Genea-blogger John Newmark (who writes the excellent TransylvanianDutch blog) started a Monday blog theme many months ago called Amanuensis Monday. What does "amanuensis" mean? John offers this definition:
"A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another."
The subject today is the probate file of John Pray (1653-1733) of Smithfield, Rhode Island. John Pray married Sarah Brown (1662-after 1734) and they had eight children: John Pray (1679-1751); Sarah Pray (1681-1728); Richard Pray (1693-1755); Mary Pray (1685-1765); Hugh Pray (1687-1761); Penelope Pray (1688-1752); Katherine Pray (1689-1728); Martha Pray (1693-1784).
John Pray, husbandman of Providence, being aged, died testate, wrote his will dated 29 April 1726, which was proved 5 February 1733/4. The will reads (probate court clerk's record copy transcribed by Randy Seaver from Smithfield (RI) Probate Records, 1733-1917, Volume 1 (1733-1754), pages 1-5, on FHL Microfilm 0.959,528):
"In the name of God amen, the twenty ninth day of aprilil annoque Domini one thousand Seven Hundred and twenty six I John Pray husbandman of the town of providence in the Colony of Rhod Island and providence platation In New England being an aged man and Growing weakly, but of a perfect mind and Memory thanks be Given unto God, therfore Calling unto mind the Mo.... of my Body and Knowing it is appointed for all men once to Dye do make and ordain this my Last will and Testament, that is to say principally, and first of all I Recommand my soul unto the hands of god, that it and my Body I Recommand to the Earth to be ???? In Decent Christian Buriel att the Decreshion of my Executors and as touching such worldly Estate where it Hath pleased God to Bless me with in this Life I give Demise and Dispose of the same in the following Mannar and form.
"Imprimus - I give and bequeath to sarah My Dearly beloved Beloved wife the one half of my home stad Farm all my Cattle Dwelling house and House hold goods During her Lifetime to be ???? and Clearly Enjoynedly her During the term of her ???? provided she Remain my widow but In Case she marries again than my son Richard his heirs or assigns shall ??? furtherworth Enter unto the possession of said half of my home sted all my Cattle household Goods and ???
"Item I give and Bequeath to my beloved son John his heirs Executors admrs or assigns the sum of five Shillings Currant Money, of New England to be Raised and Reived of my Estate.
"Item I give and Bequeath to my Beloved son Hugh his heirs Executors adms assigns the sum of five shillings Currant Money of New England to be Raised and Reived out of my Estate.
"Item I give I give and bequeath to my beloved son Richard his heirs Execrs and assigns for Ever In the following Mannar, viz. all my homested farm with with all the Lands any ways belonging to me Joyning to said home stead and all my Cattle Dwelling house, and orchards that is to say the half of my home stead farm att my Descease whereon I now Live situate Lying and being In the Town of providence aforsd In the Notherin part of said township and the other half of homstead with all my Cattle Dwelling house and orchards att the Desease of my wife and In Case she Marries then he is to Enter In Possesion of the said home stead and particulars above bequeathed to my sd wife as his and their proper Estate of Inheritance In fee simple.
"Item to my well belovd Daughter Mary Brown I gave and bequeath the sum of five shillings Curant Money of New England to be Raised and Reired out of My Estate.
"Item I give and bequeath to my belovd Daugr Cathrin Comstock the sum of five shilling Currant Money of New England to be Raised and Raired out of my Estate
"Item I give and bequeath to my belovd Daughter Sarah Brown five shillings Currant Money New England to be Raised and Raired out of my Estate.
"Item I give and bequeath to my belovd Daught Penalopy Alderich the sum of five shilling Currant Money of New England to be Raised and Raired out of my Estate.
"Item I give and bequeath to my belovd Daughter Martha Willkinson the sum of five shillings Currant Money New England to be Rased and Leved out of my Estate.
"Item I Constitue appoint and ordain my sd son Richd sole Executor of this my Last will and Testament and I do, utterly Dissalow Revoke and Disannul all and Every other formar testaments wills Legaces and bequeaths and Executors by me in any wise before named wills ???? bequeathed Ratifying and Confirming this and no other to be my Last will and Testament In wittness and Confirmation whereof I the sd John pray have hereunto sett my hand and seal the day and Year above written.
"Signed Sealed published the mark of John X Pray
Pronounced and Declared by
the said John Pray as his Last
will and Testament In the prsnce
of the subscribers
William Hopkins Carpr
Jeremiah Hopkins
Robert Douglass"
"At a town Council in Smithfield febaruary the 1 1733/4 John Prays will being laid before the Council and this Council having advised with Sarah Pray widow and Relick to John Pray and she desiring to have said will proved. Wherefore it is voted that the said John Prays will be accepted to be a perfect will and Testament and ordered to be Received.
"Recorded March the 22 A.D. 1733/4 by me Daniel Jenkes Town Clerk."
"A true Inventory of all and Singular the Goods and Chattels & ???? of John Pray of Smithfield yeoman pres. att Smithfield the 29 Day of octo^r Anno Domini 1733 who Departed this Life octob^r the 9th Anno Domini 1733.
"Imprimus to wearing apparal ................ 6 0 0
Item to Books ............................................ 0 6 0
Item to bills of credit ................................ 0 6 6
Item to Coppar pennys ............................ 0 0 8
Item to the first feather bed furniture
Coard and bed stead ............................... 12 0 0
Item to a wool bed and bed stead ........... 5 0 0
Item to a flock bed and Bed stead .......... 6 0 0
Item to one Iron pot and two Iron
Cattils and frying pan ............................. 1 10 0
Item to one old Brass Cattel .................. 2 15 0
Item to puter and old Bell Mettle
skillits and spoons .................................. 1 15 0
Item to trays and knott Bolles .............. 1 15 0
Item to two Razars and one Knife ......... 0 6 0
Item to a warming pan ........................... 0 15 0
Item to Yearn .......................................... 0 8 0
Item to one Draught
(Chain and Claber and pin .......,.,............ 1 0 0
Item to two cows and a Calf ...................11 0 0
Item to fifteen Sheep ............................. 7 10 0
Item to Carpentars adges and two old ... 0 10 0
Item to Cart Boxes and whopes ............. 1 0 0
Item two old Tramels ............................ 0 10 0
Item to two small swine .......................... 1 0 0
Item to two old Chisel and gouge ........... 0 3 0
Item to a Drawing Knife and fire tongs ... 0 9 0
Item to a press pine ................................. 0 2 0
...............................................................--------- ---
................................................................... 61 4 0
"Edward Smith
Job Whipple
Daniel Jenkes
"The within Inventory was Laid upon Smithfield Town Council Boid February the 1st 1733/4. Voted that the said Inventory be and it is here by excepted and alowed to be a perfect Inventory and ordered to be Recorded per order, Daniel Jenkes Council Clerk."
"Recorded march 22 A.D. 1733/4
by me Daniel Jenkes clerk."
