Archion -- The German Ecclesiastical Record Website
Part of the strategy of FamilySearch.org in discontinuing the shipment of microfilm involves a consideration of the fact that many more rec...
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FamilySearch on Recipes and Food
https://familysearch.org/blog/en/family-food-story/ If I had started a food or recipe blog instead of writing about genealogy, I would proba...
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Investigating the Levels of File Backup and Storage for Genealogists -- Part One
The main idea of backing up your computer files is to make separate copies of your files in different venues, i.e. places where the files ar...
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Post Microfilm Genealogy
How many of you out there have used a microfilm reader in the past year? I am sure that the number of people using these devices has dropped...
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Official FamilySearch Press Release re: Discontinuing Microfilm Shipments
http://media.familysearch.org/familysearch-digital-records-access-replacing-microfilm/ In an official press release dated June 26, 2017, Fam...
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The End of Microfilm Distribution from FamilySearch
For some time now I have been "writing around" the topic of the end of microfilm distribution from FamilySearch.org . Well, the da...
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LInk to Obituary for Ruth Ellen Maness
Here is the link to the obituary for Ruth Ellen Maness. http://www.legacy.com/ obituaries/saltlaketribune/ obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&...
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Race, Ethnic Communities, Genealogy and DNA
Throughout history, racial and ethnic disagreements have been a driving force in starting wars. During my lifetime, millions of people aroun...
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A tribute to a genealogical giant: Ruth Ellen Maness
The genealogical community has lost one of its giants. Ruth Ellen Maness was one of those whose expertise and dedication to the highest leve...
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Genealogy and the Narrative Fallacy
The Flat Earth Model https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Why_Wikipedia_cannot_claim_the_earth_is_not_flat One of the most important and...
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Genealogical Isolationists and the Consequences
Genealogy is a solitary pursuit. In its traditional paper-based past, a genealogist worked as an individual researcher. Occasionally a famil...
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Some Surprising Records on FamilySearch.org
A short time ago, I was asked to help a patron who had come from out-of-state to the Brigham Young University Family History Library with s...
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We Take A Break For a Family Reunion
When we have a family reunion, we all go camping. We will be camping in this lovely site in the Wasatch Mountains State Park. We will have a...
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The Family History Guide adds Content Review
The Family History Guide is a free, structured and sequenced education website sponsored by The Family History Guide Association . The goal...
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Science Fiction and Genealogy
I have been a science fiction fan since I was about 7 or 8 years old. I can still remember the first science fiction book I ever read. It ha...
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Accessing Brigham Young University Collections Online -- Part Six
http://guides.lib.byu.edu/c.php?g=216346&p=1428421 You can access a virtual tour of the Brigham Young University Family History/Genealog...
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Accessing Brigham Young University Collections Online -- Part Five
Every major library has a special collections section or department. The Harold B. Lee Library at Brigham Young University has an extensive...
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DustyDocs -- Links to Free British Isles Parish Records
There is always another interesting website to explore online. Here is one of those. DustyDocs is a portal website from Australia with link...
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Maryland Digital Collections on Digital Public Library of America
The Digital Public Library of America ( dp.la ) has increased its free online collections to 16,520,747 items. The most recent acquisition i...
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Untangling a Place Name: A Genealogical Nightmare
From time to time, I encounter some very difficult research issues. In the course of helping a friend with some of his German/Swiss ancestor...
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Accessing Brigham Young University Collections Online -- Part Four
Because of the size and complexity of the Brigham Young University (BYU) and its long-term interest and commitment to genealogy, there are m...
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