In my post, Post-RootsTech 2013 Musings on 25 March, I stated:
"I went to the FHISO panel discussion and was disappointed by the information provided there."
I received an email soon after, and comments on the blog post, asking why I was disappointed, and I replied to the email correspondent:
"I was disappointed because my expectations were higher than reality. It seemed like the FHISO panel had nothing to say about actual nuts and bolts work on any standard. They all spoke in general terms and platitudes about the members of FHISO, how much had been accomplished getting into the standards world, and that they were working on a Call for White Papers. Robert Burkhead was the only panelist who said much about anything. I asked a question about what the "vision of FHISO" was and Bruce Buzbee was the only one who actually answered the question. Part of my question was that it seemed like GEDCOM X was going to be the GEDCOM replacement by default.
"My expectation walking into the meeting was that I would hear about progress toward a GEDCOM replacement and the other standards that would be created. My expectations were too high, obviously. My fault... There is no list of projects - only a Call for Papers that might eventually form a list and actual standards down the road a bit. There was no mention of a GEDCOM replacement except that Ryan Heaton is talking nice about FHISO and vice versa. I learned later [in a private discussion] that the GEDCOM X beta is due in May 2013, and that the FamilySearch Family Tree (FSFT) API uses it. Bruce Buzbee didn't tell me that, but told me that the FSFT API does not includes Sources, Notes or Discussions yet, but that it eventually will.
"Reading the tea leaves, GEDCOM X will be what FSFT uses, and perhaps will be one of the white papers offered, and perhaps they will apply for FHISO approval. A cynic would say "GEDCOM X will be the GEDCOM replacement since no other alternative was developed." The interesting thing will be if GEDCOM X is accepted by the FHISO members and the other software providers and online tree companies. It may be that GEDCOM 5.5 and GEDCOM X have to be accounted for in any genealogy data exchanges."
My hope is that the Family History International Standards Organisation (FHISO) effort will result in a GEDCOM replacement that is open, understandable, complete, can be modified, and will be utilized by every genealogy software program and online family tree. I was an early member of the BetterGEDCOM effort, but dropped away when I knew that I couldn't offer much to the discussion. I have been, and still am, impatient for progress to occur towards this goal.
I did not attend the GEDCOM X session at RootsTech 2013 given by Ryan Heaton of FamilySearch. There is a GEDCOM X web page at http://www.gedcomx.org/ with more information about it. The Requirements document for GEDCOM X is at http://familysearch.github.com/gedcomx/2012/08/14/requirements.html
Other RootsTech 2013 attendees have weighed in on this issue, including:
1) Michael McCormick wrote a summary of it in My RootsTech 2013: Day 1 - FamilySearch reveals website beta and vision, BillionGraves tech plans. The paragraph about this issue says:
"In the FHISO (Family History Information Standards Organization) class at 3pm, many of us voiced the community's opinion that FHISO was working too slowly and we wanted to see FamilySearch working with them. To the credit of both FHISO and Ryan of GEDCOMX (FamilySearch), they mentioned each other in a friendly manner. The points in the FHISO discussion seemed not to be answered to the satisfaction of many present. For example, it was asked what we have to work with today regarding a better GEDCOM model. It was asked where we might read more specifics of a suggested model for any particular standards.
"While the answers there seemed soft and tentative, the GEDCOMX vision discussed in the next hour was well defined--an example of a modern and live (within FamilySearch) model that could be used by FHISO and altered to the community's needs. Ryan was enthusiastic about the idea of working with FHISO to adjust the 'open' GEDCOMX. The complexities were interesting. It was mentioned that the name GEDCOMX is owned by FamilySearch and requires a citation crediting them, but the things needed to implement it are all open and may be altered without permission. When we asked Ryan about why FamilySearch had not officially joined FHISO, Ryan told us that he wanted the same thing and we should take it to upper management because his recommendation was previously dismissed. We do not know why the choice was made, so it is our job to try and find contact information for the right person (that isn't easy) and tell them we want to see an official partnership."
