From WorldVitalRecords Blog
By Whitney Ransom McGowan, FamilyLink.com, Inc.…
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Dundurn Group Partners With FamilyLink.com, Inc. To Bring More Than 400 Genealogical and Historical Books Online
From WorldVitalRecords Blog
PROVO, UT, September 29, 2008 —Dundurn Group, one of the largest publishers of adult and children’s fiction and non-fiction books in Canada, recently partnered…
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North Korea To Conduct First Census In 15 Years
From Genealogy Blog : Genealogy News
North Korea says it will conduct a census next month that is believed to be the impoverished nation's first in 15 years.…
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New Canadian Collection Part of International Newspaper Launch at WorldVitalRecords.com
From WorldVitalRecords Blog
The Major Collection for this week is a collection more than 60 Canadian newspapers representing every province and territory except Newfoundland and Labrador, the Northwest…
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Canadian War Museum Launched “Canada and the First World War” Website
From Genealogy Blog : Genealogy News
The Canadian War Museum’s did for it’s newly launched Canada and the First World War
Web site.…
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Archive Holds Decades Of Military Images At March Base
From Genealogy Blog : Genealogy News
In a climate
controlled room at March Air Reserve Base, where it's always 68 degrees
and 68 percent humidity, a century of American military history awaits
restoration and…
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The Future of Microfilm
From Genealogy Blog : Genealogy News
Quotes from Paul Negus, The Microfilm Shop, presentation to National Preservation Office, British Library:
- The Green Sheet magazine managed to interview Agfa and Kodak and…
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GenSoftReviews Site Launched
From Genealogy Blog : Genealogy News
Louis Kessler has launched GenSoftReviews, a website that allows users of genealogy software to rate and review
the programs they've used or tried.…
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National Archives of Australia Award For Creative Visualisation
From Genealogy Blog : Genealogy News
The National Archives of Australia will support a groundbreaking project that uses creative visualisation to interpret large sets of archival data, with its 2008 Ian Maclean…
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Australian Police Gazettes Used To Find Information On “Lost” Ancestors
From WorldVitalRecords Blog
The following is a success story from a WorldVitalRecords.com subscriber:
I just had to email you and say what a great resource you are providing.…
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Middle-English Cookbook To Go Online
From Genealogy Blog : Genealogy News
Manchester University has decided to digitize and put online a middle-age recipe book compiled by King Richard II's master cooks.…
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What are your questions?
From Ancestry.com Blog
Hi,
We’re planning a webinar on Family Tree Maker 2009, and we’d like to answer as many questions as possible.…
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Four WorldVitalRecords.com Partners Collaborate on Archive CD Books Project
From WorldVitalRecords Blog
Across the world there are several groups working on commercial projects related to genealogy and family history.…
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UK 1871 Census Online at WorldVitalRecords.com
From WorldVitalRecords Blog
The 1871 UK census was continued the genealogical value of censuses due to using names, especially first and last, and in this census, including further value-added…
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FamilyLink.com Social Genealogy Site Changes Name To FamilyHistoryLink.com
From WorldVitalRecords Blog
You may have noticed recently that FamilyLink.com has changed its name to FamilyHistoryLink.com. If you go to FamilyLink.…
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Returning the Favor
From Ancestry.com Blog
I grew up in a family that never volunteered for anything that didn’t have a paycheck attached to it.…
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The Family Tree shows records!
From FamilySearch Labs Blog
The Family Tree has added a new “records” vertical tab for each folder. From this tab we are able to see what records exist in each folder.…
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GenTips: Back to Basics: Oral History Obstacles
From The Geni Blog
In this post, Geni guest blogger and avid genealogist Lisa Alzo explains some oral history obstacles she faced.…
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GenTips: Back to Basics: Oral History Obstacles
From The Geni Blog
In this post, Geni guest blogger and avid genealogist Lisa Alzo explains some oral history obstacles she faced.…
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Ancestry Trees Service Will Be Down Tonight
From Ancestry.com Blog
Starting at about 11:00 PM tonight (Mountain Daylight Time) our Tree Service will be down—we estimate this will last about 30 minutes.…
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Get the Youth Involved in Family History
From WorldVitalRecords Blog
By Whitney Ransom McGowan, FamilyLink.com, Inc.…
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The New FamilySearch Wiki Invites Collaborators
From WorldVitalRecords Blog
During the recent Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS) conference in Philadelphia, visitors to the FamilySearch booth were introduced to FamilySearch Wiki, a new site…
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Join the Geni Team in Philadelphia for the FGS Conference
From The Geni Blog
Come join The Geni Team at the Federation of Genealogical Societies Conference. This year the conference is being held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - September 3-6, 2008.…
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How To: Make Your Geni Tree More Active (Part 1)
From The Geni Blog
On Geni the objective is to create a collaborative environment where multiple family members can work together to build, share, and preserve a rich family history.…
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How To: Make Your Geni Tree More Active (Part 2)
From The Geni Blog
Step Three: Engage Family Members as They Join
As family members start to accept the invitations make sure that you
welcome them to the Tree.…