| Mar 10 | Ancestry.com Turns Off "Old Search" As predicted for some time, Ancestry.com turned off the "old search" software last week. The change has been controversial amongst Ancestry.com customers, to say the least. In an article in the Ancestry.com Blog, Katharine Nester notes that the “O... |
| Mar 10 | More Than Pensions for War of 1812 and Revolutionary War Vets |
| Mar 10 | One in 33 British Men can Claim to be Descendants from Norse Warriors An article in the Daily Mail Online claims that about 930,000 people in the British Isles can claim to be of direct Viking descent, despite the Norse warriors’ British rule ending more than 900 years ago. A genetic study carried out by BritainsDNA... |
| Mar 10 | Plus Edition Newsletter Has Been Sent To all Plus Edition subscribers: The EOGN Plus Edition newsletter was sent to you a few hours ago. If your email provider blocked it, don't forget that the latest Plus Edition newsletter is ALWAYS available at: http://www.eogn.com/wp/thisweek.htm.... |
| Mar 9 | (+) Why You Want to Use a VPN The following is a Plus Edition article written by and copyright by Dick Eastman. If you are concerned about anyone snooping and seeing what you are doing in your online sessions, you might consider installing a Virtual Private Network, or VPN. A ... |
| Mar 9 | Mondays with Myrt to feature Ancestry's new search DearREADERS, What's trending in the world of #genealogy ? We'll feature a live demo of the "new" Ancestry search engine with +Amy Johnson Crow. So if family history research is your thing, too, come on over and JOIN Cousin +Russ Worthington ... |
| Mar 9 | Every Assumption and Letterwriter Bias |
| Mar 9 | Book Review: International Vital Records Handbook The following book review was written by Bobbi King: International Vital Records Handbook. 6th edition. By Thomas Kemp. Published by Genealogical Publishing Co. 2013. 697 pages. This is a whopper of a book. About a rather narrow set of research re... |
| Mar 9 | FamilySearch Source Tracker FamilySearch has introduced a new tracking feature that is now available for Family Tree. This feature is called the Source Tracker. It allows you to see which individuals from your tree have U.S. census records attached to their Family Tree recor... |
| Mar 9 | Dallas Genealogical Society 2014 Writing Contest with Cash Prizes The following was written by the Dallas Genealogical Society: Cross That Final “t” and Dot That Last “i” Submission Deadline is April 1 Dallas, TX , March 8, 2014 - - The Dallas Genealogical Society is pleased to announce its 2014 Writing Contest ... |
| Mar 8 | Track the Eliminated People? |
| Mar 8 | MGP2: Let's tackle chapter 3 tomorrow DearREADERS, Perhaps you are doing the same thing today-- reviewing Chapter 3 for our Mastering Genealogical Proof Study Group session this coming Saturday. It certainly helps to have two (!) archived sessions from MGP1. Chapter 3 GPS Element 1: T... |
| Mar 8 | Genealogy hangouts, webinars and online events this week DearREADERS, Thanks to the centralized calendar at GeneaWebinars.com, genealogists interested in learning more about our craft may reagister for these online seminars coming up this week. Be sure to verify the time in your neck of the woods. ... |
| Mar 8 | Halvor Moorshead, R.I.P. The many friends and acquaintances of Halvor Moorshead will be saddened to learn that he passed away suddenly yesterday at the age of 71. He was well-known in the genealogy community as the founder of Family Chronicle magazine in 1997, followed by... |
| Mar 8 | LiveHistory for iPad v1.2 Update now Available The following announcement was written by the folks at AlgoCoil software: Eindhoven, Netherlands – The AlgoCoil software company today is thrilled to announce their v1.2 release of LiveHistory, a genealogy app for the iPad, with features that exte... |
| Mar 8 | The National Archives at Kew to Increase Prices on April 1st The National Archives' web site at http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/913.htm states: From 1 April 2014 the prices we charge for our public services, including research and record copying, will be changing. The prices we charge are set out by... |
| Mar 7 | Comments, Emails, and Spreading the Word |
| Mar 7 | Nicknames versus Diminutives |
| Mar 7 | Serendipity at #RootsTech 2014 |
| Mar 6 | Do You Only Use One Site? |