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May 2010 Blog Posts (55)

Google Chrome vs. Firefox -- a genealogist's perspective

With a few stellar exceptions, most of the genealogists I know are far

more interested in genealogy than they are in technology per se. Since both

avocations take a great deal of time, it is not surprising that they

would make decisions more in favor of doing genealogy than tinkering

around with the newest technological whiz bang. Some times I think my

brain is going explode trying to keep up even partially… Continue

Added by James Tanner on May 9, 2010 at 9:30pm — No Comments

I'm who I'm

I'm who I'm

My genes hold the story of my family

In their chromosomes



Mtdna haplogroup B

For my mum

While my dad's haplogroup is R1b



The same as those

Spanish conquistadors

Crossing the Atlantic

Aeons ago





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Added by Maria Camacho on May 9, 2010 at 2:00pm — No Comments

My haplogroups

I’m a mixture of things



Different from each other



In lots of ways





I mustn’t complain though



Being of mixed nationalities has



Its advantages





Apart from belonging to two nations



Waving two…

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Added by Maria Camacho on May 9, 2010 at 2:00pm — No Comments

The ancient church of Sinovas, Burgos, Spain

My husband’s father was born in Sinovas, a little village in the province of Burgos, Spain. It’s an old village, with an ancient Romanesque church built in the 13th century. The tower was restored in a major project proposed to cost almost 1 million Euros in 2009. The people here are farmers, and some families own old wine cellars on the edge of town, dug deep into the earth by hand. We…

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Added by Heather Wilkinson Rojo on May 8, 2010 at 5:20pm — No Comments

New Resources for Genealogists

When you get buried in old documents and the criss-crossing lines of generational charts, it's sometimes difficult to keep up with the new resources for genealogical work. At least once a week, if not more frequently, I try to do searches for genealogical news. Here are some findings, you may find helpful:



Directory of Genealogical Libraries in the United States: http://www.gwest.org/gen_libs.htm



Two Free Online Genealogy Books… Continue

Added by William S Dean on May 8, 2010 at 12:01pm — No Comments

Chesapeake Bay Colonists Map

If like me you keep discovering ancestors who lived in the colonies around the Chesapeake Bay area (Virginia, Maryland, Delaware), you may run across names like Nansemond, Jamestown, Williamsburg, Anne Arundel county, Isle of Wight county, and so forth and wonder where these places were/are.



The attached map can help pinpoint where your ancestors were born, lived, and died easily. For a larger copy, contact me.…



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Added by William S Dean on May 7, 2010 at 7:27pm — No Comments

Bing vs. Google revisited for genealogists

In working with the computers at the Mesa Regional Family History Center

in Mesa, Arizona, I frequently find that the Microsoft Bing search

engine has been activated on different computers. Bing was unveiled by

Microsoft on May 28, 2009 and went online on June 3, 2009, so it is

almost one year old. In one year, Bing has risen to become the third

largest search engine on the web by query volume. … Continue

Added by James Tanner on May 7, 2010 at 6:21pm — No Comments

Graphics in Genealogy Programs -- a review

One of the attractive features of genealogy programs since Personal Ancestral File (PAF) version 5.2, is the ability to attach specific graphic files to a source. For example, attaching a digitized copy of a death certificate to the source for the death date and place. The advantage of attaching copies of the… Continue

Added by James Tanner on May 5, 2010 at 10:00pm — No Comments

Memorial Tribute for Dan Duncan

A few weeks ago one of my clients, Dan Duncan, a well known businessman and philanthropist, passed away. His passing was unexpected and we were just days away from shooting new footage for a another tribute video on the Duncans. Both Dan and his wife Jan were chosen as the 2010 Tapestry Award recipients by Interfaith Ministries, a local non-profit whose mission is for all faiths to work together to create a more compassionate society.…

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Added by Stefani Twyford on May 5, 2010 at 10:00am — No Comments

New software uses spreadsheet for 'shadow census' data

Check out the news article at http://www.ldnews.com/columns/ci_15002013# ; from the Lebanon Daily News, Pa

Added by Raelyn Davis on May 5, 2010 at 7:33am — No Comments

Then and Now

So I've been doing some genie searches for my "adoptive" Civil War people Nathaniel Ross and Gotifred Haffenstein of the 28th WI Volunteer infantry Co. H and Co. B respectfully. The 28th WI website has a compiled a list of the costs of gear that the men needed back then. I've added todays prices for the items I could find being made today that are similar to those of yester year. This how I will show the differences: Then/Now.



During Civil War/Now

Hat… Continue

Added by Leeann Boone on May 3, 2010 at 5:45pm — No Comments

WANTED! Family History (aka Genealogy) Research Stories

My new book consists of stories about miracles that

happen while doing family history research--those uplifting occasions when you realize you've received help from beyond the veil finding vital information.





Wonderful things happen with family history and I feel many people around the world will enjoy reading about them.


If you’d like me to consider your story for inclusion in this book, please email me at xtrafam@yahoo.com as soon as…
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Added by Anne Bradshaw on May 3, 2010 at 2:00pm — No Comments

Researching in Spain- The Archbishop of Burgos's Archives

“El Archivo Diocesano de Burgos” is the archive for church records in the city of Burgos, Spain, located at the Archbishop’s palace next to the Burgos Cathedral. This northern city is also famous as the hometown of “El Cid”, the famous warrior also known as Francisco Diaz de Vivar, the national hero of Spain. Any church records no longer held at the individual churches are stored here. So, any very…

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Added by Heather Wilkinson Rojo on May 3, 2010 at 8:02am — No Comments

New Web services may impact finding your family history

In an article reported in Mormon

Times by Michael De Groote
, Alan E. Mann, manager of

Genealogical Community Services told an audience at BYU's

Conference on Computerized Family History and Genealogy about ten new

web services that are changing the ways we share… Continue

Added by James Tanner on May 2, 2010 at 2:32pm — 1 Comment

Clear Data Entry in Family Trees



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Added by Jo Kotylak on May 1, 2010 at 8:00pm — No Comments

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