Friday, January 27, 2012
Follow-Up Friday - a Potpourri of Comments that need reading
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For Follow-Up Friday, I want to highlight some comments that were made on my blog posts over the last two weeks. I thought these were valuable to have posted so that search engines can find them:
1) On my post Do you have Loyalist Ancestors? Check out the UELAC Site, there were two comments:
* Geolover wrote:
"For those who find www.archive.org extremely difficult to navigate, some background on the Loyalist claims process and some transcripts of the claims documents are available to read on the fabulous USGenWeb site for Herkimer Co., NY (so many thanks due Martha S. McGill and many volunteers):
http://herkimer.nygenweb.net/regiments/loyalistclaims.html"
* Brenda Dougall Merriman commented:
Randy, nice to see some promotion of the UELAC website and newsletter, thanks. I have an intermittent series of Loyalist posts on my blog, http://brendadougallmerriman.blogspot.com/. They are geared more to a newbie than my book on Upper Canada's (Ontario) Loyalists.
2) On my post Follow-Up Friday - in which I Confess to Using Derivative Sources, David Newton commented that:
"Something that is even sillier about the situation in England and Wales about the access to registers is the situation with marriage registers.
"What I said about the registers themselves not being open to public inspection is perfectly true about birth, death, civil partnership and adoption registers. The stillbirth registers are even more tightly controlled and there is not even an index published for them. However it is not true for certain copies if some marriage indexes.
"If a marriage takes place in a civil venue such as a register office or a hotel registered to perform marriages then the registers are not available for public inspection. If a marriage takes place in an ecclesiastical venue then very often the copy of the registers in the venue is available for public inspection. Furthermore for these sort of venues said registers are also often eventually deposited in local record offices. However the copies of the same registers sent to the local registrar and by them onto the GRO are not open for public inspection because according to the GRO it is "illegal". To see how many marriage registers are actually available for public inspection consider the recent collections of parish registers and non-conformist registers made available by Ancestry for the London area and for the counties of Dorset, Warwickshire (less Birmingham), West Yorkshire and the Liverpool area and then extrapolate that situation to the whole of England and Wales.
"Even if the register has not been deposited at the local record office and is still at the church in question, if that church is Anglican it can be inspected upon payment of a fee as determined by the General Synod in statute.
"It is a ludicrous situation to have all birth and death registers and a significant proportion of marriage registers locked away from public view with information in them only obtainable upon payment of a fee for a certificate. Very rarely is it necessary for genealogists to have certificates for their work, with the most common reason being work with things like tracking down relatives for probate cases or intestate estates. The Scottish situation is much preferable in this case where certificates can be obtained in much the same way as in England and Wales, but where images of the registers themselves are available after statutory periods there for privacy have expired. In the case of Scotland it is 100 years for births, 75 years for marriages and 50 years for deaths. The only problem with Scotland is that the index itself is not available for free and is instead locked behind a paywall at the Scotlandspeople website.
"The situation in certain US states is even more ludicrous with showboating legislators locking things away for spurious "privacy" reasons."
3) On my post What is this Ancestry.com Feature Called? And more questions..., there were several useful comments:
* John noted:
"Ancestry's reliance on the Soundex Code to produce possible matches produces some weird results. In your results, instead of Carringer you get photographs of Crankshaw, Cuerings, and Carmichael. When I searched for one of my Cruvant ancestors, I got several photographs of Carpenters.
"I wonder if Ancestry and other sites should consider utilizing some of the newer variations on Soundex."
For Follow-Up Friday, I want to highlight some comments that were made on my blog posts over the last two weeks. I thought these were valuable to have posted so that search engines can find them:
1) On my post Do you have Loyalist Ancestors? Check out the UELAC Site, there were two comments:
* Geolover wrote:
"For those who find www.archive.org extremely difficult to navigate, some background on the Loyalist claims process and some transcripts of the claims documents are available to read on the fabulous USGenWeb site for Herkimer Co., NY (so many thanks due Martha S. McGill and many volunteers):
http://herkimer.nygenweb.net/regiments/loyalistclaims.html"
* Brenda Dougall Merriman commented:
Randy, nice to see some promotion of the UELAC website and newsletter, thanks. I have an intermittent series of Loyalist posts on my blog, http://brendadougallmerriman.blogspot.com/. They are geared more to a newbie than my book on Upper Canada's (Ontario) Loyalists.
2) On my post Follow-Up Friday - in which I Confess to Using Derivative Sources, David Newton commented that:
"Something that is even sillier about the situation in England and Wales about the access to registers is the situation with marriage registers.
"What I said about the registers themselves not being open to public inspection is perfectly true about birth, death, civil partnership and adoption registers. The stillbirth registers are even more tightly controlled and there is not even an index published for them. However it is not true for certain copies if some marriage indexes.
"If a marriage takes place in a civil venue such as a register office or a hotel registered to perform marriages then the registers are not available for public inspection. If a marriage takes place in an ecclesiastical venue then very often the copy of the registers in the venue is available for public inspection. Furthermore for these sort of venues said registers are also often eventually deposited in local record offices. However the copies of the same registers sent to the local registrar and by them onto the GRO are not open for public inspection because according to the GRO it is "illegal". To see how many marriage registers are actually available for public inspection consider the recent collections of parish registers and non-conformist registers made available by Ancestry for the London area and for the counties of Dorset, Warwickshire (less Birmingham), West Yorkshire and the Liverpool area and then extrapolate that situation to the whole of England and Wales.
"Even if the register has not been deposited at the local record office and is still at the church in question, if that church is Anglican it can be inspected upon payment of a fee as determined by the General Synod in statute.
"It is a ludicrous situation to have all birth and death registers and a significant proportion of marriage registers locked away from public view with information in them only obtainable upon payment of a fee for a certificate. Very rarely is it necessary for genealogists to have certificates for their work, with the most common reason being work with things like tracking down relatives for probate cases or intestate estates. The Scottish situation is much preferable in this case where certificates can be obtained in much the same way as in England and Wales, but where images of the registers themselves are available after statutory periods there for privacy have expired. In the case of Scotland it is 100 years for births, 75 years for marriages and 50 years for deaths. The only problem with Scotland is that the index itself is not available for free and is instead locked behind a paywall at the Scotlandspeople website.
"The situation in certain US states is even more ludicrous with showboating legislators locking things away for spurious "privacy" reasons."
