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1. Volume VI Issue 1 January 2013 GENEALOGY NEWS Com iled 0 Jack and S Ivia Sonneborn York PA TRAINING VIDEOS AND HANDOUTS FOR USING FAMILY TREE Much of this edition of Genealogy News will feature aids for learning how to use Family Tree Some are better than others some are updated and some are from the original beta release but there are so many available that you can choose the ones that you want to use FS has moved the access to the FT Overview booklet Go to the Help button in familysearch org upper right hand corner Click that open and then under the Search box click open this hyperlink See all family tree training materials Manuals videos etc Then scroll down to this section and click on View and Download PDF Manual It is also evolving It used to be 7 pages but at the present the information about deleting information is missing probably being revised The guide is still very helpful Guides and Manuals H e gt E a View and Download View and Download PDF Manual Manual At this training site there are videos as well as other handouts on advanced operations on Family Tree For those of you who have not even put your toes into the water yet here is information about a sandbox to play in where you can experiment without messing up any records It s affectionately called the Sandbox Practice here with fictitious information in a Family Tree Sandbox without hurting Family Tree ht
2. The site allows you 1 build your family tree so you can map out your family relationships and explore your heritage and 2 share photos videos and stories that your family will enjoy Everything on Rootsy is private so only your family can see what s happening in the network Rootsy com is not a genealogy site to compete with other sites on the Internet You won t want to use it to list your ancestors back ten generations and it doesn t provide places for source citations and there are no fancy charts Instead Rootsy com is designed as a gathering place for your living relatives who would like to keep in touch with each other Rootsy com has a rather strong privacy policy Full details may be found at http blog rootsy com privacy Rootsy com is free for everyone 2 Jan 2013 UltraFileSearch Lite A Free Replacement to Windows Search Did you ever lose something on your hard drive You exclaim I know saved it SOMEPLACE but now can t find it Indeed later versions of Windows have the capability to search for files or even strings of data within files anyplace on a hard drive However the search software provided by Microsoft is best described as anemic Luckily several third party vendors provide better products even some that are available free of charge Writing in the MakeUseOf blog Craig Snyder describes one of the better free search programs UltraFileSearch is available in two versions a Lite version that
3. We are on an honor system and if a descendant makes a complaint about our temple reservations we surely will receive a call with consequences 14 WHAT IS TWITTER December 17 2012 By This article was written by By Mick Altmyer FamilySearch Blog Are you looking for the latest information about topics from experts in areas you personally find interesting Your interest could be gardening hiking boating science or any numerous topics even family history and genealogy work What if you could find a public stream of compelling genealogy information from experts and simply follow the conversations in a simple and most powerful way would like to introduce you to a real time network that will connect you with the latest and best experts covering those topics This network is called Twitter What is Twitter Twitter is a free service for friends family and your circle of influence who share your topics of interest It is a way to stay connected regarding the topic through the exchange of quick frequent messages At the heart of Twitter are small bursts of information or messages called Tweets Each tweet is 140 characters or fewer in length small in size but don t let the size fool you Experts can share a lot within a tweet Tweets are sent to your personal profile or your blog This blog or rich detail pane on your home page provides additional information and deeper contents Just scroll down and read
4. A Day in the Life of a FamilySearch Records Preservation Missionary Becoming Acquainted President Joseph Fielding Smith It remains the responsibility of each individual to know his kindred dead Even if the temple work is done then it is still each person s responsibility to study and become acquainted with his ancestors President Joseph Fielding Smith quoted in Hearts Turned to the Fathers A History of the Genealogical Society of Utah 1894 1994 1995 184 USING UNITED STATES NEWSPAPERS There are several on line data bases of old newspapers the one use is a subscription data base called Genealogy Bank It is NOT an exhaustive collection of newspapers by any means but IT does have both historical and modern though not for every place I ve used it for modern obits in East Tennessee not that can do Temple work for any of them as they re much too recent Still sometimes it pays to get the info now while it is available even if it s for future use have gotten as many as four generations off of some of the TN obits in my family children spouse parents amp grandparents This is useful because don t know the children and may not recognize the parents But it all goes in my database Early US newspapers do not have a lot of obits and unless your family member was one of the community s movers amp shakers or infamous or died in an unusual way there may not be anything on them A friend
5. Another helpful resource is from Smashing Magazine Its a very informative article that discusses copyright issues for online content It received so much attention that they have now made the article available as a PDF download This is a very handy resource that should be a part of every researcher s digital library FamilySearch Blog QUESTION Have My Family Tree Back to Adam and Eve Have you ever heard these words uttered When asked if it is possible for living people to extend ancestral lines back to Adam and Eve Robert C Gunderson Senior Royalty Research Specialist of the Church Genealogical Department stated ANSWER The simplest answer is No Let me explain In thirty five years of genealogical research have yet to see a pedigree back to Adam that can be documented By assignment have reviewed hundreds of pedigrees over the years have not found one where each connection on the pedigree can be justified by evidence from contemporary documents In my opinion it is not even possible to verify historically a connected European pedigree earlier than the time of the Merovingian Kings c a d 450 a d 752 Every pedigree have seen which attempts to bridge the gap between that time and the biblical pedigree appears to be based on questionable tradition or at worst plain fabrication Generally these pedigrees offer no evidence as to the origin of the information or they cite a vague source FS
6. Frankie for Frankenstein because it s built in different places and being put together now He said they are doing three updates each day and the reason that other programs such as Ancestral Quest Rootsmagic Insight etc can t yet interface is because FamilyTree is changing so much each day He said those programs will be ready quickly when FamilyTree is ready because all of the affiliates do their own programming and can do it quickly Cindy A ACCESS TO FAMILY TREE https www familysearch org invite familytre e tab BROWSER APPS FOR FAMILY TREE There are two apps already created 1 The first is called RecordSeek Go to http www recordseek com to see that one drag the button to your bookmarks toolbar be sure that is visible Allows one to put a source into Family Tree on the spot without even having to have the tree open apparently Have not seen anyone use it yet 2 Chrome extension RootsSearch Searches a number of premium and free websites such as Ancestry FindMyPast and BillionGraves that one is free and Findagrave Once installed navigate in the tree to an ancestor then open up the details page A looking glass icon will appear at the far right of the Chrome browser address bar Click to open it will prefill with what you have but you can change that as needed or desired then click on one of the buttons on the right to search a given site A new tab will open so you don t lose your place on Family Tr
7. So we probably have a few months before New FamilySearch will be taken off the internet We should use that time to accomplish the above FamilySearch is eager to close down New FamilySearch as soon as feasible The New FamilySearch and Family Tree databases have begun to diverge to the point that some instability has arisen in the system from the divergence which can only be resolved by closing down New FamilySearch George W Scott Author of How To Use Family Tree Wisely SEVEN REASONS TO CELEBRATE FAMILYSEARCH ORG S FAMILY TREE 1 IT IS ON ONE SITE WITH OTHER FAMILY SEARCH TOOLS FS ALSO HAS A RESEARCH SITE ON THE OPENING PAGE TYPE IN A NAME AND HIT SEARCH YOU WILL HAVE ACCESS TO ALL RECORDS INDEXED OR DIGITIZED AT FS EVERYTHING IS ON ONE SITE 2 On FT you can get around the bowtie pedigree chart easily go in and out to enlarge or decrease the chart expand the length of the pedigree or retract it and grab onto the pedigree with the cursor hand and reposition it on the page and print it EASY NAVIGATION 3 Family Tree is editable for accuracy Many people complained that they could not easily change incorrect records posted by another person on new FamilySearch but now the feature to correct inaccuracies exists on FT IS EDITABLE 4 Sources and citations are front and center FT wants users to add citations or links to other relevant sources from other sites Documentation has greater emphasis Notes and
8. Tweets can also be sent by you to your followers and are searchable on Twitter search You can think of a tweet as a headline Follow the headline story and receive the information See it in action You don t have to tweet to get value from Twitter Twitter will connect you to experts in real time Family history and genealogy experts are using Twitter to quickly share and receive valuable updates and genealogical information on a daily basis Do you need anything special to use it All you need to use Twitter is an internet connection or a mobile phone Once you re in type your first update into the web box To get an idea of what other people are saying or doing in regard to genealogy and family history work on Twitter check out Twitter search to find them You can search by keyword Just type genealogy and read the tweets You re sure to learn something new and receive the latest updates on the topic What does it mean to follow someone on Twitter Following someone simply means receiving their Twitter updates When you follow someone every time they tweet or post a new message it will appear on your Twitter home page New messages are added to your home page as they are posted so you always get updates in real time When you log in you can see the latest updates The really cool thing is you will only receive messages from experts you choose to follow about topics of interest How do You Know Who You r
