Yep, FamilySearch Indexing can now follow you everywhere. And guess what? It's out for the Android market first. Or course, that's because Apple requires several weeks to push a new app through to their market, so iPhone and iPad users don't despair -- it will be coming out for IOS devices pretty soon.
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Cool New FamilySearch Indexing App! originally appeared on About.com Genealogy on Friday, February 3rd, 2012 at 18:05:55.
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Last month I wrote about several popular genealogy sites being pressured into removing or altering access to the Social Security Death Index (SSDI) through the actions of four Senators in support of a bill by Representative Sam Johnson (R - Texas) to remove all public access to the Death Master File, often referred to as the SSDI. This is an extremely valuable tool for anyone researching 20th century U.S. ancestors, and loss of access would be a huge blow for genealogists.
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Call to Action - Save the SSDI originally appeared on About.com Genealogy on Tuesday, January 31st, 2012 at 03:49:29.
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The popular RootsTech conference, now in its second year, will once again broadcast a number of its popular sessions over the Internet for those unable to attend the conference in person. These 14 sessions, a large increase over last year's live broadcast sessions, are free for anyone to view over the Internet -- the only caveat is that you have to watch them as they are streamed live during the conference which is being held later this week in Salt Lake City, Utah, February 2-4, 2012.
The free online sessions include
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RootsTech Live from Home for Free originally appeared on About.com Genealogy on Monday, January 30th, 2012 at 12:59:14.
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Genealogy records and documents are easy to find online, but it is not uncommon for genealogists to overlook unknown resources in favor of sites they use on a regular basis. Even if you keep good notes and try to stay on top of new sites and databases, there are new resources coming online every day -- and not all of them are advertised to the genealogical community (every few weeks I seem to find a new U.S. county has put its deed records online). This is why your search for ancestors should always include a review of known resources and a search for new ones (i.e. explore the website for each of the suggestions on this list!).
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Search for Sources, Not Just Surnames originally appeared on About.com Genealogy on Sunday, January 29th, 2012 at 07:04:57.
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It's one of the most popular of the many genealogical education opportunities open to genealogists, and one of the highlights of my year! Registration opens today, Tuesday, January 17, for the 2012 Institute of Genealogy & Historical Research (IGHR) at Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama. A few of the courses sell out within minutes, and many are closed by the end of the first day of registration, so if you're interested at all in attending I strong suggest you register today.
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Registration Open Today for the Institute of Genealogy & Historical Research (IGHR) originally appeared on About.com Genealogy on Tuesday, January 17th, 2012 at 09:48:34.
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Even though I had no idea what I wanted for Christmas, my husband managed to find a way straight to my heart by giving me several old albums and diaries that he had located and purchased through antique dealers and eBay. A yellowed newspaper clipping tucked behind the photograph of a woman identified as Dora Bowman immediately caught my eye. She's the only named photograph in an album filled with gorgeous old photos, which seems a bit too coincidental to me, but her story is definitely captivating...
"Oh! Dan, don't kill me and I will be yours." It was a woman imploring for mercy. Over her stood a man with a cocked revolver. "D___ you, I will kill you," and with that he fired, but fortunately the ball struck the woman's corset steel and fell to the ground. Twice more the villian fired, but the bullets went wide of their mark.
Dramatic it may seem, but this is the true tale of an engineer named William Schipp, and the much younger Dora Bowman set in 1890 Omaha, Nebraska. Dora apparently lived with William in adultery for almost two years after he solicited her away from "May Morgan's sporting house," before she tired of his attentions and tried to break off their arrangement.
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Saved by her Corset! The Interesting Case of Dora Bowman originally appeared on About.com Genealogy on Tuesday, January 10th, 2012 at 13:14:01.
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It was a big week for announcements of new online learning opportunities for the genealogy community, including a variety of instructive webinars and videos. The majority of these are free to boot! Those which require a fee for participation are noted.
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