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Entire U.S. Census goes Interactive with Footnote

October 29th, 2009 | Written by Tyler

Today Footnote.com announced it will digitize and create a searchable database for all publicly available U.S. Federal Censuses, ranging from the first U.S. Census taken in 1790 to the most current public census from 1930. Through its partnership with the National Archives, Footnote.com will add more than 9.5 million images featuring over half a billion names to its extensive online record collection.

With over 60 million historical… Continue

Added by Stefani Twyford on November 9, 2009 at 10:06am — 2 Comments

Video Biography Project In Mississippi

From February 2, 2009

This past weekend Isabelle and I flew to Northern Mississippi to work with a new client on creating a tribute video biography. It was a really fun, albeit short trip but we managed to cram a lot into two days.

We flew a commercial airline from Houston to Jackson Mississippi on Saturday where our client picked us up in his private plane and flew us another half hour to a smaller airport in the Northern part of the state. Isabelle was a bit nervous… Continue

Added by Stefani Twyford on November 9, 2009 at 8:40am — No Comments

Exhibitor Opportunity!

Added by Holly T. Hansen on October 27, 2009 at 2:55pm — No Comments

Maintaining Genealogy Pictures

Often in my classes I am asked what is the best method of storing pictures on a computer, after they have been scanned or digitally uploaded or downloaded. The questioner typically raises certain issues associated with those pictures. The issues include: A particular person may be called or thought of as John Smith in one picture, J.D. Smith in another and his full name may not as yet have been determined; a person may have several interesting pictures – one on a horse, one in a car, yet… Continue

Added by Charles Rice Bourland, Jr on October 19, 2009 at 2:25pm — 1 Comment

Memory and Craft

I was recently watching “Craft in America“, PBS’s excellent series covering the major influences that play a part in each artist’s craft. The particularly episode I watched was episode V – Process, that looked at how an artist achieves the skill to become proficient. It profiled several artists about how they have learned their techniques. Artist Tom Joyce, was talking about how he has learned technique from a very old blacksmith. They showed them together, this very old man sitting in a chair… Continue

Added by Stefani Twyford on October 13, 2009 at 10:41am — No Comments

Sorting and Storing Digital Photos

In previous posts I have talked about sorting and archiving old photos and how important it is to do that. But, I have actually been been daunted by the task of organizing my own digital images. Right now they sit on my hard drive, backed up daily to a second hard drive and dumped into individual folders which are labeled by the date and perhaps the event. Re: Thanksgiving 2007.

While I have really expensive editing and organizing software, it has sometimes taken me awhile to find a… Continue

Added by Stefani Twyford on October 11, 2009 at 1:08pm — No Comments

2.5 million microfilm digitized by next year!? Here comes the whole iceberg!!

Its been pointed out lately that only 5-10% of all genealogical records are available online, at best. This is so true, and reinforces the idea that genealogists need to get off their computers, and head to the courthouses, the cemeteries and to Aunt Mable's house for a history lesson. Those are valuable and generally really fun things to do anyway, but can be time, energy, and finance consuming. So the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is working to bring all those records to your… Continue

Added by tami osmer glatz on October 3, 2009 at 7:30am — No Comments

Family History Month has begun!

Today officially marks the first day of “Family History Month.” In 2003 the United States Senate officially recognized October as National Family History Month, a time “to encourage family history research, education, and the sharing of knowledge.”

President George W. Bush, in signing a Proclamation in support of Family History Month in 2003, said, “Lessons in family lineage are often lessons in courage, endurance, and love. While tracing our roots can be challenging, the rewards can… Continue

Added by Stefani Twyford on October 2, 2009 at 8:00am — No Comments

Create Your Own Family Bible

We often do large photo archiving projects for families that involve scanning and creating digital records of photos albums, boxes of loose photos, newspaper articles, certificates and other family mementos that a family wants preserved. Families want this service because it provides a backup should anything happen to the original as well as a architected filing storage system that makes it simple to find any photo within minutes. If you have a large family, there is no need to argue over who… Continue

Added by Stefani Twyford on September 26, 2009 at 2:56pm — No Comments

The Romero Emblem

The Romero Emblem is to idenify those that wear it, to the family of their origin, with a meaning expressed with every color that was chosen, and placed in position with the names of all the original members of the Romero Family, in a circle, to express the unity and the perpetuity of the "FAMILY'.

Wear this emblem proudly, and when asked the meaning of it's nature you can say it is the origin and the history of your own existence.

In 1886… Continue

Added by Valerie Ve Romero Lopez on September 17, 2009 at 3:29pm — No Comments

The Objects and Memory Project

From The Objects and Memory Project web site:

"The documentary film and educational initiative Objects and Memory is about how we respond to history while it is happening and how we tell our stories through the otherwise ordinary things in our homes and museums that are associated with people, places, and events.

