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Archive for October, 2011
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Family Tree Magazine and Family Tree University are celebrating Family History
Month by giving away great genealogy supplies all month long!
Each day at 4 pm ET (3 CT, 2 MT, 1 PT), we’ll announce the winner of that day’s giveaway.
Plus, each daily prize will be on sale for a fantastic price.
Congratulations to the winner of today’s giveaway, our 10 Years of Family Tree
Magazine 2000-2009 DVD. This is the DVD with PDFs of all the issues from our
first 10 years in publication. You can search the full text of all 4,700 pages at
one, or browse the issues as you would a magazine.
And the winner is … Michelle Khuon. Congratulations!
Here’s the deal on this DVD: You can purchase the 10 Years of Family Tree Magazine 2000-2009
DVD today, Oct. 25, for $69.99. I don’t remember when it’s been more discounted. Get
the deal here.
The daily giveaway for tomorrow, Oct. 26, is our new book Family History Detective by
Desmond Walls Allen. Click
here to sign up now on our Daily Deal & Giveaway page. (Even if you signed
up for a previous giveaway, sign up again to get in the running for this one.)
Then just come back here tomorrow at 4 pm ET to see if you’ve won (and check out the
next deal). Good luck!
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The free October Family Tree Magazine Podcast is now available for your genealogy
edification in iTunes and on
FamilyTreeMagazine.com.
In this episode, you’ll hear
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tips on solving family mysteries using autosomal DNA with genetic
genealogy blogger Blaine T. Bettinger (See his article on autosomal DNA in the December
2011 Family Tree Magazine) -
an overview of the Sorenson Molecular
Genealogy Foundation DNA database with Dr. Ugo A. Perego, the site’s director
of operations -
advice on looking for land records from Diana Crisman Smith, instructor of Family
Tree University’s Land Records 101 course - a meet-and-greet with Kerry Scott, Family Tree Magazine’s new online editor
… and more genealogy news and tips.
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Congratulations, Alyce Sullivan! You’re the winner of an Organize
Your Family History Value Pack in today’s Family History Month Daily Deal and
Giveaway!
Didn’t win? Snatch
up this value pack at the one-day special sale price of $49.99—this Daily Deal
lasts until midnight ET today, 10/29.
The daily giveaway for tomorrow, 10/30, is our Virtual
Conference OnDemand Collection! Sign
up now on our Daily Deal & Giveaway page. (Note: Even if you signed up for
a previous giveaway, enter again to put yourself in the running for this one.)
Check back tomorrow at 4 p.m. ET to see if you’ve won!
About the Daily Deal & Giveaway
Family Tree Magazine and Family Tree University are celebrating Family History
Month in October by giving away great genealogy supplies all month long!
Each day at 4 pm ET, 3 pm Central, 3 pm MT and 1 pm Pacific, we’ll announce the winner
of that day’s giveaway and reveal the next day’s giveaway.
Each daily prize also will be on sale at ShopFamilyTree.com for that day only—so if
you don’t get the giveaway, you can still snatch up a fantastic deal on tools to advance
your research!
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hello john i remember you ringing my dad peter manley who passed you onto my nan rose to get info on henrietta who walked the large ball in the circus don manley is my cus my dads brothers son ive just started doing tree would like to get more info i know you have done a lot of reseach could you please pass some onto me if you dont mined i live in addiscombe croydon where some of the family lived you already know james manley was my grandad. look forward hearing from you regards dennis
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BOARDMAN – Raymond P. Manley passed away Friday morning, October 14, 2011.
Raymond was born Aug. 25, 1932, a son of William I. and Edna Byers Manley.
He was a 1951 Ursuline High School graduate, a 1955 graduate of the University of Notre Dame and received a master degree from the University of Chicago in 1958. Raymond was a C.P.A. for Hill, Barth & King and then went to work for William G. Barth & Associates.
He was a member of St. Luke Church, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Stambaugh Pillars, Ohio Historical Society, the Mahoning Valley Historical Society, the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation and the Friends of the Smithsonian.
Raymond loved to read and enjoyed history.
He leaves to cherish his memory, two brothers Paul (Jan) Manley of St. Petersburg, Fla. and William J. (Louise) Manley Sr. of Boardman, Ohio; seven nieces and nephews; several great-nieces and nephews; and several great-great-nieces and nephews.
Besides his parents, Raymond was preceded in death by a brother, George.
Prayers will be at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Fox Funeral Home, Boardman, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. Tuesday at St. Luke Church.
Friends may call Monday from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Fox Funeral Home, Boardman.
Material tributes can be made in Raymond’s memory to the Ohio Historical Society or his church.
Family and friends may visit www.foxfuneralhome.org to view this obituary and send condolences.
