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Number 9 The camaraderie of the group is part of the fun! Attendees at the Salt Lake Christmas Tour come not only to do research in the Family History Library, but many come back year after year to enjoy the Continue reading Top 10 Reasons for Attending the 25th Annual Salt Lake Christmas Tour – #9
They say it will only be 10 questions – and take about minutes to complete. Let’s hope those ten questions are genealogically useful in 2082. According to the Census 2010 Newsletter, the scope of the operation includes counting nearly 310 Continue reading Only 10 Questions in the 2010 Census
Number 10 While you research at the Family History Library – enjoying the Salt Lake Christmas Tour your non-genealogist spouse or companion can enjoy the local attractions. Many folks come on the tour with husbands, wives or friends that aren’t Continue reading Top 10 Reasons for Attending the 25th Annual Salt Lake Christmas Tour – #10
On Sunday, Bill and I drove home from the California Family History Expo, held in Redding, California this last weekend. It was about 785 miles, but we were back in Bountiful by about 8 p.m. There were between 300 and Continue reading Back Home Again
This is our second day at the California Family History Expo. I understand that there are over 300 folks here at the Redding Convention Center. We had a busy day at the Family Roots Publishing booth yesterday. I spoke on Continue reading FRPC at the California Family History Expo
I ran onto an article about the upcoming census in a newspaper while eating dinner at a restaurant in Redding, California this evening. It looks to me like an all-out effort is about to be untaken to make sure that Continue reading 2010 Census to Have Language Assistance
Dollarhide and I are about to check out of a hotel in Reno, Nevada – and head for Redding, California, where we set up for the 2009 California Family History Expo this afternoon. On the way, we will be stopping Continue reading On the Way to the California Family History Expo & Picking Up the Dead Relatives
The following News Release was received from Ohana Software today. Ordinance Tracker was first released as an integrated part of the program FamilyInsight. Because of its success, Ohana Software has now released Ordinance Tracker as a stand alone. The program Continue reading Ordinance Tracker Stand Alone Released
My friend, Irene Johnson, sent me a link to a very cool website earlier this evening. The website is Utah3d.net. On the site is some amazing photography – all in 3D – panoramic and then some. It reminds me of Continue reading Utah in 3D – Utah Like You’ve Never Seen It Before
I just received the following news release from my friend, Claire LeBeaux. Customers of OneGreatFamily.com, a genealogy company, will be using Perfect Search technology to search the over 200 million names submitted to One Great Family that are housed on Continue reading OneGreatFamily.com Selects Perfect Search Corporation to Provide Search to Users
Armidale Dumaresq Council and the Armidale [New South Wales – Australia] Family History Group have established a trust fund in order to help meet the cost of restoring damaged headstones and grave sites at the Armidale Cemetery. A senseless vandal Continue reading Trust Fund Established in Armidale, NSW, to Restore Vandalized Cemetery
It looks like the legislators in Maine figure that the recession is putting a lot more money in folks pockets. As usual, the people are picking up the bill. They talk about not raising taxes – but I’d say that Continue reading Maine Vital Records Fees Jump Out of Site
Prior to today, I’d never heard about the Civilian Public Service program – that dealt with 12,000 conscientious objectors during WWII. Hmm… They didn’t go to Canada as my generation did. The following excerpt is from an interesting and informative Continue reading WWII Civilian Public Service Camps
The following teaser is from an interesting article by Michael Hoffman about Japanese names, found in the October 11, 2009 edition of the Japan Times. “How do you do, my name is Saito Ichiro Sama-no-kami Minamoto-no-Ason Tadayoshi.” We can be Continue reading Japanese Names – Cut Down to Business Card Size
I got the following email from my friends at ProGenealogists this evening. If you’re a good experienced professional genealogist looking for full-time work, here’s an opportunity. The company is growing and could use good researchers. ProGenealogists, the nation’s largest genealogical Continue reading Professional Genealogists Wanted