tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26647394751252030862024-02-19T14:38:38.721-08:00Family History Class NotesDon't have time for a class? These are topics we've covered...Caroleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16105085965181698420noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2664739475125203086.post-21418801611416680542012-11-01T08:57:00.000-07:002012-11-07T18:04:27.491-08:00Facebook - A Genealogist's Tool for Record Keeping, Research, and Collaboration<div style="text-align: center;">
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Facebook serves as a type of journal and records everything
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Facebook can keep you up-to-date with your family, both
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Facebook can aid genealogical research with pages specific
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Facebook due to experience with technology. Think of it as an opportunity to
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Facebook may not replace methods you already use as a genealogist, but it can certainly be a useful addition. You may make discoveries and see pictures you never would have known, and offer that same opportunity to family you know and to cousins you might never have met.</span></div>
Caroleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16105085965181698420noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2664739475125203086.post-53526570014835638602012-09-13T10:31:00.000-07:002012-09-13T10:32:35.553-07:00LDS Pioneer Resources - Mormon Migration<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For those with LDS Pioneer ancestors, there are websites to find and share information about your family.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The <a href="http://mormonmigration.lib.byu.edu/" target="_blank">Mormon Migration</a> website is a "remix" of the old Mormon Migration Index CDs. The data from the old cd's has been added upon and put on the site in an easily searchable format. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You can search by name of person, name of ship, or date. A search for the name "John Kelly" yielded the these results:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You would click on the name of the ship (Camillus, above) to access all available resources about the voyage including personal accounts, passenger lists, and (when you're lucky) images of the ship manifest, as seen below:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Wherever you see blue writing on the site, you can click and learn more. The images of passenger lists are also clickable in order to view them larger. You may have to go through several images in order to find the person you're looking for.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you have information the Mormon Migration website doesn't, you can submit your information and have it considered as an addition to the database. You would click on "Share what you know about this voyage", as seen in blue italicized writing in the center of the image above.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Go to the site, <a href="http://mormonmigration.lib.byu.edu/" target="_blank">Mormon Migration</a>, and see what you can learn and share about your Mormon Pioneer ancestors. It's a really easy site to navigate...no pun intended! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thine in the bonds of happy sailing - Caroleen</span><br />
<br />Caroleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16105085965181698420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2664739475125203086.post-6132462603031142152012-06-17T11:24:00.001-07:002012-06-24T07:19:29.462-07:00Free Digitized Newspaper Collections, Part 1<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;">
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Look for tabs and sidebars which may lead to more information.</span></li>
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<b><span style="font-size: small;">The Olden Times - Historic Newspapers Online:</span></b><br />
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<a href="http://theoldentimes.com/"><span style="font-size: small;">http://theoldentimes.com</span></a><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>BYU Family History Library Periodicals and Newspapers</b> </span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">(Scroll down to the "Newspapers" section for many links to digitized newspaper collections. Some are indexes but many are fully searchable sites with images of articles. Contact the BYU Family History Library regarding passwords, if needed. Some may be freely available.):</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://lib.byu.edu/sites/familyhistory/periodicals/">http://lib.byu.edu/sites/familyhistory/periodicals</a></span><br />
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<b>Utah Digital Newspapers:</b> </div>
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<a href="http://digitalnewspapers.org/"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">http://digitalnewspapers.org</span></a><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Visit the "Chronicling America" website as discussed in a previous blog post on this site. You can learn which newspapers were available in which locations at which time in American History. If you know what you are looking for, it may be easier to locate.</span></span></span> </li>
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<li><span style="font-size: small;">Use specific words on Google to do your search: Newspaper(s), Historical, Genealogy, County Name, City Name, State Name, Online, etc. I used the words: Grosse Pointe Michigan Genealogy Newspapers. It turned up results that lead me down a winding path to an elaborate collection of digitized newspapers from the ealy 1900's through today.</span></li>
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Though the Internet is vast, and digitized collections may be elusive, finding your ancestors in free online digitized newspapers is not only possible, but highly likely. Use newspaper sites and creative searches as a start. Use your desire to find your family as your motivation for discovery. Desire is the biggest factor in the finding.<br />
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Thine in the bonds of finding your family - Caroleen<br />
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<br />Caroleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16105085965181698420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2664739475125203086.post-17770888404862987742012-05-31T18:39:00.000-07:002012-05-31T19:14:46.392-07:00US Historic Newspapers Finding Aid - Chronicling America's US Newspaper Directory, 1690-Present<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">Newspapers are a great
resource for family history research. They can help you fill in basic facts
about ancestors, but more importantly, newspapers can "add life" to
the people in your pedigree. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">In order to effectively use newspapers
as a resource, you need to know which newspapers were published in the places
and times your ancestors were living. Once you know the name of the newspapers,
you'll want to see if copies still exist and where they are held. You'll also want to do a search for digitized copies online.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">The best resource for finding all newspapers published in the United States since 1690
is "The US Newspaper Directory, 1690-Present" in the <i>Chronicling America </i>section at the Library of Congress website. It
is <i>the</i> authority on US newspapers. Here you can find the name of any
newspaper published in the US since 1690...before we were even a nation.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">*Note that the US
Newspaper Directory, 1690-Present is not a list of online newspaper
resources. A separate tab on the <i>Chronicling America</i> site will take you to
their digitized collection...a subject of a future blog post.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">Go to <a href="http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/" target="_blank">Chronicling America</a>
and click on the tab labeled US Newspaper Directory, 1690-Present, as seen in the image
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1690-Present. Notice the tabs for searching the digitized newspaper collection.
