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Looking for infomration on Randy Fleming son of Robert and Penny, grandson of William James Fleming of Alberta.

The Hispanic Genealogy Group of the Tip O' Texas Genealogical Society will hold its monthly meeting today from 2 to 4 PM at the Harlingen Public Library, 410 '76 Dr., Harlingen, TX.

Looking for Unger's..My grandfather was Gregor Unger..he was Married to Helen Garman..in 1914..they had 13 children...Helen,Rose,Anthony,Steven,Frances,Arthur,John,Mary,Frank ,Agnes,Maria,Gregor,Theresa and ...

" the Avalon Free Public Library will hold a Genealogy Workshop on August 4, 18 and 25 from 1 to 3 p.m. Participants will research their family tree using online and print resources.

My wife, Sue, has a new passion: genealogy. She spends an inordinate amount of time on the computer tracing her lineage back to what seems like the antediluvian mists.

Seeking ancestors of my maternal grandfather. Lived in Riga as a child. Beleive his name was Ralph Rusta, however, he changed his name to Johnson and lived in England until his death in the early 1960's. He ...

Ready to work out some murderous aggression? Loathe the kids still coming to your door for Halloween trick or treating? Wondering about your dead ancestor? If so, you might want to throw in your lot with all ...

NBC’s Today Show hosted a terrific five-part series this week called “Discovering Our Roots.” All week they’ve been taking their anchors on trips to discover their family history. Maureen Taylor, a regular contributor to the Ancestry Weekly Journal, Ancestry Magazine, and author of Capturing Memories: Your Family History in Photographs was on the Today Show this morning to talk about how to get started in family history, which included information on tracing your roots using Ancestry.com. The entire series provides wonderful exposure to family history and the amazing and meaningful discoveries you can uncover as you research your roots.

The Today Show web site has also posted an article called “Tracing your own family roots” which give advice on where to look to get started in your family history.

Trace Your Roots - Getting Started in Family History

Al Roker travels to the Bahamas and Liverpool, England

Ann Curry takes an emotional journey to Japan

Meredith Vieira visits the Azores

Matt Lauer looks back at his Romanian and immigrant roots

Just in time for FGS, the new and improved 1900 U.S. Federal Census is now live and free for a limited time, the first product of our U.S. Census agreement with FamilySearch.  So what’s new and improved about it?  Well, here are some basics:

• NEW IMAGES: Ancestry’s images, produced several years ago, were replaced with FamilySearch images, created from earlier generation microfilm and with the latest imaging technology.  In the images below, a piece of tape that obscured text in the census image on Ancestry (top) is more transparent on the recently added image (bottom):

   

  

  

• NEW INDEX: We took our existing index with user-submitted corrections, and the new, double-keyed and arbitrated FamilySearch index and programmatically merged the two.  A complex algorithm was designed specifically for this operation.  The following are a couple quotes from one of our developers:
  • “If a TGN (Ancestry) record was not linked [to a FamilySearch record], we also did a check to see if we could identify the FS (FamilySearch) image.  If we got a match on state, county, township, ED, page number . . . then we would use the higher quality FS image in place of the TGN image. In summary, where possible a FS image was used in place of the TGN image.”
  • “Also, FS provided more fielded data (several fields) in addition to what we had . . .  Merging the two gives a more complete keyed set. Example: Where we estimated the birth year, they keyed it. Where they estimated the age, we had that keyed.”

• REMAINING FIXES: We do know of some issues with the browse, as well as some other items, that need to be fixed and we’re already working on those.  If you find bugs or errors, please forward them on to me.

Again, for a limited time, the index is free.  Search and view the data to your heart’s content.  I hope you’ll take advantage of the first of the new and improved U.S. Federal Census databases on Ancestry.com.

If you’re in the Philadelphia area next week, join Ancestry.com at the 2008 Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS) annual conference. We are excited for the opportunity to meet with our customers and share information about our new products and services at Ancestry.com.

Stop by our booth (#403) to take advantage of our special conference offers or visit one of our classes being taught by Ancestry.com product experts in searching, self-publishing, Family Tree Maker 2009, among others.

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Ancestry.com Class Schedule

Wednesday, 3 September 2008
Time	Title
8 pm - 9 pm*	Creating a Lasting Legacy with Family Tree Maker*

Friday, 5 September 2008
Time	Title
8 am - 9 am	RootsWeb and the Ancestry.com Community
9:30 am - 10:30 am	Beginning Your Search on Ancestry.com
11 am - 12 pm	Building Your Tree with Family Tree Maker (Beginner)
2 pm - 3 pm	What’s New on Ancestry.com
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm	Ancestry.com Family Trees
5 pm - 6 pm	Saving the World’s History One Record at a Time: The Ancestry.com World Archives Project

Saturday, 6 September 2008
Time	Title
8 am - 9 am	Getting the Most out of Family Tree Maker (Intermediate)
9:30 am - 10:30 am	Saving the World’s History One Record at a Time: The Ancestry.com World Archives Project
10:30 am - 11:30 am*	Searching for Records on Ancestry.com Using Your Family Tree*
11 am - 12 pm	Using Ancestry.com to Print, Share and Preserve Your Family Stories
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm*	Publishing Your Family History Research*
2 pm - 3 pm	Preview: Family Tree Maker 2009
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm	U.S. Census and Voter Lists at Ancestry.com
5 pm - 6 pm	Searching on Ancestry.com (Intermediate)
All classes are held in Room 107-B except those indicated by an asterisk(*)
Asterisk(*) indicates classes that are held in the Exhibit Hall - Live Events Center (free to the public)

See you in Philly!