Does Martin Sheen Search on Ancestry? Who Do You Think You Are? Season 3 Debut (2/3/12)
Martin Sheen's enthusiasm for this recent Who Do You Think You Are? journey bubbled over during a recent telephone interview with the media. I asked him what he thought was the #1 reason folks should research their family history search - he identified personal...
How NARA Acquires and Stores Records (1/11/12)
Have you ever wondered how the U.S. National Archives takes custody of records from federal agencies and makes them accessible to you? In this new video they explain how they are now using the Electronic Records Archives, or ERA system to...
Google’s Plus Sign Now Has New Meaning (11/9/11)
On October 27 I reported on this blog that Google quietly eliminated the use of the plus sign operator in Google Search. (A Change You Need to Know About) The technology community suspected that "the move was in response to their growing focus on Google+ and the...
A Change You Need to Know About in Google Search for Family History (10/27/11)
When it comes to researching online, the only thing that is constant is change! Just when you get all the search operators committed to memory Google goes and changes things. Not long ago I noticed that the Boolean operator NOT no longer seemed to be returning the...
Meet the Author of a Riveting Family History Tale in the Newest Episode of The Genealogy Gems Podcast (10/22/11)
Recently I got an email from Jay in New York : “I have been catching up with all of your family history podcasts. Over the years I have collected a wealth of information on the family. Some good, some not-so-good, some out in-the-open, some hidden. How do you deal...
