Why waste time repeating previous searches?
Next I will add my version of an internet search log. You can use it our make your own. You can go to the link below for an example and a copy.
http://www.slideshare.net/larrykcragun/internet-search-log
Thursday, October 18, 2012
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
(It's Live) FamilySearch Family Tree Go Live Has Been Pushed To This Coming Thursday
Be patient oh excited ones. There are 600 developers and engineers working on this project. It isn't quite ready to go. Hang in there, it's close. Trust me, Family Tree will be worth the wait.
You can now get access to family tree. Please let me know in comments what you think.
Here is the article explaing how to get on. http://larrycragunfamily.blogspot.com/2012/10/family-tree-isnt-quite-ready-but-you.html
Monday, October 15, 2012
A Collaborative Approach To Family History Research
A video: :You might want to be a techie on this concept.
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| Click the link below for the video: http://link.brightcove.com/ |
Sunday, October 14, 2012
Consider When Christ Asks Peter, "Do You Love Me?"
This awesome talk from General Conference is worth all of us hearing. Click Here and Click the Listen Icon as referenced by the red arrow below.
Friday, October 12, 2012
Thursday, October 11, 2012
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Rules to Follow In Family Tree
Remember these two principles for Family Tree: 1- A purpose is to document all you put on or change on the Tree. The phrase "Genealogy without documentation is mythology" is more than just a fun statement. It is a fact. Folklore may be true, but does it override documentable sources? Probably not.It is time for us to stop being slapstick amateurs and just put up what we think is right, or even what our family stories are. Take your time when adding, deleting, or changing what is on the Tree. You don't have to fix things that are wrong overnight. Be methodical. Be serious. Be a pro.
2- Another purpose is to collaborate with other ancestors. I have to laugh, I received a brisk email from an unknown cousin challenging what I had put on the Tree regarding HIS Great Great Grandfather. Humm, his? No, ours. The Point - Let us collaborate!
I have discovered there is a lot of family stories that just might be folklore. Good stories, but true? Perhaps. So lets collaborate with each other in the section called discussions. Decide together the best facts.
Don't change add or delete things without documentation. If unsure, start a conversation. It's easy, it's fun, and it's important.
PS: Don't get testy.
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Get Ready - Get Set - GO | One Week To Family Tree
FamilySearch Family Tree is set to go live for all the world one week from today: Tuesday October 16th. Cross your fingers, it's going to be awesome. You won't have to be a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints to participate.
You also won't have to be learning a program that is difficult.
My suggestion is that you sign on today to get a family search account. Get that part over with. Beside having access to the Tree you will have access to more data than if you merely went to http://familysearch.org/ and searched.
The video training at http://familysearchtraining.com/ is what I find to be the best, start with that.
You are encouraged to start searching on http://familysearch.org/ if you want to search for family members. After that search on http://findagrave.com/ Next use http://ancestry.com/ Ancestry is a pay site, but free at your nearby FamilySearch family history center. To find one near you just click on the FamilySearch center link on the top of http://familysearch.org/.
To the scoop on Family Tree click here
PS: This is the # 300 article I have posted, how is that for cool?
Saturday, October 6, 2012
My favorite Genealogy Research Sites
Enjoy a slide show of Ireland
These links to genealogy research and search sites are in the right side bar of this blog. I post them as an article for your convenience. Most of them are Great Britain: England and Ireland, which is where most of my ancestors are from. I actually add to them as I find a site that might help me in my own research.
More Roots Ireland: | http://www.rootsireland.ie/
Ireland's Largest Family Records Database Over 19 million records online. This website
contains a unique set of Irish family history records including Birth, Death,
Marriage and Gravestone records the majority of which are only available online
on this website and cannot be found online elsewhere. This website was created
by the Irish Family History Foundation (I.F.H.F.), an all Ireland not-for-profit
organization, that is co-ordinating the
creation of a database of Irish genealogical sources to assist those who wish
to trace their Irish ancestry.
