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Favorite Reads of the Week: 3 September 2016 – FGS Technology Award, War of 1812 Pension Project, Interviewing a Russian Grandma

News Announcement: New Genealogy Service Poised to Fill Critical Gap in Genealogy Industry by Lisa Alzo at the Accidental Genealogist FamilySearch International celebrates the Federation of Genealogical Societies’ 40-year anniversary at the FamilySearch Newsroom FamilySearch Launches New Pressroom at FamilySearch Newsroom Over the top!!! by Judy Russell at The Legal Genealogist – funding reached for the War of 1812 Pensions project Hats Off to ISOGG by Judy Russell at The Legal Genealogist – FGS awards the ISOGG wiki with […]

By Nicole Elder Dyer September 4, 2016 Favorite Reads of the Month

FamilySearch Invites You to Join the Cause to Index U.S. Marriages

I received the following email from FamilySearch Indexing: “Thanks to your grandparents…you’re here! One of the highlights of their story was their wedding.” My 3 year old daughter agrees – weddings are certainly a highlight of life. She loves looking at my wedding photos and asks me all the time, “Mom, are you already married?” She looks forward to her own wedding someday. Until then, she’s content to dress up in white and sing “here comes the […]

By Nicole Elder Dyer September 1, 2016 Creating and Sharing Family History

Homeplace – How one young girl is like a young tree coming up from old roots

This month for our kid’s book club we are reading Homeplace, by Anne Shelby, with illustrations by Wendy Anderson Halperin. This out of print gem was published in 1995 and teaches about ancestors, generations, farm life, and the feeling of connectedness we receive by physically being in a place special to our family history. This post contains affiliate links. If you click the link and make a purchase, we receive a small commission but it doesn’t change […]

By Nicole Elder Dyer August 30, 2016 Creating and Sharing Family History

Favorite Reads of the Week: 26 Aug 2016 – Unindexed records at FamilySearch, Researching in Chile, Clues in Family Letters

News 23andMe has a problem when it comes to ancestry reports for people of color by Euny Hong at Quartz Genealogy project delves into early days of Colorado Springs hospital by Carol McGraw at The Gazette What’s New on FamilySearch—August 2016 at the FamilySearch Blog – exciting changes to the mobile app including search records button linking to Ancestry.com. Also the ability to add un-indexed images to a person as a source. Family Roots Expo in St. […]

By Nicole Elder Dyer August 27, 2016 Creating and Sharing Family History

Helping Youth Find a Name for their First Temple Trip

Last month, my 11 year old nephew asked me for help with family history. As you can imagine, I was pretty excited to help! He wanted to find a name for his first temple trip in the fall. I used one of the ideas that Diana wrote about – teaching youth to research by “Adopting a Family” and following several checklists. The first two checklists help youth find a family to “adopt” and research. I used her Pandora’s […]

By Nicole Elder Dyer August 26, 2016 LDS Family History, Youth and Primary

3 Reasons to Revisit Your Research: Discovering the Story of C.B. Royston, Confederate Soldier

How long has it been since you looked at some of your oldest research? A year or two? Several years? You might be surprised and in for a treat if you pick up one of your loose ends. With the number of new databases added daily to the internet, the answer to a nagging question might be waiting. Need more convincing? Keep reading for three reasons to revisit your research. I recently revisited a Confederate […]

By Diana Elder August 25, 2016 Records, Research Tips

Favorite Reads of the Week: 21 August 2016 – Native American genealogy, grandma’s teenage diaries, productivity tools

News Noted Native American genealogist donates collection by Hillary Rosencrants at Sioux City Journal Genealogy Today: Genealogy societies — dying or thriving? by Betty Malesky at Green Valley News Steve Rockwood: 4 Four Ways Innovators Can Redefine the Genealogical Industry by Tyler S. Stahle at the FamilySearch blog Creating and Sharing Family History Libraries Are Helping Patrons Digitize! by Diane L Richard at Upfront with NGS I Went On an Epic Month-Long Family History Vacation. Here’s What I Did. at The […]

By Nicole Elder Dyer August 21, 2016 Favorite Reads of the Month

Becoming An Accredited Genealogist: Levels 2 & 3 Study Group – Session 2, Research Planning

Do you have a strategy for researching or do you just start clicking around and hope for the best? One of the characteristics of an excellent genealogist is planning. Taking a few minutes to analyze a pedigree or document and come up with a research plan can turn an hour of research from ho-hum to productive. Today I’m going to share what I learned about research planning in session 2 of my Accreditation Study Group for […]

By Diana Elder August 18, 2016 Accreditation, Research Tips

Favorite Reads of the Week: 3 September 2016 – FGS Technology Award, War of 1812 Pension Project, Interviewing a Russian Grandma

FamilySearch Invites You to Join the Cause to Index U.S. Marriages

Homeplace – How one young girl is like a young tree coming up from old roots

Favorite Reads of the Week: 26 Aug 2016 – Unindexed records at FamilySearch, Researching in Chile, Clues in Family Letters

Helping Youth Find a Name for their First Temple Trip

3 Reasons to Revisit Your Research: Discovering the Story of C.B. Royston, Confederate Soldier

Favorite Reads of the Week: 21 August 2016 – Native American genealogy, grandma’s teenage diaries, productivity tools

Becoming An Accredited Genealogist: Levels 2 & 3 Study Group – Session 2, Research Planning

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