"Where as John Pray of Smithfield in the County of Providence and Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations in New England yeoman who departed this Life October the 9th A.D. 1733 who did in and by his last will and Testament Constitute and appoint his son Richard Pray his sole Executor to his said will and also ordered his said son Richard Pray to pay Sundrey Legacies and the said will being Laid before the Town Council of Smithfield which will was by said Town Council approved to be a perfect will and the said Richard Pray was by said council ordered Executor to said will according to the Contents thereof.
"These are therefore to order and full Impower you the said Richard Pray to take into your possession Care and Custody all and Singular the movable Estate Goods and Chattel that belonged to your father the as named John Pray at the time of his death and the debts due to said Estate and on the same full to administer in order to discharge his debts and for the maintenance of your mother and paying Legacies an to ??? and Doe all things Relating the Demises as the Law Impowereth an Executor to doe and Render an account of your Proceedings herein unto the said Town Council or to their Sucessors in said office when Legally Called thereunto. Given att a Town Council held at Smithfield above said the first day of february A.D. 1733/4 and in the seventh year of his majesties Reign George the Second by the Grace of God King of Grate Brittain.
"(seal) Signed and sealed by order of the Council and on their behalf per me Danl Jenkes Clerk of the Council.
Recorded per me Daniel Jenkes Clerk of the Council."
The probate record provides the death date of John Pray as 9 October 1733 and the widow, Sarah, is still living as of 1 February 1733/4. All eight known children of John and Sarah (Brown) Pray are listed in the will - sons John, Hugh and Richard, and daughters Mary Brown, Cathrin Comstock, Sarah Brown, Penelopey Alderich, and Martha Wilkinson.
Note that the will is dated in 1726 and he calls himself John Pray of Providence. After the will was written, but before it was proved, the town of Smithfield was formed from Providence, and the will was proved in Smithfield, and was the first will in the first volume of the Smithfield records.
My ancestry is through the son Richard Pray (1683-1755) who married Rachel --?--. I transcribed his probate records in Amanuensis Monday - Probate Records of Richard Pray (1683-1755) of Scituate RI (21 February 2011).
The URL for this post is: http://www.geneamusings.com/2013/03/amanuensis-monday-probate-records-of_25.html
Copyright (c) 2013, Randall J. Seaver
Monday, March 25, 2013
Sunday, March 24, 2013
RootsTech 2013 Geneabloggers Review (Updated)
Here is the collection of blog posts about RootsTech 2013 by geneabloggers who attended RootsTech 2013 that I've found so far:
Randy Seaver's Genea-Musings blog:
* Day 1 in Salt Lake City - At the FHL
* RootsTech - Day 1, Part 1
* RootsTech New Product Alert - Legacy Mobile
* RootsTech Day 2 - Morning Keynotes
* RootsTech New Product Alert - Treelines
* RootsMagic 6 Certified to Work with FamilySearch Family Tree
* RootsTech Day 3 Keynotes - David Pogue and MyHeritage
* RootsTech 2013 New Product Alert - ReelGenie
* RootsTech 2013 Geneabloggers Review (Updated)
* Post RootsTech 2013 Musings
* Tuesday's Tip - Watch RootsTech 2013 Videos
* Good Genealogy News From RootsTech 2013
* FHISO and GEDCOM X Musings
James Tanner's Genealogy's Star blog:
* New Developments from FamilySearch
* RootsTech 2013 Day One, Introduction
* RootsTech 2013 - Day One - Continuation Part One
* RootsTech 2013 - Day One - Continuation Part Two
* What is RootsTech all about?
* RootsTech 2013 - Day Two - Episode One
* RootsTech 2013 - Day Two - Episode Two
* RootsTech 2013 - Day Two - Episode Three
* RootsTech 2013 - Day Three - Episode One
* RootsTech 2013 - Day Three -- Goodbye to Everyone
* Assessment of RootsTech 2013
* Update on brightsolid's FindMyPast.com
* Interview with Yuval Ben-Galim of MyHeritage
The Ancestry Insider blog:
* FamilySearch Gives RootsTech Bloggers Sneak Peak
* RootsTech Opens Today! Drop by for Free Stuff
* From RootsTech: It’s More than Names—It’s Their Stories
* From RootsTech: When I Tell Their Stories, I’m With My Ancestors Again
* RootsTech Opening Session Theme: Stories
* From RootsTech: Wow Moments
* From RootsTech: Ancestry.com Partnering with FamilySearch for Probate
* Saturday Keynotes: The Pit Is Always Smaller Than the Plum
* Brimhall Unveils New FamilySearch Logo
* RootsTech FamilySearch Luncheon: I Am the Man
* RootsTech Ancestry.com Luncheon: It Was a Sign...
* #RootsTech - Ron Tanner: Go Fish
* RootsTech: Ancestry.com Search Tools
Jill Ball's Geniaus blog:
* 6,800 - That's Some Party
* Official Blogger Dinner
* Media Hub at RootsTech
* Hour by Hour
* Else and Alec at RootsTech
* Heather at RootsTech
* Aussies at RootsTech
* A Steinway at RootsTech
* Youth at RootsTech
* Alona at RootsTech
* What an Opportunity
* Audrey at RootsTech
* Jyl Pattee
* A Dear Mate - DearMYRTLE
Nancy Shively's Gathering Stories blog:
* RootsTech Live!
* RootsTech Recap- Thursday
* Muddy Heroes
* RootsTech 2013: Did I Pass?
Amy Coffin's We Tree Genealogy Blog:
* Pre-RootsTech Update
* FamilySearch Initiatives at the RootsTech Bloggers Dinner
Pat Richley-Erickson's DearMYRTLE's Genealogy Blog:
* Ol' MYRT's #RootsTech 2013 Experience
* Myrt's Take on Tim Sullivan's #RootsTech Keynote
Lisa Louise Cooke's Genealogy Gems blog:
* RootsTech Report: It's All About Stories
Renee Zamora's Renee's Genealogy Blog:
* RootsTech Official Blogger Dinner
* RootsTech 2013 - I Cried
* Recap of Tim Sullivan's Keynote Address - DNA, iOS, Content and More
Audrey Collins' The Family Recorder blog:
* RootsTech - The first day dawns
* RootsTech - What's in Your Gadget Bag?