3) On my post What is this Ancestry.com Feature Called? And more questions..., there were several useful comments:
* John noted:
"Ancestry's reliance on the Soundex Code to produce possible matches produces some weird results. In your results, instead of Carringer you get photographs of Crankshaw, Cuerings, and Carmichael. When I searched for one of my Cruvant ancestors, I got several photographs of Carpenters.
"I wonder if Ancestry and other sites should consider utilizing some of the newer variations on Soundex."
* GeneGinny observed:
" What's particularly interesting is that you don't have to sign in to Ancestry to access this information. Very strange! "
* Andy noted:
"The following thread will explain what you are seeing.
http://boards.rootsweb.com/topics.ancestry.ancsit/11028.1/mb.ashx* Geolover commented:
"...what you were doing searches from is a years-old test that was not rolled out for public use, and does not search current databases. It should have been removed."
* JG in MD commented:
"I just found my dad's picture in his 1923 MIT yearbook on that page. It's not all bad."
* My comment: This is the remnant of Ancestry Labs' PersonView effort. I'm glad that JG got some redeeming value from it!
4) On my post Amanuensis Monday - the Will of Walter Allen (1601-1681) of Charlestown, Massachusetts, Martin commented:
"Every week you have another will from a 17th century ancestor. I have a slew of such ancestors myself, not many of whom left wills. You realize that having that many ancestors with full wills is the exception and not the rule, don't you?"
My comment: Yes, I know, and appreciate my landed ancestors very much! With over 50% of my ancestry, and maybe 75% of my known 10th generation ancestry, being rooted in colonial New England, my probate cups runneth over. Hopefully, posting them will help other researchers solve some of their research challenges .
Thank you all for your comments.
Labels: genealogy blogs, Genealogy Industry, genealogy resources, Online resources
Questions for FamilySearch at RootsTech
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I've been compiling questions that I want to ask of the developers whom I hope to meet at the RootsTech 2012 conference.
Here's my list so far for FamilySearch developers (I will probably update it before and during the conference as I think of more questions. I will try to post a summary of the answers, probably after the conference):
* When will the FamilySearch Family Tree be completely open to the public?
* When will the FamilySearch Family Tree be a conclusion based tree?
* Will you permit GEDCOM uploads to the FamilySearch Family Tree?
* Will there be a FamilySearch Family Tree access application for smart phones and tablets?
* At the rate that you are adding Historical Collections, how long will it take to complete the available
microform collection?
* Would you please indicate which collections are Newly Added on the Historical Collections list?
* Would you please indicate the completion percentage of each Historical Collection on the list?
* Will there be a new Historical Collections page with easier navigation to continents, countries and states?
* Which states will be indexed first in the 1940 U.S. census?
* What are you doing to create an improved GEDCOM-like standard?
* If you are creating an improved GEDCOM-like standard, when will it be available?
* Are you working with software developers (e.g., RootsMagic, Family Tree Maker, Reunion, etc.) and/or online family tree providers (e.g., Ancestry, MyHertiage, Geni, WikiTree, etc.) to implement a new GEDCOM-like standard?
What other questions should be asked of the FamilySearch website developers? Please add them to comments to this post, or on Facebook or on Google Plus so that every reader can see them. I will add them to the list above as they come in.
If FamilySearch personnel wish to answer the questions, I hope that they will comment also, and I will highlight their responses.
I hope to do this type of Question post for several other developers of genealogy databases, software and services. If readers have suggestions for other websites, please forward them to me as comments on this blog, or on Facebook or Google Plus. I will give credit to those who provide questions.
The URL for this post is: http://www.geneamusings.com/2012/01/questions-for-familysearch-at-rootstech.html
I've been compiling questions that I want to ask of the developers whom I hope to meet at the RootsTech 2012 conference.
Here's my list so far for FamilySearch developers (I will probably update it before and during the conference as I think of more questions. I will try to post a summary of the answers, probably after the conference):
* When will the FamilySearch Family Tree be completely open to the public?
* When will the FamilySearch Family Tree be a conclusion based tree?
* Will you permit GEDCOM uploads to the FamilySearch Family Tree?
* Will there be a FamilySearch Family Tree access application for smart phones and tablets?
* At the rate that you are adding Historical Collections, how long will it take to complete the available
microform collection?
* Would you please indicate which collections are Newly Added on the Historical Collections list?
* Would you please indicate the completion percentage of each Historical Collection on the list?
* Will there be a new Historical Collections page with easier navigation to continents, countries and states?
* Which states will be indexed first in the 1940 U.S. census?
* What are you doing to create an improved GEDCOM-like standard?
* If you are creating an improved GEDCOM-like standard, when will it be available?
* Are you working with software developers (e.g., RootsMagic, Family Tree Maker, Reunion, etc.) and/or online family tree providers (e.g., Ancestry, MyHertiage, Geni, WikiTree, etc.) to implement a new GEDCOM-like standard?
What other questions should be asked of the FamilySearch website developers? Please add them to comments to this post, or on Facebook or on Google Plus so that every reader can see them. I will add them to the list above as they come in.
If FamilySearch personnel wish to answer the questions, I hope that they will comment also, and I will highlight their responses.
I hope to do this type of Question post for several other developers of genealogy databases, software and services. If readers have suggestions for other websites, please forward them to me as comments on this blog, or on Facebook or Google Plus. I will give credit to those who provide questions.
The URL for this post is: http://www.geneamusings.com/2012/01/questions-for-familysearch-at-rootstech.html
Labels: FamilySearch, FamilySearch Family Tree, Genealogy Industry, Online resources, RootsTech
RootsTech 2012 - Livestreaming Schedule
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RootsTech has announced the live-streaming schedule for this year's conference. I watched many of the live streaming events last year and it helped overcome the disappointment I had over not attending the conference.
The live-streaming will cover all lectures taking place in Room 155 of the Salt Palace Convention Center. The times listed for the presentations are Mountain Standard Time, so be sure to convert to your timezone (in the USA, add two hours for Eastern time, add one hour for Central time, subtract one hour for Pacific time. GMT is 7 hours ahead of Mountain time).
The lectures to be live-streamed are:
Thursday February 2
8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
Exabyte Social Clouds and other Monstrosities (Keynote) by Josh Coates
Description: Josh presents and discusses the origins, implications and possible eventualities of key technologies that are shaping our technological infrastructure.
