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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
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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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Friday, January 17, 2014

Our Consultant Callings: Take it to the Next Level

To the Consultants serving in the Canon City Family History Center,

Please make a note on your calendars that we will resume our InService on Thursday, Feb. 13 at 7:00 pm. Besides a quick review of the RootsTech Conference that Brother and Sister Orchard and Brother and Sister Jamison are attending Fb. 6-8, we will focus on our goals for 2014. Brother Juan Aponte, the Family History Representative in our Stake High Priest Council will be our Guest.

There is a dire need in our First and Second Wards for a more concentrated effort to further the Family History and Temple work. We must step up our service of helping our ward members learn how to do their research and get the resulting Temple work done.  

I encourage each Consultant to read the help provided at this link:
https://www.lds.org/callings/temple-and-family-history/family-history-consultants?lang=eng

Read, study, and review again all that is available to help us in our Consultant calling. We all should be reading the Family Search blog that comes out regularly. The advancements on the FamilySearch Family Tree are developing rapidly. To keep up and stay educated and trained, we must pay attention to the weekly news so we can be effective in our calling. You can read the FamilySearch blog here: https://familysearch.org/blog/en/

We can read more about our Calling at this link:
https://www.lds.org/callings/temple-and-family-history?lang=eng
At this link you can scroll down to "Register Here" and sign up to receive the newsletter automatically in your email.

Here's a link to the FamilySearch Learning Center with videos, lessons and classes for everything we need to know!
https://familysearch.org/learningcenter/home.html

And remember to check this blog regularly, or subscribe to it, so you can learn from the articles I share here.

Let's all apply ourselves and take our efforts as a Family History Consultant to the next level. See you on February 13th.
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Spirit World Assistance, per Brian Mickelson

In a recent blog post, LDS blogger Brian Mickelson wrote this excellent article.

Assistance from the World of Spirits…

John A. Widtsoe
As has been mentioned before, Mormons are pretty focused on genealogical research, or in other words, family history. I went over a few reason in this post. But let me add one more… One of my favorite former students posted this quote from Elder John Widtsoe:
Perhaps if we would do our work in behalf of those of the unseen world who hunger and pray for the work we can do for them, the unseen world would in return give us help in this day of our urgent need. There are more in that other world than there are here. There is more power and strength there than we have here upon this earth. (Elder John A. Widtsoe, Conference Report, April 1943, 39)
My personal belief is that those who pass away continue to live, disembodied (until the resurrection), in the world of spirits. They think, choose, exist, and work, unseen by us (for the most part). They may be given assignments to assist those on earth from time to time, I’m sure.
When Elisha and his servant were surrounded by an opposing army, Elisha felt the help and presence of heaven and expressed that to his servant: “Fear not: for they that be with us are more than they that be with them” (2 Kings 6:16). That was hard for the servant to believe, so Elisha asked that God would allow the servant to see things that were typically unseen. When the eyes of the servant were opened, spiritually speaking, “behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha” (2 Kings 6:17). I do believe that you and I have help from the other side of the veil. Probably a lot of it. Probably more than we can appreciate. I also suppose that all other reasons aside, one of the best reasons to work to provide ordinances for those who have died without the opportunity to perform them themselves is to qualify for the feeling that we’ve worked together, us and our ancestors. We are helping them and they are helping us. The veil isn’t as thick as it sometimes seems…
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Thursday, January 16, 2014

Turning Hearts: My Story is Similar

In the January 15th issue of the Logan FamilySearch Library newsletter, an article is posted that was written by Carol Petranek, Director of the Washington, DC Family History Center, for an issue of Meridian Magazine. The article spoke to me because I encountered the same kind of thinking as I was growing up. My step-mother (my dad's second wife) had very hostile feelings toward my mother (my dad's first wife) and worked hard to convey the message to my brother and me that anyone with my mother's (maiden) name was "worthless, trash, low class etc". As I began to research my family history, I recognized that my mother's maiden name was just that..... a name. It did not carry negative connotations to anyone but my step-mother. In fact, as the years have gone by and my research has expanded, I've found that all the "famous" or "Noteworthy" people that I'm related to are through that line of my maternal grandfather's family. This is the message conveyed in the following article.   --Becky Jamison

Turning Hearts: One of a Thousand

I was delighted when a friend asked me for suggestions in researching his family. He was excited with the connections he was making on his mother's line and was eager to meet many newly discovered cousins at an upcoming family reunion. He was animated as he shared his latest findings: documents, photos, and online family trees uploaded by people he did not previously know. His enthusiasm was palpable!
At one point, my friend revealed that his father, kindly described as a scoundrel, had left his mother and abandoned him as a very young child. Although his mother remarried and he was raised in a loving home, he had grown up separated from his paternal family. For 60 years, this had not been a matter of concern to him.
Until now.
Something strange was beginning to happen, he related. There were stirrings within that he couldn't squelch. After a lifetime of estrangement, he felt prompted to begin researching his biological father's family. This was causing him deep anxiety. He grew up with deep animosity towards his father. Digging into this family also meant digging into his father's life and facing complex emotional issues. How could he consider this research, he asked?
"Your father is just one person in this family," I heard myself say. "There are hundreds, thousands, of people to whom you are related through him. You are their descendant. Their blood flows in your veins. They love you. Don't let one person stand in the way of finding the other half of your family."
He stared into my eyes and I could see the tension in his face dissolve. It was a profound moment. "You're right," he said. And his new search commenced right there. He set up an online tree and was amazed to find how easy it was to connect with cousins and other family members that had been totally unknown to him. They accepted him with love and a sincere appreciation at knowing what happened "to that side of the family." He was invited to a family reunion where, for the first time, he met extended family from his paternal line. As his circle expanded, so did his joy.
My friend's experience is not an uncommon one. Family life is complicated and oftentimes messy. Imperfect people do imperfect things and make imperfect decisions. Relationships become estranged and animosity dissolves the family circle, changing it from an "o" to a "u." The gap often remains for years, and even generations.
Facing such a situation squarely takes strength, determination and a long-term perspective. Going back 10 generations, an individual is directly descended from 1,203 people. That is direct descendants and does not include aunts, uncles, and numberless cousins.
This nine-generation fan chart presents a powerful image of the myriad of ancestors standing behind one individual. We now have a visual perspective of how limiting it can be to allow human emotions to block our research into one of our family lines. 
It takes courage to choose this path, but we can "jump over" the individual who caused pain in our family, learning just enough about his/her life to identify the parents and ancestors. In this genealogical journey, we may connect with "new" living relatives who will envelop us with appreciation and love. It is my sincere hope that any who embark on such research will be filled with peace and joy--the fruits of righteous desires.
Source: "Turning Hearts: One of a Thousand", by Carol Kostakos Petranek, Meridian Magazine, Friday, May 17, 2013
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Sunday, January 5, 2014

FamilyTree 2013 Review

In my last post I told of James Tanner's new blog on genealogy for members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This week he reprints some statistics found in the Church News that gives a good recap of 2013 at Family Search. 


"Statistical Review of FamilySearch in 2013". You can read the rest of his article here. 

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