* RootsTech - Some Pictures From Day Two
* What I Got Out of RootsTech
Rosemary Morgan's London Roots Research blog:
* The Day Before RootsTech 2013
* Highlights of Day 1 at RootsTech
* WOW - Highlights of Day 2 at RootsTech 2013
* Highlights of Day 3 at RootsTech 2013
Lynn Broderick's The Single Leaf blog:
* The First Day of Spring…and RootsTech 2013
* Rain, Snow, and Blue Skies on the Opening Day of RootsTech 2013
* It Started with a Snowstorm: RootsTech 2013 on Day 2
* Blue Skies Cap the End of RootsTech 2013
M. Diane Rogers CanadaGenealogy, or 'Jane's Your Aunt' blog:
* CanadaGenealogy at RootsTech 2013
* RootsTech - Day 2 – couldbeanywherehistory.com – Creating Virtual Towns
* The Travelling Genealogist – and her Gadgets – Rootstech Day 1
Michael McCormick's Enduring Legacy Genealogy blog:
* My RootsTech 2013: Day 1 - FamilySearch reveals website beta and vision, BillionGraves tech plans
* My RootsTech 2013: Day 2 - Ancestry.com breaking news, FHISO and GEDCOMX, handwriting recognition
* My RootsTech 2013: Day 3 - I Attend LDS Training all Day
Banai Feldstein's The Ginger Jewish Genealogy Blog:
* RootsTech 2013, Day -1
* RootsTech 2013, Day 1 – Keynotes
* RootsTech 2013, Day 1 – Gaming
* RootsTech 2013, Day 2 – Development
* RootsTech 2013, Day 3
* RootsTech 2013 -- The Nitpicker's Critique, Part 1
* RootsTech 2013 -- The Nitpicker's Critique, Part 2
John D. Reid's Anglo-Celtic Connections blog:
* RootsTech: the 2nd Half Day
* RootsTech III Day 2 Keynote Session
* RootsTech III Day 3
* RootsTech in One Word
* RootsTech Genetic Genealogy Panel Session
Heather Rojo's Nutfield Genealogy blog:
* A Thank You to the Family History Community
* A New Hampshire Yankee at Day One of RootsTech 2013
* A NH Yankee at Day Two of RootsTech 2013
* Friends at RootsTech 2013
* Catch Me On Video Three Times!
* A NH Yankee at Day Three of RootsTech 2013
* Discoveries from RootsTech 2013
Carolyn L. Barkley's GenealogyAndFamilyHistory.com blog:
* RootsTech 2013 Conference – Day 1
* RootsTech 2013 Conference – Day 2
* RootsTech – Day 3 with a Look Back at the Conference
Jane Neff Rollins' KitchenSinkGenealogy.com blog:
* Adventures at RootsTech 1
* Adventures at Rootstech 2013 – Day 2
* Adventures at RootsTech 2013- Day 3
GeneGinny's Ginny's Genealogy Journal blog:
* RootsTech 2013 - Day One
* RootsTech 2013 - Day 2
Michelle Taggart's A Southern Sleuth blog:
* Hold On Tight and Don't Let Go! Thoughts from RootsTech
Leland Meitzler's GenealogyBlog:
* RootsTech 2013 Draws 6700 (+ Many More) to the 3 Day Conference in Salt Lake City
Randy Seaver's Genea-Musings blog:
* Day 1 in Salt Lake City - At the FHL
* RootsTech - Day 1, Part 1
* RootsTech New Product Alert - Legacy Mobile
* RootsTech Day 2 - Morning Keynotes
* RootsTech New Product Alert - Treelines
* RootsMagic 6 Certified to Work with FamilySearch Family Tree
* RootsTech Day 3 Keynotes - David Pogue and MyHeritage
* RootsTech 2013 New Product Alert - ReelGenie
* RootsTech 2013 Geneabloggers Review (Updated)
* Post RootsTech 2013 Musings
* Tuesday's Tip - Watch RootsTech 2013 Videos
* Good Genealogy News From RootsTech 2013
* FHISO and GEDCOM X Musings
James Tanner's Genealogy's Star blog:
* New Developments from FamilySearch
* RootsTech 2013 Day One, Introduction
* RootsTech 2013 - Day One - Continuation Part One
* RootsTech 2013 - Day One - Continuation Part Two
* What is RootsTech all about?
* RootsTech 2013 - Day Two - Episode One
* RootsTech 2013 - Day Two - Episode Two
* RootsTech 2013 - Day Two - Episode Three
* RootsTech 2013 - Day Three - Episode One
* RootsTech 2013 - Day Three -- Goodbye to Everyone
* Assessment of RootsTech 2013
* Update on brightsolid's FindMyPast.com
* Interview with Yuval Ben-Galim of MyHeritage
The Ancestry Insider blog:
* FamilySearch Gives RootsTech Bloggers Sneak Peak
* RootsTech Opens Today! Drop by for Free Stuff
* From RootsTech: It’s More than Names—It’s Their Stories
* From RootsTech: When I Tell Their Stories, I’m With My Ancestors Again
* RootsTech Opening Session Theme: Stories
* From RootsTech: Wow Moments
* From RootsTech: Ancestry.com Partnering with FamilySearch for Probate
* Saturday Keynotes: The Pit Is Always Smaller Than the Plum
* Brimhall Unveils New FamilySearch Logo
* RootsTech FamilySearch Luncheon: I Am the Man
* RootsTech Ancestry.com Luncheon: It Was a Sign...
* #RootsTech - Ron Tanner: Go Fish
* RootsTech: Ancestry.com Search Tools
Jill Ball's Geniaus blog:
* 6,800 - That's Some Party
* Official Blogger Dinner
* Media Hub at RootsTech
* Hour by Hour
* Else and Alec at RootsTech
* Heather at RootsTech
* Aussies at RootsTech
* A Steinway at RootsTech
* Youth at RootsTech
* Alona at RootsTech
* What an Opportunity
* Audrey at RootsTech
* Jyl Pattee
* A Dear Mate - DearMYRTLE
Nancy Shively's Gathering Stories blog:
* RootsTech Live!
* RootsTech Recap- Thursday
* Muddy Heroes
* RootsTech 2013: Did I Pass?
Amy Coffin's We Tree Genealogy Blog:
* Pre-RootsTech Update
* FamilySearch Initiatives at the RootsTech Bloggers Dinner
Pat Richley-Erickson's DearMYRTLE's Genealogy Blog:
* Ol' MYRT's #RootsTech 2013 Experience
* Myrt's Take on Tim Sullivan's #RootsTech Keynote
Schelly Dardashti's MyHeritage Blog:
Lisa Louise Cooke's Genealogy Gems blog:
* RootsTech Report: It's All About Stories
Renee Zamora's Renee's Genealogy Blog:
* RootsTech Official Blogger Dinner
* RootsTech 2013 - I Cried
* Recap of Tim Sullivan's Keynote Address - DNA, iOS, Content and More
Audrey Collins' The Family Recorder blog:
* RootsTech - The first day dawns
* RootsTech - What's in Your Gadget Bag?