2) Michael Dorsey Iams commented on my earlier post and said:
"I also attended the FHISO panel meeting and I think there was much frustration in the room regarding the lack of a plan of action. While there is consensus that GEDCOM 5.5 is insufficient for today's needs, there seemed to be no sense of urgency among any of the panel members toward resolving the situation. The words from RootsMagic, BrightSolid, & Ancestry were that they don't have any particular agenda, but would like a seat at the table. Understandable, but that does not sound like any of them are looking to take a leadership role, or at least do it publicly in front of the small number of people in attendance.
"What I take from the FHISO tagline 'It begins here, it begins with you' is the goal of FHISO is to only facilitate the creation of the standards, and maintain neutrality, to the point of passivity. Is it not possible for a standards organization to set a goal of defining a standard by a set time? The hope seems that coalitions will coalesce out of the "Call for Papers" and drive the process forward. Given the minimal of progress over the last several years, more concrete plans are desired.
"What I wanted to see from the meeting was a statement of goals for the organization and a presentation of the strategy to get there over the next year. I don't believe any goals or commitments were made at the meeting. Although I would prefer goals for creation of a successor GEDCOM standard, I would settle for goals regarding the organization itself and building the necessary capabilities. What sort of budget and membership is required? What marketing will be done to get the word out? What skill sets are needed in the organization to make this happen? And most importantly, how are we going to get there?"
3) Russ Worthington commented on my earlier post and said:
"I wasn't going to jump in on this topic, but I find that I must. There are two words that WE, the end users, need to understand. 'International' and 'Standard'. Short translation, 'VERY SLOW'.
"The current leaders of FHISO are ALL volunteers, NO corporation is provided the resources to "produce" something. As I listened to the community gathered, I came away with that community was expecting a product, or something, or progress from RootsTech 2012. The FHISO volunteers meet weekly, from around the world. I don't attend them, but [they] are attempting to pull the right folks (People and companies) to get a new standard started.
"I have been involved with Standards before. I helped fund several people to write Papers, as in Call for Papers. Taking those papers to an end product, took far too long, but the end product, when the Working Groups took those working papers and created a standard, was something that the everyone can use.
"'Upgrading' / Updating the current GEDCOM has been discussed since the Better GEDCOM days, but to me that is creating limitations on the standard, based on the change in the technologies that we have today.
"Michael Dorsey asked about funding. I am not sure that the Organisation can determine that, as it is not clear to me just how big this project is. The call for papers, I think, will help the companies involved, determine the funding level within those companies.
"My take on this presentation was positive. What I saw was some of the right groups at the table at the front of the room. Software companies, genealogists, and end users.
"What I didn't hear, and would have like to have heard, was What does a Call for Papers mean to End Users and companies who FHISO needs to sign up for this project. How can an End User participate directly with FHISO. To me, the End User can be involved in TWO ways. Part of FHISO and to be talking with my software vendor, encouraging them to be part of FHISO.
"My two cents on this topic."
Thank you to Michael, Michael and Russ for your helpful comments.
If other attendees to either the FHISO or GEDCOM X presentations have comments, I would greatly appreciate them in Comments to this post and will edit this post to include salient comments.
I did receive a followup email from my correspondent who said that the FHISO panelists were working on a response about issues raised at the FHISO panel session. I look forward to that, and thank the FHISO panelists for their patience and efforts. I will try to be more patient.
The URL for this post is: http://www.geneamusings.com/2013/03/fhiso-and-gedcom-x-musings.html
Copyright (c) 2013, Randall J. Seaver
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
(Not So) Wordless Wednesday - Post 249: Randy and DearMYRTLE at RootsTech
I'm posting family photographs from my collection on Wednesdays, but they aren't Wordless Wednesday posts like others do - I simply am incapable of having a wordless post.
This photograph was taken last Saturday at the RootsTech 2013 Conference in Salt Lake City:
While I am not blood related (that I know of) to Pat Richley-Erickson (aka DearMYRTLE, author of DearMYRTLE's Genealogy Blog), we are bonded as geneabloggers in a cousin-like relationship. We see each other occasionally, we read each other's blog posts, I watch and sometimes participate in Pat's webinars and Hangouts on Air, and we laugh and commiserate with each other's jokes, booboos, joys and struggles on social media. I got to meet Pat's daughter, Carrie Keele, and Carrie's children, at RootsTech. Carrie took the picture above of Pat and me at the Media Hub on Saturday.
