FAMILY HISTORY NEWSLETTER
Volume VII, Issue 1
January 2014
Compiled by Sonneborns,York,PA
FAMILY TREE UPDATES
What's New on Family Tree?
Family Tree Portrait Pedigree
On Family Tree opening page, click on Portrait
Pedigree to open this view in addition to a Pedigree
[Traditional] or Fan Chart view:
What's New on Family Tree will take you to a site
that lists all the new features in Family Tree. We will
highlight those but would encourage you to use the
"What's New?" tab to read the complete article.
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FamilySearch.org HOME PAGE: Your Pedigree
Shows on Carousel
It used to look like this without spouse:
Magnified location of "View Portrait"
This is what it looks like now:
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ACCESSING THE SUMMARY OR PERSON CARD:
You can click a person’s name to show the person
card:
From the person card, you can:
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Return to the pedigree view on that person,
by clicking Tree.
See the long details page, by
clicking Person.
Go directly to the
person’s Sources, Photos, Discussions,
or Stories.
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CREATING A NEW SOURCE IN FAMILY TREE
AND UPLOADING A PHOTO OR DOCUMENT TO
THE SOURCE:
When you are using FamilySearch "Search," you
can connect a source to a person in Family Tree,
and you now can make a choice whether you want it
to be on the Source Box or not. You can also upload
a scanned document or just add the URL [Webpage
link] for the source. See template below. FS
recently added the ability for you to attach a photo
or document at the same time that you add a source
to a person in Family Tree.
If you want to upload a scanned source, just go to
the long details page and click on Create a Source.
You will find this template, where you can add the
URL (ADDRESS) of the source or you can add a
photo or document:
ADDING SOURCES TO ALL FAMILY
MEMBERS AT ONE TIME
QUESTION: Can we add sources for the whole
family (husband, wife, kids) without doing each
individually? We had some correspondence in July
2013. A consultant said, "In a future release of FT
there will be a new way to add sources....We saw a
demo of it in a training meeting as missionaries.
From one page you will be able to attach an
individualized source to each member of the family
with just a click of the mouse,.... available in a few
months."
Is this available yet? I hired several researchers
for research in Sweden and Germany and would
like to be able to include the source for that line
without doing it individually. This was in the 1960s
or 1970s, and I don't have individual pages, but
have the microfilm number and the dates.
ANSWER: ADDING SOURCES TO ALL
FAMILY MEMBERS AT ONE TIME
I have a link that will take you to the BETA version of
what you are talking about (adding a source to
more than one person in the census at the same
time). I hope I can explain it clearly so it will also
work for you!
When you have a window with Family Tree open,
open a new tab and add this link:
https://familysearch.org/
SourceWalker,pushState
search?searchexp=on:
As soon as you put that link in the new tab, go to
your open Family Tree window and push F5 to
refresh that page. Once that is done, you can close
the "new" tab that you put the above link into.
Use the Search Records button and find a census
record with more than one person on it. Attach the
first person, like you normally would, and attach. At
that time ANOTHER window will pop up and say
something like, "there are x number of other people
in this record - would you like to review them?"
Yes - review them, and let the page load. This does
not work EVERY time - but when you review the
names on the record, there will be small "attach"
arrows from the left column to the right column. If
the person matches from the left to right, select
"attach." The record will be attached automatically
to each item you have selected (without doing each
person individually).
D.L.
Editor: You may not be able to use this function
yet, but it is one of the future plans for adding
sources to multiple family members.
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PHOTOS WILL CHANGE TO MEMORIES, WHICH
WILL INCLUDE PHOTOS, DOCUMENTS, AND
STORIES:
In the past, you had to navigate to Photos and
Documents and Stories. The Photos and Documents
were on separate pages from Stories. "Ordinances"
was also added.
There is also a change from Watch List to Lists in
Family Tree:
Present view:
FamilySearch will be changing the navigation page
from "Photos and Documents" and a separate
"Stories" to look like this new view, which will have
one title - "Memories":
This new landing page will include Photos,
Documents, and Stories all on the same page.
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There were changes made to the temple ordinance
view. You will no longer see the LDS ordinances at
the bottom of the Details Page. They are now at the
top of the page if you click on the Ordinances tab
(shown above in Reazin Haines record):
All of this is probably very confusing at this time,
but what you need to do is to wait until the Jan 29th
target date and then take a look at the new
configuration of photos and other add-ons. All of
these changes are to make the product easier to
use. I really like the new portrait pedigree, although
it is a little dark. I wanted to print it but had to use
my snipping tool and copy-and-paste it into a
document. I found it uses a lot of ink because of all
the dark colors. FamilySearch could be a little
easier on us if they somehow lightened the colors.
This is my pedigree product from the snip.
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DATE RANGE
When seeking a deceased person on FT, use Find.
You now can use a date range if you are unsure of
the birth date. If you are certain, type in the same
date in the range area (1838 to 1838):
There will also be changes on January 29 to the
familysearch.org opening page from the Present:
It will change to the new version from "Photos" to
"Memories," and it will open to Photos, Stories,
Documents, People, Albums, Find.
Posted on Ancestry blog
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WHERE DID FAMILY TREE COME
FROM?
For those of you who are using Family Tree, you
might wonder where its information has come from.
While doing some reading, I found a very complete
explanation that I would like to share with our
readers at a site maintained by Don Strack. He lists
all the old records, and we can add that FT is
updated by the patrons of the website (you and me)
and also church death records on a daily basis.
Click on the link, and it will take you to a very nice
explanation. This is also why there are duplicate
records. FamilySearch is aware that that would
happen. That is why it is so important to click on
"Possible Duplicates" for each person and merge
duplicate files.
RULES FOR DOING TEMPLE WORK FOR
INDIVIDUALS
Church Policy
PLEASE READ BEFORE
CONTINUING
Temple ordinances are sacred and should be
treated with respect. Please reserve ordinances for
individuals only if you are related to them.
Who You Can Do Ordinances For
You are responsible to submit names of the
following individuals:
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http://donstrack.net/fsft.htm
HOW TO ADD AN UNCONNECTED
(unrelated) PERSON TO FAMILY TREE
On Family Tree, open up "Person" menu,
go to bottom of your "last visited list," and
click on "Unconnected Person."
Immediate family members
Direct-line ancestors (parents,
grandparents, great-grandparents, and so
on, and their families).
You may also submit the names of the following
individuals:
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Biological, adoptive, and foster family lines
connected to your family.
Collateral family lines (uncles, aunts,
cousins, and their families).
Descendants of your ancestors.
Your own descendants.
Possible ancestors, meaning individuals
who have a probable family relationship that
cannot be verified because the records are
inadequate, such as those who have the
same last name and resided in the same
area as your known ancestors.
Note: A member may do proxy work for a
friend or neighbor who requests that the
work be performed on behalf of a relative. In
this way members are assisting others in
redeeming their kindred dead.
Do not submit the following individuals unless you
are related to them:
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Famous people.
Those gathered from unapproved extraction
projects.
Jewish Holocaust victims. Members can do
the ordinances for these people only under
the following conditions:
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They are an immediate family
member of the deceased (defined as
parents, spouse, children or
siblings).
Or they have permission of all living
immediate family members.
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Or they have the permission of the
closest living relative if no immediate
family members are living.
Persons Born within the Last 110 Years
To do ordinances for a deceased person who was
born in the last 110 years, the following
requirements must be met.
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The person must have been deceased for at
least one year.
You must either be one of the closest living
relatives, or you must obtain permission
from one of the closest living relatives. If you
are not a spouse, child, parent, or sibling of
the deceased, please obtain permission
from one of the closest living relatives
before doing the ordinances. The closest
living relatives are 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 approval is acceptable. Family members
should work together to determine when the
ordinances will be done and who will do them.
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WORLD CONNECT - FREE
Have you visited WorldConnect?
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgibin/igm.cgi
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FAMILY HISTORY GOALS FOR 2014
http://sunsetheightsfhc.files.wordpress.co
m/2013/10/fhc-open-house-notes-october4-2013-handout.pdf
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DELETE TAB
Be careful when using the delete button. Many
patrons who have contributed individuals are
finding that uninformed patrons are deleting their
work. If a person is the wrong sex and you have
proof, you can re-enter the person correctly and
delete the one with the wrong gender. Do not use
delete to get rid of duplicates. Go through the
merging process, and then use the merge feature to
choose good information. The duplicate will be
deleted. It is a good idea to check the individual
records for temple work before merging a person.
Please be careful about using that function.
Join Us at Ancestry Day
Saturday, March 15
from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
At the Pennsylvania Convention
Center
Whether you are new to Ancestry.com or a longtime
user, Ancestry Day is an event you don’t want to
miss. Learn new ways to discover and celebrate
your family history from Ancestry.com experts and
find out more about the Historical Society of
Pennsylvania, one of the largest genealogy centers
in the country. This full day of classes will help you
take your genealogy research further than ever
before.
Classes include:
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Ancestry 101: New & Review
Getting the Most from Ancestry.com
Using AncestryDNA to Further Your Family
History Research
Mid-Atlantic Records on Ancestry.com
Sharing Your Family Story
All attendees will be entered in a raffle to win
memberships to Ancestry.com and the Historical
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AncestryDNA kits, and other prizes. The day will also
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New This Year!