The film was the PBS national prime time special in commemoration of the seventh anniversary… Continue

Added by Stefani Twyford on September 12, 2009 at 4:30pm — No Comments

Transferring 8mm & 16mm film to DVD

We get a lot old format film transferred to DVD work and I wanted to take the time to discuss this and our perspective on it.

Lots of you have boxes of old film laying around in the closets. Some of you have projectors but most of you don’t and therefore haven’t viewed the film in many years. Some of you may be reconciling the estate of a parent and didn’t realize how much footage they actually had.

Regardless of the circumstances and whether you have the projector or not,… Continue

Added by Stefani Twyford on September 5, 2009 at 1:00pm — No Comments

The Human Family Tree – National Geographic Channel – Tues. Sept 1

I’ve got my DVR cued for tomorrow night’s airing of The National Geographic Channel’s ground-breaking show “The Human Family Tree.” I missed the original showing on Friday and am thrilled it will be repeated on Tuesday night. The episode takes a neighborhood in Queens, N.Y. and through DNA sampling of a couple hundred of the residents of this neighborhood, traces everyone’s origin… Continue

Added by Stefani Twyford on August 31, 2009 at 10:47am — No Comments

Write Your Autobiography, Please

Aug 20th, 2009 by Charles Rice Bourland, Jr.

I have often said it borders on a criminal act to fail to write your autobiography. An exaggeration perhaps, but as you research your ancestors how many times have you wished your father? your grandfather? your great grandmother had written theirs? Why extend this family failure?

Here are some reasons to write such a document. 

• Simply because you wish to write;

 • Your children probably know little of your first,… Continue

Added by Charles Rice Bourland, Jr on August 25, 2009 at 4:00am — 8 Comments

A Misunderstood & Underutilized Resource

Lots of folks tend to be misinformed about LDS genealogy resources. Many changes have been going on in the past few years, which have included major revamping of the LDS genealogy website www.FamilySearch.org. I’d like to just mention a few of the resources available from the website that I feel are of real importance to genealogical researchers - and even better than Ancestry.com (because they’re free!)

From the… Continue

Added by tami osmer glatz on August 7, 2009 at 9:00am — 2 Comments

The Symbolism of Passing Something from One Generation to Another

If any of you are into collecting watches, you know that watch prices can run from a few dollars for a drugstore watch that serves merely as a timekeeper to hundreds of thousands for jewel and precious metal combinations valued for their craftsmanship and aesthetic appeal. While purchasing and collecting watches is a hobby for many people, the gifting of a watch has come to hold a great deal of symbolism depending upon the occasion and the relationship between the giver and… Continue

Added by Stefani Twyford on August 3, 2009 at 12:43pm — 1 Comment

I have to admit that I don’t find the History Channel very interesting.

My husband watches it constantly and aside from something that occasionally catches my eye, I find most discussions of political, military and social history rather boring. I am horrible at remembering dates and while I can recount the presidents since I was born, prior to that, I don’t know my Adamses from my Tafts or even remotely where they fall in the historical timeline. It just doesn’t really interest me or capture my attention.

Now YOUR history, or your story, that’s a… Continue

Added by Stefani Twyford on August 1, 2009 at 11:30am — 3 Comments

Saviel Family History in India and Burma

Hi all I would like to know if anyone know of the SAVIEL family in India and Burma.

The SAVIEL family has been in INDIA for many years and Origiated from Europe in the 18th and 19th century.

My SAVIEL family descended from GEORGE THOMAS SAVIEL who was born in 1827 India and married first to SOPHIA MARY MORLEY in CALCUTTA INDIA in 1853.

HE later went to work for the Public Works Department in BURMA in 1861.

In 1873 he married ROSE HNIN SI in Thonze,BURMA and… Continue

Added by George Thomas Saviel on July 24, 2009 at 7:34pm — 1 Comment

Alberta Family Histories Society Newsletter Wins Award

Alberta Family Histories Society (AFHS) Newsletter, the "Chinook", under the excellent editorial guidance of Xenia Stanford has won a Genealogy Honour! The U.S. National Genealogy Society Award for Best Publication, County or Local Category.

I am a member of AFHS and can attest that the Chinook is a GREAT publication. Xenia and her team do an excellent job!

For more info about Xenia and her award go here:… Continue

Added by Joan Miller on July 21, 2009 at 7:52pm — 1 Comment

To All My New Found Cousins...

This is my first ever Blog Post, gonna stick my "Big Toe In" and see how it feels, not promising any great quotes or earth shattering remedies that will "warm your heart and soul"...just a few observations now and then about this wonderful new oasis for the Genenewbies that are causing their "Old...Young and New Found Research Friends" to have fits of..."Gnashing their Teeth"..."Pulling Their Hair Out" and for those already gone on..."To Roll Over In Their Graves"...

I'm fairly new… Continue

Added by Nancy Hickman on July 15, 2009 at 12:30am — No Comments