Use Your Camera For Genealogy, Notes & More
Jill Holmes
A huge percentage of people have a camera of some type with them at all times. iPhones, Android, BlackBerry, and even many “dumb” phones are getting better & better cameras.…
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RootsTech 2012: Should You Go?, Our Presentations, & Special Price
Special Discounted Price RootsTech is coming right up! It’s the 2nd – 4th of Feb, so less than 2 weeks away. Krystal from the RootsTech 2012 Outreach Team contacted me…
Request Your Priesthood Line of Authority by Email
Kellen Petersen
In 1994, the Church announced that it would no longer trace a member’s Priesthood Line of Authority, but that it would be each member’s individual responsibility. They realized this was…
How to Create a Simple Genealogy Chart
J Washburn
20 seconds. Seriously. This will take you 20 seconds. (FYI: THIS IS AN UPDATE. TreeSeek launched a new website that makes it super easy to do this same process.) Go…
Cool Links: dead sea scrolls, historical resources, & new apps
Lifehacker.com does a “remains of the day” post where they link to stuff they didn’t write a full article on. I often find gems in those posts, and they are…
Journal in Less Than 30 Seconds
Kurt Francom
Have you ever read past journals (or blogs) and noticed you begin each entry with an apology for not writing in so long? “Dear Diary, I am so sorry it…
US Family Tree adds more to New FamilySearch
I was excited when I was invited to review a new family history site US Family Tree. I’m not one to usually recommend a paid site for research or research…
Google+ for Mormons: LDS Ways to Use Google Plus [guide]
So you may have recently joined, or heard about Google+. Google what? Google Plus. Google Plus is the new “social networking” platfrom from Google. It’s much more than just “Google’s…
Hidden Resources on FamilySearch 3: FHLC & Historical Books
This is the last of my 3-part series on the hidden resources that can be found on FamilySearch.org. The Family History Library Catalog (FHLC) has come a long way since…
Family History Conference at BYU the End of July
The 43 annual BYU Conference on Family History & Genealogy is coming up the end of July. This year the theme is “strengthening ties that bind families together” and the…