* RootsTech - Some Pictures From Day Two
* What I Got Out of RootsTech
Rosemary Morgan's London Roots Research blog:
* The Day Before RootsTech 2013
* Highlights of Day 1 at RootsTech
* WOW - Highlights of Day 2 at RootsTech 2013
* Highlights of Day 3 at RootsTech 2013
Lynn Broderick's The Single Leaf blog:
* The First Day of Spring…and RootsTech 2013
* Rain, Snow, and Blue Skies on the Opening Day of RootsTech 2013
* It Started with a Snowstorm: RootsTech 2013 on Day 2
* Blue Skies Cap the End of RootsTech 2013
M. Diane Rogers CanadaGenealogy, or 'Jane's Your Aunt' blog:
* CanadaGenealogy at RootsTech 2013
* RootsTech - Day 2 – couldbeanywherehistory.com – Creating Virtual Towns
* The Travelling Genealogist – and her Gadgets – Rootstech Day 1
Michael McCormick's Enduring Legacy Genealogy blog:
* My RootsTech 2013: Day 1 - FamilySearch reveals website beta and vision, BillionGraves tech plans
* My RootsTech 2013: Day 2 - Ancestry.com breaking news, FHISO and GEDCOMX, handwriting recognition
* My RootsTech 2013: Day 3 - I Attend LDS Training all Day
Banai Feldstein's The Ginger Jewish Genealogy Blog:
* RootsTech 2013, Day -1
* RootsTech 2013, Day 1 – Keynotes
* RootsTech 2013, Day 1 – Gaming
* RootsTech 2013, Day 2 – Development
* RootsTech 2013, Day 3
* RootsTech 2013 -- The Nitpicker's Critique, Part 1
* RootsTech 2013 -- The Nitpicker's Critique, Part 2
John D. Reid's Anglo-Celtic Connections blog:
* RootsTech: the 2nd Half Day
* RootsTech III Day 2 Keynote Session
* RootsTech III Day 3
* RootsTech in One Word
* RootsTech Genetic Genealogy Panel Session
Heather Rojo's Nutfield Genealogy blog:
* A Thank You to the Family History Community
* A New Hampshire Yankee at Day One of RootsTech 2013
* A NH Yankee at Day Two of RootsTech 2013
* Friends at RootsTech 2013
* Catch Me On Video Three Times!
* A NH Yankee at Day Three of RootsTech 2013
* Discoveries from RootsTech 2013
Carolyn L. Barkley's GenealogyAndFamilyHistory.com blog:
* RootsTech 2013 Conference – Day 1
* RootsTech 2013 Conference – Day 2
* RootsTech – Day 3 with a Look Back at the Conference
Jane Neff Rollins' KitchenSinkGenealogy.com blog:
* Adventures at RootsTech 1
* Adventures at Rootstech 2013 – Day 2
* Adventures at RootsTech 2013- Day 3
Amanda's Geni Blog:
FamilySearch's FamilySearch Blog:
* Ancestry.com CEO Tim Sullivan Encourages Mutual Collaboration at RootsTech 2013
* RootsTech 2013 in Review
* RootsTech 2013 Interviews by Jill Ball
* RootsTech 2013 in Review
* RootsTech 2013 Interviews by Jill Ball
Diane Haddad's The Genealogy Insider blog:
Paula Hinkel's Genealogy Jamboree Blog:
GeneGinny's Ginny's Genealogy Journal blog:
* RootsTech 2013 - Day One
* RootsTech 2013 - Day 2
Michelle Taggart's A Southern Sleuth blog:
* Hold On Tight and Don't Let Go! Thoughts from RootsTech
Leland Meitzler's GenealogyBlog:
* RootsTech 2013 Draws 6700 (+ Many More) to the 3 Day Conference in Salt Lake City
Lisa's Billion Graves blog:
* "Wow" Moments [don't miss this one!]
Liz Pidgeon's InfoLass blog:
* RootsTech 2013: Day 1
* RootsTech 2013: Day 2
* RootsTech 2013: Day 3
CeCe Moore's Your Genetic Genealogist blog:
* AncestryDNA, Raw Data, and RootsTech
Michael Maglio on the In-Depth Genealogist blog:
* Is RootsTech More Roots Than Tech?
* RootsTech: Technology Finds a Niche in Genealogy
* Next Generation Genealogy: The Story Takes Center Stage
Dick Halsey on the Dick's Genealogy & Family History Corner blog:
* RootsTech 2013 -- Overview
* RootsTech 2013 - Thursday; Part 1
* RootsTech 2013 - Thursday, Part 2
* RootsTech 2013 - Friday, Part 1
* RootsTech 2013 - Friday, Part 2
* RootsTech 2013 - Saturday
Valerie Elkins' Family Cherished blog:
* RootsTech: The Aftermath
Dick Eastman's Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter blog:
* RootsTech2013 Wrap-up Report
Eric Jelle's Genedocs: Family Research and Legacy Preservation blog:
* Phenomenal 2013 RootsTech Opening Day
* Keynote 1: Dennis Brimhall, CEO of FamilySearch.org
* RootsTech Keynote 2
* RootsTech 2013 Keynote 3: Josh Taylor
* RootsTech Screencasting Session: Ann Metcalf
* Collecting Fabric of a Life: Thomas MacEntee
* RootsTech GeneDocs Report Conitnued
Sue Maxwell's Granite Genealogy blog:
* RootsTech in Pictures - Wednesday Evening Sneak Preview
* RootsTech in Pictures - Thursday AM
* RootsTech in Pictures - More on Thursday
* RootsTech 2013 - Personal Reflections on a Pendulum Ride
Maureen Taylor's Photo Detective blog:
* RootsTech 2013 Report
Donna Potter Phillips' Eastern Washington Genealogical Society Blog:
* Report on RootsTech
Becky Wiseman's kinexxions blog:
* Thoughts on RootsTech
Joan Shurtliff 's Record Click blog:
* New Technology at RootsTech Helps Genealogists Tell Their Stories
Holly Hansen's Family History Expos blog:
* RootsTech was Just the Right Medicine
Michael Leclerc's Mocavo Genealogy Blog:
* RootsTech 2013 Wrapup
Gene Pennington's Marin County Genealogical Society blog:
* RootsTech 2013 - My Notes
* RootsTech 2013 - My Notes Part II
* RootsTech 2013 - My Notes Part III
Janet Hovorka's Zap the Grandma Gap blog:
* Great Ideas From RootsTech Attendees
* Report from the Youth Sessions of RootsTech
* RootsTech From a Teenage Perspective - Guest Blogger
Donald R. Snow's UVTAGG Page:
* Some Things I Learned at RootsTech 2013
Alona Tester's Lone Tester HQ blog:
* A Day in Salt Lake City
* Next Stop Hollywood?
* Genealogy Royalty and the Autograph Book
* Conference Bling from RootsTech 2013
* Gotta Love the Geneablogger Community
* Memorable Moments in Salt Lake City
* "Wow" Moments [don't miss this one!]
Liz Pidgeon's InfoLass blog:
* RootsTech 2013: Day 1
* RootsTech 2013: Day 2
* RootsTech 2013: Day 3
CeCe Moore's Your Genetic Genealogist blog:
* AncestryDNA, Raw Data, and RootsTech
Michael Maglio on the In-Depth Genealogist blog:
* Is RootsTech More Roots Than Tech?