9. ancestors who needed ordinance work but finding her grandfather s work done was bittersweet Since that time Family Search has widened the gap to 110 years instead of 95 years for baptism without permission 11 How well remember another incident that a member had with a living aunt who had received proxy baptism received a call from this man in the Lewisberry Ward when served as a support missionary he had discovered that proxy baptism had been performed for his ninety seven year old aunt who was living in a home in the City of York Someone had decided that surely she must be deceased and at the time it was legitimate to do her ordinances because she was born before 1917 old rule so with no death date the researcher marked her as Deceased and forged ahead to do the temple work Even though we are able to make corrections in Family Tree we cannot correct this particular problem when temple ordinances exist we need to report to FamilySearch Support through the Help Button for anyone who is living and who has had proxy temple performed for him or her helped her nephew create a case for FamilySearch Support and the administrators were able to negate the work once we supplied her address Since people are living longer the date of 95 years was too small and numerous older individuals were having proxy work incorrectly performed for them The 110 year rule has corrected that These are just two incidents that have h
10. by Lynn The Family History Writing Challenge returns for the third year of motivating family historians dedicating daily time for writing their family history stories Family historians wishing to take up the torch of writing their stories are encouraged to put down the microfilm and pick up the pen for the month of February and start writing their family history stories Upon signing up for The Family History Writing Challenge participating members are invited to declare a goal in the form of a word count and to commit to completing that word count during the 28 days in February In exchange for the commitment Lynn Palermo The Armchair Genealogist host of the month long challenge will send out daily newsletters that include motivational messages writing lessons along with instructional guest posts by leading genealogists published authors and editors Family historians who wish to participate in the challenge can sign up or learn more about the challenge at The Family History Writing Challenge website The event will run from February 1st February 28th 11 Jan 2013 Ancestry com Introduces New Support Communities v ya lt i ancestry 5 Ancestry com Introduces NEW Support heme te Amery cor tenn Communities meme eames nar oa r mes menat te mera annem nal os pi eins ibne tini Smee ene Lees 5 lentes o n The Ancestry com blog at http Jigoo gl DjWpJ lists a new addition to the Ancestry com web site Support Com
11. demonstrate what FamilyTree could do and helped them become familiar with how to edit information add sources and submit names for ordinance work didn t go into all of the mess with merging right now although demonstrated a straightforward merge to show them how the software works Maybe I m avoiding reality but have every sympathy with what it takes to create a program and get everything working can t imagine having people using it while it s still being created The last three weeks of the class went through a case study showed them the grandson of one of my husband s ancestors and the fact that there was no green arrow He had no wife no children and his work as an individual was done then walked them through using FS historical records to locate 2 him in every census yes he had a wife and many children We linked the record added the family members and kept going After census records we got into vital records showed them when a census indicated that a child had been born and had died between censuses We looked up his birth and death We had a birth certificate where the father was listed at an army camp while the mother was in Chicago We got into WWI and WWII draft records Everything did was on FamilySearch and the point was to show them how much they could do online in real records and how much information they could gather in a couple of weeks not hours to fully identify someone fo
12. sources from nFS will be added to FT later REQUESTS DOCUMENTATION 5 Users can communicate with other users to share research and information or to discuss discrepancies in information with a living contributor COLLABORATION 6 FT keeps a history of activity on the site There is a watch feature that will notify a user when a record has been changed and will list who made the change if the user sets up the alerts WATCH A FAMILY FILE AND RECEIVE E MAIL NOTIFICATION IF CHANGED 7 An added bonus is that a GEDCOM can be added but FT now allows users to check for duplicates before adding a large number of ancestors at one time DUPLICATE CHECK WHEN UPLOADING A GEDCOM Family History research must be approached with the same vigor as scholarly research The research must be robust and thorough and all assertions _ must be sourced GOOD EXPERIENCES WITH FAMILY TREE am aware of the weaknesses of Family Tree but our ward has been having an amazingly positive experience during this transition time That may be because have been teaching our class about the things that are working without going into what is still in the programming stages have felt like there was plenty to learn in the areas of the program that are in good condition started with a class on the doctrine which included showing the new videos created by FamilySearch for that first lesson then went into several lessons to
13. the idea of not wasting paper and not having to file all sorts of things in binders or filing cabinets However it required months for me to get used to the idea Now Adam Dachis describes how he made the change in two days You can read Adam s article at http goo gl enQNk 27 Jan 2013 25 How to Find Information ona Specific Site Here is a simple trick have used dozens of times and yet discovered recently that several of my friends didn t know about it Google searches are great at finding information on the Web but Google also frequently floods you with too many hits Finding what you want is difficult if Google found 10 000 occurrences of the words you want to find If you happen to know the exact web site that has the information you seek you can tell Google to search only that one web site For instance let s say that you think you saw an article on paperless genealogy in a past edition of Eastman s Online Genealogy Newsletter and you wish to read the article again Go to http Awww google com and enter the following into the search box site eogn com paperless genealogy The key here is to use the search term site followed by a colon to specify a search of only that one web site Note there is no space after the colon find the www is optional so usually omit those letters You can also perform exactly the same search and a lot more by using Google s Advanced Search page at http www google com adva
14. BLOG Nathan Murph FamilySearch Introduces Two New Search Features January 4 2013 By Robert Kehrer FamilySearch org has updated its search system with two new features that will allow users to focus their searches in a dramatic way These two new features are e Restrict Results by Record Location amp Type e Search the FamilySearch Catalog with Multiple Search Parameters Restricting Results by Record Location amp Type Among the many different genealogical search tasks the most common are a broad search for any information about an ancestor and a narrow search for a specific record such as a birth 10 certificate for an ancestor Someone looking for any information about their ancestor who was born in England is usually delighted to see the 1920 U S Census record showing the person and his family living in Wisconsin Those specifically seeking their grandfather s English birth certificate are not so delighted with a U S Census record Using the new main page search form a user can designate that he wants only records returned which originate from England He can also choose to restrict the types of records returned to those of a specific type such as Marriage Our search system uses all of the information it has about a record to determine its location of origin and type It uses the jurisdictional of the known record keeping authority the place and type of the primary event on the record the collection
15. EMPLE ORDINANCES CONSEQUENCES WILL BECOME MORE SEVERE With the newly created Family Tree when we reserve temple work we must pledge that we are following the rules set down by The Church For those who break the rules the consequences will become more severe Here is the pledge that we sign I have read and will comply with the following statements You can also open the hyperlink Church Policies and read those policies before you reserve the name FamilySearch Reserve Ordinances Who do you want to assign these ordinances to I will do the ordinances Assign the ordinances to others I have read and will comply with the following statements Temple ordinances are sacred and should be treated with respect Please make sure that you do the following as you submit these ordinances 1 Check for duplicate entries to avoid doing ordinances that are already done 2 Abide by Church policies Cancel After many deliberations at FamilySearch FS has been deciding how to become more proactive in reprimanding the people who are breaking the rules FamilySearch is concerned about those patrons who break rules by submitting famous people people born within the past 110 years submitted without permission and people born prior to 1500 for temple ordinance work In the past violators were asked to stop Now FamilySearch is hoping to curb the problem by calling the patron on the first instance of breaking t
