A new major genealogy conference will showcase both genealogy and technology. RootsTech will be held 10 – 12 Feb. 2001 in Salt Lake City at the Salt Palace Convention Center. This conference is sponsored by FamilySearch, Brigham Young University, the New England Historic Genealogical Society, Ancestry.com, the Federation of Genealogical Societies, and the National Genealogical …
A lot of other blogs are carrying news of an official website for the NBC series “Who Do You Think You Are?” I can also add that I saw a promo for the series this morning during the Today Show. That means that NBC has some confidence in the series.
Most people who have done genealogy research in this part of New York State eventually end up at the Fulton History website. Tom Tryniski started by putting old newspapers online from his area. Now he has over 11 million pages that cover the area from Buffalo to Watertown to Poughkeepsie. As Tom keeps adding newspapers …
Last Monday on ABC was a preview of a new TV series called “Find My Family.” It is about adoptees being reunited with their birth families. It runs similar to those segments that show up on daytime talk shows. In the preview segment, the natural parents having been looking for 9 years for the daughter …
I have used the American version of Who Do Think You Are? as a running joke. It was supposed to be on NBC in April 2009, then summer 2009, then fall 2009 and when last heard from it is supposed to start in Jan. 2010. Now there is a clue that it may actually happen …
“Coming Home to Your Roots” October 3, 2009 — 9:00 am – 4:00 pm — Central Library downtown The Rochester Genealogical Society is co-sponsoring an exciting event with the Local History/Genealogy Division of the Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County It is being held on the 2nd floor of the Rundel Building, as part …
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I was the Exhibit Chair for the 1996 FGS Conference so I had to visit the exhibit hall at the recent FGS Conference. I thought that I was going in to see what everyone was selling. As I look at it now, there is a pile of genealogy swag that I collected. There are sample …
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I got a e-mail earlier this week from GeneaBloggers that I was added to their list of genealogy blogs. I hadn’t heard of the site before this but I was amazed when I went there. They have links to over 300 genealogy related blogs. There is bound to be a few sites that should be …