* RootsTech: Technology Finds a Niche in Genealogy
* Next Generation Genealogy: The Story Takes Center Stage
Dick Halsey on the Dick's Genealogy & Family History Corner blog:
* RootsTech 2013 -- Overview
* RootsTech 2013 - Thursday; Part 1
* RootsTech 2013 - Thursday, Part 2
* RootsTech 2013 - Friday, Part 1
* RootsTech 2013 - Friday, Part 2
* RootsTech 2013 - Saturday
Valerie Elkins' Family Cherished blog:
* RootsTech: The Aftermath
Dick Eastman's Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter blog:
* RootsTech2013 Wrap-up Report
Eric Jelle's Genedocs: Family Research and Legacy Preservation blog:
* Phenomenal 2013 RootsTech Opening Day
* Keynote 1: Dennis Brimhall, CEO of FamilySearch.org
* RootsTech Keynote 2
* RootsTech 2013 Keynote 3: Josh Taylor
* RootsTech Screencasting Session: Ann Metcalf
* Collecting Fabric of a Life: Thomas MacEntee
* RootsTech GeneDocs Report Conitnued
Sue Maxwell's Granite Genealogy blog:
* RootsTech in Pictures - Wednesday Evening Sneak Preview
* RootsTech in Pictures - Thursday AM
* RootsTech in Pictures - More on Thursday
* RootsTech 2013 - Personal Reflections on a Pendulum Ride
Maureen Taylor's Photo Detective blog:
* RootsTech 2013 Report
Donna Potter Phillips' Eastern Washington Genealogical Society Blog:
* Report on RootsTech
Becky Wiseman's kinexxions blog:
* Thoughts on RootsTech
Joan Shurtliff 's Record Click blog:
* New Technology at RootsTech Helps Genealogists Tell Their Stories
Holly Hansen's Family History Expos blog:
* RootsTech was Just the Right Medicine
Michael Leclerc's Mocavo Genealogy Blog:
* RootsTech 2013 Wrapup
Gene Pennington's Marin County Genealogical Society blog:
* RootsTech 2013 - My Notes
* RootsTech 2013 - My Notes Part II
* RootsTech 2013 - My Notes Part III
Janet Hovorka's Zap the Grandma Gap blog:
* Great Ideas From RootsTech Attendees
* Report from the Youth Sessions of RootsTech
* RootsTech From a Teenage Perspective - Guest Blogger
Donald R. Snow's UVTAGG Page:
* Some Things I Learned at RootsTech 2013
Alona Tester's Lone Tester HQ blog:
* A Day in Salt Lake City
* Next Stop Hollywood?
* Genealogy Royalty and the Autograph Book
* Conference Bling from RootsTech 2013
* Gotta Love the Geneablogger Community
* Memorable Moments in Salt Lake City
If I have missed your blog post, please tell me in Comments on this post.
Last update: 19 May 2013, 10 p.m.
The URL for this post is: http://www.geneamusings.com/2013/03/rootstech-2013-geneabloggers-review.html
Copyright (c) 2013, Randall J. Seaver
Last update: 19 May 2013, 10 p.m.
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Copyright (c) 2013, Randall J. Seaver
Saturday, March 23, 2013
RootsTech 2013 New Product Alert - ReelGenie
In the RootsTech 2013 Expo Hall, the ReelGenie booth was directly across from the Media Hub.
The ReelGenie founder and CEO is David Adelman, on the left in the picture above, with Elisha Milner in the middle and Carlton Anderson on the right.
ReelGenie can be described as:
"ReelGenie helps people create and share family videos online. Users select a storyline for their movie, and ReelGenie guides them through the process of uploading photos, videos, and historical documents; recording voiceovers; and adding music to generate an online movie that can be shared with family and friends. Geared toward the creation of personal history movies for birthdays, memorials, anniversaries, and reunions, the service is the first of its kind. It improves upon slideshows and photo books by guiding users to tell a compelling story while incorporating a variety of rich content."
The online service will cost $9.95 per month, or $19.95 per movie. Having seen what my brother-in-law's daughter went through to create a similar movie with other applications - it took weeks to create and publish - this ReelGenie application looks to be less costly, faster and easier to use. All of that is win-win for those of us that want to create movies about our families.
The website is www.reelgenie.com, but it doesn't have any content on it at this time - only a registration box.
The URL for this post is: http://www.geneamusings.com/2013/03/rootstech-2013-new-product-alert.html
Copyright (c) 2103, Randall J. Seaver
The ReelGenie founder and CEO is David Adelman, on the left in the picture above, with Elisha Milner in the middle and Carlton Anderson on the right.
ReelGenie can be described as:
"ReelGenie helps people create and share family videos online. Users select a storyline for their movie, and ReelGenie guides them through the process of uploading photos, videos, and historical documents; recording voiceovers; and adding music to generate an online movie that can be shared with family and friends. Geared toward the creation of personal history movies for birthdays, memorials, anniversaries, and reunions, the service is the first of its kind. It improves upon slideshows and photo books by guiding users to tell a compelling story while incorporating a variety of rich content."
The online service will cost $9.95 per month, or $19.95 per movie. Having seen what my brother-in-law's daughter went through to create a similar movie with other applications - it took weeks to create and publish - this ReelGenie application looks to be less costly, faster and easier to use. All of that is win-win for those of us that want to create movies about our families.
The website is www.reelgenie.com, but it doesn't have any content on it at this time - only a registration box.
The URL for this post is: http://www.geneamusings.com/2013/03/rootstech-2013-new-product-alert.html
Copyright (c) 2103, Randall J. Seaver
Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - How Many Surnames?
Calling all Genea-Musings Fans:
It's Saturday Night again -
time for some more Genealogy Fun!!
Here is your assignment if you choose to play along (cue the Mission Impossible music, please!):
1) Go into your Genealogy Management Program (GMP; either software on your computer, or an online family tree) and figure out how to Count how many surnames you have in your family tree database.
2) Tell us which GMP you're using and how you did this task.
3) Tell us how many surnames are in your database and, if possible, which Surname has the most entries. If this excites you, tell us which surnames are in the top 5! Or 10!
4) Write about it in your own blog post, in a comment to this blog post, in a status or comment on Facebook, or in Google Plus Stream post.
NOTE: If you can't figure out how to do this in your GMP (Genealogy Management Program), use the Help button and search for "count persons" then follow directions.
Here's mine:
I'm going to use RootsMagic 6 because that's where I'm doing my current additions, deletions and editing and is my most up-to-date collection. In RootsMagic 6, go to Reports, then Lists and scroll down to "Surname Statistics List." I then chose "Frequency of Surnames" from the list presented.
That took about 20 seconds and I have a 150 page list! I didn't count every one of them - there are 149 pages with 39 names per page, plus the last page has 13. That's a grand total of 5,824 surnames in my database with 41,533 persons. The top 10 are, with birth date ranges:
* SEAVER - 4,360 persons, from 1608 to 2011
* BUCK - 680 persons, from 1585 to 1965* SMITH - 644 persons, from 1526 to 2005* FITZ RANDOLPH - 483 persons, from 1565 to 1884
* VAUX - 465 persons, from 1620 to 2006
* DILL - 421 persons, from 1645 to 1993
* RICHMAN - 320 persons, from 1622 to 1985
* NEWTON - 317 persons, from 1690 to 1997
* CHAMPLIN - 302 persons, from 1618 to 1903
* CULVER - 270 persons from 1650 to 1981
I have 141 Mary's without a surname, and 127 Elizabeth's without a surname, and 307 persons without any name at all (there's a blank line for this one!).