Ancestry Day attendees are invited to attend a second full
day of events at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania on
Friday, March 14. Ancestry Day ticket holders will enjoy
free admission to the research library, free lectures and
library tours, personal consultations with professional
genealogists, and a welcome reception with an
opportunity to chat with experts from Ancestry.com and
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Tickets are $35 for HSP members, $45 for
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schedule of events for both days, please visit our
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CEMETERY PHOTOS IN YORK COUNTY,
PA, AND SURROUNDING AREAS
Photo of the photographer Harry Senft and his wife
Sheryl
Craft a Heritage Gift
From picture frame Christmas ornaments to
heritage quilts, your family history makes a great
gift! Homemade gifts are often inexpensive but are
favorites with the recipients. They don't have to be
anything complicated either. Something as simple
as a framed photo of a favorite ancestor can bring
tears to someone's eyes. Best of all, making a
family heritage gift is often more fun than giving
one!
Source: "10 Ways to Celebrate Family History
Month", by Kimberly Powell, About.com Genealogy
Avoid the "Research Rut"
Harry Senft has been working on a massive project
of photographing all the cemeteries of York County,
Pennsylvania. We commend him for the fine work he
has done. This is one of the newest indexed
cemeteries along with a link to look at all the records
posted at Rootsweb. Click on blue link below.
Disk #37 Pine Grove Presbyterian Cemetery, Lower
Chanceford Twp, York, PA
(Indexed by Deb Hartman) [email protected]
Pictures can be viewed by picture numbers index on
the web link below
http://midatlantic.rootsweb.ancestry.com/H
arrySenft/
Don-Jeanine Hartman
8:16pm Sep 16
Our cemetery site is back online and all fixed. It has a
new URL:
http://midatlantic.rootsweb.ancestry.com/HarrySenft/
FamilyHart's Harry Senft Cemetery Pictures Headstone Pictures from Cemeteries found
mainly in...
Midatlantic.rootsweb.ancestry.com Headstone Pictures
from Cemeteries found mainly in York and Adams
Counties, Pennsylvania; with a few...
DISK #22 Hampton Union Cemetery,
Hampton, Reading Township, Adams, PA
(Indexed by Deb
Hartman) [email protected]
Most genealogists get in a groove when searching
online databases. We find a site we like and stick
with it, and search it the same way all the time. For
example, on Ancestry.com, if you always view
your search results by record, try viewing them by
category. Or, use the Place pages instead of just
checking the Card Catalog to find what databases
are available. On FamilySearch, if you restrict
records by location, try record type instead.
Source: "Avoid the 'Research Rut'", By Lisa Alzo,
Internet Genealogy and Family Chronicle
Newsletter, Vol 2, #17
Question:
I'm really stumped trying to locate the death of my
ancestor. Any suggestions?
Answer:
Kenneth R. Marks, in the Ancestor Hunt,
September 17, 2013, gives the following
suggestions: When researching our ancestors,
one of the most important events is obviously their
death. Determining dates and location of death is
important as we document the major events in
their lives. Most folks limit their search to the
obvious repositories, whether online or not. That
would include online or offline death indexes (such
as the SSDI and State Death Indexes), death
certificates, obituaries, and burial/cemetery
records.
But there are many more ways to determine
specifics about someone's death, as well as
finding clues that help you narrow their death date
to a decade, a year, or even less.
Most of these cannot stand alone as evidence of
the actual date and location of an ancestor's'
death - so you might want to check many of these
sources to provide corroborating evidence.
Read this article to learn 14 different ways to find
clues and evidence about your ancestors' death
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Family History Ideas & Gifts
http://www.pinterest.com/cawelti/family-historyideas-gifts/
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Ten Great Ideas for Genealogy Gifts
http://www.examiner.com/article/ten-great-ideasfor-genealogy-gifts
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Visit State and Provincial Archives Websites
When was the last time you visited the state or
provincial archives website for the locations
where your ancestor lived? There could easily be
new material there since your last visit or merely
something you notice now that you did not see the
last time. Source: John Michael Neill, Genealogy
Tip of the Day, posted 5/16/2011
Find Military Connections
Wondering if someone in your family tree served
during WWI? The 1930 U.S. Census is a great
resource for finding out about WWI service. Find
your ancestor in the 1930 Census and check the
far right column on the record. It will list if they
were a veteran of the military! You can also check
the recently released 1921 Canadian Census to
see if you have a WWI ancestor. Source: Lisa
Elzey, Ancestry.com, Internet Genealogy/Family
Chronicle Newsletter, Vol 2, #23.
Question:
Can you copy/paste a complete source citation from
Legacy into an email without having to copy each
separate citation field?
Answer:
Yes. On the Assigned Sources screen for a person,
click on the desired source in the list. Then, make
sure that the "Show Source using Print Options"
option is selected. Next, with your mouse, highlight
the Footnote/Endnote Citation and press Control-C
on your keyboard. Then, in your email, press
Control-V to paste the citation into the desired
location.
Find Military Records Online with New Index
If you're searching for military records for an
ancestor, be sure to visit the Online Military Indexes
& Records This free website by Joe Beine, creator
of other sites such as Online Searchable Death
Indexes & Records, and Online Birth & Marriage
Records Indexes for the USA, is a directory of links
to online military indexes and records for USA
genealogy research for Revolutionary War, War of
1812, Mexican War, Civil War, Spanish American
War, World War I, World War II, Korean War, and
the Vietnam War. Included are rosters, databases
of soldiers, and listings of military and war
casualties. Also included are some links to sources
for military records in other countries (for World
War I & II). Source: Lisa Alzo, Internet Genealogy
and Family Chronicle Newsletter, Vol 2, #23.
Biographies
17,000 biographies in 122 counties in 10 states free
and searchable by surname.
http://www.mygenealogyhound.com/browse-byfamily-surname.htm
Submitted by Glenda Breslin, newsletter reader
2014 CONFERENCES
The Meridian, Idaho South Stake is sponsoring a
Family History Fair on Saturday, 22 Feb 2014.
This event will go from 9am until 4pm and will
include selected classes that will be taught at
RootsTech 2014 in Salt Lake City.
More information about the event, with instruction
on how to register, can be found here:
http://calendar.eogn.com/idaho
Any who reside in the Boise, Meridian, Nampa,
Kuna, Caldwell area are invited to attend.
[Sorry, deadline has passed.] There is still a LAST
CHANCE for a FREE Full Access Registration to
RootsTech 2014. Go to the link below to enter Sue
Maxwell's Granite Genealogy Blog contest. Enter by
Midnight, 30 Jan 2014 in order to win.
http://granitegenealogy.blogspot.com/2014/01/lastchance-to-win-free-pass-to-attend.html
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Fredericksburg Family History Day
http://fredvafamilyhistoryday.com/
Registration is active and details will
continue to be added as they are
confirmed.
A preliminary list of classes can be found
on our Family History Center Wiki page at
http://goo.gl/QguO8J
A few others will be recordings from
RootsTech
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WASHINGTON DC FAMILY
HISTORY CONFERENCE TO
BE HELD ON MAY 3
The Washington DC Family History Center will
sponsor its 8th annual Family History Conference
on Saturday, May 3, 2013, from 9:00 a.m. – 3:00
p.m. at 10000 Stoneybrook Drive, Kensington,
MD 20895.
This conference is free of charge with 20 classes
from beginning to advanced genealogy. The
keynote speaker will be Tad Hogan, Honorary
Board Member of the Baltimore Immigration
Memorial Foundation, addressing the topic,
Baltimore Immigration: The Port, The People,
The Story.
Seating is limited and registration is required.
For class descriptions and registration
information, see
http://www.wdcfhc.org/conf2014/index.php.
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Another conference will be in Raleigh, NC,
in March on the 22nd, from 9am-2pm with
an additional hour for members only 23pm. Details and registration available
here: http://raleighfhc2014.eventbrite.com
Family History and
Technology
Conference
ROOTSTECH
http://rootstech.org/
Feb 6-8, 2014
Salt Lake City, Utah
Interested viewers can watch
presentations at RootsTech.org.
the
live
RootsTech Family History and Technology
Conference. Attend RootsTech 2014 for $99.
Register today for RootsTech 2014, which will be
held on February 6-8, 2014, at the Salt Palace
Convention Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. This
annual family history conference, hosted by
FamilySearch, is a unique global event where you
can discover and share your family stories and
connections through technology.
RootsTech is now the largest family history event in
the United States!
Get a Special Discount to Attend RootsTech; as
someone with a family history calling, you can
attend RootsTech 2014 at a discounted price! Get a
Full Access Pass for $99 when you use the
promotional code CONSULT14. With a full-access
conference pass, you can: Choose from over 200
classes, including the Getting Started track and
Innovator Summit, a pre-conference event on
Wednesday, February 5.
RootsTech 2014 will be in the east wing of the Salt
Palace, with bigger classrooms and easier access
throughout the venue. Visit the huge Expo Hall, with
over 100 interactive booths where you can record
your story, scan photos and books, create a visual
family tree, and more. Purchase a reserved seat for
activities including sponsor-hosted lunch, evening
event, or a hands-on computer lab. These add-on
activities are hugely popular at RootsTech and fill
up fast. Don't miss out!
Whether your calling in family history is new and
you need to learn the basics or you're an expert and
want to enhance your research skills, RootsTech
has something for everyone!
NEW! Family Discovery Day for LDS Church
Members on Saturday, February 8, 2014; members
of the Church are invited to participate in Family
Discovery Day, which is a free event offered in
conjunction with RootsTech. General Authorities
and other popular speakers will share inspirational
messages to help strengthen family relationships
across generations through family history and the
work of salvation. Family Discovery Day will also
include youth activities and classes for LDS youth
(12-18) and access to the booths in the RootsTech
Expo Hall. Again, Family Discovery Day is free, so
invite members of your ward and stake to attend!
Information and registration for the RootsTech
conference and Family Discovery Day is available at
rootstech.org.
