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Monday, April 14, 2014

Consultant Training all in one great place

We're encouraging the Consultants in our Family History Center to participate in the online training that FamilySearch offers us. When completed, we are asked to print our Certificate and submit it to the Director in our Center. This assignment is in conjunction with our current "60 Day Challenge", in which we have committed to assisting our Ward members in their homes to get registered on FamilySearch.org, get familiar with the Family Tree program, experience the activity of adding photos and stories to our Family Tree, and increase the number of temple ordinances done for our ancestors. 

 FamilySearch is to be commended for making so many excellent training resources available to us. They can be found at this link:  
https://www.lds.org/callings/temple-and-family-history/family-history-consultants?lang=eng.

 The core lessons are divided into these headings: 
1. Understand Your Calling
2. Work with Members
3. Work with Leaders
4. Prepare Names for the Temple
5. Do Your Own Family History

 Additional Training and Resources are available with links to 
1. Family Tree Training
2. Family Tree Training "Sandbox"
3. Family Tree "Sandbox" Lessons
4. Temple and Family History Course Materials
5. FamilySearch Learning Center
6. FamilySearch Research Wiki
7. Family History Consultant Devotionals
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    Thursday, April 10, 2014

    Brimhall on Family History Centers

    At this link you'll find an excellent presentation by FamilySearch CEO Dennis Brimhall on "Creating the Family History Center of tomorrow". Three videos are offered on this page, so click on the one with this title. 
    https://www.lds.org/callings/temple-and-family-history/family-history-center-director/director-videos?lang=eng
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    Sunday, February 23, 2014

    New Developments in Family History are Ongoing

    I'm indebted to Genealogist/Author/Family History Service Missionary James Tanner for his prolific articles in the field of genealogy that help us stay informed of the rapid developments in Family History. Today and recently he offers these interesting and enlightening posts: 

     1. "Obituaries and Online Databases" in Genealogy's Star

    2. "I'm Getting Old Fast. What Can I Do About It?" in Genealogy's Star
    This is a favorite to me because it was one of James Tanner's classes at the Family History Expo in Colorado Springs in August, 2013 that made me start thinking about what I'm going to do with all my research paperwork and resulting reports to pass it on to my only son. After visiting with my son, I decided I would need to scan everything and store it online for access to my descendants, as he can't drag home files, boxes, binders, and books and store them or make them available to future family members.

     3. "A Quick Start to Photos and Stories to Family Search Family Tree" in Rejoice, and Be Exceeding Glad

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    Tuesday, February 18, 2014

    Dennis Brimhall, CEO of FamilySearch, Talks About Family History

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    Thursday, February 13, 2014

    Every Family Has a Story

    Each day's opening session at RootsTech 2014 started with the showing of an excellent 2+ minute video titled "Every Family Has a Story: Discover Yours". I encourage you to view it here:  http://youtu.be/wxuY1lzH4h0
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    Sunday, February 2, 2014

    2014 Technology Trends for Genealogy

    A couple of weeks ago Thomas MacEntee posted information on his GeneaBlogger blog about what he thought were developing trends in technology during 2014 that could apply to our genealogy. More details on each of these topics can be found at this link.
    1. Tablets and Mobile Devices
    2. DNA Testing
    3. Big Data and Predictive Data
    4. Privacy
    5. Life Streaming
    6. Life Consolidation
    7. Storytelling
    8. Beacon Technology
    9. Wearables
    10. Handwriting Recognition
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    Saturday, February 1, 2014

    Watch RootsTech classes live

    The Canon City Family History Center will be represented at the RootsTech 2014 Conference in Salt Lake City Feb 6-8 by Directors Ken and Lureen Orchard and by Larry and Becky Jamison. I highly recommend that you catch some of the classes that will be live-streamed on the RootsTech.org web site as they happen. Click this link to find the schedule and mark your calendar:
    https://familysearch.org/blog/en/global-rootstech-conference-announces-free-online-broadcast-schedule/
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    Tuesday, January 21, 2014

    How do we hasten the work of genealogy? Family History Work in the Ward...

    Please click this link to read James Tanner's post on this topic today. 

