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Saturday Night Genealogy Fun: Dear Santa
Greta's Genealogy Blog | December 6th 2009 by Greta Koehl
From Randy Seaver at Genea-Musings: Your mission, should you decide to accept it (cue the Mission: Impossible music), is to write a nice letter to Genea-Santa Here are the directions:1) Write a letter to Genea-Santa and ask for only ONE thing. It co read more
Shades of the Departed Magazine Earns Kudos
GeneaBlogie | December 5th 2009 by Craig Manson
Tamura Jones has given the Best Looking Magazine award to Shades of the Departed Magazine! It’s part of his 2009 GeneaBlog Awards over at Modern Software Experience. He says the November debut issue “looks better than any other genealog read more
Family Tree Maker Cannot Make an Ahnentafel List - Still!
Genea-Musings | December 3rd 2009 by Randy Seaver
I've been using Family Tree Maker since Version 5 (I believe) - when was that, about 1998? One of my reasons for investigating genealogy software programs other than Family Tree Maker is the lack of a simple Ahnentafel List. Every other program ca read more
Latest article submitter software news – Indexes and Online Sou…
Your Review Site Dot Net | December 3rd 2009 by Home Handy Woman
If you’ve been keeping up with my blog posts lately you’ll know I’ve come to adding a few news posts from around the web on this subject. I’ve got a couple more today that are new and updated, so let me know what you think of read more
Already a Review
Genealogy Software Development | December 2nd 2009 by Louis Kessler
Not even out of the starting gates, and the Behold Beta already has a comprehensive review done by Tamura Jones. You can find the review at: http://www.tamurajones.net/Behold0.99.2BetaGEDCOM.xhtml but note that Internet Explorer will not open .xhtml read more
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footnoteMaven | December 1st 2009 by footnoteMaven
Last year Tamura Jones of Modern Software Experience created the GeneaBlog Awards.This year, footnoteMaven is honored to have won the award for Citation Queen.This description accompanied the award:A blog with personality - and footnotes. footnoteM read more
Why is Genealogy Software so Complex?
Genea-Musings | November 30th 2009 by Randy Seaver
One of my society colleagues recently told me:"All I want is a software program that lets me input my names, dates, places, notes, sources and photos so that I can organize my genealogy research. Then I want to be able to make nice charts, print out read more
Monday’s Link Roundup.
Dan Curtis - Professional Personal Historian | November 30th 2009 by Dan Curtis
As usual, this Monday’s link roundup is pretty eclectic. For music buffs, check out MIT’s Oral History Project which looks at 100 years of music at MIT. For fans of singer, songwriter Kathy Mattea, don’t miss her interview w read more
A Child Was Stuck With This Name
iPentimento - Genealogy and History | November 30th 2009 by webduck
I’ve been doing some genealogical research for a friend of mine for her Barlow family. Sometimes, when I can’t go any further on a line, I just do a Google search for the name, date and location of the person to see what results I get. On read more
Best Wishlist Tool? [Hive Five Call For Contenders]
Tech Planets - Technology News | November 26th 2009
Whether you're being shopped for or doing the shopping, good wish lists are very useful to have on-hand. This week we want to hear about your favorite tool for ensuring the lump of coal you get is the one you want. Photo by Genealogy Photos . Rela read more
Software for family historians, biographers and others
Hayes and Greene family history | November 25th 2009 by Steve Hayes
Dennis Allsopp Dennis Allsopp (Author of Genota and Genota Forms) was visiting Johannesburg, so I dropped in to see him and we had an interesting chat. We chatted about software for genealogists and family historians, and three topics in particular: read more
Part 128s – Smith Robertson Genealogy – Early Baptisms 1786-1…
Genealogy, A Treasure Hunt - Family Records Search & Researc… | November 25th 2009 by Jim Smith
Afternoon,The sun has not appeared as yet today, and it may not do that as the rain, lightning, and thundering has just started. I’ve got two Rat Terriers sitting in my lap, a Sheltie-mix at my feet, and two Yellow-Labs pacing. Taylor, the Choco read more
Getting Help with RootsMagic 4
Genea-Musings | November 24th 2009 by Randy Seaver
During my adult education classes on Beginning Computer Genealogy this year, I recommend downloading one of the free genealogy software programs to help the students create as a "starter" database. I tell them that Legacy Family Tree (Standard Versio read more
Free Genealogy Software Download
Sonoma on the Cheap | November 22nd 2009 by Lisa Mann
If your holiday family gatherings have inspired you to trace you family’s history RootsMagic, Inc., a Utah-based software company, is offering free downloads of RootsMagic Essentials, desktop genealogy software based on their $29.95 RootsMagic read more
RootsMagic 4 WebSearch Quirk
Genea-Musings | November 22nd 2009 by Randy Seaver