9:45 a.m.- 10:45 a.m.
Publish Your Genealogy Online by Laura Prescott
Description: This lecture will discuss the fundamentals of publishing family data to a website, whether it is done through a big-name genealogy site, or by using genealogy software and a personal domain. We will explore options for appearance, access, costs, and privacy issues. Even without a computer-based genealogy program, there are some reasonable alternatives for placing a genealogy online. Whether you use a PC or a Mac, or even a public computer at your local library, you have choices for software, online access, and the final presentation. We’ll also review additional important considerations like degree of interaction, multimedia, and sources. Although the process may seem intimidating, after we work through each of the steps and explore the various options, the adventure into publishing an online genealogy will enter the realm of possibilities.
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Optimizing Your Site for Search Engines by Robert Gardner
Description: With the explosion of genealogical information available on the World Wide Web, it is becoming more and more important to make that information available and prominent on Internet search engines, such as Google, Bing, and Yahoo. This session is targeted at site owners and software engineers. It will discuss standards and techniques for making the information on your site easy for search engines to crawl, index, and rank. Topics will include optimal page layout, sitemaps, and a proposal for a new genealogy-specific microdata standard that will allow search engines and other internet tools to make the most of your genealogy content.
8:30 a.m.- 9:30 a.m.
Making the most of technology to further the family history industry (Keynote) by Tim Sullivan
Discussion: Get the inside details of the technology behind Ancestry.com from some of their top technology leaders in this don’t-want-to-miss panel discussion, moderated by Tim Sullivan, President and CEO of Ancestry.com.
9:45 a.m.- 10:45 a.m.
Genealogy Podcasts and Blogs 101 by Lisa Louise Cooke
Description: Genealogy podcasts and blogs are the perfect way to pursue your family history no matter where you are. They are packed full of genealogy news, tips, entertainment and interviews with the experts. In this session Lisa Louise Cooke, host of the Genealogy Gems Podcast and author of the Genealogy Gems News Blog, will teach you how to locate them, subscribe to them for free, and the variety of listening methods. You will be up and running in one session!
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Future of FamilySearch Family Tree by Ron Tanner
Description: Discuss how FamilySearch has changed recently and the new features that are being planned for new.familysearch.org including new concepts to allow people to change data.
1:45 p.m.- 2:45 p.m.
Privacy in a Collaborative Environment by Noah Tutak
Description: When we work together on genealogy, we’re no longer are constrained to “My tree” or “Your tree." Suddenly, we’re all working on “Our tree.” In this presentation, Noah Tutak, CEO of Geni.com, will explain how to properly handle private and public data in a collaborative genealogical environment.
The URL for this post is: http://www.geneamusings.com/2012/01/rootstech-2012-livestreaming-schedule.html
Copyright (c) Randall J. Seaver, 2012
RootsTech has announced the live-streaming schedule for this year's conference. I watched many of the live streaming events last year and it helped overcome the disappointment I had over not attending the conference.
The live-streaming will cover all lectures taking place in Room 155 of the Salt Palace Convention Center. The times listed for the presentations are Mountain Standard Time, so be sure to convert to your timezone (in the USA, add two hours for Eastern time, add one hour for Central time, subtract one hour for Pacific time. GMT is 7 hours ahead of Mountain time).
The lectures to be live-streamed are:
Thursday February 2
8:30 a.m.- 10 a.m.
Inventing the Future, as a Community (Keynote) by Jay Verkler
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Do I Trust the Cloud? by D. Joshua Taylor
Description: With iCloud, Dropbox, and other cloud computing services taking center stage in data storage, genealogists are asking, “Do I trust the cloud?” Discover the basics concepts of cloud computing and how they relate to storing your genealogical data. In addition, relevant case studies will provide you with the resources needed to make a decision on whether or not cloud storage is for you.
1:45 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
Effective Database Search Tactics by Kory Meyerink
Description: Online genealogy research requires effective searching of databases. With billions of names in thousands of databases, it’s easy to get lost. This dual focus presentation helps researchers search more effectively while also encouraging developers to incorporate more advanced search techniques, such as truncation, keyword, fielded data, proximity, phrase, and wild word searching.
3:00 p.m.- 4:00 p.m.
Inventing the Future, as a Community (Keynote) by Jay Verkler
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Do I Trust the Cloud? by D. Joshua Taylor
Description: With iCloud, Dropbox, and other cloud computing services taking center stage in data storage, genealogists are asking, “Do I trust the cloud?” Discover the basics concepts of cloud computing and how they relate to storing your genealogical data. In addition, relevant case studies will provide you with the resources needed to make a decision on whether or not cloud storage is for you.
1:45 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
Effective Database Search Tactics by Kory Meyerink
Description: Online genealogy research requires effective searching of databases. With billions of names in thousands of databases, it’s easy to get lost. This dual focus presentation helps researchers search more effectively while also encouraging developers to incorporate more advanced search techniques, such as truncation, keyword, fielded data, proximity, phrase, and wild word searching.
3:00 p.m.- 4:00 p.m.
Twitter – It’s Not Just “What I Had For Breakfast” Anymore by Thomas MacEntee
Description: Twitter. You’ve heard about it on the news and read about it in magazines and newspapers. You’ve seen televisions shows display their “tweets” especially for celebrities like Oprah and others. You wonder what all the fuss is about, why so many people are talking about it, and if you really should be interested in what someone else is doing. And more importantly, you wonder if you are missing out on something which could be useful as a genealogy research tool. Social media applications such as Twitter allow you to build a group of subscribers or “followers” who can follow your conversations or broadcasts of information and respond automatically or pass the information along to their own followers. Sort of like the child’s game of Operator – but one that actually works!
Friday February 3
Description: Twitter. You’ve heard about it on the news and read about it in magazines and newspapers. You’ve seen televisions shows display their “tweets” especially for celebrities like Oprah and others. You wonder what all the fuss is about, why so many people are talking about it, and if you really should be interested in what someone else is doing. And more importantly, you wonder if you are missing out on something which could be useful as a genealogy research tool. Social media applications such as Twitter allow you to build a group of subscribers or “followers” who can follow your conversations or broadcasts of information and respond automatically or pass the information along to their own followers. Sort of like the child’s game of Operator – but one that actually works!
Friday February 3
8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
Exabyte Social Clouds and other Monstrosities (Keynote) by Josh Coates
Description: Josh presents and discusses the origins, implications and possible eventualities of key technologies that are shaping our technological infrastructure.