Warmly, Debbie Conger
FAMILY DISCOVERY DAY AT
ROOTSTECH
https://rootstech.org/discovery/
We will be teaching one consultant specific session
on Saturday at the Free Family Discovery
Day....Start with the Heart: Understanding a Family
History
Consultant's
Core
Responsibilities
LDS1600Todd Jones, Shipley Munson. It will be
taught at 11:45 am and 1:30pm. With your Family
Discovery Day registration, you will have access to
the Expo Hall to visit with some of our great vendors
there. You can also register on site at the Salt
Palace any of the other days for a free expo hall
only pass.
Thank you,
The RootsTech Team
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"The Road to Your German Ancestors"
Palatines to America 2014 National
Conference
http://www.palam.org/
June 25-28, 2014
Columbus, Ohio
National Convention of the Daughters of
Union Veterans of the Civil War
2014 Federation of Genealogical
Societies Conference "Gone to
Texas"
http://www.fgs.org/events.php
August 27-30, 2014
San Antonio, Texas
Ohio Genealogical Society Conference
http://www.genex2014.org/
April 30-May 3, 2014
Sandusky, Ohio
http://www.duvcw.org/index.php/national- convention
July 29-August 4, 2014
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
34th IAJGS International Conference on
Jewish Genealogy
http://conference.iajgs.org/2014/
July 27-August 1, 2014
Salt Lake City, Utah
Southern California Jamboree
45th Annual Southern California
Genealogy Jamboree
http://genealogyjamboree.com/
June 6-8, 2014
Burbank, California
NGS 2014
Virginia: The First Frontier
http://conference.ngsgenealogy.org/
May 7-10, 2014
Richmond, Virginia
Family History and DNA: Genetic
Genealogy in 2014
http://genealogyjamboree.com/
June 5, 2014
Burbank, California
Posted by Mark Gagermeier in STGC Newsletter
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ASSISTANCE FOR THOSE
USING ROOTSMAGIC
Free Tutorial Videos at RootsMagic TV
We have dozens of short tutorial videos available
now, and there are several ways to get to RootsMagic
TV to view them...
1. Go to RootsMagicTV.com
2. Go to our RootsMagic.com website and click
the Learn menu item. There is a submenu to
go to RootsMagic TV.
American Library Association 2014
Annual Conference
http://www.ala.org/conferencesevents/alaupcoming-annual-conferences-midwintermeetings
June 26-July 1, 2014
Las Vegas, Nevada
3. Do "Help > Learning Center" from the
RootsMagic program menu and select
RootsMagic TV (you can also get to our
webinars page from that same Learning
Center screen).
If you would like to suggest topics for us to cover in
these short videos, just email your ideas to
[email protected].
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FREE WEBINAR RECORDINGS IN THE ARCHIVES
Creating a CD to Share with
Family
Don't forget about our free online classes (webinars).
You can watch or download any of our 40+ free
Are you looking for a way to share your family history with
webinars from:
relatives this holiday season? RootsMagic's Shareable
CD feature lets you do just that. From the RootsMagic
http://www.rootsmagic.com/webinars
Not only are all of our webinars free, but you can
watch them anytime, day or night. Just go to that
page, select the one you want and start watching. We
have webinars for every user, whether you are a
beginner just getting started, or a power user looking
for more tips on RootsMagic tools.
menu choose “Tools > Create a shareable CD” and
RootsMagic will create a self-running CD with your
database,
pictures,
and
a
read
only
version
of
RootsMagic. It’s the perfect way to share your entire
family history with family.
You will be asked to enter a title and picture for the
Free Help for PAF Users Switching
to RootsMagic
homepage of your Shareable CD, and just a few other
things like an introduction and your contact information.
When the recipient gets your CD, all they have to do is
pop the CD into their Windows-based computer and it will
automatically display the home page with your title and
We've put together a special guide
titled, "RootsMagic for PAF Users: A Quick Start
Guide". This 16-page, full-color booklet guides you
step-by-step in making the switch and answers the
biggest and most common questions.
This guide is available as a free PDF download that
can be viewed on your computer or mobile device
and even printed at home. We encourage you to
download this free guide and freely share it with any
PAF users who may benefit from it.
http://rootsmagic.com/Download/PAF-Book/
Editor's Note: Remember that there are other programs
that interact with Family Tree with a syncing process:
Ancestral Quest and Legacy.
picture, and they can click one button to view the family
tree in all its glory (pictures and all). They won’t have to
download, install, or buy anything to view the CD; it will
work just as is.
If you don’t want to share your entire database, you can
create a new blank database (File > New) and then drag
and drop just the part of the family you want to share into
the new blank database. Then create the Shareable CD
from that database.
We've even created a short video that shows just how
easy it is to create a Shareable CD.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbOoAh4Jw9E
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The Importance of
FamilySearch Record
Preservation
A destructive magnitude 7.2 quake hit Bohol,
Philippines, in mid October. There were 222
reported dead, 8 missing, and 976 people injured.
There were 69,000 structures damaged or
destroyed. Among these were centuries old
Catholic Church buildings.
A coworker pointed me to an article written by
felvirordinario, Filipino genealogist and blogger.
He, first acknowledging the human tragedy, next
turned his thoughts to the survival of the old Church
records.
He wrote, "As an advocate of records preservation,
some of my first concerns were the records found
in these churches. What of them at the face of this
great catastrophe? Were they destroyed along with
the structures they were housed in?"
Read his article "Forever Preserved: Genealogical
Records after the Bohol Quake," to learn if the
records survived and the role FamilySearch plays in
record preservation.
Source: "The Importance of FamilySearch Record
Preservation", The Ancestry Insider, posted 13
Nov 2013,
Attach Photo or Document to FamilySearch Source
A quality image of an original source has virtually
the same evidentiary value as the original and
avoids transcription errors so prevalent in
derivative sources.
Last week FamilySearch added the ability to
attach a photo or document image to a
FamilySearch Family Tree source. Use the usual
method to create a source. On the person's page
scroll down to the Sources section and click
Create a New Source.
The Create a Source page has a new choice for
the link to the record. An alternative to "Web Page
URL" is "Attach Photo or Document."
Selecting this new choice replaces the text box
with the Attach File button.
Click the button to see thumbnails of all your
photos and documents. Select one or click the
Upload button for a new photo or document.
You're almost finished. You've gone to all the
trouble of scanning and attaching an image of a
source. To preserve its evidentiary value, don't
forget to specify a citation! Sadly, altered images
of sources exist (think of the four or five different
certificates of President Obama's birth). Even if
you obtained the image second hand, specify
where you got it from.
Your sources are the only hope we have of
cleaning up FamilySearch Family Tree. Get going!
Source: "Attach Photo or Document to
FamilySearch Source", Ancestry Insider,
Question:
A fellow at the FHC showed me a shortcut to
accept a field value that was correct but was
showing pink. Now I can't remember it. Can you
help?
Answer: For the PC, it is Ctrl+T. For the Mac, it is
Cmd+T.
Just Me?
Have you ever wondered if a website you were
having trouble with was down for everyone, or just
you?
Try this site:
http://www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com/ to find
out. Just type in the URL for the website in question
and this site will check it out for you.
Advanced Research Tip: Five Things You Should Do
With Every Record
So you find a record. It could be through a hint or
a search or something is sent to you in the mail.
You attach it to your tree. Are you done? No, of
course not! (This would be a very short post if you
were done.) So what do you do before you move
onto the next record?
1. Source the record...
2. Examine the image, not just the index...
3. List all points of genealogical importance...
4. What questions do you have?...
5. File it so you can find it again later...
Read the full article for details. Source: Advanced
Research Tip: Five things you should do with
every record, by Ancestry Anne, Ancestry.com
blog.
Question: I'm just getting back into Family History
and find the FamilySearch.org page has changed
considerably. Any suggestions for finding where
the parts I used most are found (i.e. wiki, AF,
catalog).
Answer: At the bottom of each page is a Site Map
link. It's a great way to see what is now available
and get their quickly.
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Lawson Research Services Toolbox
Leslie Brinkley Lawson, a Forensic Genealogist,
has a great toolbox of resources for all 50 states,
vital and other records. Try them out if you're
having trouble finding your ancestors.
California Digital Newspaper Project
Those with relatives who lived in California may
wish to take advantage of the free materials online
at the California Digital Newspaper Project at the
University of California-Riverside.
Source: California Digital Newspaper Project,
Genealogy Search Tip of the Day--Almost Every
Day, Michael John Neill.
When to Use Contains
Some websites support the use of "contains" and
there are times when it is a good search procedure.
Depending up on the location and time, my last
name can be spelled:
Neil, Neill, O'Neil, O'Neill, McNeill, MacNeill.
A
contains search for "Neil" will catch all these last
names with one search. Soundex won't catch them
all, and most sites don't allow a wildcard as the first
term. Source: Michael John Neill, Genealogy
Search Tip of the Day.
Android
App
Coming
Soon
If you've been waiting for us to finally get that
Android RootsMagic app out, you won't have to
wait much longer. We are wrapping up some final
testing and will be releasing it within the next 30
days.
You will be able to access your actual RootsMagic
files via Dropbox, easily search and explore your
family tree, view pictures, notes, and sources,
browse lists of your information and view more
details about sources, to-do items, research logs,
media, addresses, repositories, correspondence,
and places. You will also have access to tools like
a perpetual calendar, date calculator, relationship
calculator, and soundex calculator.
Keep watching for news of the Android release
from this newsletter and on our RootsMagic blog.
Nicknames: Family History Research Tips
Ever faced an obstacle in your family research as
you look for an ancestors' name?
