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Book Review: Thomas MacEntee’s Speaking Your Roots
If you’re a professional genealogy speaker, or even just thinking about becoming one, you’ve probably wondered what it would be like to have a mentor guiding you through the process. What to teach, how to pitch, and how to grow. That’s exactly what Thomas MacEntee delivers in Speaking Your Roots: How to Build a Professional…
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VPNs: A Simple guide for genealogists
Last week, I promised to talk more about VPNs. If you’ve spent any time online lately, you’ve probably seen ads for VPNs promising privacy, security, and even access to “hidden” parts of the internet. But what exactly is a VPN, and when do you actually need one (if at all)? The Basics VPN stands for…
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Taking Your Genealogy Research on the Road
Hi all, from sunny and historic Fredericksburg, Virginia! One of the best perks of working from home is that your “office” can be anywhere. When my husband had a conference here, I didn’t hesitate to join him and bring my work along for the trip. Working and researching on the road takes a bit of…
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Why Your Searches Are Failing (and the symbols that fix them)
One of the first topics I wrote about when starting this newsletter was wildcard searching. At the time I was just getting my feet wet writing about tech content, so I kept it very simple, only discussing how to use question marks as a wildcard. While that was all well and good, it’s time to…
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Your Best Online Resources For Irish Research!
My original idea for a Saint Patrick’s Day email was simple: share a list of great websites for Irish genealogy. But as I started pulling resources together, I quickly realized just how much information is out there. Instead of trying to list everything, a more helpful approach is to point you toward the best gateways—resources…
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Keep the RootsTech Momentum Going!
RootsTech is the gift that keeps on giving – I had a great time, and I hope you did too! I especially enjoyed David Quimette’s talk on FamilySearch’s Full-Text Search. I even used it during the conference to find a few records that might help answer some migration questions for one of my family lines.…