9:45 a.m.- 10:45 a.m.
Publish Your Genealogy Online by Laura Prescott
Description: This lecture will discuss the fundamentals of publishing family data to a website, whether it is done through a big-name genealogy site, or by using genealogy software and a personal domain. We will explore options for appearance, access, costs, and privacy issues. Even without a computer-based genealogy program, there are some reasonable alternatives for placing a genealogy online. Whether you use a PC or a Mac, or even a public computer at your local library, you have choices for software, online access, and the final presentation. We’ll also review additional important considerations like degree of interaction, multimedia, and sources. Although the process may seem intimidating, after we work through each of the steps and explore the various options, the adventure into publishing an online genealogy will enter the realm of possibilities.
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Optimizing Your Site for Search Engines by Robert Gardner
Description: With the explosion of genealogical information available on the World Wide Web, it is becoming more and more important to make that information available and prominent on Internet search engines, such as Google, Bing, and Yahoo. This session is targeted at site owners and software engineers. It will discuss standards and techniques for making the information on your site easy for search engines to crawl, index, and rank. Topics will include optimal page layout, sitemaps, and a proposal for a new genealogy-specific microdata standard that will allow search engines and other internet tools to make the most of your genealogy content.
1:45 p.m.- 2:45 p.m.
Genealogists “Go Mobile” by Sandra Crowley
Description: Instead of a backpack that contains a laptop, camera, portable scanner, flash drives with our files, and maybe even printed copies of our research, we now have SmartPhones, electronic tablets and other devices. The world of genealogy and technology is rapidly changing, and we want to know how to use the future to find our past. Our family tree is truly in our pocket – in a form that we can access, update, print and share. This session will take a look at the latest trends in hardware, software and cloud storage and examine what the future might look like.
3:00 p.m.- 4:00 p.m.
Google's Toolbar and Genealogy by David Barney
Description: The web is a vast resource for finding genealogical data, but the problem has always been filtering through all the irrelevant content to find just what you are looking for. Google’s mission is to make the world information (and that includes genealogical data) universally accessible and useful. Learn about Google’s recent efforts to organize genealogical data and make it easier to find the specific information you are looking for.
Saturday February 4
Genealogists “Go Mobile” by Sandra Crowley
Description: Instead of a backpack that contains a laptop, camera, portable scanner, flash drives with our files, and maybe even printed copies of our research, we now have SmartPhones, electronic tablets and other devices. The world of genealogy and technology is rapidly changing, and we want to know how to use the future to find our past. Our family tree is truly in our pocket – in a form that we can access, update, print and share. This session will take a look at the latest trends in hardware, software and cloud storage and examine what the future might look like.
3:00 p.m.- 4:00 p.m.
Google's Toolbar and Genealogy by David Barney
Description: The web is a vast resource for finding genealogical data, but the problem has always been filtering through all the irrelevant content to find just what you are looking for. Google’s mission is to make the world information (and that includes genealogical data) universally accessible and useful. Learn about Google’s recent efforts to organize genealogical data and make it easier to find the specific information you are looking for.
Saturday February 4
8:30 a.m.- 9:30 a.m.
Making the most of technology to further the family history industry (Keynote) by Tim Sullivan
Discussion: Get the inside details of the technology behind Ancestry.com from some of their top technology leaders in this don’t-want-to-miss panel discussion, moderated by Tim Sullivan, President and CEO of Ancestry.com.
9:45 a.m.- 10:45 a.m.
Genealogy Podcasts and Blogs 101 by Lisa Louise Cooke
Description: Genealogy podcasts and blogs are the perfect way to pursue your family history no matter where you are. They are packed full of genealogy news, tips, entertainment and interviews with the experts. In this session Lisa Louise Cooke, host of the Genealogy Gems Podcast and author of the Genealogy Gems News Blog, will teach you how to locate them, subscribe to them for free, and the variety of listening methods. You will be up and running in one session!
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Future of FamilySearch Family Tree by Ron Tanner
Description: Discuss how FamilySearch has changed recently and the new features that are being planned for new.familysearch.org including new concepts to allow people to change data.
1:45 p.m.- 2:45 p.m.
Privacy in a Collaborative Environment by Noah Tutak
Description: When we work together on genealogy, we’re no longer are constrained to “My tree” or “Your tree." Suddenly, we’re all working on “Our tree.” In this presentation, Noah Tutak, CEO of Geni.com, will explain how to properly handle private and public data in a collaborative genealogical environment.
Interested readers can see all of the conference sessions at http://rootstech.org/schedule/index and can read and/or download the syllabus articles for almost every session.
Disclosure: I am an Official Blogger for RootsTech 2012, and have had my registration fee paid for by the organization. I look forward to attending this conference!
The URL for this post is: http://www.geneamusings.com/2012/01/rootstech-2012-livestreaming-schedule.html
Copyright (c) Randall J. Seaver, 2012
Labels: Conferences/Seminars, Genealogy Video, RootsTech
Follow Friday - This Weekend's Genealogy Radio Shows
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There are two genealogy-related radio shows on Blog Talk Radio (www.blogtalkradio.com) this weekend. They are:
1) GeneaBloggers Radio Episode 52 -- Angela Walton-Raji of the African Roots Podcast hosts the show titled “Walking Together on the Same Path: Slave and Slave Holder Descendants Collaborating.“ This show is on:
Friday, January 27, 2012
9pm-10:30pm Eastern US
8-9:30pm Central US
7-8:30pm Mountain US
6-7:30pm Pacific US
* 2am London UK
* 1pm Saturday Sydney AUS
The show guests are:
* Bernice Bennett, a South Carolina researcher and host of the “Research at the National Archives & Beyond” radio show here on Blog Talk Radio. Bernice will speak about finding and meeting a descendant of her ancestor’s slave holder;
* Betty McDade, genealogist and researcher of Edgefield, South Carolina who is a descendant of slave holders and works diligently to document the history of slaves held by her ancestors and throughout the community;
* Toni Carrier, host of the Lowcountry Africana website, who works to document descendants of slaves in the Low Country, and has worked with both slave holder descendants and slave descendants in Hilton Head, South Carolina.
You can read more information about the guests at GENEABLOGGERS RADIO – SHOW NOTES FOR FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 2012
Don’t forget that there is a chat room where all the “cool kids” hang out on Friday night! Sign in to BlogTalkRadio with your Facebook account or set up a free BlogTalkRadio account to join in the fun.