When viewing census records, for example, it's
not uncommon to find a relative listed with his
formal birth name in one record, and then listed
under a nickname in another.
Nicknames are usually familiar or humorous and
used as an appropriate replacement or addition to
a given name. They can be a form of endearment,
refer to a personal character trait or just be a
shortened version.
When you stumble upon these new listings, you
might think your family research has hit a brick
wall. Searching for records can be difficult if you
don't have all the information, but don't despair;
here are some tips to help in your family history
research: click here.
http://blog.myheritage.com/2013/11/nicknamesfamily-history-research-tips/
Source: MyHeritage Blog, November 25, 2013 as
reported in "Generations", Washington DC Family
History Center Newsletter, Vol VII, No. 11,
Question:
I have a question about using cemetery names in
the place field vs. burial address field [in Legacy] - I
would really like the name of the cemetery to show
up in my printed reports because many large cities
have several cemeteries.
How would you
recommend I solve this problem?
Answer:
You can enter the cemetery by clicking on the "+" to
the right of the burial place field. Then when you
choose a report to print, select Report Options. On
the Include tab, the very first option is "Add for
birth, chr, death, bur, mar." Be sure that box is
checked.
Family History Social Networks
Social networks are online communities created as
places for individuals with common interests to
build new relationships. These online services
provide simple tools to generate collaborative
opportunities for finding, sharing, and interacting
with like-minded people.
Many social networks are now available for
genealogists. They help people connect with family
members and other researchers. Each has its own
features. The following is a list of some social
networks geared towards family history: Read
More.
Source: FamilySearch Blog, posted by Barry Ewell
Family History Brings Power to the Living
The blessings of family history aren't reserved for
after death. You and your family can be blessed
now.
Participating in family history can strengthen
families much like regular prayer, scripture study,
and service do. And it brings with it its own unique
promises of assistance from beyond the veil.
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Watch how the Morrison family was blessed by
participating in family history.
Download video.
Announcing the New FamilySearch
Indexing Website
FamilySearch recently released a newly redesigned
indexing website at FamilySearch.org/indexing, and
we invite you to come and take a look. This new
website integrates indexing with the rest of
FamilySearch.org, making it easier for indexers to
know how to get started and find the help they
need.
If you’ve never indexed before, the new Overview
and Get Started pages will introduce you to the
program. Want to help make more records available
in the areas you are researching? Check out the
new interactive projects map. And if you have
questions, or get stuck trying to decipher the old
handwriting, the Help Resources will have answers
for you.
The change in the indexing website is just the first
step in a total redesign and improvement of the
indexing experience. In the coming year, you will
see an all-new indexing program integrated with
FamilySearch.org, which will bring indexing to your
Internet browser, enable indexing on tablet devices,
and much more. Join us at RootsTech in February
to get some hands-on experience with the new
program.
Current and Completed Projects
To view a list of currently available indexing
projects, along with their record language and
completion percentage, visit the FamilySearch
indexing updates page. To learn more about
individual projects, view the FamilySearch projects
page.
The 52 Ancestors Challenge
I write about genealogy as part of my job. So
what's something I do in my off hours? Write about
genealogy. Last fall, I decided to take a look at
how I was doing my personal blogging and
launched "No Story Too Small." As the name
implies, all of the stories that we find about our
ancestors are important. Our ancestors didn't
have to be famous (or infamous); they didn't have
to be part of a critical moment in history. My goals
with "No Story Too Small" have been to remind
myself that it's all right to blog about just a portion
of someone's life and to inspire others to do the
same on their blogs.
One of the best ways to keep writing is to have
goals or a calendar. ("I'll write sometime" is
usually a doomed strategy.) So to challenge
myself and others to write at least once a week, I
started the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge.
The premise: write about one ancestor each week
this year. It could be a story, a photograph, a
document, a pesky research problem - anything,
as long as it involves one ancestor. The next week,
write about another ancestor. Doing this will get
you to look at those people in your family tree in a
different light. What is it you want to say about that
person?
Read the full article for more details.
Source: "The 52 Ancestors Challenge",
Ancestry.com Blog, by Amy Johnson Crow
Question:Is there any way to print a pedigree chart
on FamilySearch Family Tree and include the
pictures in the photo section to make a "picture
pedigree?"
Answer: In the upper left corner of FamilySearch
Family Tree, you'll see "View: ..." Click the down
arrow to display 3 choices: Portrait, Traditional &
Fan Chart. Select Portrait. Then use your
browser's print option.
Facebook Genealogy
Have you discovered the benefits of using
Facebook in genealogy research? Social media is
a driving force, creating environments where
people can "find" relatives and connect with those
researching
in
the
same
locality.
FamilySearch.org alone has 105 Research
Communities on Facebook.
Katherine R. Willson's recent successes with
using Facebook to break down genealogical brick
walls (both personally and in her classroom)
inspired her to compile a list of 3,000+ Facebook
genealogy links, "Genealogy on Facebook."
The "Genealogy on Facebook" publication is
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organized alphabetically by state in the United
States, and by country worldwide.
Below is a sample of just a few Facebook groups
for Maryland that appear on page 20 of the
publication:
MARYLAND
664. Anne Arundel County, MD Genealogical Society:
www.facebook.com/groups/aagsmd
665. Appalachian Genealogy:
www.facebook.com/pages/AppalachianGenealogy/190786844144
666. Baltimore County, MD - Baltimore Heritage:
www.facebook.com/baltimoreheritage
667. Baltimore County, MD - Jewish Museum of
Maryland: www.facebook.com/jewishmuseummd
668. Baltimore County, MD Historical Society:
www.facebook.com/BaltimoreCountyHistory
669. Charles County, MD Memories:
www.facebook.com/groups/393686220717315
670. Dorchester County, MD - Lower Delmarva
Genealogical Society:
www.facebook.com/pages/Lower-DelmarvaGenealogical-Society/116309155095030
671. Dorchester County, MD Genealogy:
www.facebook.com/groups/133250573385827
672. Frederick County, MD - Smoketown History
(Brunswick): www.facebook.com/pages/SmoketownHistory-Brunswick-Md/307806060207
For those who are hesitant to establish a social
media presence, remember that you can create a
"research name" and control access through
Face book's privacy settings.
Source: "Facebook Genealogy", Generations
Newsletter, Washington DC Family History Center,
Vol 8, No 1,
Turning Hearts: One of a Thousand
I was delighted when a friend asked me for
suggestions in researching his family. He was
excited with the connections he was making on his
mother's line and was eager to meet many newly
discovered cousins at an upcoming family reunion.
He was animated as he shared his latest findings:
documents, photos, and online family trees
uploaded by people he did not previously know. His
enthusiasm was palpable!
At one point, my friend revealed that his father,
kindly described as a scoundrel, had left his mother
and abandoned him as a very young child. Although
his mother remarried and he was raised in a loving
home, he had grown up separated from his paternal
family. For 60 years, this had not been a matter of
concern to him.
Until now. Something strange was beginning to
happen, he related. There were stirrings within that
he couldn't squelch. After a lifetime of
estrangement, he felt prompted to begin
researching his biological father's family. This was
causing him deep anxiety. He grew up with deep
animosity towards his father. Digging into this
family also meant digging into his father's life and
facing complex emotional issues. How could he
consider this research, he asked?
"Your father is just one person in this family," I
heard myself say. "There are hundreds, thousands,
of people to whom you are related through him. You
are their descendant. Their blood flows in your
veins. They love you. Don't let one person stand in
the way of finding the other half of your family."
He stared into my eyes and I could see the tension
in his face dissolve. It was a profound moment.
"You're right," he said. And his new search
commenced right there. He set up an online tree
and was amazed to find how easy it was to connect
with cousins and other family members that had
been totally unknown to him. They accepted him
with love and a sincere appreciation at knowing
what happened "to that side of the family." He was
invited to a family reunion where, for the first time,
he met extended family from his paternal line. As his
circle expanded, so did his joy.
My friend's experience is not an uncommon one.
Family life is complicated and oftentimes messy.
Imperfect people do imperfect things and make
imperfect
decisions.
Relationships
become
estranged and animosity dissolves the family circle,
changing it from an "o" to a "u." The gap often
remains for years, and even generations.
Facing such a situation squarely takes strength,
determination and a long-term perspective. Going
back 10 generations, an individual is directly
descended from 1,203 people. That is direct
descendants and does not include aunts, uncles,
and numberless cousins.
This nine-generation fan chart presents a powerful
image of the myriad of ancestors standing behind
one individual. We now have a visual perspective of
how limiting it can be to allow human emotions to
block our research into one of our family lines.
It takes courage to choose this path, but we can
"jump over" the individual who caused pain in our
family, learning just enough about his/her life to
identify the parents and ancestors. In this
genealogical journey, we may connect with "new"
living relatives who will envelop us with
appreciation and love. It is my sincere hope that any
that embarks on such research will be filled with
peace and joy--the fruits of righteous desires.
Source: "Turning Hearts: One of a Thousand", by
Carol Kostakos Petranek, Meridian Magazine,
Friday, May 17, 2013
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News from Ancestry.com
Saw this post on the Pennsylvania Genealogy
Network FB page...Exciting news from the PA
Archives' staff today. Ancestry will be posting the
death records on-line in 3 phases - about 20 years
each time. They anticipate they will be posted in
April, June and November. All birth records
should be on-line in September.
Other digitized records from the Archives are
coming too. Civil War Muster out rolls should be
on-line in Sep. The remainder of the WWII Bonus
applications will be out in 2015.
Thanks to Scott Burfield for posting this on the
Clearfield County PA Genealogy Group section.
