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GenCircles Merges with MyHeritage
by Steve, Sunday, December 23, 2007
Pearl Street Software, maker of GenCircles and Family Tree Legends,
has merged with MyHeritage.com, recently named one of the best
genealogy Websites of the year 2007 by Family Tree Magazine.
The first move from this merger is that Family Tree Legends
(a genealogy software) and GenCircles have been made 100% free!
The merger is also bringing the "Smart Matching" technology free for GenCircles and MyHeritage users. Smart Matching is a specialized genealogy technology developed by Pearl Street Software and further advanced by MyHeritage, to connect family trees. It works by comparing millions of names, facts and tree connections - intelligently. When two family trees are connected, both their owners are informed, and benefit from the opportunity to collaborate and learn from each other.
They advanced the Smart Matching technology into what they call, "Smart Matching 2.0", which covers spelling and phonetic variations, understands nicknames and name synonyms and deals better with ethnic variations.
Visit online...
GenCircles...
http://www.gencircles.com
Family Tree Legends...
http://www.familytreelegends.com
MyHeritage...
http://www.myheritage.com
The merger is also bringing the "Smart Matching" technology free for GenCircles and MyHeritage users. Smart Matching is a specialized genealogy technology developed by Pearl Street Software and further advanced by MyHeritage, to connect family trees. It works by comparing millions of names, facts and tree connections - intelligently. When two family trees are connected, both their owners are informed, and benefit from the opportunity to collaborate and learn from each other.
They advanced the Smart Matching technology into what they call, "Smart Matching 2.0", which covers spelling and phonetic variations, understands nicknames and name synonyms and deals better with ethnic variations.
Visit online...
GenCircles...
http://www.gencircles.com
Family Tree Legends...
http://www.familytreelegends.com
MyHeritage...
http://www.myheritage.com
O'Bits of Nebraska
by Steve, Tuesday, December 18, 2007
Barbara Starks announced her new website called, "O'Bits of
Nebraska", where she publishes images of newspaper obituaries
from Nebraska newspapers, prior to 1930. Here's her announcement...
http://www.obitsofnebraska.com
I have been working on this project for over four years now and will continue to work on it until I feel I have covered all of the counties sufficiently in Nebraska.Visit O'Bits of Nebraska online at...
Why is my site different?
O'Bits of Nebraska has the actual images of Nebraska residents from newspapers primarily before 1930. To search the database is free, although there is a nominal charge to receive the selected obit via email with payment through PayPal.
http://www.obitsofnebraska.com
County Roscommon Genealogy Book
by Steve, Sunday, December 09, 2007
There's
a new genealogy book available that will help you research your
lineage in County Roscommon, Ireland.
Entitled, "A Guide to Tracing your Roscommon Ancestors", it's written by John Hamrock, and published through Flyleaf Press.
It's described as being filled with information on what the records contain, and how and where they can be accessed. It is well illustrated with maps and with examples of the types of records to be found. It also has en extensive listing of references to estate records, and also to family histories. There is also a comprehensive index.
The softcover book contains 161 pages, and can be purchased online for $18.50 USD...
http://www.flyleaf.ie/Roscommon.htm
Entitled, "A Guide to Tracing your Roscommon Ancestors", it's written by John Hamrock, and published through Flyleaf Press.
It's described as being filled with information on what the records contain, and how and where they can be accessed. It is well illustrated with maps and with examples of the types of records to be found. It also has en extensive listing of references to estate records, and also to family histories. There is also a comprehensive index.
The softcover book contains 161 pages, and can be purchased online for $18.50 USD...
http://www.flyleaf.ie/Roscommon.htm
Footnote.com Launches WWII Photos Collection
by Steve, Thursday, December 06, 2007
Footnote.com today announced the addition of thousands of US
Air Force photos to their digital World War II collection. This
release coincides with the anniversary of the Pearl Harbor bombing,
and contains tens of thousands of original World War II photos
and documents from the National Archives. Among this collection
are missing air crew reports, documents from allied military
conferences and photos of Japanese air targets.