This will be the subject of a future blog post. By the way, the Digitized
Newspaper Collection at this site, while extensive, is by no means
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">After clicking on the US Newspaper Directory, 1690-Present tab, you'll be here:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">After choosing a state, county and city (if desired) and a date, you'll be given a list of papers available such as this:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">Next, choose one of the papers you'd like more information about. I clicked on <i>The Martin County Herald</i> and got the following page about the paper:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">Next I clicked on the "View complete holdings information" under the heading of "Holdings". The results, below, show which issues still exist and at which libraries they can be read. Contact the libraries noted. Some may be available through inter-library loan. Unfortunately, links to digitized collections available online are not given.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Notice that not all issues are available to be read. Interesting that some of the holdings are outside the state of publication. Check for availability of inter-library loans. Also, search for digitized versions available online.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">Remember,
two valuable purposes of the "US Newspaper Directory, 1690-Present" at <i>Chronicling America</i> on the
Library of Congress website are: First, to tell you the location, dates of
publication, and the names of newspapers published in the US since 1690.
Second, to tell you the repository of the newspapers and the issues available. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">PS - </span><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">Though most
of the
newspapers in the US have not been digitized and will take a lot of
effort to
find and read, it wouldn't hurt to search for a digitized copy online. But even
if you can't find newspaper articles about your ancestors the easy way,
the effort you put into tracking down newspapers through the <i>Chronicling America</i> website will be well worth it when you discover something new.</span><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";"> </span></div>Caroleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16105085965181698420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2664739475125203086.post-22917761898778630382012-04-07T14:03:00.000-07:002012-04-10T18:19:50.988-07:00Source Writing - Don't Let It Scare You!<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">
In the first months of learning how to research my family history, I felt paralyzed by the prospect of writing correct source citations. I wanted to do it right, and the thought of making a mistake kept me from doing anything. I overcame this unfounded fear and have advice for those experiencing similar feelings of anxiety.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">1. Elizabeth Shown Mills, the master of genealogical source writing, says</span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> "</span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Citation is an art, not a science".</span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> Remember that when you start feeling uptight about writing a source citation. (<i>Evidence Explained</i>, p. 39)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">2. The purpose of a citation is to get back to the source you are citing. If you can do that, your citation is a success.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">3. Attach the information necessary for a source citation to every
image you download, print, copy, photograph. You don't want to try to
figure out later where you got it.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">4. To make source writing easy, use the templates in the most current release of your favorite genealogy database programs. (Rootsmagic and Legacy both attempt to closely follow the standards found in Elizabeth Shown Mill's books <u>Evidence!</u> and <u>Evidence Explained</u>.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">5. In the absence of a template, write down everything you can about your source. You can worry about formatting later.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">6. If you want to be professional in your source writing, follow the established and current genealogical standards.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">7. Remember that the most correctly
written citation does not establish proof. Evaluation of the quality of a
source and it's application to the fact you're trying to document could
be the subject of a whole other blog post.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"></span>Click on the following links for articles, blog posts, and books about source writing:</div>
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<a href="http://www.geneabloggers.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Genealogy-Source-Citations-Quick-Reference.pdf" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;" target="_blank">The Genealogy Source Citation Quick Reference Card</a><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> - Thomas McEntee</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Evidence-Explained-History-Artifacts-Cyberspace/dp/0806318066/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1333827661&sr=1-1" target="_blank">Evidence Explained - The Book</a> - Elizabeth Shown Mills </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.evidenceexplained.com/" target="_blank">Evidence Explained - The Website</a> - Elizabeth Shown Mills</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.bcgcertification.org/catalog/stdmanual.html" target="_blank">The BCG Genealogical Standards Manual (2000)</a> - Board for Certification of Genealogists</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="http://olivetreegenealogy.blogspot.com/2011/01/review-genealogical-standards-of.html" target="_blank">Genealogical Standards of Evidence: A Guide for Family Historians</a> - A book by Brenda Dougall Merriman reviewed by Olive Tree Genealogy</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="http://michaelhait.wordpress.com/source-citation-others/" target="_blank">An Extensive List of Blog Posts about Citing Sources</a>- Michael Hait blog author of <u>Planting the Seeds</u></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Don't let source writing make you nervous. If you want to do it correctly, there are plenty of resources available to teach you how. If you've been able to find elusive records, you're most certainly able to format a citation. Just like with your research, it all depends on how badly you want it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Thine in the bonds of wanting it! Caroleen</span><br />