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Did you notice what happened this week here at Ancestry.com? We released over 50 databases containing indexes to millions of vital records from all over the United States. Some of these records date all the way back the 1600s and the most recent of them are from last year. (You can find the complete list by viewing our recently added or updated collections list. Most of these databases were released on 17 Oct.)
I love discovering my ancestors and tracking down their descendants. I climb up a branch of my family tree to a set of 3rd or 4th great-grandparents and then back down again finding all of their children and grandchildren and great-grandchildren, right down to those living cousins. I enjoy chasing families through census records, seeing where they pop up and what their family looks like decade after decade.
But, birth, marriage and death records provide more concrete boundaries to the lives my ancestors and their families lived. These records provide anchor events that I can use to build complete family histories as I chase my relatives up the family tree and out the branches. If census records are the cornerstone of good genealogy research, then vital records are the capstone.
With that said, you can probably imagine what a week like this, with so many new vital records resources being made available all at once, does to my attention span. It’s been all I could do to avoid the BMD search page during work hours this week. I’ve been good and gone to bed at a decent hour every night with barely a peek at two or three or seven of these databases. But, the weekend is FINALLY here! Hours and hours of uninterrupted searching are within sight.
I want to track my maternal grandmother’s family through Arkansas and Missouri then back into Tennessee.
I want to find my paternal grandfather’s relatives in Ohio and West Virginia.
I want to see if I can find my 4th great-grandparents marriage record. Will it be in Pennsylvania? Maybe Virginia?
Oh, and, what about those “lost” cousins I’ve been looking for? Did they end up in Michigan or Minnesota?
MUST. FOCUS.
Here’s the plan. I’ve printed a copy of the page that lists all of the new databases. I’m just going to start at the top and work my way down, checking them off as I go. For each database I’ll do a filtered search in my Family Tree Maker file to see which families were living in that state during the time period listed. Then I’ll search that database to see if I can get dates for the vital events in their lives. I’ll also be sure to search birth records by parents’ names only to make sure all the children in a family are accounted for. Oh, and I’ll search marriage records by the name of each spouse individually to make sure there aren’t other marriages recorded. And then I’ll need to…
There just aren’t enough hours in the weekend, I’m afraid. But, I guess there are worse problems than having too many records and too little time. It just means I may have to cut my date short tonight so I can get started a little sooner. (Hey – I said, cut it short, not cancel. I can control my genealogy addiction obsession habit passion. Whatever.)
So, talk to me. What’s your plan for checking out these databases? Who are you looking for AND where do you think you will find them?
Until next time – Have fun climbing around in your family tree, no matter which direction you decide to go!
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Want to learn the ins-and-outs of crafting a solid search on Ancestry.com? Then join family historian and Search Product Manager, Ancestry Anne, as she will answer a member question and provide a slew of answers. The broadcast will be airing live, later today, Thursday, October 20 @ 3PM EST and 12 Noon PST.
The broadcast will be aired on the Ancestry.com Livestream channel, as well as from our Livestream Tab on Facebook.
And if you can’t make it? Don’t worry, you’ll be able to watch the event recording right after it’s over on the Ancestry.com Facebook page.
About our experts:
Anne Mitchell is a Senior Search Product Manager at Ancestry.com, an
active blogger on Ancestry.com and writes as Ancestry Anne for Ancestry.com newsletter. She has been chasing her ancestors through Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina for many years, and is pursuing her CG certification.
Watch the Livestream broadcast below:
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By now you’ve probably heard about TreeSync. It’s the latest innovative tool available in Family Tree Maker 2012, which gives you the ability to sync one Family Tree Maker tree and one online Ancestry tree.
Now you can make changes to your tree anytime, anywhere. Maybe you’re at the library and you find your grandma’s birth record. Record this information in your online linked tree using your laptop or mobile app; then when you get home, open Family Tree Maker, click the Sync Now button, and your desktop tree will be updated with the new information. Or, add a bunch of family photos to your desktop tree, sync it, and friends and family all over the world can see them in your online tree.
Why Would I Want an Online and a Desktop Tree?
If you only have an online Ancestry tree or you’ve always used Family Tree Maker, you may be wondering why you would want both. Many people enjoy online trees because they can update and edit their tree anywhere they have Internet access. And they can invite friends and family to view the tree, which makes sharing family history quick and easy. Others prefer desktop software because they can quickly build a tree without worrying about Internet connections, refreshes, and upload times. And they can create a variety of beautiful charts and reports to help with their research. With TreeSync, you can enjoy the best of both worlds. You’ll have the mobility of an online tree with the advanced features of a desktop software program.
How Does TreeSync Work?
If your main tree is in Family Tree Maker, you can upload your tree to Ancestry by clicking the Upload and Link to Ancestry button on the Plan workspace. This will create a new linked online tree. (If you’ve already uploaded this tree to Ancestry, you will now have two duplicate online trees; you can simply delete the old one.)
