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More discoveries can happen with our mobile app with the new Pedigree View and Photo Hints. Our Ancestry App is great wherever you go or wherever you are in today’s busy world. Whether at the train station, your couch, or at Aunt Edna’s house, take those moments to quickly view or add something to your tree or make a completely new discovery with the Ancestry Mobile App.
Recently, we added some functionality to the app including a Pedigree View and Photo Hints.
Pedigree View
There are two ways to view your tree on the iOS app. The Pedigree view shows direct ancestors. The Family view shows all relationships including siblings, spouses, and children. Toggle between these views with the buttons at the top of your screen.
Photo Hints
For the past year or so, the iOS app has provided you with hints to records about your ancestors. With the new Photo Hints you can now find pictures of your ancestors, too. Plus you can easily share your discoveries with friends and family on Facebook, Twitter, or email.
Download or Update Your Ancestry App Today
Haven’t tried the Ancestry app out yet? iPhone or iPad users can download it here: iTunes. Android users will find the app at Google Play or Amazon Appstore. (The Android app doesn’t have photo hints yet, but stay tuned.) If you have already downloaded the Ancestry app, check your updates to be sure you have the latest version.
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Supermodel
Cindy Crawford was spotted in the Connecticut State Library Wednesday morning,
where onlookers said she was filming an episode of “Who Do You Think You Are?” NBC
canceled the celebrity genealogy reality series after last season, but TLC has
picked it up. Singer
Kelly Clarkson also is reported to have filmed for the resurrected series.
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FamilySearch has added more than 9.4 million index records and images this week from
the United States, Canada, Colombia, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, Honduras,
Italy, Peru, Sweden and Venezuela. They include data from BillionGraves (search results
link you to BillionGraves.com to see an image of the tombstone), Michigan death certificates
(1921-1952), New York, Southern District US District Court naturalizations (1824-1946),
and more.
You can search or browse (in the case of unindexed record images) these
records for free on FamilySearch.org. Link
through to each collection from here.
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Get a new take on your Irish Famine-era ancestors with findmypast.ie‘s
new online Famine
Memorial. Launched to coincide with the National Famine Commemoration 2013 in
Kilrush, County Clare, Ireland, the memorial gathers record collections—emigration,
census, newspaper, criminal and land records, as well as directories—that highlight
aspects of Irish life that were affected during the Great Irish Famine (1845-1852).You’ll need to be a subscriber or use credits to view records, but the memorial also
provides interesting background information about the famine that anyone can view.
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Family Tree DNA announced it has lowered
the price of its mid-level maternal line mtDNA test, called mtDNAPlus, to $49. This
two-thirds price reduction was made possible by a new squencing technique. The company
also has lowered the price of its 12-marker Y-DNA test to $49. Order
either test here.
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Another genealogy TV series is coming to PBS. And this one might
satisfy those of you looking for prime time stories about the
ancestors of ordinary Americans (as opposed to the public figures
whose family trees have been fodder for “Who Do You Think You Are?”
and “Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates, Jr.”).
Genealogy Roadshow, premeiring nationally this fall, according to an announcement
from PBS and Nashville Public Television, will ”
combine history and science to uncover fascinating stories of diverse Americans.”
“After participants are chosen, genealogy, history and DNA experts will use family
heirlooms, letters, pictures, historical documents and other clues to hunt down more
information. These experts will enlist the help of local historians to add color and
context to the investigations, ensuring every artifact and every name becomes a clue
in solving the mystery.”
The first season will feature participants from four cities:
Nashville, Tenn.; Austin, Texas; San Francisco; and Detroit.
If you’re in Nashville, you can go here to apply
to have your genealogy featured on the show.
Genealogy Roadshow is being produced by Krasnow Productions, and is based on a same-name
show in Ireland produced by Big Mountain Productions.
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The National Genealogical
Society’s annual conference is going on now in Las Vegas. Want a taste of the
family history action? Here’s where to find one:
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Visit the National Genealogical Society
(NGS) on Facebook for photos, and check out the official
NGS 2013 Conference Blog.
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Genea-Musings blogger Randy Seaver is posting
photos and writing about sessions he’s attended
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Genea Philibert-Ortega, who’s presenting several sessions, is blogging about her presentations
and opportunities for the folks at home on Gena’s
Genealogy.
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Family Curator blogger Denise Levenick is giving
daily conference reports.
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Find posts about sessions and the exhibit hall on
the Ancestry Insider blog.
- The conference hashtag on Twitter is #NGS2013.
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On Friday at 7 p.m. Pacific you can join a genealogy Twitter Chat called GenChat live
from the NGS conference. Learn
more about GenChat here.
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I don’t need to write a lot about what you’ll learn from our Map
Your Family History with Google Earth One-Week Workshop, coming up May 17-24,
thanks to this awesome video that Google Earth expert Lisa
Louise Cooke of Genealogy Gems put together:
The workshop offers
video sessions and step-by-step written lessons from Lisa and other Family Tree University
experts on locating ancestral towns, using maps in your research, and using the tools
of Google Earth to explore and display your ancestors’ places in a fascinating way.
And Lisa will be be on hand to answer participants’ Google Earth questions in our
exclusive workshop message board.
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The Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI)
has released a new genealogy resource for Northern Ireland.
PRONI, along with FamilySearch, has digitized
the Valuation Revision Books, 1864-1933. These books contain a list of landholders
and their property valuations in counties Antrim, Armagh, Down, Fermanagh, Londonderry
and Tyrone.
The records are handy for filling in gaps between Griffiths Valuation (which ends
in 1864) and the 1901 census (the earliest surviving Irish census).