<br />Caroleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16105085965181698420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2664739475125203086.post-90852836652020419872012-03-31T13:26:00.001-07:002012-03-31T13:26:52.533-07:00Create an Online Genealogical Survey to Capture the Interest of Your Family<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">
Asking your relatives a lot of questions to aid your genealogical research can be an overwhelming, tedious or boring experience for them. What if you created a colorful survey to capture their interest and enthusiasm?</div>
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Google Docs will allow you to create an online survey that is so fun to fill out, your family will be asking you to send them another.</div>
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Here's how to do it:</div>
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Go to <a href="http://docs.google.com/" target="_blank">docs.google.com</a></div>
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Sign in or Create an Account and then click on the red "Create" button. </div>
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From there a dropdown box appears where you will <span style="background-color: white;">click on "Form"</span>.<br />
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When you click on "Form" you'll be brought to the page where you write your survey:</div>
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After filling in the survey form, you can share it with the people you want to fill it out. Click on the Google+ share button to share it with your Google+ Circles. Click on "Email this form" to send it to people through email. Be sure to UNcheck the "Include form in this email" if you want people to see the pretty background as they fill out your survey.</div>
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If they click on the link, they'll see a survey like this: </div>
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When you go back to your Google Docs, you'll see the survey you created in your list of documents. </div>
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Click on it to be brought to a spreadsheet of responses to your survey.</div>
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The answers your respondents give will be in the spreadsheet. You have all their answers in one place!<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">And that's how you make a survey that can be used for family history. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">If you'd like to see the Family History Photo Survey I created, <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dExnd0FLOU9fczUwSnI1SkpZdDVzZnc6MQ" target="_blank">CLICK HERE</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">You may find survey making has other useful applications, too. I used it to find out what kind of Easter treats my family want this year. (We're at 17 descendants and still counting so holidays are getting a bit more complicated!) If you want to see it, <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dERHekNjRGV0Tll1UldmQ3FEUVRXb0E6MQ#gid=0" target="_blank">Click Here to see the Easter Treat Survey.</a> You can fill it out, but I can't guarantee you'll get a treat!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Now try making a survey yourself!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Thine in the bonds of family history fun! Caroleen</span>Caroleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16105085965181698420noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2664739475125203086.post-21118390195885546662012-03-24T21:54:00.003-07:002012-04-10T18:19:33.243-07:00Blogs - They're not just for reading...<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">1. Just like you can learn a lot by reading others' blogs, others can learn a lot by reading a blog hosted by you. Be a giver of information!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">4. Sharing your family history finds on a blog gets the info to interested family members quickly. Find it, post it - it's that easy. Forget the photocopies! Eradicate the emails! Lose the links! It's all on the blog for whomever wants it. They can print the images and documents you post or they can save it to their own computer.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The first blog holds images from a scrapbook. Sharing the scrapbook on a blog has several advantages over printing books for family members. <b>One</b>, it's free; <b>two</b>, it can be shared widely; <b>three</b>, it can be printed or downloaded by others...saving you time; and <b>four</b>, distant cousins (whom you may not even know) can find it on the web.</span><br />
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</div>Caroleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16105085965181698420noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2664739475125203086.post-75889665542499276562012-03-21T09:41:00.001-07:002012-03-21T09:41:19.080-07:00Dropbox - A Virtual Flash Drive<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">
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As great as a flash drive is for storing and easily moving your data, Dropbox is even better. Dropbox is a cloud based data storage site with benefits far beyond the basic storage a flash drive can deliver.</div>
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Go to <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/" target="_blank">the Dropbox website</a> and watch the demo. Then download it to your computer and create an account.<br />