Pat is only one of my many "geneablogger cousins" and this is the only picture I have from RootsTech of me with one of them. I enjoy every "geneablogger cousin" relationship I have (there are hundreds of them!) and I appreciate the knowledge, talent and energy that each person in my "geneablogger family" shares with the genealogy world.
As my geneablogger cousin Tom Kemp says, "it's a great day to be a genealogist!"
The URL for this post is: http://www.geneamusings.com/2013/03/not-so-wordless-wednesday-post-249.html
Copyright (c) 2013, Randall J. Seaver
This photograph was taken last Saturday at the RootsTech 2013 Conference in Salt Lake City:
While I am not blood related (that I know of) to Pat Richley-Erickson (aka DearMYRTLE, author of DearMYRTLE's Genealogy Blog), we are bonded as geneabloggers in a cousin-like relationship. We see each other occasionally, we read each other's blog posts, I watch and sometimes participate in Pat's webinars and Hangouts on Air, and we laugh and commiserate with each other's jokes, booboos, joys and struggles on social media. I got to meet Pat's daughter, Carrie Keele, and Carrie's children, at RootsTech. Carrie took the picture above of Pat and me at the Media Hub on Saturday.
Pat is only one of my many "geneablogger cousins" and this is the only picture I have from RootsTech of me with one of them. I enjoy every "geneablogger cousin" relationship I have (there are hundreds of them!) and I appreciate the knowledge, talent and energy that each person in my "geneablogger family" shares with the genealogy world.
As my geneablogger cousin Tom Kemp says, "it's a great day to be a genealogist!"
The URL for this post is: http://www.geneamusings.com/2013/03/not-so-wordless-wednesday-post-249.html
Copyright (c) 2013, Randall J. Seaver
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
First Look at Legacy Mobile App for iOS - FamilySearch Family Tree
One of the announcements that got my attention at RootsTech 2013 was the Legacy Mobile app for iOS (iPad, iPhone) that is supposed to synchronize with the FamilySearch Family Tree. The App was created by Otter Creek Holdings, LLC, which is also the creator of the Billion Graves app. Legacy Mobile was released this week - the description page for the App is at https://itunes.apple.com/app/legacy-mobile/id616755093.
Obviously, you have to have a FamilySearch registration and credentials, and have identified yourself in the FamilySearch Family Tree.
I downloaded the App to my iPhone, registered, signed into FamilySearch on it, and the app found me in the FamilySearch Family Tree. Here is the screen shot of the "my" page:
There is space on the screen for my name, a photo of me (not available), a map for my Life Events, a listing of my Life Events, an area for Spouse, Children, and Parents.
At the bottom of the screen is a button for the "Dashboard" and three icons - for "Edit," "Tree," and "Search"
I clicked on the "Edit" icon and saw:
On the screen above, I could edit the name and the Events already listed. I could add an Event by tapping the "+" button on the "Events" title line. I tapped on the "Birth" event and saw this screen:
I could edit or add more information for that event. There is a "Delete" icon at the bottom of the screen if I want to delete the event. I didn't want to, so I tapped on the "Done" button at the top of the screen to get back to "my" page.
I was curious what would happen when I clicked on the "Tree" icon at the bottom of the first screen above. It took awhile, but a portion of my family tree loaded (from the FamilySearch Family Tree):
I think that the bottom pair is me and my spouse, although no names are provided for them. My mother's name "Betty" and grandfather's name, "Lyle" are shown on the screen above. If I had pictures in the FS Family Tree of the persons, they would show up on the screen above instead of the generic "placeholder" blue (male) and red (female) images. The iPhone screen is apparently too small for the fixed height of the names in the "portrait" view above..
I rotated the iPhone to get a landscape view of the tree, and the first names of the four generations appeared:
From this view, I could tap any of the persons on the screen and see their information, or tap the "Tree" icon to see their ancestors.