Here’s what the Valuation Revision Book pages look like:
You’ll need to know where your ancestor lived in Northern Ireland to best use the
collection.
Access the
Valuation Revision Books on PRONI’s website (click the Search Valuation revision
Books button on the right). There, you can enter a placename
(city, county, parish, or townland; or a street or ward name in Belfast and Londonderry)
and digitally “flip” through books pertaining to that place. You also can browse by
county and parish.
Note that 44 of the roughly 3,900 books are still be digitized.
Searching for Irish roots? Get in-depth guidance in Family Tree Magazine‘s Ultimate
Irish Genealogy Collection, available only in May.
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Did you know that May is National Photography
Month?
Of course, photography plays a huge role in family history research. Nothing connects
you with an ancestor and inspires you to discover more about his or her life, than
a photograph.
This one is one of my favorite family pictures. It shows my great-great-grandfather
about 1910 in front of the cigar
store he opened in Cincinnati. He’s standing third from left. His son, my great-grandfather,
is in the doorway on the left.
This National Photo Month, we want to help you celebrate and preserve your favorite
family photos by giving
away one of our new Photo Preservation Kits (now
available in ShopFamilyTree.com).
The kit contains specially selected archival photo storage and preservation products
from archival supplier Gaylord Bros., plus easy-to-follow instructions from Family
Tree Magazine‘s Family Archivist, Sunny Jane Morton.
You
can enter our National Photo Month Sweepstakes here. And you’ll get two extra
chances to win for every friend who registers using your referral link (which you’ll
get after you submit your entry).
Our National
Photo Month Sweepstakes entry deadline is May 20.
You’ll also find these National Photo Month specials at ShopFamilyTree.com:
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Photo
Detective Collection: Contains the Family Photo Detective ebook by Maureen
A. Taylor, Digital Photography Essentials Family Tree University Independent Study
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Amateur
Photo Restoration video class -
Genealogist’s
Essential Scanning Kit: Contains our Top 10 Scanning Tips for Genealogy download,
Digitize Your Genealogy Documents video class, and more
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Genealogy website Mocavo is reviving the spirit of
the Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness (RAOGK) volunteer record lookup website in
its Genealogy Karma website.
RAOGK, started by Bridgett and Doc Schneider and one
of Family Tree Magazine‘s 101 best free genealogy websites in 2010, went
offline in 2011.
Genealogy Karma offers a similar, free option
for getting records from a faraway repository or cemetery. You can post a lookup request
and tag it with a keyword (such as “birth record” or “tombstone”) so volunteers can
find it.
Researchers who register as volunteers with the site can answer your request, do the
lookup and send you the results.
When submitting a lookup request, follow these tips for a faster response:
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Be details. Use indexes to find the volume and page number of the record you need,
and provide those details in your request. If you want a tombstone photo, call the
cemetery or search online to find the cemetery location, plot and grave number. - Double-check all the names, dates and other information in your request.
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You also might offer to compensate the volunteer for expenses such as mileage and
postage.
Of course, registering with Genealogy Karma as
a volunteer is the ultimate way to say thank you for a request someone has answered.
Click here
to learn more about how to use the Genealogy Karma site.
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This post has been contributed by the Brown Family on their Great, Great, Great Grand Adventure -
Who knew that Lobster and Maple Syrup would be such a great combination? While camping in the mountains near Boston, we enjoyed a few day trips to Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont. We stopped at a local crab shack and enjoyed our first taste of fried clams, lobster rolls and fresh clam chowder. Let’s just say that our Western taste buds were in a bit of shock. It was a fun experience and yes, we are so glad we made the trek.
New Hampshire and Vermont are SWEEEET as Sugar, Maple Sugar that is! We loved learning at Collins Farm how the sugaring process happens and tasting the results of their hard work. We went into Putney, Vermont and had a little taste of Maple ice cream, Maple Popcorn, Maple candy. We had to bring home some rich Maple syrup for our future pancakes and recipes. It was a long drive from Vermont to upstate New York where we did a bit of research on Rob’s family history and our church’s history, then on to the amazing Niagra Falls. We froze while we stood and marveled at the power of that massive waterfall. The kids loved it!
From Buffallo, New York we traveled down the eastern shore of Lake Erie to Kirtland, a small town in Ohio. We did a little more church history and then headed into Dearborn, Michigan to experience the American Dream through the eyes of Henry Ford. What a great place! The Greenfield Village, The Henry Ford museum and the Rouge Factory tour is a must see for anyone who loves America and the entrepreneurial spirit it allows. It was hard to leave our last major stop of history but had to continue on to South Bend, Indiana where we made a visit to see Notre Dame University. So inspiring, and while we were there, we drove over to Shipshewana to learn about the Amish. We found them to be very hospitable, loved our home cooked meal, and were amazed at their beautiful farms. Our girls are convinced that we need to have a buggy and wear bonnets when we get home. Rob is already planning out the small farm he would like to own. Thanks for the memories and the opportunity to relate to a new culture.
As we say goodbye to the East, we know someday we will return. There are so many stones we left unturned, so much research to continue at home and on future trips, and so much to still record and ponder. We look forward to seeing mountains again soon, but will miss the beautiful East Coast!
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Join Ancestry.com’s Barefoot Genealogist, Crista Cowan, for Ancestry Day Las Vegas on Saturday, May 11th at the LVH Convention Center. Come for a full-day of education and a chance to win fantastic door prizes throughout the day. The grand prize is a World Deluxe Membership and an AncestryDNA kit. Take advantage of the few remaining spaces. Register Today!
Whether you are new to Ancestry.com or a long time user, Ancestry Day will help take your research to the next level. The day’s classes include:
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