tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18174688150852096062024-03-12T19:14:30.443-04:00Local History RoomMary Ann Koferlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03684760900890052194noreply@blogger.comBlogger111125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817468815085209606.post-85799538769377929932017-06-26T19:14:00.000-04:002017-06-26T19:14:04.514-04:00Family Search Discontinues Microfilm Service<br style="background-color: #faf9e6; color: #4e2814; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;" />
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Over 1.5 million microfilms (ca. 1.5 billion images) have been digitized by FamilySearch, including the most requested collections based on microfilm loan records worldwide. In addition, many records that FamilySearch has not yet published can be found online on partner or free archive websites. FamilySearch plans to finish microfilm digitization by 2020.</div>
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The following is an extract from the announcement from FamilySearch:</div>
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On September 1, 2017, FamilySearch will discontinue its microfilm distribution services. (The last day to order microfilm will be on August 31, 2017.)</div>
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The change is the result of significant progress made in FamilySearch’s microfilm digitization efforts and the obsolescence of microfilm technology.</div>
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<li style="padding-left: 30px;">Online access to digital images of records allows FamilySearch to reach many more people, faster and more efficiently.</li>
<li style="padding-left: 30px;">FamilySearch is a global leader in historic records preservation and access, with billions of the world’s genealogical records in its collections.</li>
<li style="padding-left: 30px;">Over 1.5 million microfilms (ca. 1.5 billion images) have been digitized by FamilySearch, including the most requested collections based on microfilm loan records worldwide.</li>
<li style="padding-left: 30px;">The remaining microfilms should be digitized by the end of 2020, and all new records from its ongoing global efforts are already using digital camera equipment.</li>
<li style="padding-left: 30px;">Family history centers will continue to provide access to relevant technology, premium subscription services, and digital records, including restricted content not available at home.</li>
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You can read the full announcement at: <a href="http://bit.ly/2sGGePz" rel="noopener" style="color: #0000cc;" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/2sGGePz</a>.</div>
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Frequently Asked Questions about the change may be found at: <a href="http://bit.ly/2s6OvO6" rel="noopener" style="color: #0000cc;" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/2s6OvO6</a>.</div>
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<span>Do you have comments, questions, or corrections to this article? If so, please post your words at the end of <a href="https://blog.eogn.com/2017/06/26/familysearch-to-discontinue-its-microfilm-distribution-services/" style="color: #0000cc;">this article</a> </span><span>in the Standard Edition newsletter’s web site where everyone can benefit from your words. You might also want to read comments posted by others there.</span></div>
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<span>From Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter June 26, 2017</span></div>
Mary Ann Koferlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03684760900890052194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817468815085209606.post-15894063550808972312017-03-30T18:04:00.001-04:002017-03-30T18:04:35.329-04:00London Educational Records Online<a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-re-81nugR-E/WN2AviAZzLI/AAAAAAAAL04/8wOJxc3YBbIzsRyKhN2YX9EklbIJA301ACLcB/s1600/genealogist.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="66" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-re-81nugR-E/WN2AviAZzLI/AAAAAAAAL04/8wOJxc3YBbIzsRyKhN2YX9EklbIJA301ACLcB/s320/genealogist.png" width="320" /></a>The Genealogist launches various London Educational Records covering 1831 thru 1927. <a href="http://www.thegenealogist.co.uk/" target="_blank">Visit the following web address: http://www.thegenealogist.co.uk</a><br />
Mary Ann Koferlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03684760900890052194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817468815085209606.post-38812823628540665602017-03-13T18:50:00.000-04:002017-03-13T18:50:19.036-04:00A Card Index on Jewish Holocaust Victims is now Online<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The Delaware project began in 2015 with a mission to digitize 100,000 pages of newspaper previously only available on microfilm.<br />
Delaware has approximately 30,000 pages available to researchers online with 70,000 more to be added by the end of 2017,<br />
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The final versions are available for free to anyone with internet access via the <em>Chronicling America</em> database at <a href="http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/" target="_blank">http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov</a>.<br />
