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GenealogyWise -- all's well that ends well
seems to have stemmed the tide of spam for the time being. Thanks to
their rapid response, the issue was resolved by having the blog posts
reviewed before going online. I might suggest that given some time,
there could be a way to automate that procedure by having a holding file
where the titles and text could be reviewed more rapidly. It… Continue
Added by James Tanner on April 9, 2010 at 8:35am — No Comments
Spam blog posts take over GenealogyWise
dynamic and useful social networking site for genealogists.
GenealogyWise is part of FamilyLink which if you keep tracing back
through links, is basically Paul Allen and his staff who also run
WorldVitalRecords and a lot more. Many of the members post all or part
of their own blogs on the GenealogyWise blog posts. Lately, the blog
posts coming through Google Reader have been hijacked by spam drug
sellers. My… Continue
Added by James Tanner on April 8, 2010 at 8:18am — 2 Comments
What I have learned from genealogy blogs
blogs than I have time to read. I keep finding new ones all the time and
get more and more amazed at the tremendous variety of genealogical
experiences. I have learned that blogging is takes the place of the old
home town newspaper on an international scale. The posts give you
insight into people's lives all over the world. Today's report on Google
Analytics shows my posts being read in 39… Continue
Added by James Tanner on April 6, 2010 at 10:12pm — 1 Comment
Genealogy on a Mac?
working almost exclusively on an Apple Macintosh iMac. I say
that my work is almost exclusive because I still own a PC Laptop from
HP. I use the laptop to run my scanning station. I mentioned from time
to time that I am running a program called Parallels Desktop. I have worked on
literally… Continue
Added by James Tanner on April 5, 2010 at 9:02pm — No Comments
Part of the New FamilySearch software problem solved
finally got the program up and running with New FamilySearch. I
will work on RootsMagic
next,… Continue
Added by James Tanner on April 3, 2010 at 9:15pm — No Comments
Some updated programs have data crash with New FamilySearch
(NFS)
has just completed a major change in its Application Programming
Interface or API.
Because of this change all of the programs that connect to NFS were
required to upgrade to adapt to the changes. All… Continue
Added by James Tanner on April 3, 2010 at 1:17pm — No Comments
Find a genealogical gold mine in Google Maps
beginning of each section, I always ask the class members about their
previous experience with various Google features including Google Maps,
Google Books, Google News, Blogs and many other apps and features. In
many cases, my questions draw a complete blank. No one in the class has
ever tried or even knew about the feature or function. This is
interesting because almost every person in every… Continue
Added by James Tanner on April 2, 2010 at 8:21am — No Comments
Genealogy e-Book publishing
out the cost of self-publishing a bound book. It is sort-of like the
sticker shock of trying to buy a new car. Now all that is in the past.
With the advent of the new e-readers like the Amazon
Kindle, Apple… Continue
Added by James Tanner on March 31, 2010 at 9:18pm — No Comments
Finding Kerlin's Well -- the search continues
we drove north out of Phoenix by way of Prescott to the small community
of Ashfork
which is west of Flagstaff on I40. The only directions we had to the
rock where my great-grandfather carved his name in 1877 was the brief
description of "9 miles north of… Continue
Added by James Tanner on March 30, 2010 at 8:15am — No Comments
Several new features in update of New FamilySearch
the program in addition to the mandatory use of the LDS Account and
User Profile. See previous post. These new changes are outlined in the PDF document,
"What's New in the New… Continue
Added by James Tanner on March 29, 2010 at 8:35pm — No Comments
New FamilySearch password upgrade mandatory today
As of today, 29 March 2010, you must register for the new LDS Account to
gain access to New FamilySearch. Quoting from the New FamilySearch startup page,
We are changing the sign-in system…Continue
Added by James Tanner on March 29, 2010 at 8:36am — No Comments
Changes in New FamilySearch's API force updates to connecting programs
you will likely see a notice of an upgrade. Programs connecting to the
New FamilySearch
program are all being substantially changed by changes in the API or
application programming interface. Quoting from… Continue
Added by James Tanner on March 29, 2010 at 8:16am — No Comments
Developing a metageanalogy
is the study of the nature, aims and methods of philosophy. I would
submit that, in the same vein, a metagenealogy would be the study of the
nature, aims and methods of genealogy. I did not originate the term "metagenealogy"
but its previous use, as far as I can… Continue
Added by James Tanner on March 28, 2010 at 9:49pm — No Comments
Finding Kerlin's Well -- I begin the search
turns out to be very elusive. March in northern Arizona is an
interesting month. Warm sunny days can turn icy cold and very windy. Our
first expedition turned out to have all types of weather.
Read… Continue
Added by James Tanner on March 28, 2010 at 2:43pm — No Comments
Finding Kerlin's Well -- a study in genealogy research
Well is real departure from my usual topics and format. This story
begins about 130 years ago in northern Arizona on the Beale Wagon Road.
Henry Martin Tanner, my great-grandfather was traveling across Arizona
in a wagon to settle on the Little Colorado River at a place called
Allen's Camp. Along the way they suffered greatly from lack of water,
not an unusual problem in Arizona at the… Continue
Added by James Tanner on March 24, 2010 at 9:23pm — No Comments
Over 60,000 books scanned in Family History Archive
Family History Archive passed the 60,000 mark for items scanned into
the free online digital library. As of March 24, 2010 the total was
60,144 items. As described by the Family History Archives Website
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Added by James Tanner on March 24, 2010 at 8:28am — No Comments
Fair use and genealogy
information without permission. Genealogy is made up of two large
components; narratives and facts. Names, birth dates, death dates,
relationships, and other "facts" are not subject to a claim of
copyright. Writings, interpretations, narratives, photographs, designs,
drawings and many other original works are subject to a claim of
copyright. In addition, ideas are not subject to copyright. A list… Continue
Added by James Tanner on March 21, 2010 at 4:28pm — 1 Comment
Claiming a copyright
cases, those documents many be subject to claims of copyright. It is far
easier to claim a copyright to an old document than to actually prove a
claim for breach of copyright. It is not uncommon to find references to
a copyright for documents that are clearly, legally not subject to any
possible copyright. Unfortunately, most discussions of copyright issues
are rather more inclusive than… Continue
Added by James Tanner on March 18, 2010 at 9:13am — No Comments
New Registration and Sign-in for FamilySearch Websites
the genealogical organization of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, is moving towards using a unified sign-in system for all of their Websites. This change will allow users to have the same
user name and password, not only for all FamilySearch Websites, but for other general LDS Church Websites as well. Because some of the sites have information specific to members of the Church, there
are two basic systems; an "LDS Account" for those who are Church… Continue
Added by James Tanner on March 17, 2010 at 7:30pm — No Comments
Almost 2.5 million records added to Record Search
Record Search has added nearly 2.5 million images of the
Netherlands, Zuid-Holland Province Civil Registrations from 1811 to 1942
and additional records to the Netherlands, Gelderland Province Civil
Registrations from 1811 to 1950.
Read more...
Added by James Tanner on March 16, 2010 at 8:52am — No Comments
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