"They say that a picture is worth a thousand words," says Russell Wilding, CEO of Footnote.com. "What's exciting about this collection of photos is they also include captions that tell stories of the people and events in the photos."
Footnote.com has added these new pictures and documents as part of a much larger, ongoing effort to preserve the heroic memories and stories of the brave men and women that served in World War II and other wars.
"We are providing priceless content from our archives and libraries that is only a part of a much larger picture," continued Wilding. "While this is an extensive collection of history, we understand that many people out there have valuable pieces of history in their personal record collections within their own homes. We encourage everyone to upload their own photos, letters and documents contained in their old shoeboxes."
Footnote.com is leading the movement to preserve the documents and stories about World War II and invites everyone to join in this effort. Uploading photos and documents and creating memorial pages is completely free on Footnote.com.
To view samples of these photos and other World War II documents, visit Footnote.com at...
http://www.footnote.com
"They say that a picture is worth a thousand words," says Russell Wilding, CEO of Footnote.com. "What's exciting about this collection of photos is they also include captions that tell stories of the people and events in the photos."
Footnote.com has added these new pictures and documents as part of a much larger, ongoing effort to preserve the heroic memories and stories of the brave men and women that served in World War II and other wars.
"We are providing priceless content from our archives and libraries that is only a part of a much larger picture," continued Wilding. "While this is an extensive collection of history, we understand that many people out there have valuable pieces of history in their personal record collections within their own homes. We encourage everyone to upload their own photos, letters and documents contained in their old shoeboxes."
Footnote.com is leading the movement to preserve the documents and stories about World War II and invites everyone to join in this effort. Uploading photos and documents and creating memorial pages is completely free on Footnote.com.
To view samples of these photos and other World War II documents, visit Footnote.com at...
http://www.footnote.com
Kindo Family Tree - New Social Networking for Genealogists
by Steve, Wednesday, December 05, 2007
A
website called Kindo.com recently announced its official launch,
offering genealogists a "Web 2.0" version of online family tree
collaboration.
Kindo describes itself as a social network for genealogists, with an emphasis on creating and sharing your family tree. It's core feature is the collaborative family tree, and the information added by family members. But it also features family news, a family calendar, and statistics that make it easier to stay in touch with the family.
Since so many families are spread out around the world, Kindo is already in 11 languages: Swedish, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Polish, Russian, Turkish, Afrikaans, and English.
Kindo links...
Kindo describes itself as a social network for genealogists, with an emphasis on creating and sharing your family tree. It's core feature is the collaborative family tree, and the information added by family members. But it also features family news, a family calendar, and statistics that make it easier to stay in touch with the family.
Since so many families are spread out around the world, Kindo is already in 11 languages: Swedish, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Polish, Russian, Turkish, Afrikaans, and English.
Kindo links...
- More about Kindo: http://kindo.com/blog/whats-kindo/
- The Site: http://kindo.com
- Demo: http://kindo.com/blog/2007/10/26/how-to-use-kindo/en/
California Genealogical Society has a Blog
by Steve, Tuesday, December 04, 2007
The California Genealogical Society launched a new blog last
month. You can find it here...
http://calgensoc.blogspot.com/
Now you can keep up to date on the all the happenings there.
http://calgensoc.blogspot.com/
Now you can keep up to date on the all the happenings there.
Free Alabama Genealogy Website
by Steve, Saturday, December 01, 2007
Donna Causey announced her new free Alabama genealogy website,
"Alabama Pioneers"...
http://www.alabamapioneers.com/
She has GEDCOM files that can be downloaded for free, Court, church, death records, etc....all free. She adds new data daily.
http://www.alabamapioneers.com/
She has GEDCOM files that can be downloaded for free, Court, church, death records, etc....all free. She adds new data daily.
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