What Happened To The 1890 Census?
May 13, 2009 – 6:17 am | No Comment

AJT of Philadelphia, PA asks…

“I’ve been looking all over for a place that has the 1890 Census records, but I can’t find any.  Why not?  Where can I look?”

This is probably one of the …

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Genline: FamilyFinder Upgrade
May 18, 2009 – 8:53 pm | No Comment

In our continuing efforts to improve our service, Genline will be releasing a new version of the Genline FamilyFinder for Windows (GFF) on Wednesday, May 13th at 4 AM Eastern Standard Time.

GFF 2.5 will automatically update to GFF 3.0 when you start the GFF program the first time after the update. The update may take a few minutes depending upon your Internet connection speed.

Summary of Changes

  • New transcription feature - This feature allows the user the ability to transcribe a person’s information from an image and save the information and make it accessible to other users. This new feature allows one to mark an area in the image and then enter the data in a form.
  • New name search feature - allows the user to search by person’s name - only names that have been transcribed are included in the search. (As transcriptions occur, new names are added to the name search.)
  • Change Name “GIDx Search” heading to “Place Name” search in the search window.
  • Option to include SCB records in the parish sequence search.

For more information on how to use the new GFF with the transcription feature, refer to the Genline FamilyFinder User Guide. The new user guide will be available on May 13th.

FamilySearch.org: Millions of Historic Southern Records Now on the Web
May 18, 2009 – 6:04 pm | No Comment

SALT LAKE CITY—FamilySearch announced today it has published millions of records from Southern states to its rapidly growing, free online collection. The collection includes both digital images and indexes. Millions of death records from North …

23rd Annual Ellis Island Medals of Honor Recipients
May 13, 2009 – 2:29 pm | No Comment
23rd Annual Ellis Island Medals of Honor Recipients

NEW YORK, NY – The National Ethnic Coalition of Organizations (NECO) will present the 23rd Annual Ellis Island Medals of Honor on Ellis Island, Saturday, May 9, 2009 at 6 p.m.  Veteran journalist Marvin …

What Happened To The 1890 Census?
May 13, 2009 – 6:17 am | No Comment
What Happened To The 1890 Census?

AJT of Philadelphia, PA asks…

“I’ve been looking all over for a place that has the 1890 Census records, but I can’t find any.  Why not?  Where can I look?”

This is probably one of the …

Genealogy Search Basics Using Google
May 6, 2009 – 6:51 am | No Comment

I found this interesting contribution at YouTube last night. I would consider myself a “power User” of Google and plan to relase a similar training video soon. But for now, this video is …

Telling Your Relatives What To Look For
January 1, 2009 – 10:42 pm | No Comment
Telling Your Relatives What To Look For

As a genealogist. we’ve all heard the standard response “I don’t know anything about our family” when asked if someone can shed some light on the family tree.  When you dig a little deeper with …

How To Record Genealogy Interviews With Relatives From Around The World
December 3, 2008 – 12:45 pm | No Comment
How To Record Genealogy Interviews With Relatives From Around The World

Today’s computer’s and technology makes it easy to record, edit and publish interviews with relatives from around the world without you having to travel all over the place to get them.  Although this article will …

Twelve Days of a Genealogical Christmas
December 3, 2008 – 9:50 am | No Comment

I am sure this has been done before, but I couldn’t resist.  Now presenting, my version of  “The Twelve Days of a Genealogical Christmas”
On the twelfth day of Christmas,Â
my true love sent to meÂ
Twelve stories …

“Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness” - A Must For The Genealogy Toolbox!
November 20, 2008 – 11:08 pm | No Comment

Last week, while listening to one of the many genealogy podcasts I subscribe to, I heard about an organization called “Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness” (RAOGK.org).  I decided to investigate. RAOGK volunteers agree to do …

Help Needed: The Sirius Genealogy People Finder
November 14, 2008 – 5:38 pm | No Comment

We need your Help!  The Sirius Genealogy People Finder is a Google Custom Search Engine that was set-up initailly as a personal search tool for myself. Earlier this year, I was getting tired of Google-ing names …

In Honor Of Veteran’s Day: Oral History Websites
November 10, 2008 – 4:20 pm | No Comment

I was looking to write about something in honor of Verteran’s Day when I stumbled across an interesting blog post at Kimberly’s Genealogy Blog (at about.com), written by Kimberly Powell.  As I was struggling with trying to figure out how to honor those …