Of course, if I added up all the persons without a surname, my LNU's are probably the biggest group on the list.
I didn't see a way to get a count on first names - can anyone figure this out in RootsMagic 6, or in another program?
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Copyright (c) 2013, Randall J. Seaver
RootsTech Day 3 Keynotes - David Pogue and MyHeritage
Time sure flies - it's the last day of the RootsTech 2013 Conference and we were treated to two stirring presentations today by the Keynote speakers. If you didn't watch it live, on streaming video, you can catch it on the www.RootsTech.org video a little later today.
1) David Pogue is a technology columnist for the New York Times, creator of the Missing Manual book series, and a PBS NOVA host. He treated the audience to 30 minutes of non-stop technology comedy...with some Tom Lehrer-type piano comedy bits about technology at the end. There wasn't any genealogy content here, but some of the technology content was mind boggling, and the comedy was great. Watch it if you can.
I figure that @Pogue will receive thousands of new followers on Twitter. I followed him.
2) The second Keynote was supposed to be Gilad Japhet of MyHeritage, but his father died and he flew back to Israel. The MyHeritage Marketing director Oeri Soen introduced MyHeritage to the audience, then introduced geneablogger James Tanner (Genealogy's Star) who discussed the new technology that will be available at MyHeritage. James noted that "sufficiently advanced technology s indistinguishable from magic" and thinks that the MyHeritage technology is approaching that level. Here are the highlights from his talk:
* Users will be able to save record matches to their tree - hopefully, this will be retroactive so that the matches previously confirmed will be attached.
* Recommended records combines smart matches with record matches - if I attach a record match to a person in my tree, and another user has that same person (Smart Match), then the other person will be able to attach the same record.
* Geni (now owned by MyHeritage) will have record matching and searching for their users.
* MyHeritage (and their WorldVitalRecords site) will soon have all of the 1790-1940 US census records and images online and searchable. The Record Match service will work with these records to provide users with census records. This is a really BIG deal for MyHeritage - it adds millions of images and hundreds of millions of indexed names to their database collection.
* MyHeritage gave away 500 free 6-month PremiumPlus and Data subscription passes with a unique user code. The voucher expires on 7 April 2013.
Geneablogger James Tanner did a great job presenting the technical parts of the MyHeritage presentation with one day notice. If you want to learn more about MyHeritage, please watch the video presentation at www.rootstech.org or visit their website at www.myheritage.com.
The URL for this post is: http://www.geneamusings.com/2013/03/rootstech-day-3-keynotes-david-pogue.html
Copyright (c) 2013, Randall J. Seaver
1) David Pogue is a technology columnist for the New York Times, creator of the Missing Manual book series, and a PBS NOVA host. He treated the audience to 30 minutes of non-stop technology comedy...with some Tom Lehrer-type piano comedy bits about technology at the end. There wasn't any genealogy content here, but some of the technology content was mind boggling, and the comedy was great. Watch it if you can.
I figure that @Pogue will receive thousands of new followers on Twitter. I followed him.
2) The second Keynote was supposed to be Gilad Japhet of MyHeritage, but his father died and he flew back to Israel. The MyHeritage Marketing director Oeri Soen introduced MyHeritage to the audience, then introduced geneablogger James Tanner (Genealogy's Star) who discussed the new technology that will be available at MyHeritage. James noted that "sufficiently advanced technology s indistinguishable from magic" and thinks that the MyHeritage technology is approaching that level. Here are the highlights from his talk:
* Users will be able to save record matches to their tree - hopefully, this will be retroactive so that the matches previously confirmed will be attached.
* Recommended records combines smart matches with record matches - if I attach a record match to a person in my tree, and another user has that same person (Smart Match), then the other person will be able to attach the same record.
* Geni (now owned by MyHeritage) will have record matching and searching for their users.
* MyHeritage (and their WorldVitalRecords site) will soon have all of the 1790-1940 US census records and images online and searchable. The Record Match service will work with these records to provide users with census records. This is a really BIG deal for MyHeritage - it adds millions of images and hundreds of millions of indexed names to their database collection.
* MyHeritage gave away 500 free 6-month PremiumPlus and Data subscription passes with a unique user code. The voucher expires on 7 April 2013.
Geneablogger James Tanner did a great job presenting the technical parts of the MyHeritage presentation with one day notice. If you want to learn more about MyHeritage, please watch the video presentation at www.rootstech.org or visit their website at www.myheritage.com.
The URL for this post is: http://www.geneamusings.com/2013/03/rootstech-day-3-keynotes-david-pogue.html
Copyright (c) 2013, Randall J. Seaver
Surname Saturday - TREAT (England > New England)
It's Surname Saturday, and I'm "counting down" my Ancestral Name List each week.
I am in the 7th great-grandmothers, up to number 573: Elizabeth TREAT (1676-1755). [Note: the earlier great-grandmothers and 7th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts]. [Note: LNU = Last Name Unknown...]
My ancestral line back through two American generations of this TREAT family line is:
1. Randall J. Seaver
2. Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983)
3. Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002)
4. Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942)
5. Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962)
8. Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922)
9. Hattie Louise Hildreth (1857-1920)
16. Isaac Seaver (1823-1901)
17. Lucretia Townsend Smith (1827-1884)
34. Alpheus B. Smith (1802-1840)
35. Elizabeth Horton Dill (1791-1869)
70. Thomas Dill (1755-1830)
71. Hannah Horton (1761-1797)
142. Nathaniel Horton (1721-1775)
143. Eunice Snow (1722-????)
286. Jabez Snow (1696-1760)
287. Elizabeth Paine (1702-1772)
572. Jabez Snow, born 06 September 1670 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States; died 14 October 1750 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States. He was the son of 1144. Jabez Snow and 1145. Elizabeth Smith. He married 1695 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States.
573. Elizabeth Treat, born 24 July 1676 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States; died 03 March 1755 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States.
Children of Jabez Snow and Elizabeth Treat are: Jabez Snow (1696-1760); Joshua Snow (1700-????); Elizabeth Snow (1702-1759); Sylvanus Snow (1705-1772); Tabitha Snow (1707-1743); Samuel Snow (1709-1784); Edward Snow (1711-????); Phebe Snow (1713-1743).
1146. Samuel Treat, born 03 September 1648 in Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States; died 18 March 1716/17 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States. He married 16 March 1673/74 in Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States.
1147. Elizabeth Mayo, born 22 May 1653 in Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States; died 04 December 1696 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States. She was the daughter of 2294. Samuel Mayo and 2295. Thomasine Lumpkin.
Children of Samuel Treat and Elizabeth Mayo are: Jane Treat (1675-1729); Elizabeth Treat (1676-1755); Sarah Treat (1678-1728); Samuel Treat (1680-1733); Mary Treat (1682-1723); Robert Treat (1683-1701); Abigail Treat (1686-????); Joseph Treat (1690-1756); Joshua Treat (1692-1753); John Treat (1693-1762); Nathaniel Treat (1694-1735).