Free British Birth Death Marriage Info | http://www.freebmd.org.uk/ | Welcome to FreeBMD. | FreeBMD is an ongoing project, the aim of which is to transcribe the Civil Registration index of births, marriages and deaths for England and Wales, and to provide free Internet access to the transcribed records. It is a part of the FreeUKGEN family, which also includes FreeCEN (Census data) and FreeREG (Parish Registers
Researching in Indiana
Researching Scotland
Scottish Archive Network. | http://www.scan.org.uk/ e Scottish Archive Network is a project whose partners are the National Archives of Scotland (NAS), the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF), and the Genealogical Society of Utah (GSU). The project aims to revolutionise access to Scotland's archives by providing a single electronic catalogue to the holdings of more than 50 Scottish archives. To preserve fragile historical records and improve their accessibility SCAN digitises records on a huge scale. SCAN maintains the www.scan.org.uk, www.scottishhandwriting.com, and www.scottishdocuments.com websites, as well as hosting sites for several associations and bodies with interests in Scottish archives and history.
Good Tennessee Wiki Site: https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Tennessee
These links to genealogy research and search sites are in the right side bar of this blog. I post them as an article for your convenience. Most of them are Great Britain: England and Ireland, which is where most of my ancestors are from. I actually add to them as I find a site that might help me in my own research.
Irish Research Information Sites
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|Irish Toolkit | http://www.irish-genealogy-toolkit.com/ | Irish genealogy
gained a reputation long ago for being a frustrating one-way street to
disappointment and headache. Thankfully, calming potions and analgesics are no
longer essential equipment for the amateur genealogist because family history
in Ireland has entered a golden era.
- Ask
About Ireland: | http://www.askaboutireland.ie/ AskAboutIreland and the Cultural Heritage
Project is an initiative of public libraries together with local museums
and archives in the digitisation and online publication of the original, the
unusual and the unique material from their local studies' collections to
create a national Internet resource for culture.
·
- Dublin UCD Library
| http://digital.ucd.ie/ welcome to the UCD Digital Library, a platform
for exploring cultural heritage, engaging with digital scholarship, and
accessing research data.
- Irish
Genealogy News | http://irish-genealogy-news.blogspot.com/2012/05/database-updates-its-list-of-registers.html?spref=fb | IrishGenealogy.ie, the church
records database set up by the Department of Arts, Heritage and the
Gaeltacht, has had a quiet update
- Irish Genealogical Research Society | http://www.igrsoc.org/
- Catholic
Parish info: Cool locating names tool
| http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/ Enter
a surname and we'll tell you -
- »The number and location of households of the name in Ireland in the 1850s;
- »Variant spellings or associated names;
- »Surname dictionary entries;
- »The number and location of births of the name in 1890;
- »Published or printed family histories;
- »A possible coat of arms associated with the name.
Irish Searching Websites
- Roots Ireland | http://ifhf.rootsireland.ie/?gclid=CJvZiJ-xsbACFSrDtgodXBwWSw | The Irish Family History Foundation and its
member centres have compiled this database of Irish genealogical records
for the island of Ireland as part of their commitment to broadening access
to genealogical and historical data. Please note that the work of
computerizing and updating the records is ongoing.
- Ireland PRONI
| Welcome to the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland
(PRONI). Use PRONI's collection of
archives to research your family and local history. Browse our
information leaflets, search our
online archives and visit our state of
the art new building. http://www.proni.gov.uk/
- Sligo
Headstones
|
- http://www.igp-web.com/IGPArchives/ire/sligo/photos/tombstones/markers.htm
- Irish
Genealogy.ie | www.irishgenealogy.ie the web site dedicated to helping
you in your search for records of family history for past generations.
This site will assist you in providing valuable information on the many
ways of tracing your family history. You can now view nearly 3 million
pre-1900 church records free of charge.