16. Family Tree Futures Family Tree Update Posted 29 Jan 2013 11 05 PM PST The Ancestry Insider Ancestrylnsider gmail com Last week in the FamilySearch blog David Green talked about several imminent Family Tree features Expect these in the next couple of weeks Below I m semi quoting from the article 1 The Helper Feature available in New FamilySearch will be available for Family Tree 2 It will be possible to restore a deleted person 3 Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints will be able to request ordinances from the person page 4 Users will be able to view and review a list of individuals designated as Not a Match 5 Match merge will allow users to switch records back and forth from the left and right side of the page While Family Tree is sharing data with new familysearch org there will be some requirements for some persons to be on the left side and will not be switchable 6 If a merge fails specific error messages will appear providing information on why the merge could not complete the merge and what to do 7 Family Tree will allow users to print family group records and pedigree charts in PDF format Finally access to new familysearch org will be discontinued in the near future 20 FAMILYSEARCH NICKNAMED FRANKIE attended a meeting tonight in Bellevue WA where Bro White of the FHL and FamilySearch was the speaker He spoke and took questions on FamilyTree He said they call it
17. If the veil were lifted off the face of the Latter day Saints and they could see and know the things of God as they do who are laboring for the salvation of the human family who are in the spirit world this whole with very few if any people exceptions would lose all interest in the riches of the world and instead thereof their whole desires and labors would be directed to redeem their dead 19 FAMILYSEARCH SITE MAP FamilySearch Family of Websites Posted 16 Dec 2012 11 05 PM PST The Ancestry Insider Ancestrylnsider gmail com What we need for familysearch org is a good site map Here s a quick attempt Click on a green topic to go directly to the site Search Historical Records nternational Genealogical Index Genealogies including Ancestral File and Pedigree Resource Files Catalog Classic Catalog FHLC Books All Historical Record Collections Family Tree visit invite link first Learn Getting Started Another Getting Started you must login Research Wiki Research Courses Discussion Forums stay tuned for tomorrow s article FamilySearch Centers and FHCs Order Microfilm Indexing Blog TechTips User Settings Source Box Help General About Feedback Privacy Terms Other Affiliate Products Archivists Careers Developers Labs England 1851 Jurisdiction Maps Community Trees Press Television Volunteer
18. Overview e Researching in the FamilySearch Wiki A Case Study e Brazil Beginning Research Series Lesson 2 Civil Registration Records e Emmas utvandring till USA Del 1 Swedish e Emmas utvandring till USA Del 2 Swedish Emmas utvandring till USA Del 3 Swedish Hur borjar jag slaktforska Swedish ScotlandsPeople gov Publier son Histoire Familiale en ligne French Using Online Czech Records Praque City Archives S rie Brasil Come ando a Pesquisar Li o 1 Come ando Portuguese Crossing the Frontera Comprendre l criture de nos anc tres Part 1 French Comprendre l criture de nos anc tres Part 2 French Pennsylvania Research County Court and Probate Records Pennsylvania Research Land Records Field of Dreams Great French Websites Little Used But Important Sources Swedish Finnish Tax Catechism amp Danish Communion Records Part 1 Little Used But Important Sources Swedish Finnish Tax Catechism amp Danish Communion Records Part 2 England Probate Records Pre 1858 Probate Records Part 1 Courts and Indexes U S Hispanic Immigrants Finding their Place of Origin Uso de las partidas bautismales Spanish D nde encontrar informaci n de su antepasado antioque o Spanish FamilySearch Blog SOME RIGHTS RESERVED The American Library Association has several tools related to copyright laws and guidelines which help you quickly determine a publication s copyright status
19. appened because some people are excited about doing this great work sometimes with disregard for rules on occasion they find out that they may have caused some regret in the hearts of others more closely related to the ancestor or they may have baptized by proxy someone who is living Recently a do gooder or so he thought decided to try to baptize all of the Holocaust victims Genealogical researcher and ex Mormon Helen Radkey was instrumental in discovering this practice When this happened there was a large rejection of this practice by those of the Jewish faith as well as our Church The Church had to remove all of those records from their websites apologize to the Jewish community and then issue a mandate to members that they no longer can baptize those of Jewish descent unless they are in a direct line of the LDS relative or unless they have permission from all descendants From the Denver Post 2010 On Sept 1 the church made an agreement with Jewish leaders acknowledging that the practice had unintentionally caused pain with an LDS pledge to American Jewish leaders to stop the practice While these highly motivated people in their hearts have eternal motives in mind they still are sometimes breaking the rules for ordinance work Even more outlandish is the practice of proxy baptisms for famous people Overzealous Mormons and some pranksters have caused the church considerable embarrassment by baptizing o
20. as it was hardly worth correcting NFS I ve found it worthwhile to go in and start correcting the record in Family Tree You can read Amy Tanner Thiriot s full article at http goo ql QeeMG Emil O Hansen Originally posted in Dick Eastman s blog 18 December 1913 FAMILYSEARCH TRAINING INFORMATION On the familysearch org tree training there are a few options for handouts or pdf s that can be accessed from that site The appendixes in the back of the Family Tree Reference Manual are helpful as are the Family Tree Quick Start Guide and the links listed on the back page of that guide I use these options as handouts for training classes as they can be printed out and sent home with patrons Amy Tanner Thirot has a great blog entry explaining a lot of the options with some screen shots http Awww keepapitchinin org 2013 01 10 in which we bid farewell to newfamilysearch and welcome family tree d welcome family tree Hcomment 381671 And James Tanner s blog with some additional explanations from Amy s blog http genealogysstar blogspot com 2013 01 in response to comments on family tree html Additionally several of the chapters in the Family Tree user s manual by George W Scott show screen shots of Family Tree with an explanation of how to use the site Some of these deal with more difficul advanced options available in Family Tree http usingfamilysearch com documents FamilyTr ee pdf Teresa
21. as released some time ago The change was never forwarded to the FamilySearch Department My wife is the team lead for this group of missionaries in Salt Lake and requests that you contact the department if you would like this training See the note below This training is not just limited to new Directors if you feel like you need to better understand what is available to you please call There is one on one over the phone training for family history center directors This training is with either a full time or church service support missionary and covers all the resources available to help a FHC director with his her calling This training has been used for about the last three years and is constantly being updated with new resources If ANY Director wishes to have this training all he she needs to do is call 1 866 406 1830 and ask to receive FHC director training If he is new information will be collected to update the information for the Church Directory of Organization and Leaders The training can be done from ANY computer that has Internet access Len Ingermanson FamilySearch Certified Partner News January 23 2013 By David Green FamilySearch is pleased to announce that iLived org and FamilyHero com are the first new certified Family Tree access applications in 2013 These two products join LegacyStories org as Family Tree Connect certified Certified means the product is compatible with FamilySearch org an
22. ation of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints Contact Jack or Sylvia at jsonneborn verizon net or slysyl verizon net That s all Folks 26
23. d has features that conform to our strict standards of quality Also newsworthy a bigger and better BillionGraves is underway since the acquisition by Otter Creek Holdings ie 3 Access Family Tree Access indicates that you can read FamilySearch Family Tree data from within the vendor s application Connect Pani Tres Canned indicates that you can attach references for records images stories and other media about your ancestor These attached sources of evidence can be viewed by anyone using FamilySearch Family Tree gllived iLived org is Family Tree Access certified iLived is a new way to document your living history You can upload and associate memories with photos to your FamilySearch Family Tree The new iLived website and mobile app records and shares all of your family news in one place The best part is that iLived has partnered with FamilySearch so you have access to FamilySearch Family Tree FamilyHero is Family Tree Access certified The new FamilyHero integration into FamilySearch Family Tree allows you to view and analyze your Family Tree FamilyHero is the only tool that provides a flat graphical view of your complete Family Tree that is not based on a pedigree chart Use FamilyHero to see siblings cousins aunts and uncles at a glance without the need for pop up windows or view changes Legacy Stor iesn YOUR STORIES MAKING HISTORY LegacyStories org is now Family Tree Connect Stories
24. dpress com 18 NEW LOOK TO THE OLD ANCESTRAL FILE AND PEDIGREE RESEARCH FILE The tab on familysearch org used to be Trees but recently it became Genealogies It is located in the upper left hand side after Records The opening page has a much cleaner look Here is an old tree contributed by my sister Eleanor and my husband Jack Unfortunately the print is small but you can get the general overall clean view now found in this area Be patient with the developers There is so much to do and so little time Sylvia S eS F Riv ARCH Family Tree Leam FamilySearch Centers Indexing Blog Sylvia Hott Sonnebom Coy Elga HOTT 19 June 1883 4 January 1851 Slanesville Hampshire Co WV 9 July 1979 FAREWELL TO NEW FAMILYSEARCH ORG HELLO TO FAMILY TREE Amy Tanner Thiriot has written an in depth guide describing recent changes made to www FamilySearch org She writes The Church genealogical database NewFamilySearch NFS has been frustrating for so many people particularly those who do actual genealogical research and care about accuracy NFS allowed people with no particular skill to upload sketchy aggregated online family trees usually culled from Ancestral File Ancestry and RootsWeb and have their data look as valid as the correct information Family Search recently released a replacement for NFS It is called Family Tree So far I m impressed It has solved some of the worst of the problems with NFS and where
