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The Ancestry Insider
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The unofficial, unauthorized view of the big genealogy websites. Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org aren't the best communicators, leaving a need for the Ancestry Insider. The Insider reports on, defends, and constructively criticizes these organizations.
Recent Posts
Genealogical Maturity Model Definitions
This is another article discussing my proposed Genealogical Maturity Model (GMM). A year ago I learned some things from Elizabeth Shown Mills. I’m not certain they were the things she was trying to teach me. Nevertheless, I think they are quite va...
Digitized Records Not Just for Mormons
Image © 2009, Chris Denbow. Some rights reserved. Dear Ancestry Insider, I've been reading your column/blog since you began - and have always been interested in the content -EXCEPT for the recent columns re "the rollout of New FamilySe...
NFS 0.99 Beta
We’re at the middle of the month at the middle of the quarter, so it should be time for the quarterly update to New FamilySearch (NFS). Yup. It’s been three months since the August release of NFS 0.98 so it is time for the November release, versi...
NFS 1.0 for Non-Mormons
This Thanksgiving may be the first holiday Jay Verkler (President and CEO of FamilySearch) relaxes since the rollout began for New FamilySearch (NFS) in May of 2007. That’s when St. Louis and Reno members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-da...
NFS Rollout News Is Nearing the End
We are one week away from finishing the rollout of New FamilySearch (NFS) to all members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints around the world (‘cept for the Orient). Jordan River finished rolling out on 9 November 2009. Oquirr...
A Theoretical Basis for Maturity Models (Part 2)
This is another article discussing my proposed Genealogical Maturity Model (GMM). Last time, I abruptly closed in the middle of discussing using levels in maturity models. I’ll try and pick up right where I left off. Levels Enable Aggregation of ...