More Roots Ireland: | http://www.rootsireland.ie/
Ireland's Largest Family Records Database Over 19 million records online. This website
contains a unique set of Irish family history records including Birth, Death,
Marriage and Gravestone records the majority of which are only available online
on this website and cannot be found online elsewhere. This website was created
by the Irish Family History Foundation (I.F.H.F.), an all Ireland not-for-profit
organization, that is co-ordinating the
creation of a database of Irish genealogical sources to assist those who wish
to trace their Irish ancestry.
- Ulster Ancestry: http://ulsterancestry.com/ua-free-pages.php A Pot Full of
Ulster Links | Ulster Ancestry is
compiling a series of Free pages which you can use for your research
purposes. These have been sorted by date and detail the document type for
your convienience. Passenger
Lists are located near the bottom of the page
National Archives of Ireland
| http://www.nationalarchives.ie/
| Mission; To secure the preservation of records
relating to Ireland which warrant preservation as archives. To
ensure that appropriate arrangements are made for public access to archives
British Research
·
Vision
of Brittain: http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/ | Search by
placename to view historical statistics, maps, writings and more... Topographical, land use and administration
maps from the 19th and 20th Centuries:
Since 1801 the Census has created a uniquely detailed record of our
changing communities. For data on your chosen town or village, search by place
from our main home page. This part of
Vision of Britain is about the census itself, including:Listings of all reports
published from 1801 to 1961, and all tables in those reports. Unless you ask,
we list only reports and tables for which we hold data or text. The contents of selected tables, with headings and notes. Full
text: Abstracts 1801-41, Preliminary Reports 1851-1961, and England & Wales
General Reports 1871-1921
- Free British Parish Records | http://www.freereg.org.uk/cgi/Search.pl | Welcome to the home of U.K.
Parish Register Information.
- England Wales
Historical Directories
|
http://www.historicaldirectories.org/hd/index.asp | Historical Directories is a digital library of local and
trade directories for England and Wales, from 1750 to 1919. It contains
high quality reproductions of comparatively rare books, essential tools
for research into local and genealogical history
- Thousands of British & Ireland sites | http://www.fhlfavorites.info/ |
- Links to many useful aids, sites, etc. | http://www.genuki.org.uk/ | GENUKI provides a virtual
reference library of genealogical information of particular relevance to
the UK and Ireland. It is a non-commercial service, maintained by a
charitable trust and a group of volunteers.
Free British Birth Death Marriage Info | http://www.freebmd.org.uk/ | Welcome to FreeBMD. | FreeBMD is an ongoing project, the aim of which is to transcribe the Civil Registration index of births, marriages and deaths for England and Wales, and to provide free Internet access to the transcribed records. It is a part of the FreeUKGEN family, which also includes FreeCEN (Census data) and FreeREG (Parish Registers
- Ineractive Maps and Jurisdiction for Everyparish in
England
from FamilySearch.org | http://maps.familysearch.org/
Scotlands People | http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/ | Welcome to
ScotlandsPeople, one of the largest online sources of original genealogical information. If you are
researching UK genealogy, your Scottish ancestry or building your Scottish
family tree, we have almost 90 million records to look through. From Scottish
census records, Scottish wills, birth certificates and death certificates, we
have a comprehensive choice of Scottish records to bring your Scotland ancestry
to life. Build the complete picture of your Scottish ancestry with
ScotlandsPeople.
Scottish Archive Network. | http://www.scan.org.uk/ e Scottish Archive Network is a project whose partners are the National Archives of Scotland (NAS), the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF), and the Genealogical Society of Utah (GSU). The project aims to revolutionise access to Scotland's archives by providing a single electronic catalogue to the holdings of more than 50 Scottish archives. To preserve fragile historical records and improve their accessibility SCAN digitises records on a huge scale. SCAN maintains the www.scan.org.uk, www.scottishhandwriting.com, and www.scottishdocuments.com websites, as well as hosting sites for several associations and bodies with interests in Scottish archives and history.
- National Archives of Scotland | http://www.nas.gov.uk/ | Welcome to the website of the National Archives of Scotland (NAS).
Good Tennessee Wiki Site: https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Tennessee
Avoiding
the common rookie mistakes from FamilySearch.org:
https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Rookie_Mistakes
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