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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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