It takes awhile to download a set of three generations of ancestors - the information box on the screen says:
"Downloading data from FamilySearch. Please be patient, this may take a few minutes."
It did, but then every time I hit the "Tree" icon, the data downloaded without the message. However, I get the message every time I open the Legacy Mobile app.
The App works, and navigation from child to parent, parent-to-child, works pretty well. The Events provided in the App are the events in FamilySearch Family Tree. I don't think there are any Sources provided on the App even though I have sources in the Family Tree.
On the iPhone, the "portrait" view is best for everything except for the "Tree" view - you can see and access more information. To see Life Events, you have to tap the small blue arrow to the right of the Event. To see a Person's data, you can tap the person's name. I struggled to get back to the Dashboard - finally navigated until I got back to my page, then tapped "Dashboard" and saw that I now had 129 people in the App from FamilySearch Family Tree.
There is a "Legacy Tec" link to another part of the app that says:
"Take a picture of a headstone that you would like to know more about."
The Camera app on the iPhone opens and if I had a tombstone in front of me, I could have taken the picture. I'm not sure what would happen after that! I'll have to experiment more. Maybe I can take a picture of one of my gravestone pictures on my computer, since I don't have any nearby.
The URL for this post is: http://www.geneamusings.com/2013/03/first-look-at-legacy-mobile-app-for-ios.html
Copyright (c) 2013, Randall J. Seaver
Obviously, you have to have a FamilySearch registration and credentials, and have identified yourself in the FamilySearch Family Tree.
I downloaded the App to my iPhone, registered, signed into FamilySearch on it, and the app found me in the FamilySearch Family Tree. Here is the screen shot of the "my" page:
There is space on the screen for my name, a photo of me (not available), a map for my Life Events, a listing of my Life Events, an area for Spouse, Children, and Parents.
At the bottom of the screen is a button for the "Dashboard" and three icons - for "Edit," "Tree," and "Search"
I clicked on the "Edit" icon and saw:
On the screen above, I could edit the name and the Events already listed. I could add an Event by tapping the "+" button on the "Events" title line. I tapped on the "Birth" event and saw this screen:
I could edit or add more information for that event. There is a "Delete" icon at the bottom of the screen if I want to delete the event. I didn't want to, so I tapped on the "Done" button at the top of the screen to get back to "my" page.
I was curious what would happen when I clicked on the "Tree" icon at the bottom of the first screen above. It took awhile, but a portion of my family tree loaded (from the FamilySearch Family Tree):
I rotated the iPhone to get a landscape view of the tree, and the first names of the four generations appeared:
From this view, I could tap any of the persons on the screen and see their information, or tap the "Tree" icon to see their ancestors.
It takes awhile to download a set of three generations of ancestors - the information box on the screen says:
"Downloading data from FamilySearch. Please be patient, this may take a few minutes."
It did, but then every time I hit the "Tree" icon, the data downloaded without the message. However, I get the message every time I open the Legacy Mobile app.
The App works, and navigation from child to parent, parent-to-child, works pretty well. The Events provided in the App are the events in FamilySearch Family Tree. I don't think there are any Sources provided on the App even though I have sources in the Family Tree.
On the iPhone, the "portrait" view is best for everything except for the "Tree" view - you can see and access more information. To see Life Events, you have to tap the small blue arrow to the right of the Event. To see a Person's data, you can tap the person's name. I struggled to get back to the Dashboard - finally navigated until I got back to my page, then tapped "Dashboard" and saw that I now had 129 people in the App from FamilySearch Family Tree.
There is a "Legacy Tec" link to another part of the app that says:
"Take a picture of a headstone that you would like to know more about."
The Camera app on the iPhone opens and if I had a tombstone in front of me, I could have taken the picture. I'm not sure what would happen after that! I'll have to experiment more. Maybe I can take a picture of one of my gravestone pictures on my computer, since I don't have any nearby.