2) FGS Radio - My Society, an Internet radio show on Blog Talk Radio presented by the Federation of Genealogical Societies. This week's show is Email Marketing Solutions for Your Genealogy Organization. It will be hosted by Thomas MacEntee. The show airs at:
Saturday, January 28, 2012
2-3pm Eastern US
1-2pm Central US
12-1pm Mountain US
11am-12pm Pacific US
The special guests and features include:
* . Our guest will be Kathryn M. Doyle, of the FGS-member society California Genealogical Society and Library in Oakland, California. Kathryn will discuss the many ways in which her society has effectively used email marketing to not only communicate with members but to reach the larger genealogy and family history community.
* We’ll be featuring FGS member society, California African American Genealogical Society, in our weekly Society Spotlight feature.
You can read more information about the guests at Email Marketing Solutions for Your Genealogy Organization.
You can also listen to the archived shows on Blog Talk Radio by going to the two show sites:
* Geneabloggers Radio: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/geneabloggers/
* FGS Radio - MySociety: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/mysociety/
Enjoy!!
There are two genealogy-related radio shows on Blog Talk Radio (www.blogtalkradio.com) this weekend. They are:
1) GeneaBloggers Radio Episode 52 -- Angela Walton-Raji of the African Roots Podcast hosts the show titled “Walking Together on the Same Path: Slave and Slave Holder Descendants Collaborating.“ This show is on:
Friday, January 27, 2012
9pm-10:30pm Eastern US
8-9:30pm Central US
7-8:30pm Mountain US
6-7:30pm Pacific US
* 2am London UK
* 1pm Saturday Sydney AUS
The show guests are:
* Bernice Bennett, a South Carolina researcher and host of the “Research at the National Archives & Beyond” radio show here on Blog Talk Radio. Bernice will speak about finding and meeting a descendant of her ancestor’s slave holder;
* Betty McDade, genealogist and researcher of Edgefield, South Carolina who is a descendant of slave holders and works diligently to document the history of slaves held by her ancestors and throughout the community;
* Toni Carrier, host of the Lowcountry Africana website, who works to document descendants of slaves in the Low Country, and has worked with both slave holder descendants and slave descendants in Hilton Head, South Carolina.
You can read more information about the guests at GENEABLOGGERS RADIO – SHOW NOTES FOR FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 2012
Don’t forget that there is a chat room where all the “cool kids” hang out on Friday night! Sign in to BlogTalkRadio with your Facebook account or set up a free BlogTalkRadio account to join in the fun.
2) FGS Radio - My Society, an Internet radio show on Blog Talk Radio presented by the Federation of Genealogical Societies. This week's show is Email Marketing Solutions for Your Genealogy Organization. It will be hosted by Thomas MacEntee. The show airs at:
Saturday, January 28, 2012
2-3pm Eastern US
1-2pm Central US
12-1pm Mountain US
11am-12pm Pacific US
The special guests and features include:
* . Our guest will be Kathryn M. Doyle, of the FGS-member society California Genealogical Society and Library in Oakland, California. Kathryn will discuss the many ways in which her society has effectively used email marketing to not only communicate with members but to reach the larger genealogy and family history community.
* We’ll be featuring FGS member society, California African American Genealogical Society, in our weekly Society Spotlight feature.
You can read more information about the guests at Email Marketing Solutions for Your Genealogy Organization.
You can also listen to the archived shows on Blog Talk Radio by going to the two show sites:
* Geneabloggers Radio: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/geneabloggers/
* FGS Radio - MySociety: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/mysociety/
Enjoy!!
Labels: genealogy education, Radio/Podcast Shows
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Ancestry.com Revamps Their Learning Center
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I love the Ancestry.com Learning Center, and often refer beginning genealogists to the site, which is free.
Ancestry.com recently changed the format of the Learning Center - but the old links to it still work as of today (http://learn.ancestry.com/Home/HMLND.aspx).
Let's take a look at the new Learning Center. On the Home, Family Trees, Search, Collaborate or Learning Center tabs, clicking on the Learning Center tab leads to this screen:
There are four main sections to this Learning Center (with the light green background in the screen above), and we'll look at each of them in succession:
1) The What's New page:
The "What's New page has five main links:
* New Content - links to selected new historical record collections
* New Features - links to selected features for using the Ancestry.com site
* Our Social Network - join the online community and learn about education opportunities
* Ask Ancestry Anne - Anne Mitchell writes on the Sticky Notes blog, and answers submitted questions
* Livestream Videos - watch Desktop Education videos prepared by family historians
2) The First Steps page:
This page has four sections:
* Getting Started - links to selected articles about starting your research
* Learn More - links to selected articles about using Ancestry.com to grow your family tree
* Links to a video on Why Start a Family Tree?; a pedigree chart at Start with Paper and Pencil?; and the Ancestry.com app at No Matter where you go, your tree can grow.
* Links to videos two First Steps webinars.
3) The Next Steps page:
This page has three sections:
* Census Records - links to three articles about census records
* Immigration Records - links to three articles about immigration records.
* Links to a webinar on Finding the U.S. Military Heroes in Your Family, an article on Vital Records on Ancestry.com, and a link to a page for Free Research Guides. There are 12 links to illustrated articles for specific research areas (e.g., Irish, UK, Sweden, Germany, Canada, Immigrants, Passenger Lists, Census, American Revolution, Civil War, World War II, and black Sheep).
4) The Family History 101 page:
There are three major parts to this page:
* How-To Articles - links to seven selected articles on different topics
* Beyond Family Trees - links to four selected articles about family history topics
* Links to pages about joining the Facebook page, the Livestream Videos, the Sticky Notes blog, the YouTube Channel, the Twitter feed, and the Ancestry.com Blog.
There is also a link to sign up for the free monthly newsletters by email.
5) There are links to all of the Webinars, to the Help - FAQ area, and Family History Wiki in the Learning Center button on the top menu dropdown list, but those links are not on the Learning Center pages.
6) A user can search for articles by topic in the search field at the top of each Learning Center page. Searching for "census records" comes up with 289 matches; for "immigration records" comes up with 261 matches; for "military records" brings up 258 matches. However, not every article that comes up with these searches seems relevant. The first ten matches for "military records" do not mention military records in the titles. Most of the articles do not have publication dates. I tried searching for authors like Michael John Neill and George G. Morgan, and got a lot of matches. Again, none of the first ten articles mentioned them.
