I was an avid subscriber to the Genealogical Helper Magazine, until it died in 2009. According to one of it’s editors (Leland K Meitzler) it was yet another victim of the downturn in our economy. Today I received the first Newsletter “Genealogy Newsline” of the re-birth to some degree of this great resource. Leland,...
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Barcelona, Spain PRWEBNovember 17, 2008 — Family networking site, www.Genoom.com, makes social networking a truly global affair with support for 17 languages, including the latest addition of traditional and simplified Chinese. The social network caters to families interested in staying in touch with relatives near and far, sharing family trees and genealogical research, and...
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My Heritage the online collaborative family tree building site has introduced a new feature that many people will love called photo tagging. It allows you to take all the photos you have uploaded into your online family tree and identify the faces and tag them with names. This new feature will really benefit you...
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I dont know if you would call it a competition per se’ but there is an ongoing public opinion debate going on about the the indexing projects being done by Ancestry.com and the World Archives Project. Ancestry.com, started in 1996 is a membership site providing online records for a cost varying on the database...
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I have to say… I just was blown OUT OF THE WATER, by Geni.com I will stand by my opinions expressed but want to clarify and correct. Within only a few moments of posted I was contacted by Keith at geni.com to make some clarifications on the program and I have to say I...
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Geni.com is ALL over the internet as of late in blog posts, pr releases and articles so I wanted to take a moment to give my “take” on the program. Geni.com claims that its site’s largest family tree now includes over 600,00 people built by over 40,000 users. Geni’s web site offers Web 2.0-style...
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A short time ago Family Tree Magazine overhauled and re-launched its website at http://www.familytreemagazine.com I have been a subscriber to their magazine for many years and I do like that they have a website with many of the links and resources. Flipping through years of magazines can be a bit painful when you know...
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As genealogists it is important to always be thinking “outside the box” as it relates to our love, hobby and obsession. The Jerusalem AP announced this past week that with the help of new very advanced scanning they will be able to bring the Dead Sea Scrolls to the public in a way never...
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At the beginning of August FamilyLink.com launched its new site WebTree.com This site provides a free place for you to share, store and manipulate your personal family tree online and all submissions will also be indexed on WorldVitalRecords.com and remain available at no cost. This is the statement that I like the best.. directly...
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Surprise, Arizona, August 18, 2008 — Millennia Corporation, a leader in family history software, today announced that its software, Legacy Family Tree, is now available in two new languages: Deutsch (German) and Svenska (Swedish). The software, used by beginners and professionals to record, plan, and share their family trees, is now the premier choice...
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