25. e Request Individual Ordinances Users will be able to request ordinances for an individual directly from their personal page rather than from the family grouping on main tree page Match Merge Features Match Merge updates will allow users to view a list of individuals who are Not a Match so that users can review their records individually It will also allow users to switch records back and forth from the left and right side of the page If a merge fails specific error messages will appear providing information on why the merge could not complete the merge and what to do While Family Tree is sharing data with new familysearch org there will be some requirements for some persons to be on the left side and will not be switchable Print Forms Family Tree will allow users to print their family group records and their pedigree charts in a PDF format Family Tree is a replacement for what was new familysearch org Access to new familysearch org will be discontinued for all users in the near future Training for these new features will be available by clicking familysearch org treetraining or by clicking the Help link on the homepage and clicking the Tree Help link FamilySearch Blog WHY I SUBSCRIBE TO ANCESTRY COM have the World subscription cost is about 1 00 day My ancestry is British and Scandinavian before 1840 and American starting in 1840 use Ancestry almost daily think it is the best source for censu
26. e prepared to experience world class content from speakers from all over the country an exciting exhibitor hall featuring nearly 100 vendors and service providers and great keynote presentations Full Story NEW FACE FOR WIKI A Wiki is an encyclopedia article written by users to share their expertise on a subject with others The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints has established a Wiki for genealogists For those of you who are regular users of FamilySearch Wiki you may have noticed that our main page has had a facelift You may ask Why We will tell you The page did not let new users or beginners to genealogical research know exactly what FamilySearch Wiki had that could help them FamilySearch Blog Learn from our 70 446 articles Keyword example lowa cemeteries Browse by country List all ES Beginning Genealogy Start you mily ar Group Meetings More News More help articles In the Wiki the search box top left is quite evident Type in England and do a search and you will soon see every conceivable thing you need to know to do research in England or any other country that has contributors as well as a map type in counties After all the wiki relies on persons with experience to make contributions and corrections or additions to the entire compilation Who better to write the article than you the readers On the new Homepage you will see little boxes that will direct you to o
27. e Following When you click the follow button on someone s profile you begin following them The follow button will change to a green check mark next to the word Following Personally only follow people that tweet messages regarding family history and genealogy work This is what makes this such a valuable resource only receive tweets from or send tweets to people interested in this specific topic How Do You Know Who s Following You Twitter sends you an email when someone new follows you Set up your email preferences to notify you when you have a follower This allows me to check them out before approving them to follow me don t want stuff on my home page irrelevant to the topic The followers link on your profile page or home page s sidebar will also tell you how many followers you have Who reads your updates It s up to you Your followers read your updates and anyone else who comes across them in a search Your Twitter profile is public by default If you re hesitant to have strangers read your updates protect your profile to approve followers and keep your updates out of search 15 You can even block them if you find out later you don t like the content of their messages In summary being able to tap into a community of genealogy experts is incredible and illuminating I ve simply lost count of the amazingly talented smart and insightful people I ve had the opportunity to learn from and exc
28. e Genealogy App for Android Devices Now iPhones and Android Devices Can Be Used To Easily Record and Share Family History Through Audio Recordings opie g MEM RIES rev er f o le SPRINGFIELD Ill Jan 15 2013 Saving Memories Forever SMF has just launched its new Android app The application expands upon the previously introduced iPhone app making interviewing and preserving family stories through audio recordings even easier The technology helps families build meaningful story archives they can share and manage through the SMF website http www SavingMemoriesForever com Both apps are free For additional information visit http www SavingMemoriesForever com 16 Jan 2013 23 New Audio Podcast to Feature Tips on New England Research The following announcement was written by Marian Pierre Louis MILLS M A January 21 2013 Professional genealogist and house historian Marian Pierre Louis has developed a new genealogy show in audio podcast format called On Site Research New England Shows will be broadcast bi weekly through the On site Research New England website http Awww ResearchNewEngland com and will made available through iTunes On site Research New England is a podcast created to help all people do historical research in New England 21 Jan 2013 Dell s Project Ophelia Carry Your Computer in your Pocket Dell wants to replace your desktop and laptop computers The company ha
29. e again if the original cards are found Reserving large numbers of ordinances also causes your Temple Ordinances list to load very slowly o Instead do one of the following if possible Encourage your relatives to use the new FamilySearch website to select and reserve the ordinances that they would like to perform o Assign ordinances to the temple Note If you assign ordinances to the temple the individual s names remain on your Temple Ordinances list until all of the reserved ordinances are completed When The Church created the rule that deceased persons born 95 years ago or longer could be baptized it also caused a huge problem for FamilySearch People would look at their records of anyone born over 95 years ago add Deceased in the Died box and proceed to do the ancestor s temple work if he was born before 1917 not even considering that the person may still be living This new 110 year rule created a gap and many of us had done work for those born before 1917 allowed until 2012 and who were legitimately deceased Now we had on our temple list people whose work needed permission with the change of 15 years whereas before with the 95 year rule they qualified without permission The old policy was to obtain permission for those born in the last 95 years The new policy raises the question What should I do with ordinances that I previously reserved where the individual was born more than 95 years ago but le
30. e duplications For new researchers the dates might seem to be in conflict but they are just reflecting the merging of two individuals and the duplications of ordinances This is what has happened to many of my records because duplications have occurred either by another submitter or by someone on the FamilySearch team Mary S Arizona Births Deaths Arizona Genealogy Birth and Death Certificates Talk about doing genealogy in your pajamas Plug in an ancestor s name and a few clicks take you to a PDF of a birth certificate 1855 to 1936 or death certificate 1844 to 1961 you can print or download Source 101 Best Genealogy Websites by Family Tree Magazine ARE YOU A NEW DIRECTOR WHO NEEDS TRAINING AN EXPERIENCED DIRECTOR WHO NEEDS A FOLLOW UP have noticed that there have been a number of new FHC Directors who have posted the FH Consultant chat line Some want to know where they can find out how to do their job The FamilySearch Department has some dedicated missionaries who are available to provide training to new Directors Sometimes in the past few months and years Directors have asked for training and received just a very little bit to not much at all Since October a new plan was implemented to provide more detailed one on one training to help Directors understand what resources are available and how to access them Sometimes these missionaries have contacted a Director and discovered that the person w
31. ee URL https chrome google com webstore detail root ssearch aolcffalohpnojekmimmelebjchimmgn hl en AVAILABLE FROM ROOTS MAGIC RootsMagic for iPhone iPad and iPod touch is free and now available in the Apple App Store It does require the RootsMagic desktop family tree software or the free RootsMagic Essentials software to create edit or add to your genealogy files More information is available at http www rootsmagic com ios WASHINGTON D C TEMPLE VISITOR CENTER EVENTS AFRICAN AMERICAN FAMILY HISTORY SEMINAR FAMILY HISTORY SEMINAR Saturday Feb 16 at 10 00 AM 1PM African American Family History Seminar A celebration of African American history and genealogy learn about contributions made by Black inventors and how to do your research Washington D C Temple Visitors Center website Washington D C Temple Visitors Center Facebook page 21 Eastman s Online Genealogy Newsletter DICK EASTMAN REPORTS http blog eogn com January 2013 Articles The following excerpts are from Dick Eastman s Online Genealogy Newsletter and are copyrighted by Richard W Eastman They are re published here with the permission of the author Information about the newsletter is available at http www eogn com Private and Simple Family Sharing on Rootsy com Rootsy com is a new start up web site that is designed as a private place to share your family stories and connect with the people you care about most
32. ee the problems with that in a real way They saw how they could find the detailed information fairly easily so they weren t tempted to just approximate things they didn t know walked them through some analysis of same name same place but is it really the same person They got very involved in solving the puzzle As an end to the class asked if they would like to go to the temple together to do the work for this family They all feel a little love and kinship from having gone through the exercise so we are going to do that together thought that would be a nice way to wrap up the learning experience In all my years in this ward have never had more than a dozen people attend the family history Sunday School class This year we had 40 attend and stay through the entire session What am seeing is a significant increase in the Spirit of Elijah but we truly have to work in the areas where we can make progress until the programming is done There will be a lot to sort out I have plenty of early LDS messes to clean up but I m waiting on those until a better time know their work is done so Im making progress with descendants Jill Crandell would like to add to the chorus of appreciation When NFS first started there was a chorus complaining about the shortcomings of the program At the same time was reading about the handcart companies that got stuck in the snow on the way to Salt Lake Somehow the similarities