I attended the RootsMagic user group at the Computer Genealogy Society of San Diego meeting on Saturday, led by Pam Journey. I downloaded RootsMagic Version 4.0.7.0 at the meeting to my laptop (a quick download and install), and Pam did also.Pam demo read more
LDS NEWS - NEW FAMILY SEARCH IPHONE APPLICATION..Genealogy on the…
My Life in WORDS, PICS, SONG, & VIDEO | November 20th 2009 by Michelle Williamson
New Family Search iPhone app By Michael De Groote Mormon Times Nov. 17, 2009 Curtis Tirrell didn’t expect his new iPhone app to appeal to older family history experts. His target market for a new way to access the new Family Search family history read more
RootsMagic Essentials Software Available
Genea-Musings | November 19th 2009 by Randy Seaver
RootsMagic announced today the release of RootsMagic Essentials - a free desktop genealogy software based on their award-winning RootsMagic 4 system. RootsMagic Essentials contains many core features found in its namesake that allow the public to eas read more
Wild Branches
Ancestry Musings | November 12th 2009 by Terri
According to my genealogy software, I have 4363 names in my family tree. Only problem? Now I have to buckle down and find the documents, photographs, records, etc. for each one. And this includes info for the newest little branch on my tree, my nephe read more
A Theoretical Basis for Maturity Models (Part 1)
The Ancestry Insider | November 12th 2009 by Ancestry Insider
There has been some excellent discussion of the Genealogical Maturity Model (GMM), both here and elsewhere. I see some points raised against the proposal have arisen because of my poor ability to write. I will supplement the misunderstandings by hurr read more
Family Tree Statistics
Genealoge | November 11th 2009 by Hugh Watkins
Genea-Musings: Family Tree Statistics from MyHeritage.com: "These charts, and the supporting statistics can be very useful to researchers. They may point out problems with data in the database (for instance, my database apparently has a male age 13 m read more
The Coolest Genealogy Software – For YOU
People Finding Service Reviews | November 9th 2009 by Faclez
Genealogy software allows you to keep track of your ancestor’s data that you’ve worked hard to collect. With so many different programs out there, which is best for you? First ask yourself, what are you looking to do with the information you’ve read more
Geniaus Website - Reflections
Geniaus | November 5th 2009
Today I had a query from another Australian Genealogist asking me about the web-hosting service I use for my family site http://www.geniaus.net.I realise that it is now nearly four months since I uploaded my first Gedcom to the site. I am pleased to read more
Checking out OurFamily*ology
Genea-Musings | November 3rd 2009 by Randy Seaver
I saw the press release this morning titled ourFamily•ology Web-Based Genealogy Software Program Launches Website, Offers Free Trial and thought that it looked interesting - another online family tree that permits the user to invite family members read more
The Genealogical Maturity Model
The Ancestry Insider | November 2nd 2009 by Ancestry Insider
This is what the Genealogical Maturity Model would look like if implemented in chocolate. © 2008, Jimmy McDonald. Used with permission. Cross-pollination from one field of knowledge to another is a common source of innovation. read more
Genealogy, Family Tree Maker Family History Software, Genealogy R…
Telling It Like It Is | October 28th 2009 by Lin Burress
Genealogy research and tracing my family tree history has been an interest and hobby of mine for several years. October is Family History Month and there is no better way to celebrate but to begin creating a family tree of your own with names, storie read more
Data Backup Day Contest – Win A Copy Of Handy Backup
GeneaBloggers | October 26th 2009 by Thomas MacEntee
Data Backup Day Contest – Win A Copy Of Handy Backup For the next upcoming Data Backup Day - Sunday, November 1, 2009 - in partnership with Novosoft LLC, GeneaBloggers will be giving away copies of Handy Backup software to three lucky winners ( read more
Handy Backup – Complete, EXTENSIBLE Backup Solution
GeneaBloggers | October 26th 2009 by Thomas MacEntee
Handy Backup – Complete, EXTENSIBLE Backup Solution As part of my Data Backup Day efforts here at GeneaBloggers, I am often looking for new methods of backing up my genealogy research data. I'm always willing to try new programs - both instal read more
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Music Supplies & Accessories | October 24th 2009 by awais
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Making Things Fun For The Holidays
iPentimento - Genealogy and History | October 23rd 2009 by webduck
For thirty nine years I’ve been the main shopper when it comes to buying Christmas gifts. I’ve slogged through snow drifts and been drenched in the rain, but I can say with certainty that I would rather do my shopping online with sites s read more
Dumping Photoshop Elements
Family Matters | October 23rd 2009 by Moultrie Creek
Ever since I upgraded to Snow Leopard, the latest version of the Mac operating system, Photoshop Elements 6 has been giving me a fit. It’s constantly crashing at the most inconvenient times. Today, I thought I’d try the recently release read more
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