The URL for this post is: http://www.geneamusings.com/2013/03/first-look-at-legacy-mobile-app-for-ios.html
Copyright (c) 2013, Randall J. Seaver
Good Genealogy News from RootsTech 2013
Some of the important genealogy and family history news that I learned at RootsTech 2013 included:
* The FamilySearch website will be revamped - see https://www.familysearch.org/whats-new/ for screen views and videos. I suggest that you watch the two-minute video at the top of the page. Check out the Family Tree fan chart also - it looks like a great navigation tool also (but it's not available yet).
* Ancestry.com will partner with FamilySearch to digitize and index 140 million U.S. probate record pages from 1800 to 1930. FamilySearch is digitizing them state-by-state, but they are browse-only collections at this time. I'm guessing that Ancestry will be able to access the images, and will do the Indexing task. I figure that the index (country-wide, they said) will be available on FamilySearch as part of the partnership.
In my humble opinion, the indexing of probate records will open up many more research results for American researchers. Probate records are one of the richest sources for relationship information, but are difficult to access in person or on microfilm, and very few probate record indexes are currently online. I'm concerned by the year range - there is a wealth of probate records from before 1800 available in the American states. Then there's the land records - the other major rich source that may solve relationship problems.
* The MyHeritage announcement that they will have the complete 1790 to 1940 U.S. census collection images and index is a big deal - it will make MyHeritage second only to Ancestry.com in U.S. record collections, and fills a big hole in their database collection. Record matches will help researchers find census records while they sleep. The census records are not yet available at this writing.
* The Legacy Mobile app is now available - I just downloaded it to my iPhone and logged in with my FamilySearch credentials. It's beautiful, not sure how good it works yet. I'll review it soon on Genea-Musings.
* RootsMagic is the first program that has incorporated the API for the FamilySearch Family Tree, and it works great to match persons, upload events and relationships. However, it does not yet include sources, notes, photos or discussions.
* GEDCOM X, the GEDCOM replacement tool being developed by FamilySearch, may be available in Beta release in May 2013. This may be the only GEDCOM replacement we get.
What other significant news from RootsTech 2013 did you hear about? Tell me!
The URL for this post is: http://www.geneamusings.com/2013/03/good-genealogy-news-from-rootstech-2013.html
Copyright (c) 2013, Randall J. Seaver
* The FamilySearch website will be revamped - see https://www.familysearch.org/whats-new/ for screen views and videos. I suggest that you watch the two-minute video at the top of the page. Check out the Family Tree fan chart also - it looks like a great navigation tool also (but it's not available yet).
* Ancestry.com will partner with FamilySearch to digitize and index 140 million U.S. probate record pages from 1800 to 1930. FamilySearch is digitizing them state-by-state, but they are browse-only collections at this time. I'm guessing that Ancestry will be able to access the images, and will do the Indexing task. I figure that the index (country-wide, they said) will be available on FamilySearch as part of the partnership.
In my humble opinion, the indexing of probate records will open up many more research results for American researchers. Probate records are one of the richest sources for relationship information, but are difficult to access in person or on microfilm, and very few probate record indexes are currently online. I'm concerned by the year range - there is a wealth of probate records from before 1800 available in the American states. Then there's the land records - the other major rich source that may solve relationship problems.
* The MyHeritage announcement that they will have the complete 1790 to 1940 U.S. census collection images and index is a big deal - it will make MyHeritage second only to Ancestry.com in U.S. record collections, and fills a big hole in their database collection. Record matches will help researchers find census records while they sleep. The census records are not yet available at this writing.
* The Legacy Mobile app is now available - I just downloaded it to my iPhone and logged in with my FamilySearch credentials. It's beautiful, not sure how good it works yet. I'll review it soon on Genea-Musings.
* RootsMagic is the first program that has incorporated the API for the FamilySearch Family Tree, and it works great to match persons, upload events and relationships. However, it does not yet include sources, notes, photos or discussions.
* GEDCOM X, the GEDCOM replacement tool being developed by FamilySearch, may be available in Beta release in May 2013. This may be the only GEDCOM replacement we get.
What other significant news from RootsTech 2013 did you hear about? Tell me!