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Just about anything you need to learn about Dropbox can easily be found in videos at YouTube. Some users of Dropbox upload videos to YouTube (usually just out of the goodness of their hearts) in order to help others learn more about the service. Some are more professional than others, and some are in languages other than English, but you're sure to find a few that are beneficial to you.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Go to </span><a href="http://youtube.com/" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;" target="_blank">YouTube (click here)</a><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> and search topics such as "using Dropbox" or "Dropbox tutorials". </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">1. If you ever work from more than one computer, a flash drive is a great way to transfer your information from one place to another. A flash drive will allow you to keep your files at hand without having to email them to yourself or worry about which file is the most current.</span></div>
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can see that this flash drive was assigned drive "J". You can see that there is a default name
for the flash drive which was chosen by SanDisk, the company that manufactured
it. In this case, the name of the flash drive is "Cruzer 32 GB".</span> </span></span></span></span></span></h1>
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order to help you recognize your flash drive and the contents of it,
you may change the name of your flash drive. Right click on the flash
drive name and choose "Rename". You can then choose a short name such as
"Fam History" or "Genealogy" or "Carole Flash". That way when you plug
it into a computer and look for it, it will be easy to recognize no
matter how many other devices, removable disks or flash drives are
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can see in this photo of the "Computer" or "My computer" screen that
the drive assigned to this flash drive is "E" and that the flash drive
was renamed from "Cruzer" to "CKELLY FH" for "Caroleen Kelly Family
History". Renaming it makes it a lot easier to recognize.</span></span></span></h1>
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<span style="font-size: small; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The Flash Drive Contents are Organized the Same as any </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Other Drive on Your Computer</span></span></div>
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right shows the contents of the flash drive. Access these folders and files just as
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span id="btAsinTitle"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">Be careful when working from your flash drive that you really are working from it! Check the file location at the top of whatever program you're working in to be sure you're working from the drive assigned to your flash drive:</span></span></span></h1>
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<b><span style="font-size: small;">Where to Purchase a Flash Drive</span></b></div>
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You can purchase a flash drive at just about any store that sells computer accessories, including online stores like Amazon.com. Prices are very reasonable and have come down in the last couple years. A 32 GB SanDisk Cruzer can currently be purchased for about $26. A 4 GB SanDisk can be purchased for just under $7.</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: small;">How Much Data Will a Flash Drive Hold?</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;">The amount of data that will fit on your flash drive depends upon how many GB the flash drive will hold and how large your files are. Video files at a high resolution take up more space. Documents take up very little space. According to CFgear.com, a 32 GB flash drive will hold over 50 hours of high quality video; or 30,000 photos; or 6,000 PowerPoint Presentations. For smaller flash drives just divide by the number of GB available. For the average person storing family history information without much video, a 4-8 GB flash drive should be large enough, but with the price so low on even the largest flash drives, it doesn't hurt to go bigger. If you buy a smaller flash drive and run out of space, all you need to do is buy a larger one and transfer your information to the new one.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">When you're on the go again and want to remove your flash drive from the computer, don't just pull it out! If it's removed when a file is being accessed, the file may not be saved correctly or, even worse, may be damaged. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">1. Close all files being accessed from your flash drive. For instance, if you're using a family history program and the file used is stored on your flash drive, save it and close it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">2. Right click on the "Safely Remove Hardware and Eject Media" icon on your toolbar or the hidden icons area of your toolbar</span>:</div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> Click on "Eject Cruzer" (or whatever your device was named by the manufacturer). The name you gave your flash drive will appear below it to help you recognize your flash drive. If it's safe to remove your flash drive (meaning your flash drive is not being accessed by your computer), the following message box will appear on your screen and you may remove your flash drive from the computer:</span><br />
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New FamilySearch will soon be Old FamilySearch and users of the New FamilySearch system will be signing into their "New FamilySearch" account at the "Family Tree" tab at the top of the FamilySearch.org website. At present, the "Family Tree" tab will allow access to those who sign up to be "early adopters" of the system. Early adopters can view their tree and see all that they are able to see at "New Family Search", but the system is not fully functional.<br />
