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  Family Tree Maker for Mac??? I almost didn’t believe my ears this morning when I read on Twitter that Ancestry.com announced they were going to be releasing Family Tree Maker for Mac later this year. The part of me that grew up on Family Tree Maker back in the early 1990s did a little happy dance, while the part of me [...]

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  Genealogy Apps Part 2: Reunion for iPhone – The Manifesto Originally posted on 6 August 2009 on iPhonespaz.com. In the previous review of Genealogy applications, we looked at applications that are stand-alone GEDCOM viewers. As we found, these were helpful for a quick, nitty-gritty search when on-location for hard-copy genealogy research. However, they did not (for the most part) allow genealogists or family historians [...]

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  Genealogy Apps Part 1: GEDCOM Viewers Originally posted on 18 June 2009 on iPhonespaz.com. The author regrets that this post is a bit out of date and doesn’t include some of the newer GEDCOM Viewers that are out in the App Store these days. Genealogy On-The-Go When I go off into the world of paper and archives I like to have my [...]

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  Upcoming Classes, Conferences & Seminars – 4/10/2010 thru 4/17/2010 Apologies for missing this post last week, however, this week more than makes up for it! Wow!! There are tons of mid-April events… and good ones too. Sadly, I will not be joining you for these. I’m taking a couple of weekends off genealogy (since I’m really only a Weekend Warrior [...]

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  Upcoming Classes, Conferences & Seminars – 3/29/2010 thru 4/4/2010 It’s looking a little sparse this week… so take a break from all your educational opportunities to enjoy your family over the Easter weekend!! This Week’s Classes, Conferences & Seminars Thursday, April 1, 2010: Thomas Balch Library – Researching Court Records, 10:00am, Leesburg, VA (FREE) Saturday, April 3, 2010: Maryland Historical Society – Family History Workshop Series: Census, [...]

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  Who Do You Think You Are? I’m the anti-bandwagon person.  Usually if something takes off running with masses and masses of support I’m the one that’s standing behind, crossed-arms, digging my heels in and refusing to become part of the hysteria.  It was no different with the show Who Do You Think You Are?, a program sponsored by Ancestry.com and NBC [...]

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  Upcoming Classes, Conferences & Seminars – 3/22/2010 thru 3/28/2010 After a much needed sabbatical I’m hoping to be back in full swing this Spring with the blogging.  There are lots of exciting classes coming up and some interesting lectures.  If you happen to be attending the Fairfax Genealogical Society’s Spring Conference we might run in to each other! This Week’s Classes, Conferences & Seminars Monday, March [...]

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  [Madness Monday] Time Warp for Death Certificates? From the Geneabloggers site: Madness Monday is a daily blogging theme used by many genealogy bloggers to help them post content on their sites. To participate in Madness Monday simply create a post with the main focus being an ancestor who may have suffered from some form of mental illness or an ancestor who drives you “mad” [...]

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  Upcoming Classes, Conferences & Seminars – 2/8/2010 thru 2/14/2010 Wow!! Talk about a snowpocalypse! The Washington D.C. metro area has just gotten hammered!! And supposedly there’s more on the way this week… Please check with the various societies and organizations that are hosting these programs to see if they are still being held as scheduled. Some may be delayed or [...]

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  [52WeToBeGeneChall] Challenge #5 – WorldCat.org Geneabloggers.com and Amy at WeTree have done it again! This year they’re bringing us 52 weeks of genealogy challenges to blog about. As Amy said in her kick-off post, this year is meant to stretch our brains, work our skills, and build us into top notch researchers! She goes on to say: [...]

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  Upcoming Classes, Conferences & Seminars – 2/1/2010 thru 2/7/2010 Following are the upcoming classes, conferences & seminars for the week of February 1st, 2010. Wednesday, February 3, 2010: National Archives Introduction to Genealogy, Washington D.C. (FREE) Wednesday, February 3, 2010: Shenandoah Valley Genealogical Society monthly meeting: Army Heritage and Education Center (FREE) Thursday, February 4, 2010: Anne Arundel Genealogical Society monthly meeting: MD African American History & Genealogy [...]

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