The URL for this post is: http://www.geneamusings.com/2013/03/good-genealogy-news-from-rootstech-2013.html
Copyright (c) 2013, Randall J. Seaver
Tuesday's Tip - Watch RootsTech 2013 Videos
This week's Tuesday Tip is: Watch videos from RootsTech 2013 on your computer.
Here are the options available to you:
1) FamilySearch has all of the sessions livestreamed from Hall 1 at RootsTech on their website - www.rootstech.org. You can watch a whole days worth of video on the page:
Or select any one of the segments from the menu below the video screen:
At the time of this writing, the Saturday sessions were not yet available.
2) Several genea-bloggers have YouTube channels with links to videos made during RootsTech 2013 - many are interviews from within the Media Hub "glass cage." The "glass cage" videos were professionally filmed by FamilySearch and provided to the interviewers on a flash drive. The interviewers are responsible for uploading them to YouTube. Here are several genea-videobloggers offerings:
* DearMYRTLE's YouTube Channel:
* Jill Ball's YouTube Channel:
* I found a YouTube video for David Pogue's "I Want an iPhone" piano piece here, posted by Veronica J. Watch this!
There may be other genea-videobloggers on YouTube that I haven't found yet. Some may post their interviews later - I will update this post if they do. If you know of any others, please make a Comment to this post.
The URL for this post is: http://www.geneamusings.com/2013/03/tuesdays-tip-watch-rootstech-2013-videos.html
Copyright (c) 2013, Randall J. Seaver
Here are the options available to you:
1) FamilySearch has all of the sessions livestreamed from Hall 1 at RootsTech on their website - www.rootstech.org. You can watch a whole days worth of video on the page:
Or select any one of the segments from the menu below the video screen:
At the time of this writing, the Saturday sessions were not yet available.
2) Several genea-bloggers have YouTube channels with links to videos made during RootsTech 2013 - many are interviews from within the Media Hub "glass cage." The "glass cage" videos were professionally filmed by FamilySearch and provided to the interviewers on a flash drive. The interviewers are responsible for uploading them to YouTube. Here are several genea-videobloggers offerings:
* DearMYRTLE's YouTube Channel:
* Jill Ball's YouTube Channel:
* I found a YouTube video for David Pogue's "I Want an iPhone" piano piece here, posted by Veronica J. Watch this!
There may be other genea-videobloggers on YouTube that I haven't found yet. Some may post their interviews later - I will update this post if they do. If you know of any others, please make a Comment to this post.
The URL for this post is: http://www.geneamusings.com/2013/03/tuesdays-tip-watch-rootstech-2013-videos.html
Copyright (c) 2013, Randall J. Seaver
Monday, March 25, 2013
Post-RootsTech 2013 Musings
What an information and fun-filled three days of the RootsTech 2013 conference. Here are some semi-random thoughts as I recall the week:
1) Hats off to FamilySearch for organizing this conference and making it run smoothly. With over 6,700 registrants, over 250 learning sessions, and over 100 exhibitors, this is a yearlong endeavor. Thank you to Dennis Brimhall and his team for outstanding Keynote speakers, and a positive presentation of genealogy, family history and technology. The emphasis on Stories and Photos was very evident in the FamilySearch exhibit and presentations, and there were many exhibitors that promoted combining stories and photos or video.
2) My thanks to Paul Nauta of FamilySearch, and his team, for treating the Official Bloggers well - the Blogger Dinner, the special tour at the Mormon Tabernacle, the Media Hub food (fruit, nuts, water), electrics (wifi, Ethernet cables), video and audio booths. Excellent work!
3) I enjoyed meeting at least 60 GeneaBloggers (I didn't write them all down and I'm not sure I can match faces with names), and some of them I had not met before (Alona Tester, Helen Smith, Rosemary Morgan, Michael Hait, Lynn Broderick, Ginny Sommarstrom, Denise Olson, M. Diane Rogers, Amy Crow, Laila Christensen, Michael Maglio, LisaM from Billion Graves, GeneDocs Wetpaint (Eric Jelle), and many more!). This group is friendly, fun and energetic - it's like we're instant cousins when we meet.