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    Saturday, January 18, 2014

    Top 100 Genealogy Sites 2014 per GenealogyInTime Magazine

    Top 100 Genealogy Websites for 2014  from GenealogyInTime Magazine
          www.genealogyintime.com
           
    RankWebsiteCategoryCountryFree Pay2013 RankAddress
    1Ancestry.comrecordsUSApay1http://www.ancestry.com/
    2Find A GravecemeteryUSAfree3http://www.findagrave.com/
    3FamilySearchrecordsUSAfree4https://www.familysearch.org/
    4MyHeritage.comfamily treeUSApay2http://www.myheritage.com/
    5Geni.comfamily treeUSApay5http://www.geni.com/
    6Ancestry.co.ukrecordsUKpay6http://www.ancestry.co.uk/
    7GeneaNetfamily treeFrancefree8http://www.geneanet.org/
    8Archives.comrecordsUSApay7http://www.archives.com/
    9Genealogy.comrecordsUSApay9http://genealogy.com/
    10Genealogy BanknewspapersUSApay11http://www.genealogybank.com/gbnk/
    11Eastman's NewsletterblogUSAfree22http://blog.eogn.com/
    12Ancient FacesforumUSAfree12http://www.ancientfaces.com/
    13Arkivverket DigitalarkivetrecordsNorwayfree13http://arkivverket.no/eng/content/view/full/629 
    14Family Tree DNADNA testingUSApay17http://www.familytreedna.com/
    15Ancestry.carecordsCanadapay19http://www.ancestry.ca/
    16GenealogyInTime MagazinemagazineCanadafree21http://www.genealogyintime.com/
    17Ancestry.com.aurecordsAustraliapay16http://www.ancestry.com.au/
    18FindMyPast UKrecordsUKpay14http://www.findmypast.co.uk/
    19Fold3recordsUSApay20http://www.fold3.com/
    20MyHeritage.nofamily treeNorwaypay18http://www.myheritage.no/
    21WikiTreefamily treeUSAfree31http://www.wikitree.com/
    22Newspaper ArchivenewspapersUSApay13http://www.newspaperarchive.com/
    23Roots ChatforumUKfree42http://rootschat.com/
    24Mundiafamily treeUSApay39http://www.mundia.com/
    25Genealogie.comfamily treeFrancepay23http://www.genealogie.com/
    26Newspapers.comnewspapersUSApay78http://www.newspapers.com/
    27Genealogy.About.comarticlesUSAfree28http://genealogy.about.com/
    28Mocavosearch engineUSApay25http://www.mocavo.com/
    29MyFamilyforumUSApay10https://www.myfamily.com/
    30Genes ReunitedrecordsUKpay24http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/
    31JTA Jewish News ArchivenewspapersUSAfree32http://archive.jta.org/
    32USGenweb ArchivesrecordsUSAfree26http://usgwarchives.net/
    33JewishGenethnic heritageUSAfree34http://www.jewishgen.org/
    34DIS-NorwaysocietyNorwayfreen/ahttp://www.disnorge.no
    35Steve Morsesearch engineUSAfree56http://stevemorse.org/
    36MyHeritage.esfamily treeSpainpay37http://www.myheritage.es/
    37Cyndi's ListlinksUSAfree35http://cyndislist.com/
    38EllisIsland.orgrecordsUSAfree30http://www.ellisisland.org/
    39World Vital RecordsrecordsUSApay29http://www.worldvitalrecords.com/
    40Genealogy TrailsrecordsUSAfree50http://genealogytrails.com/
    41Family Tree MagazinemagazineUSApay43http://www.familytreemagazine.com/
    42Free BMDrecordsUKfree36http://www.freebmd.org.uk/
    43American AncestorssocietyUSApay38http://www.americanancestors.org/
    44ProGenealogistsservicesUSApay81http://www.progenealogists.com/ 
    45Tribal Pagesfamily treeUSApay44http://tribalpages.com/
    46Billion GravescemeteryUSAfree110http://billiongraves.com/
    47British History OnlinerecordsUKfree59http://www.british-history.ac.uk/
    48ScotlandsPeoplerecordsScotlandpay53http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/
    49Legacy Family TreesoftwareUSApay51http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/