If your main tree is on Ancestry.com, you can download it into Family Tree Maker by clicking Download from Ancestry on the Plan workspace. This will create a new linked desktop tree.
Once the trees are linked together, you can access and edit it online or on your desktop. You can even use our Ancestry iPhone and iPad apps to update your tree.
Can I download and sync my Ancestry tree to more than one computer?
You may download your Ancestry tree to any computer that has Family Tree Maker. However, you can only download and sync your tree to one computer—even if you have installed Family Tree Maker 2012 on two computers. Be aware that you cannot synchronize a tree between two computers either.
Can I exclude people when I upload my tree using TreeSync?
No. You must upload your entire tree if you want it to sync between Family Tree Maker and Ancestry. However, you can upload only part of your tree to Ancestry if you simply want to put your tree online and not sync it.
How long does it take to upload and sync a tree?
The first time you upload a tree to Ancestry.com it may take a while, especially if you have a lot of media items. However, after the initial upload, the syncing process takes much less time because only your changes are synced and not your entire tree. Due to the different Internet connection speeds that are available and various tree sizes we cannot estimate the length of your syncing time precisely.
What if I already have an online tree and a Family Tree Maker tree? How do I link them together?
You cannot simply link the two trees together. You would need to download your online tree and merge it with your Family Tree Maker tree. (Remember; make a backup of your tree before making any large changes like this.) Then, you’d re-upload the new “complete” tree back to Ancestry.com using the “upload and link” option.
Are there parts of my tree that won’t sync?
Although most tree content transfers easily, there are a few exceptions. For more information on potential differences between linked trees on Ancestry.com and Family Tree Maker, please read this article.
What About Privacy?
Whenever I mention online trees, I am generally met with one concern. Privacy. Some people feel like their tree is a work in progress and isn’t ready to be shared yet. Others have accumulated a lot of confidential information that they don’t want to share publicly. Fortunately, TreeSync provides with you several privacy options so you don’t have to sacrifice security for mobility.
When you upload your tree to Ancestry, you can make your tree public, which means that other Ancestry subscribers can view your tree (except information about living individuals and private notes), and your tree will be shown in search results on Ancestry.com. Or, you can make your tree private, which means that limited information about individuals in your tree (name, birth year, birthplace) will appear in Ancestry search results, but no one can view the contents of your tree unless you invite them to. Additionally, you can choose to exclude your tree from appearing even in search indexes on Ancestry. And, you can change your preference at any time, and as often as you like.
What If I Need Help?
I get an error message when I try to sync my desktop and online trees. What do I do?
Occasionally you may get an error message when you try to sync your linked trees. This can occur when your Internet connection is interrupted during the synchronization process. First, make sure your Internet access is enabled in Family Tree Maker. (Go to the File menu and select Go Online. If the menu option “Go Offline” appears, Internet access is already enabled.) Second, check your Internet connection. If you have a dial-up Internet connection, or you have disabled your broadband connection, establish your Internet connection before you open Family Tree Maker. Make sure you are able to get to other websites.
I cannot edit my online Ancestry tree. What happened?
If you cannot edit your synced online tree, it may be because the online tree is temporarily unavailable while the desktop and online trees are being synced. Please wait a few minutes and try again.
Can I delete my tree if I decide I don’t want it online?
Yes, you can delete your online tree at any time. Be aware that once it’s deleted or unlinked, it can’t be re-linked to your Family Tree Maker tree.
If you have questions about TreeSync that haven’t been answered in this post or you are having issues syncing your tree, please contact our Customer Support at 1-800-262-3787, Monday through Friday from 10:00 am to 10:00 pm (EST) and Saturdays and Sundays from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm.
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Family Tree Magazine and Family Tree University are celebrating Family History
Month by giving away great genealogy supplies all month long!
Each day at 4 pm ET (3 CT, 2 MT, 1 PT), we’ll announce the winner of that day’s giveaway.
Plus, each daily prize will be on sale for a fantastic price.
Congratulations to the winner of today’s giveaway, a one-year membership to the Genealogical
Society of Pennsylvania, a fabulous resource for anyone whose ancestors spent
time in the state (you’ll see genealogy expert James M. Beidler recommending it in
our January 2012 Philadelphia Research Guide).
And the winner is … Linette Edwards of Austin, Texas!
Here’s the deal: Anyone purchasing an annual Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania
membership today, Oct. 21, will have their membership extended from 12 to 15 months
for the same annual rate of $60. Check
out the benefits here.
The daily giveaway for tomorrow, Oct. 22, is our Research Remedies CD, which is chock-full
of advice for tracking down elusive ancestors. Click
here to sign up now on our Daily Deal & Giveaway page. (Even if you signed
up for a previous giveaway, sign up again to get in the running for this one.)
Then just come back here tomorrow at 4 pm ET to see if you’ve won. Good luck!