You can read more in an article by Jessica Bies in <em>Delaware Online</em> at: <a href="https://goo.gl/ms9RHW" target="_blank">https://goo.gl/ms9RHW</a>.Mary Ann Koferlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03684760900890052194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817468815085209606.post-36065019654771327132017-02-25T13:33:00.000-05:002017-02-25T13:35:05.906-05:00Comparing 4 Genealogy Databases<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Sunny Morton at the RootsTech 2017 conference lectured about the differences between the top four Genealogy database; Ancestry Family Search, Find My Past, and MyHeritage. The lecture which lasted an hour can be seen at at <a href="https://www.rootstech.org/videos/sunny-morton" target="_blank">https://www.rootstech.org/videos/sunny-morton</a>.Mary Ann Koferlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03684760900890052194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817468815085209606.post-7633832386299404472017-02-25T13:17:00.000-05:002017-02-25T13:17:22.338-05:00Inside Edition tested 3 DNA CompaniesMany are looking into discovering their ancestry through testing their DNA. A test was run by Inside Edition enlisting two sets of identical triples and one set of identical quadruplets with surprising results. The ancestry of each group should be absolutely identical since they all came from the same egg. Test kits from 23andMe, FamilyTree DNA, and AncestryDNA were used. Watch the show to find out more <a href="https://goo.gl/Kz5ODH" target="_blank">https://goo.gl/Kz5ODH </a> <br />
<br />Mary Ann Koferlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03684760900890052194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817468815085209606.post-82205883641270148182017-02-01T12:44:00.002-05:002017-02-01T12:45:34.631-05:00Plans to Digitize Boston Archdiocese Records<div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">
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The Boston Archdiocese is partnering with the New England Historic Genealogical Society to create the nation’s first extensive database of church records to help people trace family histories.</div>
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“This will be the beginning of more, we hope,” said NEHGS library director Jean Maguire. “It’s something that pertains to people all over the country — and the world — who have ancestors who came here. It’s also a development long-awaited by genealogists and historians.”</div>
Mary Ann Koferlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03684760900890052194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817468815085209606.post-33548832005114301032017-02-01T12:20:00.000-05:002017-02-01T12:21:00.788-05:00668,000 Pittsburgh, PA Cemetery Records Now Online<a href="http://www.interment.net/us/pa/allegheny.htm" target="_blank">Interment.net has added 668,000 cemetery records from the Allegheny area.</a> <span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Interment.net, an online cemetery records archive serving genealogists since 1997, recently added over 668,000 records from 29 cemeteries located in the greater Pittsburgh, PA area. These records have dates of death from the 1750s to present day.</span></span>Mary Ann Koferlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03684760900890052194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817468815085209606.post-28141320324263280372016-10-22T15:06:00.003-04:002016-10-22T15:09:55.744-04:00Twile Software<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Twile released a new feature allowing users to merge multiple GEDCOM files into one family tree and keep it updated with future changes.</div>
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The new feature means that family members storing their research independently in different family history sites – such as Ancestry or Findmypast – can now bring all of their findings together in one private family tree on Twile and import newer versions as they further their research. As well as building their tree, Twile will use the data in the GEDCOM files to automatically add events to the family timeline, such as births, marriages and deaths.</div>
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The merge tool will intelligently match people from a GEDCOM file by comparing their names, genders, dates of birth and relationships, requesting the user’s help with any matches that aren’t obvious. </div>
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Mary Ann Koferlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03684760900890052194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817468815085209606.post-6257151365541029452016-10-22T14:37:00.000-04:002016-10-22T14:37:29.121-04:00Unknown No Longer<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<strong>Unknown No Longer</strong> is a database that is the latest step by the Society to increase access to its varied collections relating to Virginians of African descent. Since its founding in 1831, the VHS has collected unpublished manuscripts, a collection that now numbers more than 8 million processed items.The Unknown No Longer database is available free of charge at <a href="http://unknownnolonger.vahistorical.org/" target="_blank">http://unknownnolonger.vahistorical.org</a>.Mary Ann Koferlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03684760900890052194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817468815085209606.post-85468921208572267392016-10-22T14:12:00.001-04:002016-10-22T14:12:45.264-04:00New York City Marriage Index for 1950-1995<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="The New York City Marriage Index for 1950-1995 is now Online"><big><span style="font-weight: bold;">The New York City Marriage Index for 1950-1995 is now Online</span></big></a><br />
