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Gena Philibert Ortega's Blog – September 2013 Archive (7)

Jimmy B. Parker Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy Scholarship Applications Now Being Accepted

The Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy is pleased to announce we are now accepting essays for the Jimmy B. Parker Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy scholarship. Full…

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Added by Gena Philibert Ortega on September 23, 2013 at 11:42am — No Comments

Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy Early Bird Registration Ends Soon!

SLIG’s Early-Bird Registration is only weeks away, ending on October 31, 2013! Ensure you get yourself a spot in one of the few remaining courses. The following…

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Added by Gena Philibert Ortega on September 23, 2013 at 11:40am — No Comments

FamilySearch Adds More Than 2.7 Million Indexed Records and Images

FamilySearch Adds More Than 2.7 Million Indexed Records and Images to Collections from Brazil, England, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Spain, and Switzerland…

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Added by Gena Philibert Ortega on September 19, 2013 at 8:28am — No Comments

Ancestry.com Redesigns App for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch

Optimized for iOS 7, Ancestry App Offers New Social Features Making Family History Easier to Engage

PROVO, Utah, Sept. 18, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ancestry.com LLC, the world's largest online family history resource, today announced the launch of a new, upgraded version of its…

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Added by Gena Philibert Ortega on September 19, 2013 at 8:25am — No Comments

MyHeritage Announces New Feature

MyHeritage has launched today a new feature that lets you save the records you discover on SuperSearch directly to the relevant profiles in your family tree. You can also easily extract information…

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Added by Gena Philibert Ortega on September 16, 2013 at 2:30pm — No Comments

ANCESTRY.COM AND FAMILYSEARCH TO MAKE A BILLION GLOBAL RECORDS AVAILABLE ONLINE

Groundbreaking Agreement to Deliver Valuable Historical Content Over the Next Five Years

PROVO, Utah, September 5, 2013 – Ancestry.com and FamilySearch International (online at FamilySearch.org), the two largest providers of family history resources, announced today an agreement that is expected to make approximately 1 billion global historical records available online and more easily accessible to the public for the first time. With this…

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Added by Gena Philibert Ortega on September 5, 2013 at 5:21pm — No Comments