4) In addition to the "official" events, there were many fun times over breakfast, at dinner, and in the Radisson bar with genealogists - stories, laughs, etc. Then there was Thomas MacEntee's birthday party - see all of the pictures on Facebook! I think there were more spouses/partners at RootsTech this year, and Linda and I had fun sharing with them.
5) The Keynote talks every day were great - excellent variety and messages. I loved Syd Lieverman, Jyl Pattee and David Pogue - the "non-genealogy" folks - if you missed those on the RootsTech.org streaming video, I encourage you to go back and watch them at your leisure. The information about FamilySearch, FindMyPast, Ancestry and MyHeritage broke some news and put these four major genealogy players in the forefront. I thought that James Tanner did an excellent job as a last-minute replacement for Gilad Japhet in the MyHeritage keynote talk - that's difficult to do and he succeeded.
6) I wandered around the Expo Hall quite a bit, seeking and finding familiar faces and new faces and products. The Ancestry, FamilySearch, FindMyPast, MyHeritage, Story@Home and Mocavo displays seemed to be well staffed and always busy. Some smaller companies had only one person to staff the booths, and some did not have handouts to take away and read. I was surprised that 23andMe did not have an exhibit, but FamilyTreeDNA and AncestryDNA did.
7) Guess how many presentations I attended other than the Keynote talks? One! I went to the FHISO panel discussion and was disappointed by the information provided there. I figured that I could see the Hall 1 talks on video after the conference, and that I can read the syllabus material for many of the presentations I am interested in. That's not the same as being there, of course. Due to the high number of attendees, and the limited room sizes available for many talks, the rooms were jam packed. Access to many of the rooms was hampered by the crowds and the stairs and the single working elevator at times.
8) I did go to the poster session of the Family History Technology workshop, and met Ben Baker and Randy Wilson who had interesting white papers and posters. I discussed their concepts with each of them, and appreciate seeing relatively young minds working on future concepts.
9) I watched as DearMYRTLE, Jill Ball, Lisa Louise Cooke, James Tanner and several other Official Bloggers made video interviews in the Media Hub of the Keynote speakers and other important people in genealogy throughout the days. These interviews were recorded, and many should be available on YouTube or on the interviewer's blog in the near future. Jill asked to interview me, but we got bumped at the appointed time.
10) Thank you to all of my readers that came by to say hello and discuss the events of the day with me at the Media Hub and on the Expo Hall floor.
11) I need to spend more time at the Family History Library in order to get my To-Do list done before I am too old. A research trip to SLC with SDGS or another group may be the answer. I tried going paperless this time, and found that I need a paper To-Do list, and more complete information on the To-Do list. For some records sought, I had to use the Ancestry app on my iPhone to get a date or place for a specific record.
12) The weather report before the conference week said it would be high temperatures in the 50s and lows in the 30s with just a little rain. It was colder than that - high's in the 30s and lows in the 20s, with three days of snow flurries on the morning walk to the Salt Palace. Linda was in the pool one day, saw the snow, and went out to catch snowflakes in her bathing suit and coverup. We ventured out thrice in the evening for dinner - and these West Coast kids were not prepared for the cold wind.
The URL for this post is: http://www.geneamusings.com/2013/03/post-rootstech-2013-musings.html
Copyright (c) 2013, Randall J. Seaver
1) Hats off to FamilySearch for organizing this conference and making it run smoothly. With over 6,700 registrants, over 250 learning sessions, and over 100 exhibitors, this is a yearlong endeavor. Thank you to Dennis Brimhall and his team for outstanding Keynote speakers, and a positive presentation of genealogy, family history and technology. The emphasis on Stories and Photos was very evident in the FamilySearch exhibit and presentations, and there were many exhibitors that promoted combining stories and photos or video.
2) My thanks to Paul Nauta of FamilySearch, and his team, for treating the Official Bloggers well - the Blogger Dinner, the special tour at the Mormon Tabernacle, the Media Hub food (fruit, nuts, water), electrics (wifi, Ethernet cables), video and audio booths. Excellent work!
