Ohana Software - Sept - Oct Family History Webinars

The following is from Ohana Software

Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2010 - 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM MDT
Syncing Your File with FamilySearch™ using FamilyInsight
Learn to use FamilyInsight to synchronize your file with the new FamilySearch website. We'll walk you through an actual synchronization so you can quickly start updating your records, merging FamilySearch duplicates, and contributing information. We'll also show you how to separate incorrectly combine records, quickly and accurately.

Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2010 - 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM MDT
Care and Repair of Old Photographs
Guest Presenter: Janet Hovorka- Popular Genealogical Speaker
Come learn about what you can do to preserve your photographic heritage. We discuss how photos are formed, what we can do to take care of them and how to restore and enhance them digitally.

We welcome everyone to our Family History Training Webinars. Feel free to use them to help others or even share them via projection screen. If there is a family history topic you would like to learn more about, send your suggestion to webinars@ohanasoftware.com and we'll see what we can do. We look forward to seeing you there!

Registration is free! Please visit: http://www.ohanasoftware.com/webinars for more details.
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FamilySearch General News and Information

Dear Family History Consultants, Priesthood Leaders, and Stake Directors:

All nine videos from the widely acclaimed “Celebration of Family History” that was presented at the Conference Center in April as part of the National Genealogical Society annual gathering are available to view online at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfXVvWb0qOQ. These are inspirational videos that you will want to share with family, friends, and ward members. Details on how to order a DVD of the entire event will be coming shortly.

A Certified Record Manager for the Apple MacIntosh is ready. After over 18 months of development and coordination with FamilySearch Developer Support, MacFamilyTree version 6 is fully integrated with new.FamilySearch.org. Get the details about their public beta test at http://www.syniumsoftware.com/macfamilytree6/topfeatures.html

Sincerely, 

FamilySearch Support

ScotlandsPeople has a revamp as part of new contract deal

A NEW LOOK FOR SCOTTISH GENEALOGY SITE

ScotlandsPeople has a revamp as part of new contract deal

Scotland's new-look genealogy website ScotlandsPeople.gov.uk, has been officially launched today (Tuesday Sep 7) by the Scottish Government’s tourism minister Jim Mather.

The revamped ScotlandsPeople service is up and running and includes new search features designed to make it easier and quicker for people to discover their family roots.

This includes plotting search results on maps, helping those unfamiliar with Scottish geography - such as users overseas - understand more about Scotland and their ancestors.

Following the first revamp of the site since its launch in 2002, it now contains records dating back to when national records of births, deaths and marriages in Scotland first began in 1855. It also includes parish records, dating back as far as 1538, and other data, including wills and testaments and heraldry.  The new site offers advanced search functions, providing quicker results, as well as additional information from Catholic Parish Registers.

Chris van der Kuyl, chief executive of service provider brightsolid, said: "ScotlandsPeople now has nearly 80 million records and will continue to add new exciting data sets to what is, without doubt, a world-leading website.

“brightsolid is enormously proud of the fact that it has established a strong track record in publishing sites such as ScotlandsPeople, and has built a centre of excellence in this growing and popular genealogy market sector.

“We understand the community and we know how to innovate and develop online products for family history enthusiasts."



Mr Mather said: "Once again Scotland has proved that it can make available the key records for those who wish to trace their Scottish family history.  It is estimated that over 50 million people across the world claim Scottish ancestry, with ancestral tourism estimated to contribute £64 million annually to Scotland's economy.

“Following the success of the year of Homecoming, the improved ScotlandsPeople will help connect people to their ancestors and cement links between Scots overseas and their home country - encouraging them to come and walk in the footsteps of their ancestors and boost revenues in the Scottish economy."



Duncan Macniven, Registrar General for Scotland, said: "This is a great step forward in the ongoing improvement of the ScotlandsPeople website, which has over one million registered users. We are proud to have one of the most comprehensive sets of family history records. These changes will continue to make us one of the world leading websites for family history.  This creates a platform for the launch of the 1911 census in April 2011." 

Mark Your Calendars - UVPAFUG Meeting!

UTAH VALLEY PAF USERS GROUP MEETING

The next regular, second-Saturday-of-the-month meeting of the Utah Valley PAF (Personal Ancestral File) Users Group will be on Saturday, 11 Sep 2010, from 9 am to noon in the LDS "Red Chapel", 4050 North Timpview Drive (650 East), Provo. Information about the Users Group, main presentations, classes, and class notes are available on the Group's website http://uvpafug.org and the press releases are at http://blog.uvpafug.org/ .  On the Group's website you can sign up to receive an email copy of the press releases as they are sent out.

The main presentation for this meeting will be by George R. Ryskamp on CONNECTING NEW FAMILYSEARCH ANCESTORS WITH ORIGINAL RECORDS. This will be a discussion of how to use the clues you've found in New FamilySearch to connect with original records and find new ancestral family members. George R. Ryskamp, JD, AG®, is an attorney, author, and Associate Professor of History at BYU. He is the author of numerous books and articles, and a regular lecturer at National and International conferences. He is an accredited genealogist specializing in Spanish language research and United States probate and legal systems and has, each year for twelve years, taken groups of students to Spain, France and/or Italy to learn first hand how to research in archives. George is a popular speaker and is the Director of the Lindon FHC. He will be sharing the benefit of his experience with New FamilySearch. His Curriculum Vitae is posted at http://history.byu.edu/Assets/FacultyVitasPics/ryskamp.pdf 

Following the main presentation there will be several classes about family history and technology with something for everyone at any level of expertise. The teachers and classes presently scheduled for this meeting are as follows: 

1. Using Multimedia with PAF, by Bret Petersen
2. Personalized Help with NFS and PAF, by Don Engstrom and Finn Hansen
3. Genealogy on the MAC: Q & A, by Roger Lehr
4. Q&A on Connecting to Original Records, by George Ryskamp
5. Video of last month's main presentation: Answers From FamilySearch Wiki and Forums, by Kara Wahlquist
6. Ancestral Quest: Uploading and Revising Data Between PAF and New FamilySearch, by Merlin Kitchen
7. Legacy, by Dean Bennett
8. RootsMagic, by Sue Maxwell. 
9. There will be no FamilyInsight Class this month.

All meetings of the Users Group are open to the public whether members of the Group or not. The Users Group has the goal of helping individuals use technology to further their family history and there are usually 100-125 attending the monthly meetings on the second Saturdays. The officers are Gerhard Ruf, President; Don Snow, 1st VP; Laurie Castillo, 2nd VP; Liz Kennington, PAFology Editor; Kay Baker, Gerry Eliason, and Don Engstrom working with finances and membership; and Bruce Merrill and Marie Andersen, working with the DVD Library. Several of these will be there to help with membership, answer questions, distribute the current issue of the monthly newsletter PAFology, and check out DVD's of past presentations and classes to members of the group. Information about the Users Group, presentations, classes, and class notes can be found at the websites mentioned above. For further information contact President Gerhard Ruf at pres@uvpafug.org (801-225-6106) or 1st VP Don Snow at snowd@math.byu.edu or 2nd VP Laurie Castillo atlaurie@everythingisrelative.net.