Photos and comments from Arizona and around the world
Odds and Ends and Such http://t.co/efpv20k1 James Tanner (@Genealogysstar) October 26, 2012 Just a few comments about things too short to do a whole blog post: TechTips, for which I am a contributor, has moved from its status in outer darkness, to the...
The U.S. National Digital Newspaper Program Update http://t.co/bSDvAq9g James Tanner (@Genealogysstar) October 25, 2012 As of today, the Library of Congress' Chronicling America, National Digital Newspaper Program shows 5,206,652 pages digitized. This...
More about Windows 8, the Microsoft Surface and etc. http://t.co/Wb8Vn0Cx James Tanner (@Genealogysstar) October 27, 2012 A few days ago, I wrote a short piece about the introduction of the new Apple products and made the observation that the intro was...
Love Statue, Scottsdale Civic Center Mall, Scottsdale, Arizona USA http://t.co/1SAzMhb4 James Tanner (@Genealogysstar) October 27, 2012 Love Statue, Main Plaza, Scottsdale, Arizona USA in Arizona This Panorama shows the Love Statue in Scottsdale, Arizona....
Stepping Off Into the Past -- Moving up a generation http://t.co/PNjE8Exx James Tanner (@Genealogysstar) October 27, 2012 You could do as some records I have seen and that is add the next generation automatically by calling them Mr. Smith and Mrs. Smith...
What will happen this next week with FamilySearch Family Tree? http://t.co/OJdpHO51 James Tanner (@Genealogysstar) October 27, 2012 It was announced by the Directors of the Mesa FamilySearch Library that they received an email notice that FamilySearch...
More on Genealogy's Popularity Declining http://t.co/7FPWE2PD James Tanner (@Genealogysstar) October 29, 2012 Most of the comments received on my post concerning Google Trends were attempts to explain the apparent decline in Web searches about genealogical...
Introduction Week -- Day One for FamilySearch Family Tree http://t.co/oy8VHWTI James Tanner (@Genealogysstar) October 29, 2012 OK, so this is supposed to be the week that FamilySearch Family Tree (FSFT) is "introduced." We have been working with a rather...
Georgia Family History Expo 2012 http://t.co/rLIQKXRo James Tanner (@Genealogysstar) October 29, 2012 On November 9th and 10th, I will be in Duluth, Georgia, outside of Atlanta, for the annual Family History Expo. Attending a conference such as this one...
Run Down http://t.co/OerwslxF James Tanner (@Genealogysstar) October 31, 2012
Primary and Secondary Sources -- A multiple part discussion http://t.co/ECWZyxx3 James Tanner (@Genealogysstar) October 31, 2012 In a recent blog post on Midwestern Microhistory: A Genealogy Blog, Blogger Harold Henderson raised an issue with a blog entitled,...
Close to Retirement | Walking Arizona http://t.co/6P0PHXfr James Tanner (@Genealogysstar) October 24, 2012 Close to Retirement | Walking Arizona
Introduction Week -- Day Three, Still waiting for FamilySearch Family Tree http://t.co/CH6KDlJ5 James Tanner (@Genealogysstar) October 31, 2012 By today, I am starting to think that whoever sent out the notice that something was going to happen this week...
Mayflower Society | Walking Arizona http://t.co/z7aajbHa James Tanner (@Genealogysstar) October 16, 2012 Mayflower Society | Walking Arizona
The Last Piece Falls Into Place -- Merge Comes to FamilySearch Family Tree http://t.co/PHTpfICY James Tanner (@Genealogysstar) October 04, 2012 Without any fanfare, the merge function shows up on FamilySearch Family Tree! I got the notice as a comment...
Stepping Off Into the Past -- Moving Beyond the Census http://t.co/HYEuL9Cp James Tanner (@Genealogysstar) October 27, 2012 Census records may be the beginning of genealogical research, but they certainly are not the end. Despite common practices to the...
Fall Leaves | Walking Arizona http://t.co/xxFX43Ew James Tanner (@Genealogysstar) October 20, 2012 Fall Leaves | Walking Arizona
Spring in the Desert? | Walking Arizona http://t.co/llVEVKHO James Tanner (@Genealogysstar) October 21, 2012 Spring in the Desert? | Walking Arizona
One of the best introductions to FamilySearch I have seen! http://t.co/G2s6zKAg James Tanner (@Genealogysstar) October 24, 2012 I thought this video was one of the best FamilySearch.org has done to introduce itself.
Fall Leaves http://t.co/qTzWRHcB James Tanner (@Genealogysstar) October 20, 2012 Fall leaves are sometimes more about texture than they are about color. Especially when they are already off of the tree and into wind-made piles on the ground.
Wave Washed http://t.co/7KPnmsuW James Tanner (@Genealogysstar) October 15, 2012 When I am walking around on a beach, it seems like I mostly look at the sand and search for shells and other things. I don't seem to have any handy oceans around here in...
Boston | Walking Arizona http://t.co/nuguk8zh James Tanner (@Genealogysstar) October 19, 2012 Boston | Walking Arizona
The Mayflower http://t.co/rRaO7qZt James Tanner (@Genealogysstar) October 16, 2012 In 1957 a replica of the original Mayflower sailing ship was built in Devon, England and sailed across the Atlantic. The ship, now a museum, is located at the Plymouth...
Monarch Butterflies | Walking Arizona http://t.co/zAHBjtdb James Tanner (@Genealogysstar) October 14, 2012 Monarch Butterflies | Walking Arizona
Use the Family History Library Catalog http://t.co/tgKJaNPB James Tanner (@Genealogysstar) October 03, 2012 Well, you are saying, just look up stuff in the Catalog, how simple could that be? It turns out that it is not at all that simple, the Family History...