3) I enjoyed meeting at least 60 GeneaBloggers (I didn't write them all down and I'm not sure I can match faces with names), and some of them I had not met before (Alona Tester, Helen Smith, Rosemary Morgan, Michael Hait, Lynn Broderick, Ginny Sommarstrom, Denise Olson, M. Diane Rogers, Amy Crow, Laila Christensen, Michael Maglio, LisaM from Billion Graves, GeneDocs Wetpaint (Eric Jelle), and many more!). This group is friendly, fun and energetic - it's like we're instant cousins when we meet.
4) In addition to the "official" events, there were many fun times over breakfast, at dinner, and in the Radisson bar with genealogists - stories, laughs, etc. Then there was Thomas MacEntee's birthday party - see all of the pictures on Facebook! I think there were more spouses/partners at RootsTech this year, and Linda and I had fun sharing with them.
5) The Keynote talks every day were great - excellent variety and messages. I loved Syd Lieverman, Jyl Pattee and David Pogue - the "non-genealogy" folks - if you missed those on the RootsTech.org streaming video, I encourage you to go back and watch them at your leisure. The information about FamilySearch, FindMyPast, Ancestry and MyHeritage broke some news and put these four major genealogy players in the forefront. I thought that James Tanner did an excellent job as a last-minute replacement for Gilad Japhet in the MyHeritage keynote talk - that's difficult to do and he succeeded.
6) I wandered around the Expo Hall quite a bit, seeking and finding familiar faces and new faces and products. The Ancestry, FamilySearch, FindMyPast, MyHeritage, Story@Home and Mocavo displays seemed to be well staffed and always busy. Some smaller companies had only one person to staff the booths, and some did not have handouts to take away and read. I was surprised that 23andMe did not have an exhibit, but FamilyTreeDNA and AncestryDNA did.
7) Guess how many presentations I attended other than the Keynote talks? One! I went to the FHISO panel discussion and was disappointed by the information provided there. I figured that I could see the Hall 1 talks on video after the conference, and that I can read the syllabus material for many of the presentations I am interested in. That's not the same as being there, of course. Due to the high number of attendees, and the limited room sizes available for many talks, the rooms were jam packed. Access to many of the rooms was hampered by the crowds and the stairs and the single working elevator at times.
8) I did go to the poster session of the Family History Technology workshop, and met Ben Baker and Randy Wilson who had interesting white papers and posters. I discussed their concepts with each of them, and appreciate seeing relatively young minds working on future concepts.
9) I watched as DearMYRTLE, Jill Ball, Lisa Louise Cooke, James Tanner and several other Official Bloggers made video interviews in the Media Hub of the Keynote speakers and other important people in genealogy throughout the days. These interviews were recorded, and many should be available on YouTube or on the interviewer's blog in the near future. Jill asked to interview me, but we got bumped at the appointed time.
10) Thank you to all of my readers that came by to say hello and discuss the events of the day with me at the Media Hub and on the Expo Hall floor.
11) I need to spend more time at the Family History Library in order to get my To-Do list done before I am too old. A research trip to SLC with SDGS or another group may be the answer. I tried going paperless this time, and found that I need a paper To-Do list, and more complete information on the To-Do list. For some records sought, I had to use the Ancestry app on my iPhone to get a date or place for a specific record.
12) The weather report before the conference week said it would be high temperatures in the 50s and lows in the 30s with just a little rain. It was colder than that - high's in the 30s and lows in the 20s, with three days of snow flurries on the morning walk to the Salt Palace. Linda was in the pool one day, saw the snow, and went out to catch snowflakes in her bathing suit and coverup. We ventured out thrice in the evening for dinner - and these West Coast kids were not prepared for the cold wind.
The URL for this post is: http://www.geneamusings.com/2013/03/post-rootstech-2013-musings.html
Copyright (c) 2013, Randall J. Seaver
Amanuensis Monday - Probate Records of John Pray (1653-1733) of Smithfield, R.I.
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
"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
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
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Last update: 19 May 2013, 10 p.m.
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Copyright (c) 2013, Randall J. Seaver
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
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