The USGenWeb Project
The USGenWeb is a free web site whose web
address is www.usgenweb.com. This site provides
access to state data bases for all states in the
United States as well as Washington D.C. and
Oklahoma Indian Territory.
When the site comes up, on the left side of the page
is the list of the states. Click on the state you wish to
research in and a list of Databases pertaining to
that state will appear. Select the database related
to your query, such as marriages, births, deaths
etc. This website should be a major site that comes
to your mind when you sit down to do family
research.
New Newsletter Section
After hearing the following comments...
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...a reader suggested a helpful section for the
newsletter would be basic terms and processes
that some involved in family history may take for
granted just like an accountant may not realize that
some may think a spreadsheet is a tarp used when
painting, or an engineer may not realize that some
think RAM is a male sheep.
Let's start with those listed above:
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Got US Irish ancestors?
Here's one of the best places online for local,
national and international news about Irish
genealogy - and its free:
http://irish-genealogy-news.blogspot.ie/
Flipboard
Save your favorite stories, photos, documents,
videos and more from across the web. Then
create your own beautiful online magazines. How
about a magazine about an ancestral family that
includes all the web content you have collected on
them. Share it with relatives and other
researchers. The sky is the limit! Click here for
tutorials on getting started and the basic use of
Flipboard.
I thought the Roots Magic class would be a
class in basic family history skills.
Ancestry.com is a program just like Roots
Magic or Family Tree
Records indexed by our youth are then sent
in to have temple work done.
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RootsMagic is a genealogy software
program designed to organize, display and
print the information, pictures, documents,
etc. you enter about your own family,
ancestors, and descendants. (OK, I can see
several terms in that one sentence that may
be new! - future newsletter)
Ancestry.com is a website, not a program.
It does help you build your own family tree,
but it also allows you to search the trees of
others and millions of original historical
records as well.
FamilySearch Family Tree is ... Read an
excellent description of what it is, where it
came from, how it evolved, etc., at
familysearch.org blog.
Records indexed by our youth are included
in FamilySearch's historical records to help
us research our ancestors. They are NOT
"sent in to have temple work done."
Records Say the Darndest
Things
Utah Crosen may not have started life spelling his
name Utah. In 1880 his parents (or at least the
census enumerator) spell it Eutaw. By at least 1900
he spells it Utah. If your given name is Utah,
obviously you find and marry someone named
Rhode Island. And if you're living in Virginia; then
it's only natural you name a daughter Virginia.
Read the rest of the article to see the actual census
image and find out the names of the other 8
children!
Source: "Ancestry Insider: Darned All American
Family", The Ancestry Insider Blog, posted 17
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United States Remarried Widows Index to
Pension Applications, 1887-1942
A great resource available at FamilySearch.org.
You can search just this collection for an
individual's name or simply Browse the images if
you prefer.
Kinship Terminology: What is Consanguinity?
In English-speaking societies, we classify based on
gender,
generation,
and
consideration
of
consanguinity (direct descendants) and immediate
affinal (in-law)
relationships.
Our common
familiarity is with immediate family and direct lines brother, sister, cousins, aunts/uncles and the
(great) grandparents. It starts to get confusing
when differentiating between the "degrees" and
"removals" of cousins.
When the cousins are not in your same generation,
then they are "removed.” First cousins once
removed” declares that either one of you are one
generation away from being first cousins. To
further understand kinship relationships and this
chart, read the full article here. FindMyPast Blog,
April 8, 2013
DANISH RESEARCH
There is a new website with Danish records - free:
Danish Family Search
www.danishfamilysearch.com
Even though it is called Danish Family Search the
couple behind are - as far as I know, not LDS church
members. They come from the northern part of
Jutland.
Both work with computers and have made a
fabulous site.
Just one thing is they live in Australia with their 3
little girls. (They introduce themselves on the site,
cute couple - not to mention their 3 bundles of joy).
The official Danish record page still is
www.arkivalieronline.dk This includes lots more
than the above: among other things, land records
and insurance files dating back to 1700's.
And later this year also the levying rolls will also be
added. (Military records).
www.ddd.dda.dk
Is transcribed records and in no way complete Danish Family Search also transcribes records and
offer searches from all the country instead of just
one county.
Str. Helle of Denmark
SYLVIA’S GENEALOGY
CORNER
"The Hearts of the Children Will Turn
to the Fathers"
Generally speaking, life becomes pretty much
routine. Once in a while, a problem or a crisis has to
be worked out, and then things seem to level our
again. At least we find that particularly common
now that we are retired; we don't have too much
that rocks the boat, and we are very grateful for
that.
That was not the case for me a few weeks ago. I
received an e-mail from a young lady who identified
herself as my niece. That was enough information to
rattle me for a few seconds. She went on to gently
inform me that her adopted father David recently
had his adoption records opened, and he learned
that his father is Clark Earl Hott, Sr. She was
contacting me because Clark or "Bud" is my late
brother. While the Catholic orphanage disclosed
the name of his deceased father, they would not tell
him the name of his living mother.
All kinds of thoughts entered my mind. Is this for
real? Is this man the child my mother wanted to
adopt? How can they prove (short of DNA) that they
are really my family - my brother's son? What do
they want? Is this a scam? But I decided to listen.
The young lady, named Stacey, informed me that
her father David had been born in 1957 in
Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania. I did not really
need to open my family history. As a fifteen-yearold, I lived through the crisis in the life of my brother
Bud. He was 23 and had impregnated his 17-yearold girlfriend. The parents were very angry with my
brother and forbade the couple to marry.
My mother had 9 children, and her youngest was 5.
She was willing to adopt the unborn child, but the
Catholic family did not want their grandson reared
by a Mormon. They could have pressed charges
against my brother, but they said that if my parents
and my brother would allow the child to be adopted
through Catholic Charities, they would not pursue
any additional legal action. My parents agreed to
allow the girl to put her child up for adoption. I
remember the disappointment in my mother's heart.
Months later, she received a call from the mother's
aunt that a son had been born on Valentine's Day,
1957, and he was named David; tearfully, my
mother quietly recorded the details in her
genealogical records, and listed him as adopted.
From time to time my mother would pose questions,
wondering where he was and how he was doing.
But she never got to meet him. That incident took
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place 57 years ago, and while we knew that David
existed, we had no hope of ever seeing him.
My mother and my brother have both passed away.
You can imagine my shock to receive this e-mail
from Stacey that her adopted father was seeking
information about his natural father Clark Earl Hott,
my brother. When she supplied the birth date, I was
certain that this was our lost child.
I asked Stacey how she had found me. She had
Googled her grandfather's name, and she had
found a story/tribute on FamilySearch Family Tree
[our church's website] that had been contributed by
me. She was able to find my e-mail and had
approached me by e-mail. I was able to fill in the
blanks and also to supply her with additional photos
of my brother. She next introduced me to her halfbrother Erik, and the rest fell into place. She sent
me photos of her daughter and also of her and her
brother. Then on Facebook I got in touch with both
Stacey and Erik. And it was not long until I received
a photo of "my nephew" David from his son Erik.
When I saw it, it brought tears to my eyes. He looks
so much like my brother.
Erik asked if David could call me, and I consented.
On Sunday afternoon, January 19, 2014, I received
a call from my "lost" nephew Dave from Daytona
Beach, FL. We talked for two hours. It was a very
pleasant conversation. He was hungry to know
about his family.
I listened to his sad tale. At four days old, he had
been adopted through Catholic Charities to a
couple who kept him for only 7 months. He was a
colicky baby, and he seemed to be slow. They could
not put up with that. For the next 5 years he was
shifted through 3 Catholic orphanages, finally
ending up in Oil City, PA. At age 6, he was finally
adopted by an elderly couple who had lost a son.
While they fed him and made him follow rules, he
had little physical affection and social life. He loved
to read, and he spent most of his high school years
reading after being told to go to bed at 8:30 p.m.
As we caught up and talked, it became apparent
that while he had never seen his dad, he had a lot of
similar traits. He was a carpenter/painter like his
father. He loved to read mysteries and Westerns
like my brother. He was a dare devil who jumped off
bridges into water far below, just as my brother did
dangerous and daring adventures. He named his
dog Bud (unknown that that was his natural father's
nickname). He had two failed marriages and was
single, similar to my brother who had difficulty
maintaining a long-term relationship with a woman.
He battled alcoholism but finally conquered that as
my brother had.
Left - David
Right - My brother Bud
Besides having a lot of the same character traits,
Dave and Bud have a striking resemblance,
particularly the ears!
Dave has agreed to come to our family reunion in
August with his daughter and son and
granddaughter. He is eager to meet his natural
family. He was pleased to know that he has about
30 first cousins and 11 aunts and uncles with my
siblings and me and our spouses. He could hardly
believe it. His adoptive parents had been
deceased for a long time, and it has taken a while
to find us, but he was happy to learn about his
natural family. His natural mother is still living and
has not responded to a letter sent to her 3 months
ago by the adoption agency, asking if she would
agree to meet her son.
With the story about my brother that I posted on
The Church of Jesus Christ's Family Tree, this new
family has been able to connect with me. We have
also used Facebook, e-mail, and phone to
correspond with each other and make plans for a
meeting. My family and I are thrilled to be found.
And this is just one more reason that I am proud to
be a genealogist and that I like Family Tree.
COMMENTS ON INDEXING
Indexing is a program where anyone in the world
can log onto and transcribe records that are on
the website. These are records that have been
stored in Granite Mountain, records that have
been microfilmed since 1935. There are over 2.4
million rolls of microfilm and 1 million microfiche.