2292. Robert Treat, born before 25 February 1624/25 in Trendale, Pitminster, Somerset, England; died 12 July 1710 in Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States. He was the son of 4584. Richard Treat and 4585. Alice Gaylord. He married 25 December 1647 in Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States.
2293. Jane Tapp, born before 14 February 1627/28 in Bennington, Hertfordshire, England; died 08 April 1703 in Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States. She was the daughter of 4586. Edmund Tapp and 4587. Anne.
Children of Robert Treat and Jane Tapp are: Ann Treat (1645-1647); Jane Treat (1647-1647); Samuel Treat (1648-1717); John Treat (1650-1714); Mary Treat (1652-1704); Robert Treat (1654-1720); Sarah Treat (1656-????); Abigail Treat (1660-1727); Hannah Treat (1661-1706); Joseph Treat (1662-1721); Jane Treat (1664-1710); Anna Treat (1666-1700).
Information about these Treat families was obtained from:
* Lonnie Chrisman, "Notes of Chrisman Pedigree," web page (http://chrisman.org/pedigree/out35.htm), 2007.
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Copyright (c) 2013, Randall J. Seaver
I am in the 7th great-grandmothers, up to number 573: Elizabeth TREAT (1676-1755). [Note: the earlier great-grandmothers and 7th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts]. [Note: LNU = Last Name Unknown...]
My ancestral line back through two American generations of this TREAT family line is:
1. Randall J. Seaver
2. Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983)
3. Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002)
4. Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942)
5. Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962)
8. Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922)
9. Hattie Louise Hildreth (1857-1920)
16. Isaac Seaver (1823-1901)
17. Lucretia Townsend Smith (1827-1884)
34. Alpheus B. Smith (1802-1840)
35. Elizabeth Horton Dill (1791-1869)
70. Thomas Dill (1755-1830)
71. Hannah Horton (1761-1797)
142. Nathaniel Horton (1721-1775)
143. Eunice Snow (1722-????)
286. Jabez Snow (1696-1760)
287. Elizabeth Paine (1702-1772)
572. Jabez Snow, born 06 September 1670 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States; died 14 October 1750 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States. He was the son of 1144. Jabez Snow and 1145. Elizabeth Smith. He married 1695 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States.
573. Elizabeth Treat, born 24 July 1676 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States; died 03 March 1755 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States.
Children of Jabez Snow and Elizabeth Treat are: Jabez Snow (1696-1760); Joshua Snow (1700-????); Elizabeth Snow (1702-1759); Sylvanus Snow (1705-1772); Tabitha Snow (1707-1743); Samuel Snow (1709-1784); Edward Snow (1711-????); Phebe Snow (1713-1743).
1146. Samuel Treat, born 03 September 1648 in Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States; died 18 March 1716/17 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States. He married 16 March 1673/74 in Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States.
1147. Elizabeth Mayo, born 22 May 1653 in Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States; died 04 December 1696 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States. She was the daughter of 2294. Samuel Mayo and 2295. Thomasine Lumpkin.
Children of Samuel Treat and Elizabeth Mayo are: Jane Treat (1675-1729); Elizabeth Treat (1676-1755); Sarah Treat (1678-1728); Samuel Treat (1680-1733); Mary Treat (1682-1723); Robert Treat (1683-1701); Abigail Treat (1686-????); Joseph Treat (1690-1756); Joshua Treat (1692-1753); John Treat (1693-1762); Nathaniel Treat (1694-1735).
2292. Robert Treat, born before 25 February 1624/25 in Trendale, Pitminster, Somerset, England; died 12 July 1710 in Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States. He was the son of 4584. Richard Treat and 4585. Alice Gaylord. He married 25 December 1647 in Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States.
2293. Jane Tapp, born before 14 February 1627/28 in Bennington, Hertfordshire, England; died 08 April 1703 in Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States. She was the daughter of 4586. Edmund Tapp and 4587. Anne.
Children of Robert Treat and Jane Tapp are: Ann Treat (1645-1647); Jane Treat (1647-1647); Samuel Treat (1648-1717); John Treat (1650-1714); Mary Treat (1652-1704); Robert Treat (1654-1720); Sarah Treat (1656-????); Abigail Treat (1660-1727); Hannah Treat (1661-1706); Joseph Treat (1662-1721); Jane Treat (1664-1710); Anna Treat (1666-1700).
Information about these Treat families was obtained from:
* Lonnie Chrisman, "Notes of Chrisman Pedigree," web page (http://chrisman.org/pedigree/out35.htm), 2007.
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Copyright (c) 2013, Randall J. Seaver
Friday, March 22, 2013
RootsMagic 6 Certified to Work with FamilySearch Family Tree
I just had a conversation with Bruce Buzbee, the RootsMagician, about the RootsMagic capability to interface with the FamilySearch Family Tree. [Note: RootsMagic 5 and 6 were able to share data with the new.FamilySearch tree.]
Bruce said that RootsMagic 6 is now CERTIFIED to share data with the FamilySearch Family Tree. The API that enables this is now in "Pilot" mode meaning it shouldn't "break" but there still some aspects of sharing with the FSFT that are not included - including sources, notes, and discussions.
Users can download the RootsMagic Family Tree Beta at www.rootsmagic.com/tree. When the API from FamilySearch is completed, RootsMagic will update the software.
This is good news for RootsMagic users who have been holding off adding content to new.FamilySearch during the switchover from new.FamilySearch to the FamilySearch Family Tree.
Thanks to Bruce and his team for adding this capability.
The URL for this post is: http://www.geneamusings.com/2013/03/rootsmagic-6-certified-to-work-with.html
Copyright (c) 2013, Randall J. Seaver
Bruce said that RootsMagic 6 is now CERTIFIED to share data with the FamilySearch Family Tree. The API that enables this is now in "Pilot" mode meaning it shouldn't "break" but there still some aspects of sharing with the FSFT that are not included - including sources, notes, and discussions.
Users can download the RootsMagic Family Tree Beta at www.rootsmagic.com/tree. When the API from FamilySearch is completed, RootsMagic will update the software.
This is good news for RootsMagic users who have been holding off adding content to new.FamilySearch during the switchover from new.FamilySearch to the FamilySearch Family Tree.
Thanks to Bruce and his team for adding this capability.
The URL for this post is: http://www.geneamusings.com/2013/03/rootsmagic-6-certified-to-work-with.html
Copyright (c) 2013, Randall J. Seaver
RootsTech New Product Alert - Treelines
The winner of the RootsTech 2013 Developer Challenge is Tammy Hepps, who has developed a browser-based application called Treelines (www.treelines.com).
Tammy was about to be interviewed in this photo taken by the TreeLines booth:
The promotional material for Treelines says:
"Treelines.com is more than a storytelling platform -- it's a whole new approach to writing and sharing your family's history."
On the site, you can link to your existing family tree or build one as you write. In Treelines, you can write a story about a person, or groups of people, upload your favorite family photographs and records, design your story pages, and tag the people, places, dates and sources on the page. A story playback is accompanied by an animated Treelines graphic, which tracks names, dates and relationships in a timeline format.
