I have been using it for over a year and love it.
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Free Online Journaling
You do not have to be a member of the LDS (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints)church to subscribe to and use this site. It is free.
Sunday, October 30, 2011
What Ancestry.com Offers
Ancestry.com is great. The subscription for one year for USA records is $155.00 but at LDS Family History Centers, you can go on ancestry.com for free. My favorite thing to do on this site is search Public Member Trees. And of course, the censuses.
You can have a free 2 week trial period also.
Saturday, October 29, 2011
Family Search Centers
FamilySearch offers a network of 4,500 facilities offering public access to genealogical records from all over the world. These range from the world’s largest in Salt Lake City to locations in more than 80 countries.
They used to be called, and some still are called, Family History Centers,
but now they are called Family Search Centers because that's what people do in them:
SEARCH!
Why go to a FAMILY HISTORY CENTER?
WE have many resources online that you can use, including ancestry.com. This is a subscription service that you would have to pay for, costing currently $155.00 annually for US records and $195.00 annually for World Records.
The latest new thing is that now you can order microfilms from your home computer! They will be sent to the Family History Center of your choice so you can peruse them there on the microfilm readers.
To find one in your area...go to familysearch.org and click on Family Search Centers. Then type in a location. You will get the closest Family Search Center to you and a map which will show you hhow to get there. It also will have the phone number and hours of operation.
Here in Victorville, our facility is called:
Victorville California Family History Center
12100 Ridgecrest St. (corner of Bear Valley Rd.and Ridgecrest)
Victorville, CA 92394
USA
Phone: 1-760-243-5632
(The door is a separate door on the South wall of the building, recessed in...do ring the doorbell and someone will let you in.
We have a very helpful and knowledgeable staff.
Our hours: Tues through Thursday 9am to 9pm
Friday 9am to 5pm
Sat 10 am to 2 pm
Here are some Family Search Centers that I may find myself in when I am traveling to visit family members.
Hales Corner Family History Center (near Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
Mesa Family Regional Family History Center in Mesa, Arizona. And here is a work station in the Phoenix Family History center.....computers and microfilm readers.
5 Minute Genealogy
This is great! A lovely, bouncy young gal named Jessie Davis has put together 16 short episodes (videos) in a very entertaining and memorable way.
The program is called "5 Minute Genealogy".
Here is the link to Episode 1 (4:29 or running time of 4 minutes 29 seconds):
This can be found on youtube.com (Type in: 5 Minute Genealogy Episode 1)
From there, after that episode finishes, you don't have to do anything but just sit there and immediately you will be shown Episode 2 and so forth. You can view any episode by clicking on it...there will be places to click in the space below the video the video. Go check it out!
This is a fun and entertaining way to get started in Family History PLUS you will feel confident you are doing the right things in the right way. Jessie is a genius! This is the best beginner's tutorial I have seen yet!
Saturday, February 19, 2011
Who Do You Think You Are? Season 2
Lisa Kudrow's second season of"Who Do You Think You Are?" begins with singer-actress Vanessa Williams, and Gwyneth Paltrow, Tim McGraw, Ashley Judd, Rosie O'Donnell, Lionel Richie and Kim Cattrall are set for future episodes. Kudrow had her own history traced in the first season, and she realizes people are sometimes surprised she's the driving force behind the show.
Here is the link to the site where you can view the full episodes from this series.
http://www.nbc.com/who-do-you-think-you-are/video/
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