This equals about 3 billion pages of family
history records. The vault's library of microfilm
increases by up to 40,000 rolls per year. Since
1999, the church has been digitizing the
genealogical microfilms stored in the vault. These
records make available, free of charge to anyone
in the world. Due to thousands of people,
throughout the world, these records are being
transcribed on a daily basis. We are also
continuing to gather more records that had not
previously been available, but are now being made
available. These records are precious to those of
us who are searching for our ancestors.
Sis. Judy Cogdell, Family History Missionary, SLC
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POWERPOINT ON FAMILY HISTORY
What we saw was the "35 Minute Lesson for
Priesthood/RS combined"
It is available from LDS.org
Across the top - Resources > down the left column Family> Family History At the bottom of that page the lesson.
<http://www.lds.org/topics/familyhistory?lang=eng> Debbie O.
RESOURCES
Have you seen the resources here; they explain
the responsibility of Priesthood in Family History?
https://www.lds.org/callings/temple-and-familyhistory?lang=eng
Also, the manual "To Turn the Hearts" is a great
resource.
https://www.lds.org/callings/temple-and-familyhistory?lang=eng Cindy
KNOWLEDGE DOCUMENT: "WHY
OTHERS CAN CHANGE YOUR
INFORMATION ON FT.....
''Why Others Can Change Your Information and
How to Prevent Improper Changes'' which states:
Family Tree is intended to become a genealogical
record that is correct, that contains sources to
prove its accuracy, and that endures longer than
any of the people that add information to it.
Most contributors do their best to ensure that their
information is correct. However, sometimes the
records required to prove something are not
available. It is possible that future researchers will
have access to better records than we do now. We
need to allow future researchers the ability to
correct and add better information as it becomes
available.
It is not always easy to collaborate with other
researchers. Evidence may be contradictory.
Incorrect
family
legends
are
common.
Disagreement can arise. Family Tree has several
features that are intended to encourage people to
provide accurate information and to prevent
improper changes:
-- The watch feature tells you when changes are
made to people. You can then go to that person’s
record to see the change and analyze the evidence
for it.
-- The change history feature keeps track of all
changes made. You can restore a previous version
of information when needed.
-- The ability to attach the sources can prove that
information is correct.
-- Every screen where you can add, edit, or delete
information contains a field where you can enter a
reason for your change. In this field, you should
enter the reasons why you think the information is
correct, perhaps in spite of family legend or
contradictory source records.
In the future, additional features will be added to
increase your ability to track and monitor the
changes and resolve any disagreements that may
arise about a particular piece of information.
Bottom line is that Family Tree is encouraging
source documentation and collaboration. I am
pleased to see that disagreements occur. Finally
people are being put into the situation where they
are expected to work with others to resolve
problems.
As a side bar comment, I continue to express a
concern that people WHO DO NOT PROVIDE
CONTACT INFORMATION should not be allowed to
contribute to and modify data within Family Tree.
Beyond that one concern, disagreements over
family history should be focused on the evidence
found in sources. The department should not be put
into a situation of resolving issues with divorced
relatives. If neither you nor your ex brother-in-law
are focused on documenting your family tree with
source information, then both of you need to do
better. Suggestions by others about irresponsible
behavior
being
reported
for
department
intervention should be very reluctantly used. We
should not have to resort to coercion to help
another person learn how to cooperate.
Terry
WHERE CAN I GET LEGAL SIZE FAMILY
GROUP SHEETS?
I have googled this and found
https://sgenealogy.com/cart/product/familygroup-lds-legal-size-100-pack/
So you can still get these legal sized family group
sheets, for the old style Book of Remembrance
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https://familysearch.org/search/collection/20602
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SSDI
The SSDI is being updated as always - the change is
that per the Budget Act, it is not being released to
the general public.
Banks, credit agencies, government etc,. will still
have access to it to use it to prevent fraud (the
reason why the SSDI was created in the first place)
- but they are legally required to not show it to the
public.
For now there is a 3 year delay in releasing the data
to the public. Agencies like FamilySearch,
GenealogyBank etc. will get the 2014 data in 3
years. Tom Kemp
PUBLIC MEMBER TREES ON ANCESTRY.COM
Public
member
trees
are
still
there
on
ancestry.com and searchable from my family
They are not indexed and there are 5,337,178
images for you to browse! :)
Actually, it is not as bad as that looks. Clicking on
the link lets you choose the first letter of a
surname, and it is further broken down by last
names.
<https://familysearch.org/search/image/index#uri
=https://familysearch.org/records/collection/2060
211/waypoints>
Ann A.
"The Lord will not tamper with our agency. If we
want a testimony of family history and temple
work, we must do something about that work."
Boyd K. Packer, "Your Family History: Getting
Started," Ensign, Aug. 2003, 12
history center. From the home page, under Quick
Links, it is the first link.
QUESTION: There is a limitation to the number of
lines that the temple ordinance list will print. It
prints them in some order, but I am not sure what;
however, after it has printed some number, it will
not print any more. Once it gets to say 6000, it
stops. This means that when you select "not
printed," it shows only those within the 6000. There
may be 7000 or 8000 or even 10,000. Of these 1000
or more, there may be many yellow boxes which are
never shown.
This is especially true if printed and shared come
very close to making 6000 together. The more you
share does not allow more of the yellow boxes to
appear as the fixed number stops that. What I want
is for it to LOAD all yellow boxed ordinances FIRST
and then add the rest that it can. The yellow ones
are where the action is and work needs to be done--the others are really already taken care of.
Steve
ANSWER: The maximum limit is 5,000 in ordinance
reservation. Anything over that locks it up.
Release and wait for the early ones you reserved to
be done or release to temple.
David
OLD PATRON FILES MICROFILMS
Have any of the microfilms of the Patron Section
been digitized for online browsing. They are
described on this Wiki page:
http://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Family_Grou
p_Records_Collection
Would this help you?
WILL ANCESTRY BE FREE?
I am hoping to get an idea if Ancestry will be free
because it will soon come up for renewal, and it
would be really nice if I could avoid spending the
money. Will we have full or limited access (see a
source and be able to go to Ancestry just to view
that source)? That is yet to be answered.
The Genealogy's Star blog has this article today:
"First Records from Ancestry.com on FamilySearch
directly
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d&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FGACzzI+
%28Genealogy%27s+Star%29>
Today I saw the first records show up on
FamilySearch.org in a record search with images
coming directly from Ancestry.com. Usually when
you click on a record in FamilySearch.org when the
record is on Ancestry.com there is a dialogue box
telling you to go to Ancestry.com to see the record.
So, this was unusual when we saw the record come
up directly in FamilySearch. ..."
I have not heard anything specific other than one
announcement that members would have access to
the world wide version of Ancestry. The meeting I
was in did not specify whether that was at home or
in the FHC. The assistant director was told in her
meeting simply: "access - no fee."
Here is Sister Tychonievich's response a couple of
days ago: "Yes, all church members will have
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access to Ancestry.com without charge beginning
in 2014. Access will not be restricted to those using
the website at family history centers. I have not
heard a firm date for access to be granted."
I think we should probably wait until we hear the
formal announcement, but I can't resist putting in a
little plug now and then for added enthusiasm. We
do know for sure that more enhancements are
coming in 2014 and will continue to occur. This is
the Lord's work that is continuing to move forward
at a quickened pace in every way. The information I
was asking confirmation for came from training
Session this new FHC director received, and you
are correct in saying the databases will become
available, not all at once but one at a time according
to a set schedule yet to be announced.
FamilySearch partnered with the Belgian Archives,
and for a while, it was unsure if/when the records
would ever become available except through the
index built thanks to FS Indexing. It took 3-4 years
before the Belgian Archives finally came around to
seeing the good in making the records available for
free to everyone. For a time only members of the
church could access them with their LDS login.
Other groups partner with FSI but only give access
to the index information and charge a fee to access
the originals. However, I believe that because the
church shoulders part of the financial burden in
filming/indexing records, these organizations have
agreements with the church. Correct me if I am
wrong, but this is how I understand this.
Because of these agreements, members can be
given access from home with their LDS login, while
everyone else can access the records through the
FHCs.
It is a huge step forward for Ancestry and
FamilySearch too. I, for one, look forward to using
the new system from home. I have a subscription to
Ancestry and don't use it nearly enough to warrant
spending $300+ every year...
Thanks again for the reply!
Regine
LOOKING FORWARD TO SOME FREE
SITES
Dennis Brimhall, CEO of FamilySearch, announced
at the October 2013 Family History Center Director
Open House that Ancestry, FindMyPast, and
MyHeritage will become available for free to
everyone with LDS Accounts sometime in 2014.
Editor's Comment: We will just have to wait and see.
The sources that Ancestry will be free seem
reliable. Sis. Trychonievich is a reliable source, and
all of us on the chat read her comment. My advice is
to be patient until we get an official announcement.
EXTERNAL BACKUP DRIVE
I ran across this ad for a 2 terabyte external backup
drive made by Fantom. It is normally $130 on sale
for $90 with a $20 rebate making the final price $70.
That, folks, is an incredible price for 2TB of external
storage. Limited supply and rebate is for today only
I think. [May no longer be offered.]
http://www.rakuten.com/prod/fantom-greendrive32tb-usb-3-0-aluminum-external-harddrive/222810893.html?scid=em_20131212_Daily&a
did=18007
Mark Gagermeier, Susquehanna Trail Genealogy
Club Newsletter Editor
WHERE ARE FAMILY SEARCH TRAINING
LESSONS?
https://familysearch.org/learningcenter/lesson/familytree-curriculum/818
is where it is located now. Link to it is from home page.
