Posts Tagged With: Federation of Genealogical Societies conference
MyHeritage.com at FGS2011
I spent some time with Daniel Horowitz at MyHeritage.com this morning looking at their product. It is a very interesting family tree program that has a social media aspect to it. The social media part resembles what you would see on FaceBook, so those users will find the interface very easy to use. You can [...]
FGS2011 is here!
My morning began at 4:30 a.m. when I left the Chicago burbs to head to Springfield. I wanted to pull death certificates and thought the Archives might be crowded with FGS people today. I planned to arrive by 8:00 when they opened. They were not crowded. So….. I’m sitting in Barnes and Noble near the [...]
Follow Friday – Abe Lincoln Library
In preparation for FGS2011, the FGS media team has been blogging a lot about research repositories and archives all over the state and surrounding states. The Abe Lincoln Library, located in Springfield, IL, is a fantastic resource. I visited the library last year to do newspaper research. It is one of my goals before this [...]
Italian Ancestors