{"id":2834,"date":"2013-03-09T08:34:21","date_gmt":"2013-03-09T13:34:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jacksoncountyohiogen.com\/members\/?p=2834"},"modified":"2013-03-09T08:34:21","modified_gmt":"2013-03-09T13:34:21","slug":"genealogy-world-march-4th-8th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jacksoncountyohiogen.com\/members\/2013\/03\/09\/genealogy-world-march-4th-8th\/","title":{"rendered":"Genealogy World, March 4th \u2013 8th"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.familytreemagazine.com\/insider\/ct.ashx?id=6690c0ce-7346-4a97-9880-650aff8b1b8b&amp;url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.WikiTree.com\">WikiTree<\/a>, a free worldwide family tree website, has launched a new feature called Surname Following that lets you get updates when other WikiTree users post content related to names you&#8217;re interested in. Log in to WikiTree and follow surnames to receive an email alert when related content is added to the WikiTree database or a related question, answer or comment is added to the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.familytreemagazine.com\/insider\/ct.ashx?id=6690c0ce-7346-4a97-9880-650aff8b1b8b&amp;url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.wikitree.com%2fg2g%2f\">WikiTree G2G (\u201cGenealogist to Genealogist\u201d) Q&amp;A forum<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Heads up: The early registration deadline is approaching for this year&#8217;s<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.familytreemagazine.com\/insider\/ct.ashx?id=6690c0ce-7346-4a97-9880-650aff8b1b8b&amp;url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.ngsgenealogy.org%2fcs%2fconference_info\">National Genealogical Society annual conference<\/a>, taking place May 8-11 in Las Vegas. You&#8217;ll save $35 on your conference registration if you sign up before March 19.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.familytreemagazine.com\/insider\/ct.ashx?id=6690c0ce-7346-4a97-9880-650aff8b1b8b&amp;url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.ngsgenealogy.org%2fcs%2fattendee_registration\">Click here to register<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Speaking of conferences, registration is now open for the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.familytreemagazine.com\/insider\/ct.ashx?id=6690c0ce-7346-4a97-9880-650aff8b1b8b&amp;url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.fgsconference.org\">Federation of Genealogical Societies conference<\/a>, Aug. 21-24 in Fort Wayne, Indiana (home of the well-known\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.familytreemagazine.com\/insider\/ct.ashx?id=6690c0ce-7346-4a97-9880-650aff8b1b8b&amp;url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.genealogycenter.org%2fHome.aspx\">Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center<\/a>). I&#8217;m hoping to be able to carve out some research time while there.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.familytreemagazine.com\/insider\/ct.ashx?id=6690c0ce-7346-4a97-9880-650aff8b1b8b&amp;url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.familysearch.org\">FamilySearch<\/a>\u00a0has added 10.5 million indexed records and images to its\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.familytreemagazine.com\/insider\/ct.ashx?id=6690c0ce-7346-4a97-9880-650aff8b1b8b&amp;url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.familysearch.org\">free historical records search<\/a>\u00a0over the last two weeks, including 8,613,673 document images added to the New York Probate Records collection (1629 to 1971). Other notable collection updates are Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Immigration Cards, 1900-1965, and Peru, Lima, Civil Registration, 1874-1996, collection.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p>Collections for Indonesia, Italy, New Zealand, and the US states of Minnesota and Ohio also have been updated.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.familytreemagazine.com\/insider\/ct.ashx?id=6690c0ce-7346-4a97-9880-650aff8b1b8b&amp;url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.familysearch.org%2fnode%2f2034\">See more details and click through to the updated collections here<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>I got an email about a new\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.familytreemagazine.com\/insider\/ct.ashx?id=6690c0ce-7346-4a97-9880-650aff8b1b8b&amp;url=https%3a%2f%2fitunes.apple.com%2fus%2fapp%2fheirlooms%2fid574203843%3fls%3d1%26mt%3d8\">iPhone\/iPad app that helps you inventory family heirlooms<\/a>. The $2.99 app, called\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.familytreemagazine.com\/insider\/ct.ashx?id=6690c0ce-7346-4a97-9880-650aff8b1b8b&amp;url=https%3a%2f%2fitunes.apple.com%2fus%2fapp%2fheirlooms%2fid574203843%3fls%3d1%26mt%3d8\">Heirlooms<\/a>, lets you store a photo of and information about an heirloom, and share it via an emailed attachment. A<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.familytreemagazine.com\/insider\/ct.ashx?id=6690c0ce-7346-4a97-9880-650aff8b1b8b&amp;url=https%3a%2f%2fitunes.apple.com%2fus%2fapp%2fheirlooms-free%2fid590398479%3fls%3d1%26mt%3d8\">free version<\/a>\u00a0lets others read the attachment without having to buy the app.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>If you&#8217;re up against a brick wall with some part of your genealogy research and you&#8217;ll be in the Washington DC area on Saturday, March 16, the<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.familytreemagazine.com\/insider\/ct.ashx?id=6690c0ce-7346-4a97-9880-650aff8b1b8b&amp;url=http%3a%2f%2farchives.gov\">National Archives<\/a>\u00a0is holding a \u201cHelp! I&#8217;m Stuck\u201d Genealogy Clinic. You can visit the Research Center main desk that day to sign up for a free, 20 minute consultation with an archivist between noon and 4 p.m. For details on this and other programs at teh archives, see the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.familytreemagazine.com\/insider\/ct.ashx?id=6690c0ce-7346-4a97-9880-650aff8b1b8b&amp;url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.archives.gov%2fcalendar%2f\">Archives.gov calendar<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WikiTree, a free worldwide family tree website, has launched a new feature called Surname Following that lets you get updates when other WikiTree users post content related to names you&#8217;re interested in. 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