Click Help, Click Help and Learn More
Click Learning Center, Type "Family Tree Training," 2nd
on the list. David
TEACH OTHERS TO FIND ANSWERS FOR
THEMSELVES
Why not teach people how to find the answer in the
Family Search product support database? Teach a
person to fish so that he can feed himself. To get an
answer to this question
Go to https://familysearch.org/ask/productSupport
In field titled 'Search all product support articles'
enter the key words of your question, like 'connect
living people on the Family Tree to deceased
ancestors.' Knowledge documents will pop up with
answers. If not, change search terms. Terry
PATRONS WITH VISION PROBLEMS
We have patrons who have vision problems who
could use a little help reading the computer screen.
I see there are free programs that give a virtual
magnifying glass that enables you to enlarge text
and graphics displayed on the computer monitor.
This sounds like a great utility for people with
impaired vision.
Has anyone used one of these programs? Any
recommendations?
Carole
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I use one most every day. Go to the Ogden site
ogdenfsl.org and to the Tools label and you can
click on the magnifier and download it. Emil
Question: Do you have any recommendations for a
virtual magnifying glass that would enable me to
enlarge text and graphics displayed on the
computer monitor?
Answer: Win 7, Vista & XP have one built in. Click
Start > Search and enter "magnifier".
Editor's note: I hold down control and roll
the wheel in the middle/front section of my
mouse to make the print larger or smaller.
You could also copy and paste the text into
a document [like Microsoft Word] and
change the size of the font.
Click on the down-arrow and change to
bigger size.
My WebPages are not quite ready yet. I do need
some testimonials, if you can help there, as well. It
has been 'an adventure', but lots of fun.
Thanks,
Sis. Cherryle Orrock
Additional New York City Vital Records
Going Online
More than 10 million New York City birth, death and
marriage records spanning nearly a century -- from
1866 to 1948 -- go online Thursday in a partnership
between Ancestry.com and the New York City
Department of Records/Municipal Archives. Best of
all, the City's records will be available free of
charge on Ancestry.com, an unusual offering.
In addition to the city archives available beginning
Thursday, Ancestry.com also announced it has
added to its New York State Census Collection to
include the census of 1855, 1875 and 1905. It
earlier put online the 1892, 1915 and 1925 New
York State Census.
The New York City records, available for free, can
be accessed at Ancestry.com/NewYork, where
users can browse through not only the 10 millionplus birth, death and marriage records, but gain
entry to the vast collection of the city's Municipal
Archives.
http://blog.eogn.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/2
014/01/more-new-york-city-vital-records-goingonline.html
Posted originally by Dick Eastman January 16, 2014
BIBLE PRONOUNCING GUIDE
I've just published The Bible Pronouncing Guide as
an eBook on Smashwords
(http://www.smashwords.com). I'm asking for your
help - it will cost you $0.99.
Smashwords is the world’s largest distributor of
self-published eBooks.
They convert it into nine different eBook formats.
This makes it accessible and readable to users of
any e-reading device. Customers can purchase the
book at Smashwords once, and enjoy it on any of
their personal devices in any format. Some of the
many devices include the iPad, iPhone, Kindle,
Nook, Kobo Reader, Sony Reader, personal
computers, smart phones, and future devices not
even invented yet.
If you are able to help me, please purchase the
Guide, download it, and then let me know :
Is it readable
Is it easy to navigate
Is it valuable to you in reading your
scriptures
Any comments
Civil War Soldiers and Sailors:
http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/soldiers-and-sailorsdatabase.htm
The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System (CWSS)
is a database containing information about the men
who served in the Union and Confederate armies
during the Civil War. Other information on the site
includes histories of Union and Confederate
regiments, links to descriptions of significant
battles, and selected lists of prisoner-of-war
records and cemetery records, which will be
amended over time.
Posted in Washington DC, Generations Newsletter
"The process of finding our ancestors one by one can be
challenging but also exciting and rewarding. We often
feel spiritual guidance as we go to the sources which
identify them. Because this is a very spiritual work, we
can expect help from the other side of the veil. We feel a
pull from our relatives who are waiting for us to find them
so their ordinance work can be done. This is a Christlike
service because we are doing something for them that
they cannot do for themselves." James E. Faust, "The
Phenomenon That Is You," Ensign, Nov. 2003, 53.
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NAVIGATING THE FAMILYSEARCH WEB SITE
New improvements have been made to the way users
navigate through the FamilySearch website. This new
look makes use of drop down menus and greatly
simplifies the look and feel of the FamilySearch home
page, as well as other pages throughout the site. As you
hover your mouse over each item in the header, you now
see drop down menus with options you can use to quickly
get to a specific place within the FamilySearch website.
IS THIS ANYTHING TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT?
Giuseppe Martinengo: I have received an email with this
question about Net Neutrality. Should we even be concerned at
all with this? Apparently it is causing alarm among some FS
volunteers. This is an excerpt from a recent article: "This week
federal courts dealt a serious blow to Net Neutrality. There has
barely been news coverage about this, but let me assure you, it
is one of the most serious issues of our time. And as a
genealogist, you should be incredibly concerned about it.
Because, unless something changes, your ability to research is
about to be seriously curtailed. Imagine if you had to do your
research without Cyndi’s List; Linkpendium; Ancestry.com;
Mocavo; MyHeritage; FamilySearch; Find a Grave; NEHGS,
NYGB, NGS, or any other genealogical society; or Eastman’s
Online Genealogical Newsletter. That is the future we are
facing." See: http://blog.mocavo.com/2014/01/net-neutralitygenealogists.
TOP 10 FREE GENEALOGY WEBSITES
Teach Me Genealogy – www.tmgenealogy.com
Sarah shares with us the Top 10 Free Genealogy
Websites to get you started.
1. FamilySearch - www.familysearch.org - (For
research, historical records and
Volunteering to help index.
2. Find a Grave – www.findagrave.com
(Millions of online memorials, from
transcribed headstones.
3. World Gen Web Project –
www.worldgenweb.com – (Genealogical
data per country)
4. US Gen Web Project – www.usgenweb.com
(Genealogical data per state)
5. National Archives –
www.nationalarchives.gov (Archived
Genealogical data from the US Government.
6. Genealogy Today –
www.genealogytoday.com - (Genealogical
Data)
7. Google – www.google.com (Genealogical
data, images, maps and more)
8. Access Genealogy –
www.accessgenealogy.com - (Online
Genealogical Data)
9. Family Tree Searcher –
www.familytreesearcher.com – (Online
family trees)
10. GeneaBios – www.geneabios.com –
(Genealogy Biography database)
Other highly recommended Free Sites:
Cindi’s List – www.cyndislist.com (Online
genealogical data)
Roots Web – www.rootsweb.org – (Online
message boards and genealogical data)
Genforum – www.genforum.org – (140,000
forums devoted to genealogy)
Jewish Genealogy – www.jewishgen.org
(Jewish Genealogical data)
Billion Graves – www.billiongraves.com –
(online memorials with gps tracking
to each
Thanks, Lida Larkin
DIGITIZED NEWSPAPERS
Listing of historical digitized U.S. newspapers
available online for free Newspapers by State Historical Newspapers Online - Guides at Penn
Libraries
guides.library.upenn.edu
http://guides.library.upenn.edu/historicalnewspape
rsonline
Jackson Sonneborn
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ACCESS ARCHIVES, THE NEWSLETTER
OF THE PA STATE ARCHIVES, ONLINE
2014 is "The Year of Obituaries"
for FamilySearch
We are pleased to announce that the
Winter 2014 edition of Access Archives,
the Newsletter of the Pennsylvania State
Archives, is now available for viewing.
Please click the link above or copy and
paste the address into your browser bar:
http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server
.pt/community/access_archives_newsletter
/20578/volume_14%2C_winter_2014/16804
87
www.pastatearchives.com
Joshua Stahlman | Archivist
Pennsylvania State Archives
350 North Street | Harrisburg, PA 17120
717-772-3257
PHMC's 15th Annual Charter Day will
be held Sunday, March 9th, from 12:00 noon - 4:00
p.m. at The State Museum of Pennsylvania.
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and
includes
I have heard recently that FamilySearch has started
a pilot program to index obituary collections as a
new record type for the FamilySearch.org Historical
Record Collections....
This project is a pilot or test project to help indexing
volunteers understand how to index obituary
projects. After the pilot is finished, indexing
instructions, sample images, and other resources
may be revised and enhanced for future projects.
Posted by James Tanner
Original Request - the project is
over
PENNSYLVANIA TO CELEBRATE
CHARTER DAY ON MARCH 9
Admission is free
attractions such as:
Obituary Indexes to be added to
FamilySearch Indexing program?
Does anyone have an obituary collection
(newspaper clippings) they would like to have
digitized and uploaded to the FamilySearch
website?
You may contact me at
[email protected] if you would like More
information.
Nathan W. Murphy, MA, Accredited Genealogist
FamilySearch | Family History Center Relations
numerous
The final draft of the 1681 charter that
granted the land of Pennsylvania to William
Penn
Local
historical
and
genealogicalorganization exhibitions
William Penn, Pennsylvania Jack, the
Victorian Dance Ensemble, and others
interpreting Pennsylvania history
National History Day winning exhibits
Free planetarium shows and admission to
Curiosity Connection
Special discounts in the museum store
In keeping with the 2014 PHMC theme,
Pennsylvania and the American Civil War, the guest
documents to be featured with the charter draft
include a newly-conserved panoramic photograph
of the ruins of Chambersburg, and an example of
the associated Chambersburg war damage claim
applications. The materials will be on display from
March 1-9, with free admission on Charter Day,
March 9th only.