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As of March 14, 2012, the "Family Tree" will allow you to add dates and locations to events (such as birth, christening, and death) which don't yet have dates assigned, change dates and locations (but not contribute additional dates), add sources, add names and "other information", and participate in discussions. You may also "unreserve" or "reassign" temple ordinances. The "Family Tree" will not yet allow you to reserve temple ordinances, add individuals, combine individuals, nor upload gedcoms.<br />
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Eventually the "Family Tree" will be fully functional. It has an intuitive interface and is much cleaner and more user-friendly than "New FamilySearch". All those benefits aside, the biggest difference I expect to see between "New FamilySearch" and the "Family Tree" will be the the attention paid to source citations, evidence, and analysis. The current "New FamilySearch" is full of mistakes and conflicting information. Those who put the effort in to correct the mistakes have their sources (if they bother to add them) buried deep and virtually not accessible to others. With the words "source", "evidence" and "analysis" everywhere on each "ancestor" view, it should be obvious to those collaborating on an ancestor that verification of information is a priority. Those adding or changing information will easily be able to add their sources and those accessing information will have sources and analysis front and center.<br />
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If you would like to be an "early adopter" of the "Family Tree", click below and sign in with your LDS Account:<br />
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<a href="http://familysearch.org/invite/familytree_tab" target="_blank">Click HERE to be directed to the "Early Adopter" invitation! </a><br />
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This is the page you will be directed to when you click on the link above:<br />
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Notice that those who sign up are known as "early adopters" of the system. Eventually everyone will use this new system. When you get to this page, sign in with your LDS Account, if you have one. If you don't have an LDS account, click on "Register". After signing in you will automatically be brought to the "Family Tree" on the FamilySearch.org site.<br />
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When you want to access the "Family Tree" again, you will go to the <a href="https://familysearch.org/" target="_blank">FamilySearch</a> website where you will see a screen like this:<br />
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You can see from this screen shot that no "Family Tree" shows up at the top of the page between the FamilySearch logo and the "Learn" tab. You will need to sign in. After signing in the "Family Tree" tab will appear as seen below:</div>
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After signing in you will see the "Family Tree" tab to the left and the name you registered with your LDS Account to the right. Click on the "Family Tree" to access your family tree. Remember the site is not fully functional, but it's worth spending your time in as it is developed. <br />
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If you're on a shared computer, remember to "sign out" when you are done so that the next person to use the computer will not be able to access your account.Caroleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16105085965181698420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2664739475125203086.post-55286848738173424292012-02-19T08:22:00.000-08:002012-02-19T08:27:06.273-08:00Sharing - Free Charts! Fan, Pedigree, and a Name Cloud<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is an example of the Fan Chart from the: <a href="http://byu-idaho-fhc.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">BYU-Idaho Family History Center Blog</a></td></tr>
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TreeSeek has partnered with FamilySearch and Geni.com to provide users with a number of free charts including a fan chart, a few types of pedigree charts, and a name cloud. Click on <a href="http://treeseek.com/" target="_blank">TreeSeek.com</a> to try it out.<br />
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The home page looks like this: <br />
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Click on "My Trees" or the "Start Now!" button to go to this page:<br />
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From here you will login. Choose to login to either your FamilySearch account or Geni account. (Currently no other online trees are supported.)<br />
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Click on "Create Tree". You'll be brought to a page where you choose the person you would like to be the start of your tree...usually yourself, one of your parents, or one of your children. Then click on "Create Data Set". It may take a few minutes to generate. Then you will see this page:<br />
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In the dropdown box above the "Create Chart" button, you can choose from three different size pedigree charts, a 9 generation fan chart, or a "name cloud". After selecting the type chart you want, click on "Create Chart". A box will open that allows you to either "open" or "save". You may save it to your computer and then print it. My print box allows me to choose either one page, a poster, or a tiny image on a page (multiple and booklet...neither of which are very practical). Make your choice and click on "print".<br />
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Here's an example of the name cloud:<br />
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The name cloud should be printed from your browser's "print" option.<br />
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TreeSeek is in Beta. For this reason, you may see the site change over time, or there may be a glitch or two. Click on "Give Feedback" to let the TreeSeek people know what you think!<br />