33. es RECRUITS WANTED POUT PENASLY AMA The Pennsylvania State Archives publishes a quarterly newsletter that is available in digital format on the Web Editor Joshua Stahlman obviously spends a lot of time producing this high quality publication One article in the latest edition that interested me was Death Certificate Digitization a project underway now to digitize and index historically valuable documents from the Pennsylvania State Archives collections Other articles in the current edition include e A Message from the State Archivist e Navigating the Turnpike Records Project e An AWOT Success Story a story about Carl Bloss Volunteer Archivist at the Bethany Children s home in Womelsdorf PA anda reader of the EOGN newsletter e Archives Volunteer a story about Rachel Brockman a junior majoring in history at Millersville University and a volunteer at the Archives e I ll Take the Stairs Thanks e Web Updates describing PDF images of nearly 500 posters most relating to political issues the Civil War World War I and World War II have been uploaded to the MG 200 Poster Collection page You can read this great e newsletter at http goo gl Q5MxF 24 Jan 2013 BitTorrent Launches Syncing Service to Compete with Dropbox Now BitTorrent Inc has launched BitTorrent Sync a pre Alpha service for syncing files between devices The new service is very much like Dropbox but with one major difference it doesn t s
34. estor s life during the time period The newspaper probably won t mention your ancestor but the perspective you get will be invaluable Source Michael John Neill Genealogy Tip of the Day It s not as easy as the adversary wants us to believe It s not as hard as the adversary wants us to believe PROBLEMS WITH IGI RECORDS OF THE PAST NOT BEING RECORDED RE LDS Temple Work Confirmation and initiatory dates were not recorded in the earlier IGI database The fields for confirmation and initiatory dates were not even there For those of you who may not remember am talking about submissions prior to TempleReady when we used to check the IGI on microfiche After the ordinances are completed a second time and a researcher merges the two duplicate individuals the confirmation and initiatory fields have the dates of these ordinances from the second submission So a baptism could be in 1982 and the confirmation and initiatory could be duplicated several years later So the dates for the confirmation and initiatory might be 1992 The endowment and sealing to parents ordinance dates might be closer to 1982 In such cases the LDS Ordinances would appear to have the baptism endowment and sealing to parents ordinances occurring first and the confirmation and initiatory ordinances completed later The confirmation and initiatory ordinances would seem to be out of sequence but this is due to th
35. ften without their families permission the famous and the infamous such as Pope John Paul II serial killer Ted Bundy cartoon character Mickey Mouse and very recently Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin Denver Post Helen Radkey also claims that she has found movie stars like Audrey Hepburn Rita Hayworth Ernest Hemingway Adolph Hitler and Eva Braun in the Mormon s International Genealogical Index Denver Post Even worse is finding fictional characters from novels or TV shows being baptized by proxy by members An example is the use of family names of the fictitious characters of Little House on the Prairie for ordinance work So as not to cause confusion this article will outline the rules for temple ordinance work GUIDELINES FOR PROXY WORK As a result of embarrassment and the discovery of work for fictional characters and movie stars The Church of Jesus Christ has issued guidelines for proxy baptism 113599 Knowledge Document At the RootsTech 2012 conference it was announced that the 95 year rule relating to getting permission before doing ordinances for the dead has changed The new policy is as follows Before doing ordinances for a deceased person born in the last 110 years please remember that close relatives may not want the ordinances performed or they may want to do the ordinances themselves 12 If you are not related or cannot obtain the necessary permission then you should not perform the o
36. hange information with on Twitter regarding family history and genealogy work It s a wonderful resource Learn more about ways to use Twitter for genealogy FamilySearch Adds New Collection for Ohio County Births from 1841 2003 January 25 2013 By Rob Goates FamilySearch added an additional 2 million new free indexed records and images this week to its collection Notable additions include the 995 820 indexed records and images in the new Ohio County Births from 1841 2003 collection and the 363 235 indexed records for the United States Index to General Correspondence of the Pension Office from 1889 1904 Another new searchable record was also added this week for Ohio Scioto County Probate Records from 1885 1887 See the table below for the full list of updates Search these diverse collections and more than 3 5 billion other records for free at FamilySearch org See the table below for the full list of updates Full Story FamilySearch Blog Early Bird Registration for RootsTech Ends February 15 2013 January 25 2013 By Amy E Smith Join FamilySearch at the 3rd annual RootsTech Family History and Technology Conference RootsTech held on March 21 23 2013 in Salt Lake City Utah provides over 250 informative classes and hands on workshops to help you learn about the latest technology to get started or accelerate your efforts to find organize preserve and share your family s connections stories and history Com
37. he rule as well as calling the violator s Stake President Usually the person would lose his her privileges for a period of time If the privilege is restored the next infraction is to have the account restricted to read only status permanently Another type of infraction involves patrons who submit so many names that they reach the maximum number on their own temple list They convince relatives Spouses or children or even other relatives or friends to let them use their accounts If this is discovered FamilySearch may close the account of the user and of the party allowing the use of his account A patron is not allowed to use others accounts FamilySearch does not want to resort to these consequences but FS wants a person to obey the rules Many patrons have become overzealous in doing work for anyone they choose regardless of rules Temple ordinances are sacred and should be treated with respect If we have ever broken the rules we need to go forward with renewed resolve to follow the requirements that The Church FamilySearch has set up If we are just beginning to do ordinance work then we need to read the pledge we must sign after we begin to reserve a name and be certain that our reservation complies with Church policies Ironically what we desired to be a blessing will backfire if we do temple work for our ancestors without regard for other family members and without regard for those rules established by The Church
38. is available free of charge and a paid version that offers even more functionality You can read Craig Snyder s review of UltraFileSearch Lite at http goo gl QO0nH3 The UltraFileSearch Lite software may be found at http www ultrafilesearch com 2 January 2013 New Genealogy Web Site Calls for Submissions But No Remuneration Family History Daily is looking for family historians who are interested in blogging on their topic of interest expertise weekly or monthly and writers who would like to contribute occasional articles All genealogy related topics are welcome Interested individuals can contact me at melanie familyhistorydailycom 2 Jan 2013 Posted by Melanie on Eastman Blog MyHeritage Mobile App Version 2 0 Released An article on the MyHeritage Blog announces the release of the MyHeritage app version 2 0 a free mobile application packed with several new features Now you can build and edit your family tree add more information to it take your heritage with you anywhere you go The new mobile app is available for iPad iPhone and Android smartphones and tablets in 32 languages and has been optimized for each platform using cutting edge HTML5 and SVG technologies The new app is available now 11 Jan 2013 WikiTree Announces Free GEDCOM Comparisons The following announcement was written by WikiTree January 8 2013 WikiTree is proud to announce its new GEDMatches tool open to all genealogists This tool enable
39. munities The announcement states We are pleased to inform you that Ancestry recently introduced a new online destination for learning and problem solving Ancestry Support Communities i s our latest addition to the world s largest online genealogy community Whether you re looking to share your experience and knowledge with other members or want to connect with other product enthusiasts for help with your questions our new Support Communities are there for you You can read the full announcement at htto goo gl DjWpu 13 Jan 2013 Book Review Online State Resources compiled by Michael Hait CG The following book review was written by Bobbi King Online State Resources compiled by Michael Hait CG This is a PDF E book 784 pages 15 99 for download at http haitfamilyresearch com onlineStates htm This is essentially an indexed book of links The overall look of the guide is crisp and sharp it s a credit to Mr Hait that he s a talented writer who knows how to design a readable understandable and engaging publication Online State Resources is a large index of websites and links to state resources useful to genealogists Mr Hait has indexed every state with links to its state and county archives state libraries state health departments county court records historical societies genealogical societies university libraries public libraries and others 16 Jan 2013 Saving Memories Forever Launches Fre