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Reclaim the Records has won another major victory in obtaining records from the New York City Clerk's Office, under the New York State Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) and placing them online. The following is an extract from a recent Reclaim the Records newsletter:<br />
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<strong>Introducing...the NYC Marriage Index!</strong> <a href="http://www.nycmarriageindex.com/" target="_blank">http://www.nycmarriageindex.com/</a></div>
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<br />Mary Ann Koferlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03684760900890052194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817468815085209606.post-78697094240925370772016-10-22T14:05:00.002-04:002016-10-22T14:05:47.774-04:00Virtual Genealogy Fair<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="https://www.archives.gov/calendar/genealogy-fair/"></a>The (U.S.) National Archives and Records Administration is hosting a two-day, virtual Genealogy Fair via webcast on October 26 & 27, 2016 (Wednesday & Thursday). Viewers have the opportunity to participate with the presenters and other family historians during the live event on YouTube. All of the session videos and handouts will be available online <strong>free of charge</strong>. You can watch the sessions and download the materials at your convenience. Registration is not required.<br />
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Mary Ann Koferlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03684760900890052194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817468815085209606.post-46863079750491694312016-08-10T19:41:00.000-04:002016-08-10T19:41:24.121-04:00FGS Marshals Volunteers to Help National Historic Park<div style="padding-left: 30px;">
<strong>FGS Marshals Volunteers to Help National Historic Park Tell the Stories of Over 130,000 U.S.-Mexican War Soldiers</strong></div>
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The database will allow descendants of U.S. soldiers to connect to their personal history and help Palo Alto commemorate and tell the stories of these soldiers. After the database is developed, unit histories, digitized documents, and information on U.S.-Mexican War soldiers will be added. Efforts will also be made to include names and information about Mexican soldiers in this war.</div>
Mary Ann Koferlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03684760900890052194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817468815085209606.post-68702926389044725732016-08-10T19:19:00.000-04:002016-08-10T19:19:04.058-04:00New York City Municipal Archives: An Authorized Guide for Family Historians<div style="padding-left: 30px;">
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NEW YORK, NY — The New York Genealogical and Biographical Society (NYG&B) is pleased to announce the release of <em>New York City Municipal Archives: An Authorized Guide for Family Historians</em>.</div>
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The 245-page guide will make research at this vital facility far more approachable and will introduce researchers to many previously-unknown record collections housed there.</div>
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As one of the world’s largest repositories of city records, the holdings of the New York City Municipal Archives offer untold resources for those tracing the history of New Yok City and its families. But until now, it has remained difficult for anyone but the most experienced researcher to navigate more than the basics of this essential archive. This new guide, created with the assistance of the New York City Municipal Archives, will make it possible for genealogists, family historians or anyone researching New York City’s vast history to leverage the hundreds of key collections found there.<em>The New York City Municipal Archives: An Authorized Guide for Family Historians</em> is available in print for $40 at <a href="http://newyorkfamilyhistory.org/" target="_blank">NewYorkFamilyHistory.org</a> (members of the NYG&B receive a $10 discount and can also purchase an exclusive digital version alongside a paperback copy).Mary Ann Koferlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03684760900890052194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817468815085209606.post-86627950540483391682016-07-25T11:20:00.001-04:002016-07-25T11:28:08.505-04:00Story Boarding Your Family History<a href="https://vimeo.com/175961131" target="_blank">Story Boarding Your Family History</a>, a webinar given by Lisa Alzo on Saturday, July 23 gives you insight on how to use story boarding techniques to begin writing your family history. Just click on the link and type the password "story".<br />