Visit the PA Trails of History Flickr account for
many more Charter Day 2013 images.
Indexing records now available to index
In response to a recent blog post I received the
following comment:
Great news! The indexing pilot was successful. We
started indexing our first two official obituary
projects today, which are the first of many, many
more to come. They are:
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US, Pennsylvania—Obituaries, 1977–2010
US—Obituaries of Germans from Russia,
1988–2013
Come download a batch today and see what you
think.
Happy indexing!
FamilySearch Indexing
I guess I caught the tail end of the Pilot Project....
Posted by James Tanner at 6:53 PM
You may be confident that your deceased people know
where their records are, and you can obtain help through
inspiration from them in locating these records.
(Sermons and Missionary Services of Melvin Joseph
Ballard, by Bryant S. Hinckley, pp.230-231)
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Seeing Multiple Ordinances in new.FS
Ancestry.com blog updates
Right now this is an issue. Ron Tanner (the chief
engineer over FT) has promised us a companion program
that will work with Tree where we will be able to find the
earliest ordinances for people. For now, this problem is a
major obstacle for all of us. My recommendation would
be to just hold tight and wait for the tool to be perfected
and for nFS to be turned off completely, so Tree can work
like it should.
The deleting of a real person, just because he is
cluttering up the pedigree does cause the disappearance
of ordinances. If people would just leave those records in
tree and wait for nFS to shut down, then they could just
merge the records, and the ordinances would be
resolved. Now that they have deleted the record, the
ordinances are "orphaned," meaning they still exist but
there is no record to attach them to at this time, and
Tanner's data base will be needed to find them. But that
is only the start of the problem. You will then have to
create a case and have it sent the Admins to actually
attach the ordinances, and that will probably result in a
long wait as there will be multitudes of requests. If you
want to stay out of that mess, try to leave the duplicates
that have early ordinances in the system until they can be
merged. Hope this info helps.
Bob Givens
DUPLICATE RECORDS PROBLEMS STILL EXIST
As of now Family Tree records cannot be separated
by admins to isolate the early ordinances to put on
your ancestor as this act scrambles the records in
Tree and messes up all the work you have done to
correct your ancestor. All of this because nFS is
alive. This "Read Only" status is only a partial shut
down. It still interacts with Tree and causes many
issues in Tree that can only go away if nFS goes
away.
https://snt145.mail.live.com/default.aspx?id=64855
&rru=inbox#n=575242758&rru=inbox&fid=1&mid=d
46dd123-7187-11e3-b4d2-001e0bcb6fc0&fv=1
Ancestry Blog: Journey Through Hallowed
Ground
and
Posted:
27
the
Jan
Living
2014
Legacy
03:56
Project
PM
PST
It’s a dry fact to say that approximately 620,000
men lost their lives during the American Civil War.
To put that enormous number into perspective,
that’s roughly equal to the number of people who
currently
live
in
Boston,
Massachusetts.
Memorializing each of those who were lost is an
enormous task, and it’s one that Journey through
Hallowed Ground (JTHG) has undertaken. JTHG
seeks to raise awareness of the history and
heritage in the 180-mile corridor running from
Gettysburg to Monticello. Part of this program is the
Living Legacy Project, which will plant one tree
along the corridor for each of the 620,000 who fell
during the war. Those 620,000 trees will create the
world’s longest landscaped allee. Ancestry and
Fold3 are pleased to be partnering with Journey
through Hallowed Ground to create this living
tribute.
YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO
CLICK ON A TOPIC AND OPEN IT
UP TO READ
What You Might Have Missed: January 27th Edition
Posted: 27 Jan 2014 09:48 AM PST
Blog Posts
 The Land of Enchantment: New Mexico State Guide by
Anne Gillespie Mitchell
 Join Us for Ancestry Day in Pennsylvania! by Pam
Velazquez
 Week 2 of the 52 Ancestor Challenge by Amy Johnson
Crow
 New Content That’s Not (All) New York by Paul Rawlins
 Titanic Mystery Solved with DNA Testing by Anna
Swayne
 Coming in February: Who Do You Think You Are? Live
2014 by Kristie Wells
Newspapers.com
 An eclectic mix of new and updated North Carolina
Papers by Laura Prescott
Fold3 Spotlights
 The Original Girl Detective by Karen
 The Greatest Single Hero by Karen
Videos
From the Barefoot Genealogist:
 What Do I Enter Into My Family Tree? Resolving
Conflicting Evidence
 Top Tips for Beginning Latin American Research
 Overcoming Preconceived Notions for Family History
Success
 New York Family History Research
What You Might Have Missed: January 21st Edition
Posted: 21 Jan 2014 11:45 AM PST
It’s been another busy week around the Ancestry.com world.
Make sure you didn’t miss anything!
Blog Posts
Ancestry.com
 Honoring Martin Luther King, Jr. by Pam Velazquez
 A Slice of History: Moving Day by Juliana Smith
 Now Available on Ancestry.com: New York City Vital
Records by Paul Rawlins
 New Content: Pennsylvania Card Index by Paul Rawlins
 Ask Ancestry Anne: My Ancestors Changed Their
Names. Now What? by Anne Gillespie Mitchell
 What Would You Put in a Time Capsule? by Kristie Wells
 Your Ancestors Name Was What? by Anne Gillespie
Mitchell
 New Year Update by Scott Sorensen
Archives.com
 Using the 1850 Mortality Schedule by Amy Johnson
Crow
Archives Expert Series
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FamilySearch Adds More Than 2.7 Million
 Epidemics and Pandemics: The Records Left Behind by
Thomas MacEntee
Fold3 Spotlights
 The Doctor by Taraya
 Drumbeats Beneath the Sea by Karen
 Hitler’s Hideout by Taraya
 Germany’s Greatest Female Spy? by Karen
Videos
Five Minute Finds
Indexed Records and Images to
Collections from Brazil, Colombia,
England, Portugal, and the United States
http://blog.eogn.com/eastmans_online_ge
nealogy/2014/01/familysearch-adds-morethan-27-million-indexed-records-and-
 Five Minute Find: Emigrant Saving Bank Records by
Juliana Smith
Fold3 Videos
 Where to find new & updated records on Fold3
Archives.com Videos
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TANNER, JAMES GENEALOGY'S
STAR BLOG
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[email protected]
many interesting articles on family history:
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INFORMATION
SOME REALLY INTERESTING "STUFF"
http://ancestryinsider.blogspot.com/
The above blog by the Ancestry Insider has
lots of good reading material in a blog on
family history. Don't miss it.
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EASTMAN, DICK BLOG - SOME
INTERESTING ARTICLES
Family stories immediately invite the Spirit
into a conversation. A new video has been
added to the consultant training website
on how stories can help members feel the
Spirit and become involved in family
history and temple work. See how you can
help families to feel the Spirit by starting
with stories.
You can read 10 Great Places to Trace Family Roots
by Larry Bleiberg at http://goo.gl/DhEfdJ.
https://www.lds.org/callings/temple-and-family-
WHO WILL RECORD YOUR LIFE?
history/family-history-consultants?l
http://blog.eogn.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/
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IN-DEPTH GENEALOGIST
your-great-great-grandchildren.html
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Jen and Terri
http://blog.eogn.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/
Jennifer Alford, Publisher
2014/01/a-chromebook-laptop-for-14999.html
Terri O'Connell, Executive Director
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UPDATE ON CASES IN FAMILYSEARCH
Robert Givens: Where to find cases - The following
is for those of us who thought we had lost our ability
to view our old cases - like from nFS days. This is in
a help center article #53668 - "How to view my open
cases and my previous cases." Changes were
made in November 2013 to the FamilySearch
system that generates cases. In order to see your
cases that were generated prior to November,
please follow the instructions under the heading
"Older Cases". To see cases since November '13,
follow the instructions under the heading "New
Cases". Please do NOT add a note or re-open one
of the older cases. If you would like to follow-up on
an "older case," please create a new case and
reference the older case by number. NEW CASES
To see your newer cases: Sign into the
FamilySearch website (www.familysearch.org).
Click on Get Help (upper right). From the dropdown
list, click on My Cases. At the bottom of an open
case, you can add a note to provide more
information. OLDER CASES - You can view a case
that you submitted in the FamilySearch websites
prior to November '13 by following the steps below.
The details of each case provide you with the
correspondence that you and your product support
representative exchanged in order to resolve the
case. To see your older cases: Sign into the
FamilySearch website (www.familysearch.org).
Click
on
this
link
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My Cases button on the right side of the page. You
can close and open cases by selecting the option at
the bottom of the page. The following options are
also available at the bottom of the page; however,
please create a new case if you would like further
help. Add a note to an open case, Add a note and
reopen a closed case.
07:31 PM - Jan 26 / Reply
Robert Givens: Lost Cases - I have a couple of
comments on things that are buried in other threads
and think these need their own thread. One of you
was concerned about lost cases being made
recently and for some reason disappearing.
Currently we are using a program called SalesForce
to work cases (since about the first of the year.)
Apparently - for reasons unknown - some of our
new cases decide on their own to go over to our old
product, AMDOCS, and hide there. I am not joking this is really happening. Dozens of these cases
have been found over in AMDOCS and are being
sent back over to SalesForce. The trouble was it
was a while before we even knew this was
happening, so they are having to get caught up on
these cases. SO - if you sent a case in and it hasn't
appeared in your cases, be patient and it should
appear magically in the near future.
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posting the newsletter online for us. You can
contribute your family history of original York
County ancestors at
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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 publication of The
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Contact Jack or Sylvia at
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That’s all, Folks!
07:24 PM - Jan 26 / Reply YAMMER POSTS
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