This looks like a really useful program for telling stories and linking them to persons, especially if they find a way to work within a genealogy software program or an online family tree (like, say, FamilySearch Family Tree).
The URL for this post is: http://www.geneamusings.com/2013/03/rootstech-new-product-alert-treelines.html
Copyright (c) 2013, Randall J. Seaver
Tammy was about to be interviewed in this photo taken by the TreeLines booth:
The promotional material for Treelines says:
"Treelines.com is more than a storytelling platform -- it's a whole new approach to writing and sharing your family's history."
On the site, you can link to your existing family tree or build one as you write. In Treelines, you can write a story about a person, or groups of people, upload your favorite family photographs and records, design your story pages, and tag the people, places, dates and sources on the page. A story playback is accompanied by an animated Treelines graphic, which tracks names, dates and relationships in a timeline format.
This looks like a really useful program for telling stories and linking them to persons, especially if they find a way to work within a genealogy software program or an online family tree (like, say, FamilySearch Family Tree).
The URL for this post is: http://www.geneamusings.com/2013/03/rootstech-new-product-alert-treelines.html
Copyright (c) 2013, Randall J. Seaver
RootsTech Day 2 - Morning Keynotes
There were two keynote speakers at RootsTech 2013 this morning, and I hope that you saw both of them on the Livestreaming. If you didn't here are the highlights:
1) Jyl Pattee - the MomItForward blogger/story expert gave an energizing talk on WOW moments - saying that "Life is measured by the moments that take your breath away, rather than the breaths you take."
She had a recipe for creating WOW moments, and showed pictures and videos to demonstrate them:
* Create the WOW - set a goal, and do it. Her example was visiting all 50 states and she had photos from all of them.
* Capture the WOW - use audio, video, photos, words - whatever you can use to record a family story. Her example was her audio interview with her grandmother with photos in the background.
* Archive the WOW - save it. Her example was using blog-to-book services, or Instagram-to-book services.
* Share the WOW - with your family, friends, on social media, etc. Blogs, books, Facebook, Instagram, etc.
Jyl noted that it's never too late to create WOW moments. She and her cousins had her grandmother's banana cookie recipe (they grew up loving them!) and spent a morning baking, and made a video of it. Looked yummy!
2) Tim Sullivan, the CEO of Ancestry.com, was the second Keynoter. He noted that it is a challenge for Ancestry to create content that helps beginners and experts alike. Collaboration is the key. One example was Crista Cowan, a professional who works at Ancestry, was contacted by someone who had a common ancestor with Crista, and thought that Crista's information in her tree was incorrect. And it was...and Crista learned about the value of collaboration.
Tim provided two examples of how Ancestry fosters collaboration - the shaky leaf that leads to a record, tree, photo or story; the interaction between subscribers who share information via messages.
Ancestry has 45 million trees online, with over 4 billion people in them. Tim noted that they are not all 100% accurate!! Who knew? But they are still valuable as sources for discovery. Subscribers have attached 174 million photos and attached 2 billion records to the Member trees.
Ancestry.com has over 2.7 million subscribers across all of their sites (Ancestry, Fold3, Archives, Newspapers, Genealogy, etc.). They have two major goals - to digitize and index new content, and to make the website as user friendly as possible. Tim noted that they have 1,200 employees, with over 200 of them with more than 5 years at Ancestry.com; and about 400 employees have joined in the past year.
Tim made several announcements:
* There will be an updated iOS application with additional features
* One third of new registrants come from the mobile applications, and indicate younger generations are interested in family history.
* The AncestryDNA service has 120,000 persons now, and there have been 2 million 4th generation connections made.
* The AncestryDNA autosomal test will cost $99 for subscribers and non-subscribers alike.
* Ancestry has committed to spending $100 million over the next five years on acquiring, digitizing and indexing new record collections.
* Ancestry will collaborate with FamilySearch to digitize and index 140 million pages of U.S. probate records (early to 1930) in a three year project.
Stay tuned for more news from RootsTech 2013.
The URL for this post is: http://www.geneamusings.com/2013/03/rootstech-day-2-morning-keynote.html
Copyright (c) 2013, Randall J. Seaver
1) Jyl Pattee - the MomItForward blogger/story expert gave an energizing talk on WOW moments - saying that "Life is measured by the moments that take your breath away, rather than the breaths you take."
She had a recipe for creating WOW moments, and showed pictures and videos to demonstrate them:
* Create the WOW - set a goal, and do it. Her example was visiting all 50 states and she had photos from all of them.
* Capture the WOW - use audio, video, photos, words - whatever you can use to record a family story. Her example was her audio interview with her grandmother with photos in the background.
* Archive the WOW - save it. Her example was using blog-to-book services, or Instagram-to-book services.
* Share the WOW - with your family, friends, on social media, etc. Blogs, books, Facebook, Instagram, etc.
Jyl noted that it's never too late to create WOW moments. She and her cousins had her grandmother's banana cookie recipe (they grew up loving them!) and spent a morning baking, and made a video of it. Looked yummy!
2) Tim Sullivan, the CEO of Ancestry.com, was the second Keynoter. He noted that it is a challenge for Ancestry to create content that helps beginners and experts alike. Collaboration is the key. One example was Crista Cowan, a professional who works at Ancestry, was contacted by someone who had a common ancestor with Crista, and thought that Crista's information in her tree was incorrect. And it was...and Crista learned about the value of collaboration.
Tim provided two examples of how Ancestry fosters collaboration - the shaky leaf that leads to a record, tree, photo or story; the interaction between subscribers who share information via messages.
Ancestry has 45 million trees online, with over 4 billion people in them. Tim noted that they are not all 100% accurate!! Who knew? But they are still valuable as sources for discovery. Subscribers have attached 174 million photos and attached 2 billion records to the Member trees.
Ancestry.com has over 2.7 million subscribers across all of their sites (Ancestry, Fold3, Archives, Newspapers, Genealogy, etc.). They have two major goals - to digitize and index new content, and to make the website as user friendly as possible. Tim noted that they have 1,200 employees, with over 200 of them with more than 5 years at Ancestry.com; and about 400 employees have joined in the past year.
Tim made several announcements:
* There will be an updated iOS application with additional features
* One third of new registrants come from the mobile applications, and indicate younger generations are interested in family history.
* The AncestryDNA service has 120,000 persons now, and there have been 2 million 4th generation connections made.
* The AncestryDNA autosomal test will cost $99 for subscribers and non-subscribers alike.
* Ancestry has committed to spending $100 million over the next five years on acquiring, digitizing and indexing new record collections.
* Ancestry will collaborate with FamilySearch to digitize and index 140 million pages of U.S. probate records (early to 1930) in a three year project.
Stay tuned for more news from RootsTech 2013.
The URL for this post is: http://www.geneamusings.com/2013/03/rootstech-day-2-morning-keynote.html
Copyright (c) 2013, Randall J. Seaver
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