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Mary Ann Koferlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03684760900890052194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817468815085209606.post-11811650570693096602016-06-21T23:53:00.002-04:002016-06-21T23:53:33.851-04:00FamilySearch Website Upgrade<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px;">The FamilySearch website will be undergoing a technical upgrade </span><a dir="ltr" href="x-apple-data-detectors://2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; color: #bb6f02; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px;" x-apple-data-detectors-result="2" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors="true">Monday, June 27th</a><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px;"> starting at 12 midnight MDT (</span><a dir="ltr" href="x-apple-data-detectors://3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; color: #bb6f02; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px;" x-apple-data-detectors-result="3" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors="true">6am UTC</a><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px;">), and may be down for up to 24 hours as they test the system.</span>Mary Ann Koferlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03684760900890052194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817468815085209606.post-10823434059309685272016-04-16T12:30:00.000-04:002016-04-16T12:30:04.381-04:00The Family Tree Polish, Czech And Slovak Genealogy Guide: How to Trace Your Family Tree in Eastern Europe<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Trace your Eastern European ancestors from American shores back to the old country. This in-depth guide will walk you step-by-step through the exciting--and challenging--journey of finding your Polish, Czech, or Slovak roots. You'll learn how to identify immigrant ancestors, find your family's town of origin, locate key genealogical resources, decipher foreign-language records, and untangle the region's complicated history. The book also includes timelines, sample records, resource lists, and sample record request letters to aid your research.Mary Ann Koferlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03684760900890052194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817468815085209606.post-64954025118623152882016-01-06T09:44:00.000-05:002016-01-06T09:44:38.694-05:00Diocese of Brooklyn<a href="http://dioceseofbrooklyn.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Genealogical-FAQs-1.pdf" target="_blank">Genealogical Records for the Diocese of Brooklyn and Queens FAQ</a><br />
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Where can I find sacramental records?<br />
The sacramental records of the Diocese of Brooklyn have not been centralized. This means that<br />
you must contact the appropriate parish to obtain a sacramental record, supplying them with the<br />
name and date you want them to check. To contact the appropriate parish you will need to<br />
determine their address during the time period you are interested in.<br />
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What records do parishes have?<br />
Canon law requires every parish to permanently keep records of baptism, confirmation and<br />
marriage. Many parishes retain records of first communion, but not all, since it is not required by<br />
canon law. While some parishes kept records of sick calls and funerals, this was not always the<br />
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<br />Mary Ann Koferlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03684760900890052194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817468815085209606.post-86765249719348431872016-01-06T09:33:00.000-05:002016-01-06T09:35:05.252-05:00Archives of the Archdiocese of New York<a href="http://archnyarchives.org/genealogical-research-requests/" target="_blank">The Archives of the Archdiocese of New York</a> does NOT have sacramental records for the parishes within the archdiocese. For information about sacramental records, you need to contact the individual parish. Please <a href="http://archnyarchives.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Parish-Status-and-Record-Location-9.9.15.pdf" target="_blank">click here</a> for a list of parishes by date established and borough/county. If you have trouble determining which parish to contact, Archives staff may be able to help you. The Archives does maintain records about the history of the various parishes, and these files are open to researchers by appointment.<br />
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<a href="http://archnyarchives.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/schoolpage-large.jpg" target="_blank"></a><br />Generally, schools within the Archdiocese of New York maintain their own records. To obtain a transcript or other school information, please contact the school directly. For an incomplete list of the location of closed high school records, please click <a href="http://archnyarchives.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/High-school-Records.xlsx" target="_blank">here</a>.Mary Ann Koferlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03684760900890052194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817468815085209606.post-30599147597835053702015-11-18T20:10:00.001-05:002015-11-18T20:10:27.107-05:00U.S. National Archives Virtual Genealogy Fair Videos<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-rDaFVYJhU"></a>The U.S. National Archives held a <strong>Virtual Genealogy Fair</strong> on October 21 & 22. Presenters included Archivist of the United States David S. Ferriero, Executive for Research Services William A. Mayer, and a number of other genealogy experts from National Archives locations across the nation. The presentations focused on tips and techniques for using Federal records at the National Archives for genealogy research.<br />