40. n find in emails and comments from readers is that there is no free genealogy available online This is somewhat understandable given the prevalence of misleading ads that promise free records and then ask for payment as soon as you get past a page or two But there really are free genealogy records available online And yes these are really free no payment required Read Kimberley s complete article Source Your Guide to Genealogy by Kimberly Powell About Com Genealogy Blog Question Is there anywhere can find a printed research guide for Norway like used to get in the Family History Center Answer You can access the Norway Research Guide and print your own though it may be outdated Other research guides are available using this alphabetical listing For more up to date resources use the FamilySearch Wiki The wiki articles are hypertext They can be printed but not in the form of booklets GNIS Geographic Names Information System To aid me in determining a location within the United State use the GNIS database interface supplied by the Yale Peabody Museum GNIS is the Geographic Names Information System from the U S Geological Survey You can also use their search interface here GNIS Feature Search prefer the simplicity of the Yale Peabody interface Source Cindy at Cyndi s List Blog posted Oct 2 2011 New Year s Resolutions Do any of your New Year s Resolutions include famil
41. nced_ search If you are not familiar with Advanced Search suggest you go to http Awww google com advanced search and try it now That page can help you quickly narrow your searches to exactly what you seek 28 Jan 2013 News from the SSDI Front There s news on the Social Security Death Index front some bad some worse and some that just might possibly end up being at least neutral if not actually good Judy Russell provides the latest updates in an article in The Legal Genealogist at http www legalgenealogist com blog 2013 01 30 ne ws from the ssdi front 30 Jan 2013 like to pick out some interesting information from Dick Eastman but you can subscribe to the free issue or the plus paid issue of his newsletter and follow it almost daily yourself am constantly amazed at the technology being created that is available for genealogists Hope you found something interesting and useful Sylvia For copies of Genealogy News go to http www rootsweb ancestry com payork Y or k2Ward Thanks to Don and Jeanine Hartman of Utah for posting the newsletter online for us You can contribute your family history of original York County ancestors at http familyhart info Happy Valentine s Day This newsletter is compiled by Jack and Sylvia Sonneborn family history consultants of the York 2nd Ward for use within the ward It is also e mailed to parties interested in family history It is not an official public
42. of the situations became very clear to me at the time No matter in which time period we live our lives we are pioneers in one way or another We will have plenty of challenges and things to complain about But do we NEED to How about heading into the challenges and do our very best with the tools we have and leave the problem cases in the hands of those that CAN solve them and if not then place them in the hands of Father Time And let him take care of them Helle Family Tree Update January 23 2013 By David Green FAMIISEARCH Have you tried Family Tree We have been working hard to upgrade some of the features that are available These updates are part of our ongoing efforts to improve the experiences of our Family Tree users and will be releasing soon Adding the Helper Feature Family history consultants will now be able to have online access to the FamilySearch account of the individual they are helping This access feature allows consultants to login to a user s account and work with the user directly helping them with their questions about Family Tree This feature is available only for those who have an active FamilySearch account Delete and Restore Individual Users will be able to delete an individual and then restore them back to the Family Tree again if a user finds that they have accidently removed someone they shouldn t have Detailed instructions will be available to show users how this task is don
43. ong and the case study is another 30 minutes Here is the link for this presentation https docs google com open id 18aJk4U5Bns SeBHwGt1KDEoiVvkdZdTovwuKSGpST1CWIR kmCi7zDYNMaVq FamilySearch Wiki Contributor Newsletter January 2013 FIVE MINUTE GENEALOGY SERIES FamilySearch s popular 5 Minute Genealogy series has been revised and updated to reflect new information and provide a fresh feel to the series Episode 1 focuses on the 5 minute challenge which shows that by using FamilySearch org the average person really can find a record of their ancestor within the first 5 minutes of searching The content is easy to follow and informative and is fun to watch There are a total of 20 episodes in the series FamilySearch Blog Top 100 Genealogy Websites Every January GenealogyInTime magazine posts a list of the top 100 Genealogy websites The top 10 are often well known but there are many others that may be just what you are seeking in your research The top 10 are Ancestry com MyHeritage com Find A Grave FamilySearch Geni com family tree Ancestry co uk Archives com GeneaNet forum Genealogy com MyFamily forum The full list of all 100 websites along with links can be found here Source GenealogyInTime January 2013 Published in Generations Washington DC FHC Newsletter TOOL TO SEE ORDINANCES AND MOVE TO ANOTHER PERSON COMING SOON We are working on a tool that should be out soon that will allo
44. onths ago AT amp T petitioned the Federal Communications Commission to plan for the retirement of traditional phone networks The petition is available at http www att com Common about_us files pdf fcc_fi ling pdf You can read more in the ars technica web site at http goo gl MIngm 23 Jan 2013 Scanning Do It Yourself or Outsource The Library of Congress Digital Preservation newsletter has an article that will probably interest anyone thinking of scanning family photos slides negatives or film Quoting from the article At our personal digital archiving events we get various questions about scanning family photos slides negatives and film Questions like What type of scanner should use What resolution should use How can scan negatives While we ve focused on developing tips and resources for saving personal digital materials created with software and hardware we recognize that individuals have both analog and digital materials and are looking for guidance on how to deal with both If you re interested in converting your personal collections of photos or documents to digital files you have two options One you can scan your own materials or DIY Two you can outsource or use a scanning service to do it for you The article then goes on to explain several options You can read the full article at http goo gl Cz03K 25 Jan 2013 24 Access Archives The Newsletter of the Pennsylvania State Archiv
45. photos audio or video can be associated with persons in FamilySearch Family Tree Talking Photos adds personal audio narration to uploaded photos Put the leaves on your family tree by giving voice to your ancestors The site offers a full suite of exciting multimedia features See a FamilySearch tutorial on the Legacy Stories website BillienGraves ali a We are very excited to announce that BillionGraves has been acquired by Otter Creek Holdings Thanks to our terrific users BillionGraves has grown tremendously over the past year and a half and now it is ready to grow even more Visit the BillionGraves homepage to find out how this will help your family history efforts You can also meet the amazing BillionGraves team and see who is involved in making this group such a success Visit the FamilySearch products webpage to see these new products and all previously certified products Article posted on the FamilySearch Blog at FamilySearch org With great anticipation we are excited to announce the approach of a major FamilySearch milestone coming in early spring of 2013 One day in March or April FamilySearch indexing will hit one billion records published in less than seven years Volunteers will have indexed and arbitrated more than one billion records containing the names and details of the lives of billions of ancestors 101 Ways to Research Your Family Tree for Free The most common misconceptio
46. place and type context etc There are some collections like the World Miscellaneous ones where this information is not known for the records and these will not be returned in a location amp type search He may want to search these collections separately This ability to focus in on specific locations and record types will be very helpful to researchers who are seeking to know if FamilySearch has the records they are looking for Searching the FamilySearch Catalog Using Multiple Search Terms Those who use the FamilySearch catalog commonly look for all the resources from a specific location first and then sort through hundreds or perhaps thousands of published titles to find those relevant to their research The new catalog search form allows users to enter multiple search terms by clicking the terms they want to search on Filtering on both a place and keyword for example will greatly increase the efficiency of identifying the most relevant resources about one s family While the new catalog contains the same data as the old and is getting better and better there are still essential missing features in this beta product Until these features are finished the previous version of the catalog will remain available for public use SYLVIA S GENEALOGY CORNER WE MUST FOLLOW THE RULES THAT FAMILYSEARCH SETS FOR DOING TEMPLE ORDINANCES OR FACE CONSEQUENCES RE LDS Temple Work Several years ago sat in the family histor
47. r ordinance work Obviously not every case will be that straightforward but explained that concept as went The class saw me add a spouse multiple children their spouses and some of their children and all needed their work done Even the father whose work was said to be done needed his work done showed them how his death date had been entered as 1916 when in fact he died after the 1940 census His ordinances in 1937 are not valid My class was in rebellion Sunday because we had to end and let the family relations class have the room so am going to hold Sunday afternoon sessions to help members with their own research It sounds to me like our extremely positive experience thus far has come from the fact that Know which parts of the program to just leave alone for now I m perfectly willing to avoid the frustration of the programming issues until the programmers are done chose an area where my family needs work that is not massive LDS pioneer or early New England messes and the program has worked perfectly don t want to come off as being critical I m writing this to make a suggestion of something that might be helpful have never done a case study like this in all my 35 years as a ward consultant because it wasn t possible to do it with films in a simple way The online records really are changing so much This method of presentation prevented the look for a green arrow attitude because they could s
