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Genealogy's Star: RootsTech Ramp Up
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Some people eat, sleep and chew gum, I do genealogy and write. Wednesday, August 5, 2015. Time passes quickly and the upcoming RootsTech 2016 Conference. Is just around the corner. Presently scheduled for February 3rd through the 6th, 2016, there are four hotels that are already taking reservations. Compared to other major cities around the world, accommodations in Salt Lake City, Utah are very reasonable. You might remember that last year the Brigham Young University Family HistoryTechnology Workshop.
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Genealogy's Star: What Constitutes Publication in a Copyright Case -- Part Two
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Some people eat, sleep and chew gum, I do genealogy and write. Sunday, August 2, 2015. Aka Circular 92. Title 17 of the USC (United States Code) has a lot to say about various "works" but never actually defines the word. The closest idea about the definition of a work is contained in Section 102 as follows:. By Deborah R. Gerhardt an Assistant Professor of Law at the University of North Carolina School of Law published in the Notre Dame Law Review, Vol 87, No. 1, 2011. The Circular goes on to explain:.
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Genealogy's Star: The Value of Special Collections
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Some people eat, sleep and chew gum, I do genealogy and write. Tuesday, August 4, 2015. The Value of Special Collections. Almost every major university and college library in the United States has a section of the library dedicated to "Special Collections." I was recently working through a list of useful websites from my cousin, Van Celaya, who teaches at the Riverton FamilySearch Library. In Riverton, Utah and sometimes at the Brigham Young University Family History Library. 19th Century Western and Mor...
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Genealogy's Star: Scattering data across the Web - a problem of consolidation or methodology? Part One
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Some people eat, sleep and chew gum, I do genealogy and write. Saturday, February 15, 2014. Scattering data across the Web - a problem of consolidation or methodology? How do you find a source if you don't know it's there? I would suggest that my first rule regarding searching for any genealogical data whether on the Internet or still located in a paper archive is as follows:. Always assume the record is there. At some point, the availability of any type of record disappears. In one sense, this is not re...
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Genealogy's Star: First Impressions of MyHeritage's Family Tree Builder 7.0
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Some people eat, sleep and chew gum, I do genealogy and write. Thursday, April 18, 2013. First Impressions of MyHeritage's Family Tree Builder 7.0. Since Family Tree Builder 7.0 has now been officially released, I can talk about the program I have been using for the past few weeks. I was one of the few Beta testers for the new program. I was given a copy of the program and access to the online MyHeritage.com website. The new Family Tree Builder 7.0. For me, the most significant improvement was the synchr...
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Genealogy's Star: A Steep Uphill Battle
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Some people eat, sleep and chew gum, I do genealogy and write. Monday, August 3, 2015. A Steep Uphill Battle. Http:/ www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2015/07/28/15-of-americans-dont-use-the-internet-who-are-they/. One of the latest Pew Research Center studies has an article entitled, " 15% of Americans don't use the internet. Who are they? A 2013 Pew Research survey. Here we see the major problem. Genealogy is becoming saturated with technology with digitization efforts adding tens of millions of record...
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Genealogy's Star: A Deeper Look at The Family History Guide
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Some people eat, sleep and chew gum, I do genealogy and write. Thursday, August 6, 2015. A Deeper Look at The Family History Guide. The new website, The Family History Guide. Is a professional level, sequenced learning program dedicated to learning about genealogical research in general and specifically about the FamilySearch.org. Website and Family Tree program. The Family History Guide. Is free and fully functional. Content is being added regularly. Let's suppose that you want to learn more about using...
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Genealogy's Star: Let the computer do its work of organizing your genealogy
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Some people eat, sleep and chew gum, I do genealogy and write. Saturday, April 12, 2014. Let the computer do its work of organizing your genealogy. What do computers do? Find things quickly. What are organizational systems used for? Let's suppose you have ten documents. How quickly could you go through all ten documents and find the one document you were looking for? Would it help to put each document in the separate folder? Maybe, but why spend the time? Now, what if you had a thousand documents? All pa...
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Genealogy's Star: Newly published: The Power of Marriage Documents: Research Guide
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Some people eat, sleep and chew gum, I do genealogy and write. Thursday, August 6, 2015. Newly published: The Power of Marriage Documents: Research Guide. The Power of Marriage Documents: Research Guide. Is now available on Amazon.com. The authors, Holly T. Hansen, Arlene H. Eakle, PhD. and James L. Tanner, have now published seven books so far this year towards their collective goal to publish a book every month. From the description of the book:. US Land and Tax Records: Research Guide. Hansen, Holly T...
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Genealogy's Star: Streaming Live from RootsTech
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Some people eat, sleep and chew gum, I do genealogy and write. Thursday, March 14, 2013. Streaming Live from RootsTech. From a Press Release from FamilySearch:. Including the daily keynote speakers. The family history conference is the largest of its kind in the U.S. You might notice that my presentation is included in the streaming:. Thursday, March 21. And President, Federation of Genealogical Societies. The Future of Genealogy-Thomas MacEntee and panel. Tell It Again (Story@Home)-Kim Weitkamp. Google ...