The lectures are now available on YouTube. The first day’s presentations are available at <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-rDaFVYJhU" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-rDaFVYJhU</a> while Day 2 may be found at <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4o3_Ox_cUY" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4o3_Ox_cUY</a>.<br />
You can also download copies of the slides and the presentation handouts at <a href="https://www.archives.gov/calendar/genealogy-fair/2015/schedule-handouts.html" target="_blank">https://www.archives.gov/calendar/genealogy-fair/2015/schedule-handouts.html</a>.Mary Ann Koferlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03684760900890052194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817468815085209606.post-90581812447430628482015-11-10T20:55:00.002-05:002015-11-10T20:56:44.650-05:00 Make Those Skeletons Dance: Exploring Your Family’s Dark SideHow well do you know your ancestors? Most of us want to believe our ancestors were hard-working, noble, or “salt-of-the-earth” types. However, the reality is that if we go back far enough, we all can dig up a few proverbial “skeletons in the closet.” Join Lisa Alzo for this webinar. If you missed this webinar you can see it by clicking on the following link and typing the password "skeletons".<br />
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“The Norwegian 1891 Census consists of one sheet per person and one sheet per house/residence. These sheets have all been scanned and published in ordered series for the 559 cities and municipalities (herred) that existed in Norway at the time of the census.</div>
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“Apart from name and occupation, most of the information in the census sheets is in printed letters. You need to access the information from the house lists. In these lists you will find reference to the person lists.</div>
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<span id="more-37312"></span>“For Kristiania/Oslo, the address book of 1891 is scanned and available to simplify the information retrieval.”</div>
You can learn more at <a href="http://goo.gl/W8a4Aa" target="_blank">http://goo.gl/W8a4Aa</a>. That web page also contains links to the many pages of the 1891 Census of Norway.Mary Ann Koferlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03684760900890052194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817468815085209606.post-43038415702097591812015-09-30T15:53:00.003-04:002015-09-30T15:53:54.294-04:00Forever.com<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Glen Meakem has launched <a href="http://forever.com/" target="_blank">Forever.com</a>, which Meakem says is the world’s first permanent online media storage and sharing service. Forever claims to offer you one home for all your stories and special moments. The web site makes it easy to store, organize, share and print your family photos for generations. The web site also offers a “Forever Guarantee.”Your Guaranteed Storage is backed up in multiple places across multiple regions, ensuring you will never lose any of your photos. Over time, Forever.com will even migrate your files to newer formats as old formats become obsolete.Mary Ann Koferlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03684760900890052194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817468815085209606.post-55603604235294195252015-08-15T13:37:00.000-04:002015-08-15T13:37:25.098-04:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Genealogy sites MyHeritage.com and Ancestry.com as well as genealogy programs like RootsMagic, Legacy Family Tree, AncestralQuest, Family Historian, and many others are great for presenting family trees, displaying your data in a straightforward graphical form. However, one Windows program allows you to really understand your tree, to spot problems, links, and patterns you might have missed.<br />
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<strong><a href="https://ftanalyzer.codeplex.com/" target="_blank">FTAnalyzer</a></strong> is an open source tool for Windows which imports your data in the form of a GEDCOM file, then analyzes it by using a number of useful reports, providing details you might not have uncovered any other way.Mary Ann Koferlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03684760900890052194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817468815085209606.post-4639049665779028472015-08-15T12:51:00.000-04:002015-08-15T12:51:00.707-04:00Latin In Irish Registers<br />
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<a href="http://www.irish-genealogy-toolkit.com/latin-irish-parish-registers.html" target="_blank">Latin in Irish Registers</a> The Irish Genealogy Toolkit website has a helpful guide to translating the Latin used in Roman Catholic baptism, marriage, and death registers.Mary Ann Koferlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03684760900890052194noreply@blogger.com