Search Results for: blog a review of ancestrycom

A Review of MyHeritage.com

MyHeritage.com offers a free download of Family Tree Builder 4.0. This website is run by a company out of Israel. It is actively growing and has many International members from all over the world. The software allows you to build your own family tree and set up a website just for your family members. There is an additional Premium program that you can purchase as well. In addition to really clean and easy to use program, MyHeritage.com has a lot of great features that can help you as you do your genealogy. There is an active blog where you can … Continue reading →

A Review of Genealogyarchives.com

Genealogyarchives.com is another site available to help you with your genealogy. This site has compiled several different collections to make information easier to find. Many of the records go up to the date 2005 which will make searching for immediate family’s dates much easier. This site is a membership based site, but it does have a seven day free trial that you can use to test it out. The membership is only $39.95 per year, which is a reasonable rate. The site also works uniquely, you can type in your information, and it will work to build your own family … Continue reading →

A Review of OneGreatFamily.com

OneGreatFamily.com is a website that offers the service of tapping into other people’s family tress to complete your own genealogy work, This site is a subscription based site that offers several unique features for people interested in doing genealogy. One of these features is the shared family tree feature. Once you enter in your research as far back as you can go, it begins scanning names that are already entered in and when it finds a match it begins filling in the information automatically for you. This is a great feature, but you should always double check to make sure … Continue reading →

One Theory On Diet And Genetics

Many of us point to our genes as a contributing factor behind why we do not like the way that we look in our jeans. Genes do affect the shape of a person’s body, and this may leave you wondering whether you are “stuck” with the type of body that you inherited. The connection between genes, diet, and lifestyle has been studies by many doctors and scientists in the hopes of gaining an understanding of how those things work together to impact our bodies. One doctor who has studied in this area of research is Dr. Peter J. D’Adamo, a … Continue reading →

Genealogy Resources About the Titanic

Posted on by

April 15, 2012, is the One Hundredth Anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. Did you have an ancestor who was on board? What was that person’s story? Did he or she survive, or go down with the ship? To find these answers, you will need some genealogy resources that are about the Titanic. Here are a few to get you started. Ancestry.com is giving everyone free access to their Titanic Collection from right now through April 15, 2012. It includes 200 million Immigration and Travel records. The website also has records about fatality reports, graves, survivors, crew records, and … Continue reading →

ProGenealogists Has List of 50 Most Popular Genealogy Websites for 2011

Ever wonder how popular your favorite genealogy website is, when compared with the rest? One good way to find out is to read over the list on the ProGenealogists website. The list of the 50 Most Popular Genealogy Websites is updated annually, and the 2010 list became available in January of 2011. Perhaps you have had your eye on a genealogy website that you have been curious about trying, but are hesitating, because you haven’t been able to discern how good the website really is. Or, maybe you are just curious about how the most well known genealogy websites compare … Continue reading →

Expert Connect Program at Ancestry.com Closing Soon

The Expert Connect program that has been a part of the Ancestry.com website is about to come to an end. This news comes as a shock to the genealogists who were taking part in the program, especially since the program has only been around since March of 2009. Ancestry.com is one of the most popular genealogy websites, with millions of members who use the website to do genealogy research, and to build their family tree. The Expert Connect project was designed so that a member of Ancestry.com could connect with an expert genealogist, and hire that genealogist to help them … Continue reading →

Ancestry.com Soon To Acquire Footnote.com

The popular genealogy website Ancestry.com is about to acquire iArchives, Inc., which is the parent company of the website Footnote.com. This means Ancestry.com is about to join with one if it’s biggest rivals. The acquisition will be completed towards the end of 2010. This is great news for genealogists! Ancestry.com offers a revolutionary search engine that allows genealogists who have subscribed to their website to search through a variety of databases. You are able to search for a particular ancestor by name, which is convenient. They have digital images of many of their records. You can find passport applications, Federal … Continue reading →

Doing Genealogy on a Mac

I have spoken to many people who are reluctant to switch to using a Mac because they are concerned about finding software that is compatible with a Mac. In particular the PAF software used by familysearch.org has not been updated since 1996. You can choose several options that will allow you to complete your genealogy on a Mac. One option is to run Bootcamp or another software program that allows you to simulate Windows on the Mac. This will allow you to run PAF or any other software that is available only for Windows computers. To do this you must … Continue reading →