January 2014 Blog Posts (13)

It is in Salt Lake City (Utah), from the 6 to 8 of February that will host the exhibition of genealogy and technology.

Sophie Boudarel, from Gazette ancestors and Guillaume de Morant (GénéInfos)…

PRESS RELEASE

January 29, 2014; Utica, OH: 

2013 has been a whirlwind of excitement for The In-Depth Genealogist. We collaborated with Conference Keeper on #genchat, and it was a great success. We have listened to the participants that were requesting we host more #genchats.  You asked, we are…

Additional 1 Billion Global Records From 67 Countries to be Available on Ancestry.com

PROVO, Utah, Jan. 21, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ancestry.com announced today an extension of their collaborative efforts with FamilySearch International that will make more than 1 billion additional records from 67 countries…

Over the weekend I had the pleasure of watching La Grande Bellezza (The Great Beauty), an epic Italian film in the style of Fellini’s La Dolce Vita, but with more cinematic greatness achieved by the advances in technology since the 1960s as well as a more existential examination of life. It was truly captivating and I am planning on a second viewing next week as the MFAH is bringing it back for an…

Hi,

My name is Jean-François Dagenais, genealogy fascinates me and I try to trace the exploits of my ancestor Pierre Dagenais, who trod the soil of Ville-Marie (New France) to 1653.

I invite you to find out by reading his story.…

Please read and pass this on to all you can.  

Papers books and data is headed to demise if we do not join together and act. I have contacted: NGS, NEHGS, Newspapers.com, Genealogy Bank.  NGS is going to follow up.  Of course it is a weekend.

I asked for Permission it was granted please read data below.

Susi - certainly post wherever you can.  My intention, sending to the lists I subscribe to, was to reach many people who might be…

Hi Hazel,  I did find the newspaper article regarding Mrs. Susan Bostick and Mrs William Bostick. It is not possible for this William to be the twin brother of Joel but a possible link to consider in our future research. 

I have been reading about the concept of “Happiness Jars.” In Elizabeth Gilbert’s blockbuster memoir “Eat, Pray, Love” she started a project where she would write down things that have made her happy each day on little slips of paper and put them in this large glass jar. By doing so every day, eventually her jar would overflow with happiness.

I am proposing something similar but let’s call it a Memory Jar or more aptly, the Memoir Jar. Starting tomorrow, January 1st 2014, make a…

Looking for info about Martinus Adrianus Schenk b 18-11 1880

came to USA from Rotterdam to NewYork on board S.S Nieuw Amsterdam 1948 https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-33866-23019-41?cc=1923888&wc=M94K-PK8:355471088

 The New Year is here, are you ready?  Have you set at least one goal to accomplish regarding your genealogy?

 Goal setting is more important than resolutions.  It gives you purpose and direction. It helps to put you back on track when we fall off.  O we do a lot of that falling off.  At least I do.  When researching and another family name pops up within the confines of the search I am already doing it is hard to not, stop and gather in the data.  Then because you have found…

PhotoTree.com Announces:  Archive Photography

How to photograph oversize photos, curled documents, and heirloom treasures.

January 2, 2014, Carlsbad, CA.  Phototree.com™, the leader in delivering vintage…

For Release: 2 January 2014

National Genealogical Society Issues Call for Papers

for the 2015 Family History Conference in St. Charles, Missouri

Arlington, VA, 2 January 2014: Speakers as well as organizations interested…