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November 5, 2023

The New, Improved FamilySearch.org Startup Page

Note: This article was published previously on the Genealogy’s Star website. Above is a screenshot of the vastly improved FamilySearch.org startup page. You can see from the startup page that a real effort has been made to engage new users of the program. If you sign into the account you will get your own personalized page but if you are a new...

FamilySearch/Learning
October 9, 2023

A Brief History of RootsTech from a Very Personal Perspective

Note: This article appeared previously in the Genealogy’s Star blog site.   RootsTech.org RootsTech 2024 is coming up fast and registration is already open and I have been thinking about all the conferences of the past.  RootsTech.org started in 2011 so 2024 will be the the 14th conference. I was invited as a blogger to attend the first RootsTech conference in 2011...

RootsTech
September 10, 2023

RootsTech 2024 Live Classes September 13, 2023 and Registration Opens on September 18, 2023

Note: This article was published previously on the Genealogy’s Start blog site.   https://www.familysearch.org/rootstech/events/genealogy-for-beginners RootTech 2024 is ramping up. In preparation for the live and online conference February 29th to March 2nd, 2024. The live conference will be held in the Salt Palace in Salt Lake City, Utah. Online classes will be available at the beginning of the conference. I will...

RootsTech
August 20, 2023

PhotoDater™ from MyHeritage: Another Amazing Technological Advance

Note: This article was published previously on the Genealogy’s Star blog site. You can read about all the details of this amazing addition to the MyHeritage.com arsenal of photographic innovations in this blog post: “Introducing PhotoDater™, an Exclusive, Free New Feature to Estimate When Old Photos Were Taken.” Here is a quote from the blog post: If you are like most genealogists,...

Memories/MyHeritage
August 13, 2023

Introduction to the 10 Million Names Project

Note: This article was published previously on the Genealogy’s Star site.   https://10millionnames.org/ Quoting from the Project website: 10 Million Names is a collaborative project dedicated to recovering the names of the estimated 10 million men, women, and children of African descent who were enslaved in pre- and post-colonial America (specifically, the territory that would become the United States) between...

Research
August 6, 2023

Always New Records on FamilySearch.org

Note: This article was published previously on the Genealogy’s Star blog site.   If you look closely at the date these records were added to FamilySearch.org, you will see that they are the same day that this post is being written. The process of adding all these records and thousands more each day is complex. It starts with a pile...

FamilySearch/Records/Technology
July 10, 2023

The History of Artificial Intelligence and What Will Happen to Genealogical Research as a Consequence: Part One

Note: This article was published previously on the Genealogy’s Star blog site.   Image Created by Microsoft’s Image Creator Somewhere between appearing in Isaac Asimov’s book, I, Robot, in 1950 and the latest StarWars movie or series, artificial intelligence became a threat to civilization as we know it for newscasters and pundits around the world. In a class at a...

Research/Technology
June 11, 2023

Goldie May Now on FamilySearch Portal and Free in FamilySearch Centers

Note: This article was published previously on the Genealogy’s Star blog site.   One of the most innovative and useful programs that have been developed in the past few years, GoldieMay.com is now included in the FamilySearch Portal and is therefore free to use in all FamilySearch Centers. If you need a quick review about the program, here is a video from...

FamilySearch/Records/Research
April 16, 2023

United States Social Security NUMIDENT Records Added to FamilySearch

Note: This article appeared previously in the Genealogy’s Star blog site. This is one of the collections of 63,700,494 records on the FamilySearch.org website that has only been available for a relatively short time. Here is the description of the files from the FamilySearch.org entry shown above. The Social Security Administration created these records to track the earnings of US workers and...

FamilySearch/Records
February 12, 2023

African American Great Migration Classes at RootsTech 2023

Note: This article was published previously on the Genealogy’s Star blog site. https://rootstech2023.mapyourshow.com/8_0/sessions/session-details.cfm?scheduleid=85 You are invited to attend my live class at RootsTech 2023 at the Salt Palace in Salt Lake City, Utah, March 2, at 9:30 am. “Understanding and Researching the Records of the Great Northward Migration 1915-1970” The class will be held in Room 155 B. I also...

RootsTech/U.S. Research
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