All in all, it's a pretty decent makeover. I am concerned that the search doesn't return relevant matches, and that there are no apparent links to the Ancestry Article Archive that I value.
The URL for this post is: http://www.geneamusings.com/2012/01/ancestrycom-revamps-their-learning.html
copyright (c), Randall J. Seaver, 2012.
I love the Ancestry.com Learning Center, and often refer beginning genealogists to the site, which is free.
Ancestry.com recently changed the format of the Learning Center - but the old links to it still work as of today (http://learn.ancestry.com/Home/HMLND.aspx).
Let's take a look at the new Learning Center. On the Home, Family Trees, Search, Collaborate or Learning Center tabs, clicking on the Learning Center tab leads to this screen:
There are four main sections to this Learning Center (with the light green background in the screen above), and we'll look at each of them in succession:
1) The What's New page:
The "What's New page has five main links:
* New Content - links to selected new historical record collections
* New Features - links to selected features for using the Ancestry.com site
* Our Social Network - join the online community and learn about education opportunities
* Ask Ancestry Anne - Anne Mitchell writes on the Sticky Notes blog, and answers submitted questions
* Livestream Videos - watch Desktop Education videos prepared by family historians
2) The First Steps page:
This page has four sections:
* Getting Started - links to selected articles about starting your research
* Learn More - links to selected articles about using Ancestry.com to grow your family tree
* Links to a video on Why Start a Family Tree?; a pedigree chart at Start with Paper and Pencil?; and the Ancestry.com app at No Matter where you go, your tree can grow.
* Links to videos two First Steps webinars.
3) The Next Steps page:
This page has three sections:
* Census Records - links to three articles about census records
* Immigration Records - links to three articles about immigration records.
* Links to a webinar on Finding the U.S. Military Heroes in Your Family, an article on Vital Records on Ancestry.com, and a link to a page for Free Research Guides. There are 12 links to illustrated articles for specific research areas (e.g., Irish, UK, Sweden, Germany, Canada, Immigrants, Passenger Lists, Census, American Revolution, Civil War, World War II, and black Sheep).
4) The Family History 101 page:
There are three major parts to this page:
* How-To Articles - links to seven selected articles on different topics
* Beyond Family Trees - links to four selected articles about family history topics
* Links to pages about joining the Facebook page, the Livestream Videos, the Sticky Notes blog, the YouTube Channel, the Twitter feed, and the Ancestry.com Blog.
There is also a link to sign up for the free monthly newsletters by email.
5) There are links to all of the Webinars, to the Help - FAQ area, and Family History Wiki in the Learning Center button on the top menu dropdown list, but those links are not on the Learning Center pages.
6) A user can search for articles by topic in the search field at the top of each Learning Center page. Searching for "census records" comes up with 289 matches; for "immigration records" comes up with 261 matches; for "military records" brings up 258 matches. However, not every article that comes up with these searches seems relevant. The first ten matches for "military records" do not mention military records in the titles. Most of the articles do not have publication dates. I tried searching for authors like Michael John Neill and George G. Morgan, and got a lot of matches. Again, none of the first ten articles mentioned them.
All in all, it's a pretty decent makeover. I am concerned that the search doesn't return relevant matches, and that there are no apparent links to the Ancestry Article Archive that I value.
The URL for this post is: http://www.geneamusings.com/2012/01/ancestrycom-revamps-their-learning.html
copyright (c), Randall J. Seaver, 2012.
Labels: Ancestry.com, Beginning Genealogy, genealogy education, Online resources
RootsTech 2012 Presentations - 1:45 p.m., Saturday, 4 February
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I'm going to list all of the presentations at RootsTech 2012 session by session in a series of posts. You can see the full schedule of all sessions at http://rootstech.org/schedule/index.
Here is the schedule for Friday, 3 February at 3:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m. The links provide information on the presentation and the speaker:
The URL for this post is: http://www.geneamusings.com/2012/01/rootstech-2012-presentations-145-pm_26.html
Copyright (c) Randall J. Seaver, 2012
I'm going to list all of the presentations at RootsTech 2012 session by session in a series of posts. You can see the full schedule of all sessions at http://rootstech.org/schedule/index.
Here is the schedule for Friday, 3 February at 3:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m. The links provide information on the presentation and the speaker:
1:45 - 2:45 pm, Room 355D
Presentation for Beginner Developers
Software Forecast 2.0: What Genealogists Need for the Future by D. Joshua Taylor
1:45 - 2:45 pm, Room 255F
Presentation for Intermediate Users
Inspiring Ways to Capture the Interest of the Non-Genealogists in Your Life by Lisa Louise Cooke
1:45 - 2:45 pm, Room 155
Presentation for Beginner Users
Privacy in a Collaborative Environment by Noah Tutak
1:45 - 2:45 pm, Room 255C
Presentation for Intermediate Users
Top 10 Data Issues in new FamilySearch and How to Avoid Them by Amanda Terry and Merisa Robbins
1:45 - 2:45 pm, Room 259
Presentation for All Developers
How to Succeed as a Development Entrepreneur by Tim Shadel
1:45 - 2:45 pm, Room 355A
Presentation for Intermediate Users
One-Step Webpages: A Potpourri of Genealogical Search Tools by Stephen Morse
1:45 - 2:45 pm, Room 255E
Presentation for Beginner Users
Lassie! Go for Free Genealogy Help! By Ancestry Insider
1:45 - 2:45 pm, Room 255D
Presentation for Beginner Developers
FamilySearch Web Architecture by Timothy Stokes
1:45 - 2:45 pm, Room 255B
Presentation for Advanced Users
Geo-caching for Ancestors: Using Smartphones & GPS to Crowdsource Cemetery Data Collection by Rob Moncur and Curtis Tirrell
1:45 - 2:45 pm, Room 255A
Presentation for Beginner Developers
Reputation Systems for Genealogy by Jimmy Zimmerman
1:45 - 2:45 pm, Room 258
Hands-on Workshop for Intermediate Users
Self Publish Your MS Word Book Like a Pro by Nancy Barnes and Biff Barnes
1:45 - 2:45 pm, Room 257
Presentation for Intermediate Developers
The sessions that I might attend include:
* D. Joshua Taylor's talk
* Lisa Louise Cooke's talk
* Noah Tutak's talk
Which session would you like to attend?
