Photo-scanning app unveils new design; adds the ability to organize photos into digital shoeboxes SAN FRANCISCO, May 9, 2012 — Building on the popularity of its mobile photo-scanning app, 1000memories today launched ShoeBox for Android as well as a c...
One of my other sessions this morning was Tom Jones’ talk Documentation: The What, Why, and Where. Tom BELIEVES in documentation for genealogical assertions. This is not just because it is good for you and others to see where you … Continue reading →
First Set of High-Quality, Easy-to-Search Records Now Available to the Public Thanks to Efforts of Volunteer Indexers SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH (May 9, 2012) – The 1940 U.S. Census Community Project announced today the availability of a free, searchable ...
Elizabeth Shown Mills‘ presentation on working with the neighbors is over and it was well worth getting up early for. I think this is one of her set speeches, as the title has a copyright symbol next to it in … Continue reading →
Leader in Online Family History Has More Than Doubled Its Collection of Family History Records in Last Three Years PROVO, Utah, May 10, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ancestry.com (Nasdaq:ACOM), the world's largest online family history resource, is celebra...
This is a bit off-topic, but part of going to a new city is finding good restaurants. So far my favorite one in the area of the NGS conference is the Istanbul Cafe. This is a Turkish restaurant that has … Continue reading →
I’m at the NGS conference in room 206 again and it is filling up. 206 is the real big room and gets the genealogy rock stars, like Tom Jones and this morning Elizabeth Shown Mills. I’m here for “Okay, I … Continue reading →
I had another good day at the National Genealogical Society conference today. Highlights: I spent the morning at a four-hour session called Photo Detecting 101 with Maureen Taylor. Analyzing old photos is a much bigger topic than can be squeezed … Continue reading →
Yesterday I mentioned AncestorSync, a way to for different people to synchronize the databases from their genealogy software. I learned some more about it after writing. In the initial implementation AncestorSync only works through Geni. I talked to the nice … Continue reading →