The FamilySearch January 2011 Bloginar Recording Is Now Available Online

The following is from FamilySearch.

The FamilySearch January 2011 Bloginar recording is now available online. If you were unable to attend the event on January 18, 2011, you or your subscribers can now listen to and view the free presentation and discussions at FamilySearch Wiki. Go to Wiki.FamilySearch.org, and search FamilySearch Bloginar.

Following is a summary of the January Bloginar agenda.

· FamilySearch latest collection updates
· Indexing milestone(s)
· RootsTech 2011 Conference Update: Overview of Scheduled Open Panels and Discussions
· FamilySearch Research Courses Online
· 90 day outlook of upcoming developments
· New webinars and podcasts offerings
· Big picture of research curricula coming online
· Community involvement and free training recording services

ABOUT FAMILYSEARCH INTERNATIONAL
FamilySearch International is the largest genealogy organization in the world. Millions of people use FamilySearch records, resources, and services to learn more about their family history. To help in this great pursuit, FamilySearch has been actively gathering, preserving, and sharing genealogical records worldwide for over 100 years. FamilySearch is a nonprofit organization sponsored by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Patrons may access FamilySearch services and resources free online at FamilySearch.org or through over 4,600 family history centers in 132 countries, including the renowned Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah.

FamilySearch News: FamilySearch Kicks Off 2011 with the Addition of 90 Million New Online Records

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FamilySearch Kicks Off 2011 with the Addition of 90 Million New Online Records

Includes 18 Million Digital Images from 13 Countries

No doubt family history enthusiasts will have a heyday looking over the latest collection updates! The 18 million free, browsable digital images are just a sample of what should be a banner year as FamilySearch continues to plug away at digitizing its massive microfilm collection for online access. U.S. researchers will be excited to begin poring over the 3 million new digital images of U.S. naturalization records included in this update.

Patrons will also find 72 million new, searchable, indexed records to search for free thanks to FamilySearch's cadre of online volunteer indexers and agreements with Ancestry.com and findmypast.com. Findmypast.com's index to the 1881 and 1891 England and Wales censuses and Ancestry.com's indexes for U.S. border crossings from Canada to U.S. and Mexico to U.S. can now be searched free of charge at FamilySearch.org.

See the table below for additional details of the latest collection updates.

Collection	Images	Records	Comment
Brazil, Catholic Church Records	588,020		Images added to the following collections: Sao Paulo, Rio Grande do Sul, and Rio de Janeiro
Canada, Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937, and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947		188,756	Index only.
Canada, Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927		363,464	Index only.
Canada, Quebec Notarial Records, 1800-1900	71,036		Notary records from Montreal and Terrebonne.
England, Bristol, Church of England Parish Registers, 1538-1900		271,298	Index only.
England and Wales Census, 1881		30,262,586	Index only. Images available at findmypast.com.
England and Wales Census, 1891		31,782,845	Index only. Images available at findmypast.com.
Guatemala Civil Registration, 1877-1934	2,085,501		Images have waypoints.
Italy, Civil Registration	51,466		Localities published: Rovigo
Italy, Napoli Province Municipal Records, 1809-1936	84	37,416	Images and records added to this collection: Castellammare di Stabia
Jamaica, Civil Birth Registration		305,360	New records added to existing collection. Images were already published.
Mexico, Catholic Church Records	4,031,651		Images added for localities in the following states: Guerrero, Mexico (Estada), Morelos, Puebla, Tlaxcala, Zacatecas
Mexico Census, 1930 (San Luis Potosi)	526	501,486
Netherlands, Civil Registration, 1792-1952	4,180,580		Images and waypoints added for Drenthe, Gelderland, Groningen, Limburg, Overijssel, and Utrecht.
New Zealand, Immigration Passenger Lists, 1839-1973	1,446	144,523
Nicaragua, Managua, Civil Registration, 1879-2007	1,263,191		New images.
Philippines, Manila Civil Registration, 1899-1994	1,972,249		New images.
Poland, Radom Roman Catholic Diocese Church Books, 1654-1946, Part 1	254,375		Digital images of baptism, birth, marriage, burial and death records for parishes in the Radom, Poland, diocese.
U.S., Border Crossings From Canada to United States, 1895-1956		4,335,400	Data courtesy of Ancestry.com.
U.S., Border Crossings From Mexico to United States, 1903-1957		3,610,754	Data courtesy of Ancestry.com.
U.S., California, Northern U.S. District Court Naturalization Index, 1852-1989	581,198		Images and waypoints added.
U.S., California, Southern District Court (Central) Naturalization Index, 1915-1976	567,808		Images and waypoints added.
U.S., Delaware Death Records, 1855-1955	180,832	14,584
U.S., Illinois, Northern District Naturalization Index, 1840-1950	1,493,775		Images and waypoints added.
U.S., Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915	200,672	18,134	New records and images added to the existing collection. 2,126,586 records were moved to this collection from the legacy collection.
U.S., Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915	72,760	15,110	New records and images added to the existing collection. 1,083,931 records were moved to this collection from the legacy collection.
U.S., Montana, County Marriages, 1865-1950	207,650	338,109
U.S., New England Naturalization Index, 1791-1906	635,867		Images and browse entries are available.
U.S., New York State Census, 1892, Part 2	9,589		Images added for the following localities: Albany, Broome, Essex, Greene, Hamilton, Herkimer, Lewis, Long Island City, Madison, Onondaga, Ontario, Oswego, Queens, Warren
U.S., Rhode Island, State Census, 1935	693,472	693,472	Contains information from index cards created for each person in the 1935 state census.
Wales, Probate Abstracts, 1773-1780	186		New images.
Total	18,936,289	72,883,291