    50Fulton HistorynewspapersUSAfree45http://fultonhistory.com/
    51MyHeritage.frfamily treeFrancepay49http://www.myheritage.fr/
    52Daughters American RevolutionsocietyUSApay57http://dar.org/
    53Ahnenforschung.netforumGermanyfree65http://ahnenforschung.net/
    54Genealogie Onlinefamily treeNetherlandspay85http://www.genealogieonline.nl/
    55MyHeritage.defamily treeGermanypay40http://www.myheritage.de/
    56Genoomfamily treeSpainfree70http://www.genoom.com/
    57British Newspaper ArchivenewspapersUKpay66http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/
    58Genealogy TodayrecordsUSApay67http://genealogytoday.com/
    59FindMyPast.comrecordsUSApay48http://www.findmypast.com
    60Roots IrelandrecordsIrelandpay83http://www.rootsireland.ie/
    61RootsMagicsoftwareUSApay63http://www.rootsmagic.com/
    62thePeeragerecordsUKfree60http://thepeerage.com/
    63Canada's Anglo-Celtic ConnectionsblogCanadafree95http://anglo-celtic-connections.blogspot.com/
    64WieWasWierecordsNetherlandsfree104https://www.wiewaswie.nl/
    65MyHeritage.plfamily treePolandpay69http://www.myheritage.pl/
    66IntermentcemeteryUSAfree55http://interment.net/
    67MyTreesfamily treeUSApay52http://www.mytrees.com/
    68FamilyLinkrecordsUSApay41http://www.familylink.com/
    69Family Tree WebinarsmagazineUSApayn/ahttp://www.familytreewebinars.com
    70GenukirecordsUKfree58http://genuki.org.uk/
    71MyHeritage.com.brfamily treeBrazilpay64http://www.myheritage.com.br/
    72Forces War RecordsrecordsUKpay72http://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/
    73MyHeritage.nlfamily treeNetherlandspay61http://www.myheritage.nl/
    74The GenealogistrecordsUKpay92http://www.thegenealogist.co.uk/
    75Ancestry.serecordsSwedenpay109http://www.ancestry.se/
    76Family Tree MakersoftwareUSApay62http://familytreemaker.com/
    77Commonwealth War GravesrecordsUKfree93http://www.cwgc.org/
    78Dansk Demografisk DatabaserecordsDenmarkfree144http://ddd.dda.dk/ddd_en.htm
    79Irish Genealogical Research SocietysocietyIrelandpayn/ahttp://www.irishancestors.ie/
    80FindMyPast IrelandrecordsIrelandpay116http://www.findmypast.ie/
    81GeneabloggersblogUSAfree89http://www.geneabloggers.com/
    82Heritage Quest OnlinerecordsUSApay74http://www.heritagequestonline.com/
    83Ancestry.derecordsGermanypay68http://www.ancestry.de/
    84sysooncemeteryUSAfree46http://www.sysoon.com/
    85Death IndexeslinksUSAfree76http://www.deathindexes.com/
    86We RelatewikiUSAfree54http://www.werelate.org/
    87Gould GenealogyservicesAustraliapay157http://www.gouldgenealogy.com/
    88GeneawikiwikiFrancefree86http://www.geneawiki.com/
    89Genea-MusingsblogUSAfree80http://www.geneamusings.com/
    90MyHeritage.sefamily treeSwedenpayn/ahttp://www.myheritage.se/
    91VolksbundrecordsGermanyfree134http://www.volksbund.de/
    92ObituariesHelp.orglinksUSAfree47http://www.obituarieshelp.org/
    93MyHeritage.itfamily treeItalypay100http://www.myheritage.it/
    94Access Genealogysearch engineUSAfree71http://www.accessgenealogy.com/
    95Ontario Genealogical SocietysocietyCanadafree77http://www.ogs.on.ca/
    96Automated GenealogyrecordsCanadafree73http://www.automatedgenealogy.com/
    97Ancestry.frrecordsFrancepayn/ahttp://www.ancestry.fr/
    98USGenweb ProjectrecordsUSAfree113http://www.usgenweb.org/
    99Familiaridadefamily treeBrazilfree142http://www.familiaridade.com.br/
    100Irish GenealogyrecordsIrelandfree117http://www.irishgenealogy.ie/
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