Photos and comments from Arizona and around the world
The Cost of Genealogy http://t.co/YuPfupTe James Tanner (@Genealogysstar) December 30, 2012 If time is money, then every activity we participate in has a cost. But I think that looking at time as money is a particularly inappropriate way of viewing life....
New Search Engine from The Israel Genealogy Research Association (IGRA) http://t.co/vrwbMDe5 James Tanner (@Genealogysstar) December 29, 2012 I noticed that my friend Daniel Horowitz of MyHeritage.com was one of the volunteers who contributed to the All...
Update on Photos on FamilySearch http://t.co/zUxPUmo6 James Tanner (@Genealogysstar) December 28, 2012 In previous posts, I've talked about FamilySearch.org's photos program which is presently in beta test. The concept of the program is the ability to...
Reaching for the sky http://t.co/F3gwEJBY James Tanner (@Genealogysstar) January 01, 2013
Who owns the genealogy companies? - More websites http://t.co/wLgP2PBe James Tanner (@Genealogysstar) December 23, 2012
The Monetization of Genealogy http://t.co/3fQ0tPW7 James Tanner (@Genealogysstar) December 22, 2012 A possible unforeseen consequence of large, online, commercialized, genealogy database websites is the monetization of the larger record collections. As...
More about electronic gadgets for genealogy and otherwise http://t.co/sChYnYER James Tanner (@Genealogysstar) December 19, 2012 I admit, I live in the center of an electronic whirling world of gadgets and technologies. I would be loath to divest myself...
What use are electronic gadgets? http://t.co/oi8Fw11o James Tanner (@Genealogysstar) December 18, 2012 I realize that very few people are as fully integrated into the electronic world as I am. This is not necessarily either a negative or positive issue....
Farewell to FamilySearch Forums http://t.co/3IIjpPo5 James Tanner (@Genealogysstar) January 01, 2013 I mentioned in a previous post that the FamilySearch Forums are scheduled to be discontinued on 21 December 2012. The Forums have been posted with the...
What People Expect When They Think About Desert | Walking Arizona http://t.co/CpycadBH James Tanner (@Genealogysstar) January 17, 2013
Gadgets for your gadgets http://t.co/D4et31B6 James Tanner (@Genealogysstar) December 21, 2012 Once you have your desktop computer with a large screen, a laptop computer, tablet or iPad, a smartphone, a scanner and a printer, you may think you're pretty...
Genealogy -- Burden, Duty, Obligation, Opportunity, Enthusiasm, Passionate http://t.co/1VHeq3nC James Tanner (@Genealogysstar) December 14, 2012 Because of my cultural and religious background, many of the people I associate with have negative attitudes...
On Defining Success in Genealogical Research http://t.co/ilCVyPU6 James Tanner (@Genealogysstar) December 15, 2012 Since genealogical research is highly individual and expectations and goals are internal rather than imposed by society, how do you measure...
Arizona Sunrise http://t.co/6RYjsBdn James Tanner (@Genealogysstar) January 24, 2013
Who Owns the Genealogy Companies -- Websites http://t.co/EBrAB7OK James Tanner (@Genealogysstar) December 14, 2012 It may not bother you, or yet again, it might, to find out that many of the online genealogy websites are owned by the same entities.
A Christmas Red http://t.co/8OVAgZZz James Tanner (@Genealogysstar) December 12, 2012
Time Off http://t.co/hNfroDX3 James Tanner (@Genealogysstar) December 04, 2012 I am going in for some major surgery today and will likely be taking a little time off. You will know I am recovering when you see me pop back online. As one of my friends...
Subscribe to this site http://t.co/5lRzbjoJ James Tanner (@Genealogysstar) November 29, 2012 Many of you who view these photos may not know that you can subscribe to this blog by clicking on the link in the sidebar. The sidebar is only visible if you...
Comments on the equipment for digitizing images http://t.co/Twwc79Zl James Tanner (@Genealogysstar) November 27, 2012 In recent posts, I have talked about the challenges of handling huge numbers of digital images. In this post, I need to go back a little...
Genealogy programs in various operating systems http://t.co/fWecxFXc James Tanner (@Genealogysstar) November 17, 2012 I get the question all the time as to whether or not you can do genealogy on an Apple Macintosh computer. The answer is a decided yes,...
What??? I am not making this stuff up http://t.co/xtzklRUa James Tanner (@Genealogysstar) November 27, 2012 This blog post came into my reader today, 26 November 2012. It is dated 16 November 2012 and is entitled, "Family Tree Service on FamilySearch.org...
Using Apple Dictate -voice recognition revisited http://t.co/Oax44Df0 James Tanner (@Genealogysstar) November 26, 2012 With the new mountain lion operating system, Apple Computer has supplied a built in voice recognition program called Apple dictate....
Clarification on JPEG 2000 and TIFF files http://t.co/w81wCuKp James Tanner (@Genealogysstar) November 26, 2012 In a recent blog post, I made some comments about the JPEG 2000 file format. Saving files in this format was supported with an Adobe Photoshop...
Back to Voice Recognition http://t.co/Dh9DZTKp James Tanner (@Genealogysstar) December 20, 2012 I recently wrote a post about Apple Dictate, a voice recognition program that comes with the newer Apple systems. I have been jumping in and out of the voice...
Uploading GEDCOM Files added to FamilySearch Family Tree http://t.co/6dFedqyl James Tanner (@Genealogysstar) November 15, 2012 The latest edition of the FamilySearch.org Family Tree Reference Manual, dated 12 November 2012, has detailed instructions concerning...
