9pm<br /><br />All other days/times are available if you schedule with your ward family history consultants.Ronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14454180841887693231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2576947635507922254.post-60940353991021791832010-07-04T10:17:00.000-06:002010-07-04T10:20:36.184-06:00Latest from Salt Lake City<strong>Consultant Fireside Video Now Available</strong><br />On Tuesday, April 27, 2010, Elder Allan F. Packer of the First Quorum of the Seventy, and one of the Executive Directors for the Family History Department of the Church (aka FamilySearch), held a special fireside in the Tabernacle on Temple Square in Salt Lake City, Utah, in conjunction with the National Genealogical Society’s annual conference that was held the same week. This fireside was directed toward local family history consultants, but its message is pertinent to all who are engaged in this vital saving work. You can find the video recording of this fireside on the Family History page of Serving in the Church on LDS.org. <a href="http://www.lds.org/pa/display/0,17884,6684-1,00.html">Click here</a> to find the links for the fireside in both English and Spanish.<br /><br /><strong>Record Search Update: 26 Million New Names Added</strong><br />Twenty-nine new collections were updated or added last week at FamilySearch.org—with 26 million names and 1.5 million digital images! The international collections continue to expand, with exciting new additions for Costa Rica, France, Hungary, Mexico, and Spain. In addition, nine indexes were added to the U.S. 1910 Federal Census collection—that means it is 37 percent complete! This project is moving along quickly.<br /><br />There are now 428 collections from original source records available online. Search all of these great collections at <a href="http://pilot.familysearch.org/">FamilySearch’s Record Search pilot</a>.<br /><br /><strong>Indexing Update<br /></strong>A project to index Freedmen Letters from North Carolina is now available. This is the second Freedmen’s Bureau collection FamilySearch has worked on with the National Archives. These records provide the earliest major compilation of information on many emancipated slaves, freed Blacks, and Black Union soldiers, including names, marriages, education and employment information, and receipt of rations, health care, and legal support. <a href="http://indexing.familysearch.org/public/news.jsf">Click here</a> for the latest Indexing projects, news, and updates.Ronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14454180841887693231noreply@blogger.com