Photos and comments from Arizona and around the world
The news of new collections being added to a large online database is getting so common that it hardly merits attention. But this case is different. MyHeritage.com is striking out in a new direction. Rather than create a huge clone of Ancestry.com, MyHeritage...
Facts are the heart of the stories, Syd Lieberman. You really need to hear his story. D. Joshua Taylor is well known in the online genealogy community and he is now working with brightsolid.com, was the concluding keynote speaker. These presentations...
MyHeritage will be both exhibiting and presenting classes at the upcoming St. George Family History Expo at The Dixie Center, 1835 Convention Center Dr., St. George , Utah 84790 on the 22nd and 23rd of February. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn about...
Although I have somewhat of a personal interest in the Saturday Morning, 23 March session of RootsTech 2013, I wanted to let everyone know that all of the video sessions are now available online. If you missed RootsTech, you many wish to see some of what...
Without any fanfare or warning, photos imported into FamilySearch's Photos program began appearing linked in to FamilySearch.org's Family Tree. The heretofore black photo slot next to the name of the individual on the individual information pages began...
It has been some time since I posted about the big four genealogy companies. During the interim, they have all gotten bigger and extended their ownership and influence. All of them have increased their online resources, but I thought it might be interesting...
This is the Pelican Island of its namesake Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge. Here is a list of the types of birds that nest on this tiny island: Brown pelican Wood stork Great egret Snowy egret Reddish egret Cattle egret Great blue heron Little...
A narrow view of genealogy is just that; narrow. Too often, I see family group records and pedigrees viewed as a list of names and dates. The vast majority of the online family trees have nothing more; no sources, no photos, no stories, nothing to indicate...
This is a trick question. Of course, spelling is important to properly communicate and as we learn in school, noticed by people who are teachers in our school system. But if you look at a representative sample of comments on various topics online,...
The wind coming off the ocean is so strong and consistent that the plants grow markedly showing the direction of the wind. The plants right on the beach grow in an incline reflecting the prevailing wind patterns. I was struck by how obviously these grasses...
This photo shows the Hance rapids of the Colorado River from one of the few places on the Rim where the river is clearly visible. This placid looking photo give no idea of the roar of the river or speed of the water but it does show how the rapids originate....
How do you know if your grandparents didn't travel to Las Vegas or some other romantic marriage location to get married? Here is an infographic giving you some idea of the scope of this issue (Thanks to Janet Thaeler for sending this to me). Ancestry.com...
As you may or may not know, I got involved at the last minute doing one of the Keynote address for MyHeritage.com. Thanks so much to them for the opportunity, but I regret that it had to happen in such a sad way. My condolences to Gilad Japhet and his...
Hermit's Rest is a building on the west end of the Hermit Road on the South Rim of the Grand Canyon. It is presently the end of the shuttlebus route from the Grand Canyon Village. There is a trail that descends into the Canyon from this point. The building...
Only one week to go! We are very excited to be coming back to the Dixie Convention Center in St. George, UT for the St. George Family History Expo 2013 on February 22-23, 2013. We wanted to remind you to be at the Dixie Center at Noon on Friday to get...
This is actually something to be taken seriously because Jerome, Arizona was built on the side of a steep hill and anything thrown out could be a hazard to people down below. This is however symptomatic of the type of sign common in Arizona.
I got the following reminder from the RootsTech staff. I can't believe time has passed so quickly and it already February. I still have to other presentations before RootsTech to keep my occupied. Hope to see you there. Here is the reminder: As a reminder,...
I had to remove a number of widgets and images to find the one that was causing the hacking problem, but we have determined this one was not a problem. You may (or may not) have noticed that I removed a lot of widgets.
I'm back to the drawings and paintings in the Desert Watchtower on the Rim of the Grand Canyon. These are not copies of drawings, but actual drawings made by the original Indian artists. Some of them, like this hunting scene, are likely overlooked by...
The Grand Canyon is so large that different parts of the Canyon can have totally different weather. I found this little cloud floating along after a storm. I guess it was lost.
I can sum up the future in one sentence: there isn't much of a future. One of the obvious effects of having huge competing commercial online genealogy companies is that they are willing to pay repositories for access to their records. As a result, the...
I know, I just wrote a post with almost this same name. But since I wrote that last post, I realized that I hadn't really explained most of what I was talking about. So here is the real story. Genealogists need to know quite a bit about probate procedures,...
They certainly don't make women or men like they used to. According to entries in some of the family records I have seen recently, women were having children in their late 60s and 70s and men were fathering families at over 100 years of age! If you can...
Compared to many other popular leisure activities genealogy can be relatively inexpensive. The real issue is which of the items you charge to your genealogical account. Most of our tools of the trade are multi-purpose items. For example, you computer...