<br />Caroleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16105085965181698420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2664739475125203086.post-33621569923450923032012-02-12T21:42:00.000-08:002012-02-12T21:42:56.873-08:00Technology - New Indexing App for iOS and Android<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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FamilySearch is keeping up with techies and people on the go by offering an app for FamilySearch Indexing on iOS (Apple iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad) and Android operating systems. Download the app at the Apple App Store or the Android Market. Click <a href="http://tech.lds.org/index.php/component/content/article/1-miscellaneous/455-new-familysearch-indexing-app-now-available" target="_blank">here</a> to read more about it...and then get it on your phone. As Mary Jane Saylor, a fellow genealogist friend, said, "It's more addicting than Angry Birds!"<br />
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This screen shot shows the snippet view from which you index a name. You can also tap to have the whole page opened on your screen. Be sure to read the guide before you get started. It's simple to use, though, and quite fun!<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">A simple way to share some information with all ages in your family is to create a word search puzzle. Choose themes like "Ancestors' Surnames" or "Occupations of Your Ancestors" and make it fun for your family to meet their ancestors. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Go to DiscoveryEducation.com's <a href="http://puzzlemaker.discoveryeducation.com/" target="_blank">PuzzleMaker</a> and choose Word Search to create something like this:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">At Discovery Education's website you'll see other puzzle options. The simplest is this word search, but give others a try. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"></span>Caroleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16105085965181698420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2664739475125203086.post-76025423213596106002012-02-05T20:47:00.000-08:002012-02-12T21:14:47.169-08:00Blogs - They Can Help Your Reseach<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">
The word "blog" is short for we<b><i><u>b log</u></i></b>...a "log" that you keep on the "web", or Internet. Blogs can be compared to newsletters, magazines, or emails. A person with knowledge about a particular subject can "post" information in a blog. </div>
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Information is added to a blog with the most recent post at the top of the page. You can scroll down through the blog to read the posts, clicking at the bottom of the page to reveal more posts. Sometimes there is a "blog archive", a "search box", or a list of "labels" on a blog that can help you find content you're interested in reading.</div>
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By reading genealogy blogs you can learn new methods to research, record, and share your family history. Sometimes blogs have links to other websites or to other blogs that can help you learn more. </div>
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Here is a list of a few blogs that might help you with research:</div>
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<a href="http://genrootsblog.blogspot.com/">Genealogy Roots Blog - http://genrootsblog.blogspot.com/</a><br />
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<a href="http://rzamor1.blogspot.com/">Renee's Genealogy Blog - http://rzamor1.blogspot.com/</a><br />
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<a href="http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/">The [Official] Ancestry.com blog - http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/</a></div>
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<a href="http://ancestryinsider.blogspot.com/">The Unoffical Blog about Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org - http://ancestryinsider.blogspot.com/</a></div>
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<a href="http://blog.familytreemagazine.com/insider/?p_pagealias=genealogyinsider">Genealogy Insider (Family Tree Magazine) - http://blog.familytreemagazine.com/insider/?p_pagealias=genealogyinsider</a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">You can do a Google search to find more blogs. Just enter something like "Top Genealogy Blogs" into the search box. (No quotation marks necessary.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">If you like a blog you're reading, you can click on "Follow" or "Subscribe". You can then set up a "dashboard" or a "reader" to read new posts without having to go back to the blog repeatedly. All of the blogs you "follow" or "subscribe to" are stored neatly in one place so that you can read new posts on all of them without having to click around the Internet. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is what the "Subscibe" button often looks like. It often says "RSS Feed"<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The arrow is pointing to the "follow" button that can be found on some blogs. It's a bit different than a subscription, but will still create an area where you can read many blogs in one place.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Get in touch with me if you'd like to set up a "Reader" or a "Dashboard". In less than 30 minutes you can be reading blogs like a pro!</span>Caroleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16105085965181698420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2664739475125203086.post-84023500661638992372012-02-05T12:41:00.000-08:002012-02-06T12:56:07.198-08:00Help Index the 1940 US Census<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;">
Watch this short video and then click on the link below to be taken to the site where you can sign up to help index The 1940 US Census.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Click <a href="http://the1940census.com/">The 1940 US Census</a></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">to sign up to index the 130+ million names of the individuals enumerated in the 1940 Census. Who do you know that's in it?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">We'll try indexing in class so that you can be ready when the census is released on April 2, 2012.</span><br />
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