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The Second Edition of A Primer for The Master Genealogist by Terry Reigel is Now Available

The Second Edition of A Primer for The Master Genealogist

by Terry Reigel is Now Available

Boone, North Carolina - 10 February 2013…

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Added by Gena Philibert Ortega on February 12, 2012 at 3:40pm — No Comments

Genealogy Community Responds To Efforts To Remove Access to Social Security Death Index and Other Records

Please see the announcement below from the Records Preservation and Access

Committee regarding the SSDI.  Thanks.

 

Link to the WhiteHouse.gov petition: http://wh.gov/khE 

 

Instructions for signing up at WhiteHouse.gov and signing the petition can

be found at http://fgs.org/pdf/rpac_petition.pdf. 



**Originally posted by Thomas MacEntee on the…

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Added by Gena Philibert Ortega on February 8, 2012 at 3:18pm — No Comments

Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburgh (GRIP) Registration Begins Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburgh (GRIP) Registration Begins Tuesday, February 7, 2012…

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Added by Gena Philibert Ortega on February 7, 2012 at 9:22am — No Comments

BRIGHTSOLID ENTERS US GENEALOGY MARKET WITH GROUND-BREAKING PAY-AS-YOU-GO SITE CENSUSRECORDS.COM

February 02, 2012



 

 

BRIGHTSOLID ENTERS US GENEALOGY MARKET WITH GROUND-BREAKING PAY-AS-YOU-GO

SITE CENSUSRECORDS.COM

 

• First pay-as-you-go site offers greater choice and affordability

 

• Launching later this year, brightsolid’s flagship US site findmypast.com

 

 

SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH. brightsolid, a leading online provider of historical

and genealogical content, today announces its entry into the US genealogy

market with the…

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Added by Gena Philibert Ortega on February 2, 2012 at 3:10pm — No Comments

Join the RootsMagic Online Treasure Hunt and Win an iPad

It’s been a tremendous last few months here at RootsMagic. We’ve been busy with the new releases of Personal Historian 2 and RootsMagic 5. We're also excited to participate in one of the largest genealogy events in North…

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Added by Gena Philibert Ortega on January 30, 2012 at 2:38pm — No Comments

Attend the RootsTech Conference from Home

RootsTech Conference Will Broadcast Select Sessions Free Online

SALT LAKE CITY—RootsTech, a leading family history and technology conference held in Salt Lake City, Utah, February 2-4, 2012, announced today that fourteen of its popular sessions will be broadcasted live and complimentary over the Internet. The live broadcasts…

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Added by Gena Philibert Ortega on January 30, 2012 at 1:29pm — 2 Comments

Ancestry.com Partners with Historical Society of Pennsylvania

Ancestry.com Partners with Historical Society of Pennsylvania to Bring the State’s Rich History Online

Family History Leader Adds Millions of State Birth, Marriage and Death Records to its Pennsylvania Vital Record Collection

PROVO, UTAH – (January 26, 2012) – Ancestry.com, the…

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Added by Gena Philibert Ortega on January 29, 2012 at 5:26pm — 1 Comment

National Genealogical Society December Video Release

For Release: 28 December 2011

National Genealogical Society December Video Release

Arlington, VA, 28 December 2011: The National Genealogical Society has released a new video for the month of December about the…

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Added by Gena Philibert Ortega on December 29, 2011 at 3:08pm — No Comments

MyHeritage releases new feature-packed Family Tree Builder 6.0

Updated version of world’s most popular free family history software adds new blend of historical content and technological innovation to highlight the depth and diversity in every family’s heritage

PROVO, Utah & LONDON & TEL AVIV, Israel – December 21, 2011: MyHeritage.com, the largest family network on the web, today announced the…

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Added by Gena Philibert Ortega on December 22, 2011 at 10:42am — No Comments

Three Genealogy Powerhouses Join Forces to Publish 1940 US Census

For Immediate Release

16 December 2011

SALT LAKE…

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Added by Gena Philibert Ortega on December 21, 2011 at 11:20am — No Comments

California State Genealogical Alliance Announces Blogs

For Immediate Release

20 December 2011

CALIFORNIA STATE GENEALOGICAL ALLIANCE ANNOUNCES NEW BLOGS

20 December 2011– Oakland, CA. The California State Genealogical Alliance (CSGA), announces two new blogs for the genealogical public.

(1) The CSGA Blog (http://www.csga.com/Blog/) is a joint…

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Added by Gena Philibert Ortega on December 21, 2011 at 11:18am — No Comments

Search New Free U.S. Records from Illionis, Maine, New Hampshire, Washington State, and Wisconsin at FamilySearch

Search New Free U.S. Records from Illionis, Maine, New Hampshire, Washington State, and Wisconsin

New Collections Added for Canada, Estonia, Mexico, Russia, South Korea, and Sweden

7 December 2011

New records were added to…

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Added by Gena Philibert Ortega on December 14, 2011 at 7:46pm — No Comments

One Day Seminar with John Phillip Colletta, PhD., FUGA in Southern California

One Day Seminar with John Phillip Colletta, PhD., FUGA

GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF NORTH ORANGE COUNTY CALIFORNIA

PRESENTS

A SPECIAL ONE DAY SEMINAR WITH NATIONALLY KNOWN SPEAKER AND AUTHOR

JOHN PHILIP COLLETTA, Ph.D., FUGA…

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Added by Gena Philibert Ortega on December 8, 2011 at 1:31pm — No Comments

Registration Opens for NGS 2012 Conference in Cincinnati, Ohio

Registration is now open for the NGS 2012 Family…

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Added by Gena Philibert Ortega on December 6, 2011 at 2:01pm — No Comments

Ancestry.com Adds North Carolina World War II Draft Cards

Ancestry.com Releases Two Million North Carolina World War II Draft Cards for the First Time Online in Commemoration of the 70th Anniversary of Pearl Harbor

Detailed Information on North Carolinians including Andy Griffith, Billy…

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Added by Gena Philibert Ortega on December 2, 2011 at 4:06pm — No Comments

Share Your Food Heritage for a New Book

**The following is a press release from F + W Media, they publish Family Tree Magazine. This press release has to do with a book that I am writing for them.

March 31, 2011