48. rdinances Guidelines for Reserving Ordinances As you reserve ordinances be aware of a few guidelines e To do ordinances for a deceased individual born in the last 110 years you must either be one of the closest living relatives or you must obtain permission from the closest living relative If you are not a spouse child parent or sibling of the deceased please obtain permission from the closest living relative before doing the ordinances The closest living relatives are in this order an undivorced spouse the spouse to whom the individual was married when he or she died an adult child a parent or a brother or sister Verbal permission is acceptable e Reserve ordinances for your deceased ancestors Do not reserve ordinances for celebrities Holocaust survivors and other individuals who are outside of your family line e There is no limit on the amount of time that ordinances can be on your Temple Ordinances list Reserve only the amount that you can do in a timely manner Other relatives may also want to perform ordinances for shared ancestors Note The more ordinances you reserve the longer it takes for your Temple Ordinances List to load e If you have many ancestors who need ordinances we recommend that you do not print large numbers of family ordinance cards to give to others It is very easy for cards to be lost And even though you can reprint lost cards there is a risk that the ordinances will be don
49. s anyone with a GEDCOM to compare his family tree with the worldwide family tree being grown by the WikiTree community GEDMatches does an automatic search for each individual in a GEDCOM up to 5 000 individuals Each one is compared with the names and dates of the 4 3 million people in the shared tree Suggested matches are presented in a convenient sortable table 11 Jan 2013 Mega co nz Offers 50 Gigabytes of Storage in the Cloud for Free 20 Jan Mega co nz launched today as a cloud storage service However it is unlike any other cloud storage service know of First of all is the pricing free for up to 50 gigabytes that s 50 000 megabytes of storage space This is a huge amount of free storage It s easily more than the 2 gigabytes offered by Dropbox the 5 gigabytes by Google Drive or the 7 gigabytes from Microsoft s SkyDrive For those who need even more space very low fees are charged Mega co nz is available at https www mega co nz although early indications are that the company s web servers are overloaded Approximately 1 200 users were signing up per minute in the first few hours after the system launched early this morning 22 Writing Challenge Lynn Palermo writes I am calling on all my fellow genealogist family historians beginners and advanced alike to pledge to begin to write your family history during the month of February Welcome to The Family History Writing Challenge The following was also written
50. s gr gr grandfather was run over in NY on Christmas Eve and nothing showed up in any paper because he was a poor Irish immigrant Still there were a lot of newspapers in the 1800s so see what is available from the area State Hx society is a good place to look and often they will have interlibrary loan reels of film for a small fee if you can t find it on line A friend who went through her home town paper found a lot about the everyday life of the families in the area as they visited or had visitors from out of town When index Omaha papers indicate ANY item that indicates somebody died Sometimes it s just a blurb in a gossip column indicating someone doesn t say relationship always but may was in town for someone else s funeral If you can t find a death date having visitors for the funeral gives you an estimate of when the death occurred They might list cemeteries and families do tend to use the same cemetery if they re in an area for any serious length of time so we can all be together on resurrection morning suppose If you can t find an obit for YOUR person look for siblings and other relatives then write to the cemetery office and see what you can find out about other family members there Look for wedding stories may list people visiting for the wedding anniversary stories etc Karen www omahaobits wordpress com www omahamarriages wordpress com www omahabirths wordpress com http omahaareadivorces wor
51. s introduced a new computer that looks like a USB memory stick also known as a flash drive Ophelia uses a Mobile High Definition Link MHL to draw power to boot from an HDTV display or it can be powered off a USB port It has integrated Bluetooth and Wi Fi capability for connecting to a keyboard a mouse and the network and it runs the Android 4 1 Jelly Bean operating system with all of the functionality of a tablet It can also be used to power virtual instances of other desktop operating systems on a remote server or in the cloud You can see the Ophelia device in the above picture It looks like a flash drive The glasses are included simply to give a comparison showing the small size of the computer 23 Jan 2013 The entire article is very informative and interesting Check it out on the Eastman Blog AT amp T Says The Telephone Network is Obsolete have written a number of times about VoIP Voice over Internet Protocol telephones got rid of my old fashioned telephone several years ago and now use a computerized VoIP phone supplemented by a VoIP cell phone My previous articles can be found by starting at http goo gl NnHx Today found that one company agrees with me that old fashioned telephone systems are doomed and should be replaced by VoIP The company that advocates replacing standard telephones with VoIP systems does have a bit of experience in the telephone business The company is AT amp T Two m
52. s records both US and British and other collections such as US military records British probate records after 1861 British BMD index Swedish parish records submitted genealogies that might include photos etc do the majority of my research from home and figure that in the long run I m not paying any more to search these records on Ancestry than if were driving someplace else to look at records renting film strips or anything else besides sitting at my computer Venita Here is the official list of the many resources that are in Ancestry but are not in Ancestry Library Edition See their comparison sheet here http www proquest com assets downloads pro ducts ale_ancestcom comparison pdf Members using Ancestry in the FHC s simply do not get the access or experience that they would get from a personal subscription Tom Ancestry com Discloses 2013 Plans 02 Jan 2013 11 05 PM PST Ancestry Insider http ancestryinsider blogspot com Ancestry com recently disclosed its plans for new databases coming in 2013 More yearbooks and detailed 19th century student lists from select U S colleges Occupational records from railroads in the U S and engineers in the UK More New York state census years More World War II draft cards Interactive census experience for 20th century censuses from the U S UK and Canada More birth marriage and death records from the Northeast Deeper connections
53. ss than 110 years ago the new policy time frame The answer is that if you reserved ordinances for an individual while the 95 year policy was in effect and if you have had temple cards printed for the person then you should complete the temple work However if you have individuals on your reservation list that are in the gap between 95 and 110 years and you have not had temple cards printed for them then you should follow the new policy to obtain permission or else unreserve the ordinances Document ID 113679 13 Despite the Guidelines patrons continue to break the rules Up to this point FamilySearch has slapped them on the wrist when a member complained that someone had performed a close family member s temple work without permission By mistake received such a letter for a man born in 1915 and the party claimed that was not related because she did not know me As it turned out had performed the work when the 95 year old rule was in effect and the man was a great grandson of Solomon Hammer and am a great great granddaughter After responded received a letter of apology and the lady complaining received a note that had legitimately been operating under the rules at the time that had his temple work done At that time though removed from my reservation list anyone who fell between 1902 and 1917 that had not approached the family for permission IF PATRONS CONTINUE TO BREAK RULES FOR RESERVING T
54. ther divisions of the wiki If you have not tried it you can access the Wiki at familySearch org then click on the Learn tab and then find the Wiki link and click on that Or you can just type wiki familysearch org into your Internet browser It s a great site Sylvia 16 DON T FORGET TO USE THE WIKI The FamilySearch Wiki is a powerful genealogy research tool that not only saves your patrons time but it can lead them to possible locations for their ancestors records If you start with the country or state where your ancestors lived you will find many clues to obtain success in your searches For example was working with an assistant director of a family history center and we looked at her particular state and discovered there were no records past a certain date for her county The information she was searching for was prior to the dates shown for records in that county So she knew she should not look in the county archives but look elsewhere In the Wiki you will find several pages that will assist you in getting off to a successful start in your new calling Here are two pages you should start with Help Wiki Trainer and Help Wiki Trainer Quickstart Please pay attention to capital letters when looking for an article We have provided a Power Point presentation introducing the Wiki along with a case study showing what we found using the information in the wiki The presentation about the Wiki is about 30 minutes l