Disclosure: I am an Official Blogger for RootsTech 2012, and have had my registration fee paid for by the organization. I look forward to attending this conference!
The URL for this post is: http://www.geneamusings.com/2012/01/rootstech-2012-presentations-145-pm_26.html
Copyright (c) Randall J. Seaver, 2012
Labels: Conferences/Seminars, genealogy education, Genealogy Industry, RootsTech
Pennsylvania Church and Town Records, 1708-1985 on Ancestry.com
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The press release today from Ancestry.com highlights the Pennsylvania, Church and Town Records, 1593 to 1708. However, the database available is really for 1708 to 1985, as shown below:
I checked that Ancestry Card Catalog for a Pennsylvania database spanning 1593-1708, and didn't find one.
The database description says:
The press release today from Ancestry.com highlights the Pennsylvania, Church and Town Records, 1593 to 1708. However, the database available is really for 1708 to 1985, as shown below:
I checked that Ancestry Card Catalog for a Pennsylvania database spanning 1593-1708, and didn't find one.
The database description says:
"This database is a large collection of records containing vital (birth, marriage, death) information and other details from churches and other organizations in Pennsylvania.
Records in this Database
"The documents in this database are primarily Protestant church records from congregations in Pennsylvania, but there are additional sources as well, including funeral homes, cemeteries, newspapers, historical societies, and personal records, among others. They include a wide variety of records, such as
- lists of church officers
- communion lists
- marriages
- registers of members
- registers of elders, deacons, etc.
- baptisms
- confirmations
- burials
- probationers
- histories
- receipts, agreements, other miscellaneous items
- newspaper extracts
"The documents list millions of names, and many contain details on vital events such as births, marriages, and deaths. In them, you may find
- names
- birth dates
- marriage dates
- spouse’s name
- parents’ names
- places where an event (baptism, marriage, death, burial, etc.) took place
"For more information about church and town records in Pennsylvania, visit the Historical Society of Pennsylvania website."
I've been poking around in the database for two days now, and have found some useful Seaver records, especially in Philadelphia church and burial records. I had hoped to find church and town records out in the western counties (Westmoreland, Beaver, Lawrence, Mercer) to help sort out some of my Carringer, Spangler, Feather and Remley challenges.
The URL for this post is: http://www.geneamusings.com/2012/01/pennsylvania-church-and-town-records.html
Copyright (c) Randall J. Seaver, 2012.
Labels: Church records, genealogy resources, Online resources, Vital Records
Treasure Chest Thursday - Affidavits of Tabitha Cutter in Revolutionary War Pension Files
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It's Treasure Chest Thursday - a time to reveal another gem in my treasure chest of family history.
My friend, Russ Worthington who writes A Worthington Weblog and Family Tree Maker User blogs, told me in email that there is an affidavit dictated by Tabitha (Randolph) Cutter (1752-1841) of Woodbridge, New Jersey in a Revolutionary War Pension File on www.Fold3.com. Thank you, Russ!
Actually, there are two! The first one is in the Pension File of Abraham Johnson (File S13552), on Page 51:
The transcription of this document is:
State of New Jersey
County of Middlesex
Personally appears before the Subscriber Tabitha Cutter widow of Stephen Cutter a Revolutionary War soldier who being duly sworn on her oath saith that during the Revolutionary War she was intimately acquainted with Abraham Johnson. That said Johnson served continually during the whole war. He served a part of the time under the command of Capt. Nathaniel Randolph. That in the years 1781 & 1782 said Abraham Johnson served under said Abraham Johnson served under the command of Capt. Asher Randolph in the enlisted service. the Deponent further saith that the said Johnson was wounded she thinks in the battle of Elizabeth Town and was brot to her house while suffering under the effect of that wound.
Sworn and subscribed this}
8th day of Nov-r 1839 before} ........................ Tabitha Cutter
Henry Sillcocks, J.P. }
I certify that the above named Deponent is a credible person
...................................... Henry Sillcocks, J.P.
The second affidavit was in the Pension File of Thomas Hadden (File R4413), page 30:
The transcription of this affidavit is:
State of New Jersey}
Middlesex County}
On this thirtieth day of June 1840 personally appeared before me, Ichabod Potter a Justice of the peace... in and for said county. Tabitha Cutter a resident of the township of Woodbridge in said County, aged near 87 years, who being duly sworn according to law, doth depose and say that she was well acquainted with Thomas Hadden late the husband of Mary Hadden, now a widow, whose Maiden Name was Mary Baker. That at the Commencement of the Revolutionary War in the year 1776 she resided with her husband at Woodbridge in state of New Jersey and that Thomas Hadden, the late husband of the said Mary, resided at the same place, that in the month of June, 1776, or near about that time, the particular day she has forgotten, there was companies raised for five months as she then was informed and that the said Thomas Hadden had enlisted in one of the companies she then also understood that they were taken to Long Island and she well recollects that the said Thomas Hadden was absent from Woodbridge untill the return of the said troops in companies which was in the month of November in said year.
Sworn and subscribed }
the day and year aforesaid} ........................... Tabitha Cutter
before me
Ichabod Cutter Justice of the Peace
I do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Tabbitha Cutter who has subscribed & made the above affidavit who is a person of good Character & is a woman of veracity & that full credence may be given to her declarations
June 30th 1840 ............... Ichabod Potter, Justice of the Peace
The real prize in these affidavits, for me at least, is the signature of Tabitha (Randolph) Cutter:
Not bad for an 87 year old woman. The two affidavits provide some useful information about Tabitha and her husband, Stephen Cutter (1745-1823), including:
* That Stephen Cutter was a Revolutionary War soldier (but there is no Revolutionary War Pension File for him)
* That Tabitha Cutter was 87 years old in 1840
* That they resided in Woodbridge, New Jersey
* That they knew Abraham Johnson and Thomas Hadden in 1776.
Being able to find these affidavits dictated by a married female ancestor, who did not have a Revolutionary War Pension File of her own, on Fold3 is wonderful. The names of the deponents, of other persons named in the files, etc. are all indexed.
It is a good idea to go through all of your ancestral family members that might be named in Revolutionary War Pension Files and see if you can glean some information about them and their friends, associates and neighbors (the FAN club).