FamilySearch International is the largest genealogy organization in the world. Millions of people use FamilySearch records, resources, and services to learn more about their family history. To help in this great pursuit, FamilySearch has been actively gathering, preserving, and sharing genealogical records worldwide for over 100 years. FamilySearch is a nonprofit organization sponsored by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Patrons may access FamilySearch services and resources free online at FamilySearch.org or through over 4,600 family history centers in 132 countries, including the main Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah.

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, 12 Feb 2011, 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 website http://uvpafug.org and the press releases are at http://blog.uvpafug.org/ .

The main presentation for this meeting will be by Ron Tanner on THE FUTURE OF NEW FAMILYSEARCH. This will be a description of what is happening lately on the new.familysearch.org website and the planned integration of new.familysearch.org into www.familysearch.org. We will also discuss the vision of new.familysearch.org and how we are working to achieve this vision. The vision works to resolve some of the frustrations experienced by all users such as fixing or removing bad data, fixing relationships, sourcing, combining and separating, and recovering when someone messes up the data.


Ron Tanner is a Product Manager for the Family History Department of the LDS Church and assists in the research and design of new FamilySearch and companion products. Currently Ron's assignments include overall product delivery for new.familysearch.org, the Asia rollout, and future product direction for FamilySearch. Ron has a Master's Degree in Computer Science from BYU and has previously worked as a product manager and engineer at Novell, Citrix, and Bell Laboratories. Ron and his wife CheRee live in Provo and have four children.
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. Techniques & Tools for Streamlining Your Research, by Laurie Castillo
2. MAC: Uploading to Ancestry and Creating a Web Site, by Ron Snowden
3. Personalized Help, by Claudia Benson & Finn Hansen
4. Q&A: The Future of New FamilySearch, by Ron Tanner
5. Video of last month's main presentation: ePublishing, by Barbara Renick
6. Ancestral Quest, by Merlin Kitchen
7. Legacy, by Joel Graham
8. RootsMagic, by Diana Olsen.

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 to the members, and check out DVDs 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 atsnowd@math.byu.edu or 2nd VP Laurie Castillo at laurie@everythingisrelative.net.

Ouch! - Mozy's Rate Hike Was Not Good for Me

The following is from Mozy.com.

Dear Renee Zamora,

Thanks for being a valued Mozy subscriber. For the first time since 2006, we’re adjusting the price of our MozyHome service and wanted to give you a heads up. As part of this change, we’re replacing our MozyHome Unlimited backup plan and introducing the following tiered storage plans:

50 GB for $5.99 per month (includes backup for 1 computer)
125 GB for $9.99 per month (includes backup for up to 3 computers)

You may add additional computers (up to 5 in total) or 20 GB increments of storage to either of the plans, each for a monthly cost of $2.00.

While this policy takes effect for new MozyHome customers starting today, your MozyHome Unlimited subscription is still valid for the duration of your current monthly term. Your new plan will take effect on your first renewal after March 1, 2011. Based on your current usage of 1 computers and 95.77 gigabytes, your renewal plan will be $9.99 for a monthly term.

As the leader in online backup, we’re committed to continually providing the highest levels of service and protection that you’ve come to expect from us as well as delivering those innovations you’ve been asking for. For more information on the factors that led to this change, please read my note or visit our FAQ.

Be safe,
Harel Kodesh
President

Renee's Note:  It's always bad news to see your bill double in cost, from $4.95 to $9.99 a month. But given the service I'm hanging around.