55. to be thorough and efficient as you gather and upload items to your FH notebook e Get Excited You may be overwhelmed by the mountain of work ahead of you your family history is never really 8 complete so try to find something that excites you If you feel nagged or obligated to start your research there is only a small chance that family history will turn into your favorite hobby However if you find motivation to keep you going when you hit a dead end or get confused then you ll find a way to continue working on your family history My motivation comes from listening to actual recordings of my ancestors For Christmas my uncle compiled a CD of stories told by my great great grandmother and mailed them to members of the family Wow It is amazing to hear her voice and have those stories recorded and passed around the family Now that we each have a copy of her stories now digitized thanks to my uncle s hard work the chances of losing those stories are slim o Tip Using your FH notebook break down your family history into smaller manageable chunks As we ve suggested you can create a notebook for each side of the family Within those notebooks you can create notebooks for specific people or time periods find a topic you are interested in and create a notebook for it This notebook will give you direction as you continue your research Source New _ Year s Resolutions FH Notebook an online family histor
56. to early ancestors with AncestryDNA Whatever that means Additional African American military records and newspapers Jewish records created in the U S and overseas Puerto Rico records Asian immigration files Upgraded mobile app able to search Ancestry com Additional birth marriage and death records from the UK Germany and Sweden UK divorce records Lord Morpeth s roll from Ireland More Canadian military records Quaker church records A collection of Texas death certificates Confederate casualty lists Prisoner of war registers from the War of 1812 American Loyalists claims Canadian ship muster rolls and paylists Additional alien depositions Alien draft registrations from the southwest U S Lists of passengers arriving in Canada from the St Lawrence Steamboat Company Updates to the Hamburg departing passenger lists All new departures from the UK Associated Press records Civil War death records Land records from Tennessee North Carolina and Georgia Enhancements to Family Tree Maker that will let you update your family tree from multiple computers Need Historical Perspective No history books for the location in which you are researching Are there daily or weekly newspapers Try reading a week or a month of newspapers for the time period of your brick wall genealogy problem You should get ideas of what might have been impacting your anc
57. tore any files on anyone else s servers In fact it doesn t store any files anywhere in the cloud It only copies files directly from one computer you own to another computer you own or to a friend s computer that you explicitly allow into your personal network without intermediate storage anywhere else This is accomplished by using peer to peer technology all files are copied directly from one of your computers to another of your computers with no intermediate servers involved You can read more on the Official BitTorrent Blog at http blog bittorrent com 2013 01 24 test bittorrent sync pre alpha and at the new software s forum at http forum bittorrent com forum 56 bittorrent sync You can sign up for the test at http labs bittorrent com experiments sync html 25 Jan 2013 BillilonGraves com Now Searchable on Ancestry com Ancestry com and BillionGraves com have a new agreement in which BillionGraves is now searchable on Ancestry com In the past the only way to search BillionGraves com was to go directly to the BillionGraves com web site The new search adds one stop searching from the popular Ancestry com web site You also can directly search only the BillionGraves com database by going to http search ancestry com search db aspx dbid 70 734 26 Jan 2013 How to Go Completely Paperless in Two Days have written several times about the advantages of being paperless did so several years ago and love
58. tos Araining familysearch org training Below is an update to How to Use Family Tree Wisely from Author George W Scott and below a major update to How To Use Family Tree Wisely at www usingfamilysearch com There is a degree of urgency in working on Family Tree The only version of the birth christening death and burial data which is transferred from New FamilySearch to Family Tree is that which appeared on the nFS Summary Screens The rest of the birth christening death and burial data will not be transferred to Family Tree Until recently FamilySearch had debated bringing it all over but am told the final decision is not to do so So there is the possibility that some data on New FamilySearch could be lost in the transition to Family Tree 1 Some of the Summary Screens in New FamilySearch were not revised with the most accurate birth christening death and burial data and 2 There are some cases in which the historical documents are contradictory In this latter situation the second set of plausible data should be preserved in a Discussion or Custom Event Therefore suggest you do Step 5 in Chapter G of my manual which explains the above issue before New FamilySearch closes down FamilySearch had said it planned to close down New FamilySearch at the end of 2012 That seems unlikely since the Notes Sources and Other Events in New FamilySearch have not 1 yet been transferred to Family Tree
59. w you to see the ordinances on a person and then request that a selected set of ordinances be moved from one person to another Ron Tanner GENEROUS GENEALOGISTS SEEKS AUTHORS GenerousGenealogists is looking for new authors to add to our team For more information including our incredible offer see our recent postings http qgenerousgenealogists com 2013 01 1 2 call for authors http qgenerousgenealogists com communit y coaching become an author 17 RECORD PRESERVATION MISSIONARIES 14 Jan 2013 Posted by the Ancestry Insider http ancestryinsider blogspot com AT http ancestryinsider blogspot com 2013 01 fa milysearch increasing camera html The Church News of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints recently ran an article about record preservation missionaries FamilySearch FamilySearch is wholly owned and operated by manning cameras for the Church Here s information and quotes I ve gleaned from the article FamilySearch has 200 teams in 45 countries capturing digital photographs of historical records according to Paul Nauta FamilySearch marketing communications manager If understand correctly FamilySearch still has a couple of microfilm cameras still in operation But digress Couples interested in serving in the records preservation effort can learn more about it by going to the website www familysearch org serveandpreserve There they may watch an explanatory video tiled
60. y center working with a relatively new convert to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints She had learned that one of our purposes as Latter day Saints is to find or research our ancestors and perform proxy baptismal and other work for them She had just been cleared to do proxy baptisms in the temple and was very excited to get started doing these with her husband She chose her grandfather for her first subject for temple work When we attempted to input his information a possible duplicate came up and to her complete surprise she learned that someone had already completed the temple work The member who had performed this work was distantly related and it seems that the grandfather may have been caught in the time period between 1902 and 1917 before the rule was changed The young lady sat there and cried until she composed herself and eventually we were able to look at the positive side that her grandfather had already been baptized Gradually she was able to feel elation that his work had already been done spoke with the individual who had done the work and he felt bad because he knew that when he had done the temple work that there were no members in that line at that time so he had completed the work following church guidelines thinking there was no closely related relative to perform it What he could not anticipate was that this young lady was soon to be baptized That same evening she was able to find other
61. y history This is a great time to set new goals to further your family history research Here are a few common family history resolutions and a few tips for helping you stick to them this year e Get Involved 2013 is a great year to start getting involved in researching and recording your family history There are now so many opportunities to help you research Attend a conference or webinar Check out a few online databases Find an online community to share tips and tricks with Contact relatives you know are involved in family history research remember you can share research easily through FH notebook o Tip If you don t know quite how to jump in record your own memories using FH media Don t be afraid or embarrassed to type or record your personal history it s important too e Get Organized Remember our recommendation to collect memories this holiday season hope you were able to do that If you did you already have items ready to be organized in your FH notebook Now go through your files and organize any family history information you have into your FH notebook where it will be safely backed up on our servers You want to start the year off without any nagging feelings If you can t organize certain items right away create a task to remind you to do it later o Tip Be systematic about your organization You probably won t be able to get everything moved over in one sitting so make a plan that will allow you
62. y notebook blog posted Jan 5 2012 by Laura You can fulfill your obligation to yout kindred dead and to the Lord without forsaking your other Church callings You can do it without abandoning your family responsibilities You can do this work You can do it without becoming a so called expert in it Boyd K Packer Someone Up There Loves You Ensign Jan 1977 8 New Research Lessons Added to FamilySearch org January 2013 January 11 2013 By Anne Metcalf The Learning FamilySearch org continues to create new learning courses to help patrons learn how to make the most of the resources that FamilySearch has to offer Below are some of the courses that are now available at FamilySearch org Services Group at e Clues and Tips for England Research Part Numbers Counting Money Calendars Dates Days Years e Clues and Tips for England Research Part Il Reading Records e Clues and Tips for England Research Part Ill Church of England Church Records and Finding Marriages e Clues and Tips for England Research Part IV Children and Relationships e Basic Scotland Research Strategies e Rubik s Cube Genealogy A New Twist on Old Data e BCG Certification Measuring Yourself Against Standards e U S Measurement and Distribution of Public Land States e Digital Photography for Genealogists e Pennsylvania Research Vital and Church Records e Researching in the FamilySearch Wiki An

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