The URL for this post is: http://www.geneamusings.com/2012/01/treasure-chest-thursday.html
Copyright (c) Randall J. Seaver, 2012
It's Treasure Chest Thursday - a time to reveal another gem in my treasure chest of family history.
My friend, Russ Worthington who writes A Worthington Weblog and Family Tree Maker User blogs, told me in email that there is an affidavit dictated by Tabitha (Randolph) Cutter (1752-1841) of Woodbridge, New Jersey in a Revolutionary War Pension File on www.Fold3.com. Thank you, Russ!
Actually, there are two! The first one is in the Pension File of Abraham Johnson (File S13552), on Page 51:
The transcription of this document is:
State of New Jersey
County of Middlesex
Personally appears before the Subscriber Tabitha Cutter widow of Stephen Cutter a Revolutionary War soldier who being duly sworn on her oath saith that during the Revolutionary War she was intimately acquainted with Abraham Johnson. That said Johnson served continually during the whole war. He served a part of the time under the command of Capt. Nathaniel Randolph. That in the years 1781 & 1782 said Abraham Johnson served under said Abraham Johnson served under the command of Capt. Asher Randolph in the enlisted service. the Deponent further saith that the said Johnson was wounded she thinks in the battle of Elizabeth Town and was brot to her house while suffering under the effect of that wound.
Sworn and subscribed this}
8th day of Nov-r 1839 before} ........................ Tabitha Cutter
Henry Sillcocks, J.P. }
I certify that the above named Deponent is a credible person
...................................... Henry Sillcocks, J.P.
The second affidavit was in the Pension File of Thomas Hadden (File R4413), page 30:
The transcription of this affidavit is:
State of New Jersey}
Middlesex County}
On this thirtieth day of June 1840 personally appeared before me, Ichabod Potter a Justice of the peace... in and for said county. Tabitha Cutter a resident of the township of Woodbridge in said County, aged near 87 years, who being duly sworn according to law, doth depose and say that she was well acquainted with Thomas Hadden late the husband of Mary Hadden, now a widow, whose Maiden Name was Mary Baker. That at the Commencement of the Revolutionary War in the year 1776 she resided with her husband at Woodbridge in state of New Jersey and that Thomas Hadden, the late husband of the said Mary, resided at the same place, that in the month of June, 1776, or near about that time, the particular day she has forgotten, there was companies raised for five months as she then was informed and that the said Thomas Hadden had enlisted in one of the companies she then also understood that they were taken to Long Island and she well recollects that the said Thomas Hadden was absent from Woodbridge untill the return of the said troops in companies which was in the month of November in said year.
Sworn and subscribed }
the day and year aforesaid} ........................... Tabitha Cutter
before me
Ichabod Cutter Justice of the Peace
I do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Tabbitha Cutter who has subscribed & made the above affidavit who is a person of good Character & is a woman of veracity & that full credence may be given to her declarations
June 30th 1840 ............... Ichabod Potter, Justice of the Peace
The real prize in these affidavits, for me at least, is the signature of Tabitha (Randolph) Cutter:
Not bad for an 87 year old woman. The two affidavits provide some useful information about Tabitha and her husband, Stephen Cutter (1745-1823), including:
* That Stephen Cutter was a Revolutionary War soldier (but there is no Revolutionary War Pension File for him)
* That Tabitha Cutter was 87 years old in 1840
* That they resided in Woodbridge, New Jersey
* That they knew Abraham Johnson and Thomas Hadden in 1776.
Being able to find these affidavits dictated by a married female ancestor, who did not have a Revolutionary War Pension File of her own, on Fold3 is wonderful. The names of the deponents, of other persons named in the files, etc. are all indexed.
It is a good idea to go through all of your ancestral family members that might be named in Revolutionary War Pension Files and see if you can glean some information about them and their friends, associates and neighbors (the FAN club).
The URL for this post is: http://www.geneamusings.com/2012/01/treasure-chest-thursday.html
Copyright (c) Randall J. Seaver, 2012
Labels: Fold3.com, National Archives, Online resources, Research tips, Revolutionary War, Treasure Chest Thursday
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
RootsTech 2012 Syllabus articles are online...
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In a significant move, the RootsTech 2012 syllabus articles, for most presentations, are available online at http://rootstech.org/schedule/sessions. click on the day of the week, and the specific session, and there may be the syllabus available in some format (usually .doc or .pdf).
Here is a screen shot of the Sessions page:
The titles of the presentations are active links. I clicked the Steve Morse presentation link and saw:
This page provides a summary of the presentation, including title, date, time, room, session number, type, difficulty, track, and syllabi (with links to the pages). Below that is the presentation description and the biography of the presenter.
I don't know if any major conference has done this before - meaning posting the syllabus pages for most of the presentations on the Internet. I appreciate having this information before the presentation, and not have to wait for the CD in order to judge which presentation I might want to attend.
I checked the RootsTech app, but neither the Apple or Android app currently provides a link to the syllabus material. Disclosure: I am an Official Blogger for RootsTech 2012, and have had my registration fee paid for by the organization. I look forward to attending this conference!
The URL for this post is: http://www.geneamusings.com/2012/01/rootstech-2012-syllabus-articles-are.html
Copyright (c) Randall J. Seaver, 2012
In a significant move, the RootsTech 2012 syllabus articles, for most presentations, are available online at http://rootstech.org/schedule/sessions. click on the day of the week, and the specific session, and there may be the syllabus available in some format (usually .doc or .pdf).
Here is a screen shot of the Sessions page:
The titles of the presentations are active links. I clicked the Steve Morse presentation link and saw:
This page provides a summary of the presentation, including title, date, time, room, session number, type, difficulty, track, and syllabi (with links to the pages). Below that is the presentation description and the biography of the presenter.
I don't know if any major conference has done this before - meaning posting the syllabus pages for most of the presentations on the Internet. I appreciate having this information before the presentation, and not have to wait for the CD in order to judge which presentation I might want to attend.
I checked the RootsTech app, but neither the Apple or Android app currently provides a link to the syllabus material. Disclosure: I am an Official Blogger for RootsTech 2012, and have had my registration fee paid for by the organization. I look forward to attending this conference!
The URL for this post is: http://www.geneamusings.com/2012/01/rootstech-2012-syllabus-articles-are.html
Copyright (c) Randall J. Seaver, 2012
Labels: Conferences/Seminars, genealogy education, RootsTech
