Photos and comments from Arizona and around the world
Some Interesting Numbers from FamilySearch http://t.co/YkHb0oDE James Tanner (@Genealogysstar) November 15, 2012 The Ancestry Insider published some interesting numbers concerning the FamilySearch.org Historical Record Collections. Here are the numbers...
Primary and Secondary Sources -- Who do you trust? http://t.co/YJv2aWw3 James Tanner (@Genealogysstar) November 12, 2012 All categorizations of sources are arbitrary. Trying to pigeon hole any source as either "primary," "secondary" or some other shade...
Stepping Off Into the Past -- The Springthorpe Goldmine http://t.co/shSm17AP James Tanner (@Genealogysstar) November 11, 2012 A while ago, I started this mini-series called "Stepping Off Into the Past" to discuss my understanding of the processes of doing...
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Update on FamilySearch Community Trees http://t.co/2GsJo6yh James Tanner (@Genealogysstar) November 12, 2012 FamilySearch has a certain number of programs that fall into the experimental or tentative category. Some of these evolve into other programs...
Here and About -- Bits and Pieces http://t.co/AkFYPEHD James Tanner (@Genealogysstar) November 07, 2012 With the nation focused on drought, superstorms and a national election, genealogy has really taken the back seat to any news casts. But, there are...
A Wealth of Genealogical Resources http://t.co/SgSvrEmc James Tanner (@Genealogysstar) November 07, 2012 I just found an entire library of genealogical resources. Thanks to a tip from Linda McCleary of the Arizona Council of Professional Genealogists,...
Genealogical Nightmares http://t.co/VeiLEHyq James Tanner (@Genealogysstar) November 08, 2012 Naturally you would be thinking that I am going to talk about difficult patrons or impossible research issues, but really, I'm talking about complicated bad...
Stepping Off into the Past -- A sense of place http://t.co/ObXHxaXa James Tanner (@Genealogysstar) November 09, 2012 Discovering where your ancestors lived is important, but it may be just as important to discover how they lived. In the past, as in the...
Programs you should consider http://t.co/VCCbJ5XQ James Tanner (@Genealogysstar) November 09, 2012 As I travel around the genealogical community, such as the fact that I am presently in Atlanta (more particularly Duluth) Georgia for a Family History Expo,...
Coral Pink Sand Dunes | Walking Arizona http://t.co/HSJediSh James Tanner (@Genealogysstar) November 05, 2012
Maybe not everyone on FamilySearch Family Tree yet? http://t.co/dhEgEMr5 James Tanner (@Genealogysstar) November 05, 2012 I have several conflicting reports of people both getting access to FamilySearch.org's Family Tree and not getting access. In the...
Primary and Secondary Sources -- Looking beyond the Census http://t.co/BDcSNy13 James Tanner (@Genealogysstar) November 05, 2012 Have you even spent an hour or two looking at U.S. Census records trying to find someone who obviously lived during the census...
What's Going On with FamilySearch Family Tree Today? http://t.co/Jmyf6bV6 James Tanner (@Genealogysstar) November 05, 2012 With reference to logging in the FamilySearch Family Tree, in a past post, I related my experience with a person who had an LDS...
Final Week of Early Bird Savings for St George Family History Expo 2013 http://t.co/GpnMPO6y James Tanner (@Genealogysstar) November 23, 2012 We are back for the 9th annual St George Expo at the Dixie Center in St George, UT February 22-23, 2013. Take...
Odds and Ends of Technology http://t.co/Xtm9HWn0 James Tanner (@Genealogysstar) December 31, 2012 Sometimes there are so many things happening in technology, none of which warrant a complete blog post that I like to just list a summary of recent events:...
FamilySearch Family Tree goes live tonight? http://t.co/ocCR2Ht1 James Tanner (@Genealogysstar) November 02, 2012 Quoting from Larry Cragun of the Larry Cragun Family and Genealogy Blog, FamilySearch.org"s Family Tree program will be "live" as of tonight...
Why we seek and why I am thankful that we do http://t.co/e7snJKW5 James Tanner (@Genealogysstar) November 22, 2012 Despite the frenzied efforts of the world to turn Thanksgiving into just another reason to buy and sell products or to watch sports, I began...
Everyone now on FamilySearch Family Tree http://t.co/nQ0jVlFr James Tanner (@Genealogysstar) November 04, 2012 I finally found someone who was registered with FamilySearch.org and had never been invited to use Family Tree. When he signed into FamilySearch.org,...
Stepping off into the past -- Constructing a Difficult Family http://t.co/rU7O8IJx James Tanner (@Genealogysstar) November 03, 2012 Let's face it, some families are difficult to reconstruct and identify. I had one uncle who reportedly had eight wives...
Primary and Secondary Sources -- Genealogy and Hearsay http://t.co/DLTRrXiO James Tanner (@Genealogysstar) November 03, 2012 Imagine you are in a civil or criminal trial before a judge and jury. The witness is on the stand and direct examination begins:...
2012-11-10 Update to FamilySearch Blog http://t.co/Ueg2ujdL James Tanner (@Genealogysstar) November 10, 2012 FamilySearch.org has a blog. Of course, you may say. Don't all the larger genealogy companies? Yes, I answer, but usually when they have a blog,...
Primary and Secondary Sources -- Categorizing Evidence http://t.co/6tcKAkuS James Tanner (@Genealogysstar) November 02, 2012 Categorization is central part to some academic disciplines and the need or perceived need for creating categories is ingrained...
Introduction Week -- Day Five, Looking ahead with FamilySearch Family Tree http://t.co/piyhTnJ5 James Tanner (@Genealogysstar) November 02, 2012 As I noted in a previous post, there are several crucial features still coming in FamilySearch.org's Family...
More about the Challenges of Technology and Genealogy http://t.co/EVtU0nMI James Tanner (@Genealogysstar) November 21, 2012 A few days ago, I had one of the very much older volunteers at the Mesa FamilySearch Library ask for some help with a tablet computer....
