ResearchTies New Time-Tracker Feature

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Announcing: Time-Tracker Feature  Are you a student or professional who would benefit from tracking your research time in your research log? A new time-tracker feature has been developed by ResearchTies and is now in the testing phase. If you would like to participate in the beta test, please send an email to: support@researchties.com to request access to this new feature. Using the time tracker is simple: click the timer icon, state the current research activity, then start the timer. You will see the timer running on the toolbar. When the activity is complete, click the timer again to record the ending time. All entries are editable and a PDF or Excel® report can be created for a client or professor. Try it today! ResearchTies: Tying it all Together Do you use different software to track genealogical data, create research logs, file documents, and index photos? After a research session, do you duplicate your work to share documents and citations in online sites like FamilySearch® Family Tree? Tie all of these activities together with ResearchTies! When importing individuals and marriages into ResearchTies, ID numbers from your genealogical data management program are recorded to clearly identify the subject of the research. All research goals, searches, and results are linked together, making them searchable and available for instant retrieval. Digital photos can be recorded with the same method as documents, and research logs are easily generated. Recorded citations and linked documents become immediately available for 2-click sharing with FamilySearch Family Tree. No additional data entry is required. No other research log ties it all together from setting goals to sharing research like ResearchTies. Confused by Evernote® Tagging?  Evernote has brought several benefits to tracking genealogical research, but many users remain confused about the multitude of tags that need to be created for every note. They struggle to use the same spellings and syntax to keep their notes searchable. And, sharing documents or creating shareable logs? It’s not easy! Evernote is generic note-taking software, and it has to be adapted for use by genealogists. ResearchTies is software created by genealogists for genealogists. Programming has been done to eliminate all of the duplicate data entry required for easy searching, while sharing and collaboration features are built-in. Stop struggling with Evernote, and try the online research log made specifically for genealogy research. Data Entry Tips Use ID numbers When entering research results for a person, most users begin typing the person’s name to select them from the dropdown box. That is one great method, but the selection is a little more complicated when the person has a common name. How many men named John Smith are in your database? The name fields for selecting a person or family also accept ID numbers. Instead of typing John Smith and looking through the list for the specific John with the desired birthdate, type his ID number. It’s really fast! Today’s date with one keystroke A best practice for creating a research log is to record the work as it is being done. Rather than typing the date or using the calendar in the result template, hit the “tab” key. Today’s date will be automatically entered and the cursor will advance to the next field--all with one keystroke. Keep watching for our newsletters and blog posts to learn about each new feature for ResearchTies as it's released!  Go to ResearchTies

Share your Family Memories. Be a part of the RootsTech 2016 Kickoff Video!

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Share Your Family Memories. Be a Part of the RootsTech 2016 Kickoff Video! RootsTech, hosted by FamilySearch, is the largest family history conference in the world. It is the perfect place where people of all ages come to discover, preserve, and share their family connections and stories across generations—past, present, and future. RootsTech is the ultimate family celebration. This year, RootsTech wants to share what draws families together by compiling clips of your family videos and photos. Selected footage from those who submit will be used to create the RootsTech 2016 Kick-Off Video, and shared with families from all over the world during the event on February 3–6, 2016. Also, one lucky submitter will win a full RootsTech 2016 conference pass worth more than $200! Click on the link below to learn more. LEARN MORE

New FamilySearch Collections - September 21, 2015

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New FamilySearch Collections Update: Week of September 21, 2015

Check out the Pennsylvania Civil Marriages 1677-1950, Ohio County Marriages 1789-2013, and Virginia Richmond City Birth Index 1870-1912 additions this week.  Millions more records were also added for Italy (Potenza, Rieti, and Trapani) and Colombia. Search for these new records and more by selecting the links below.

COLLECTION	INDEXED RECORDS	DIGITAL RECORDS	COMMENTS
BillionGraves Index	2,764,124	2,764,124	Added indexed records and images to an existing collection
Colombia Catholic Church Records 1600-2012	0	868,609	Added images to an existing collection
England and Wales Census 1841	309	224,532	Added indexed records and images to an existing collection
France Haute-Garonne Toulouse Censuses 1872 and 1886	952	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
Italy Potenza Civil Registration (State Archive) 1697-1923	0	3,139,547	New browsable image collection.
Italy Rieti Civil Registration (State Archive) 1840-1945	0	394,525	New browsable image collection.
Italy Trapani Civil Registration (State Archive) 1906-1928	0	229,704	New browsable image collection.
Ohio County Marriages 1789-2013	289,532	19,171	Added indexed records and images to an existing collection
Pennsylvania Civil Marriages 1677-1950	0	1,117,101	New browsable image collection.
Utah Applications Indian War Service Medals 1905-1912	11,658	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
Utah Eureka and Payson Births and Deaths 1898-1903	4	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
Virginia Richmond City Birth Index 1870-1912	53,488	53,470	New indexed records and images collection

 

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UVTAGG Meeting Tomorrow!

The next meeting of the Utah Valley Technology and Genealogy Group - UVTAGG (Formerly the Utah Valley PAF Users Group) will be on Saturday, 10 Oct 2015, from 9 am to noon in the LDS "Red Chapel", 4050 North Timpview Drive (650 East), Provo. This is the regular second-Saturday-of-the-month meeting. Information about the Group, meeting location, main presentations, classes, and class notes are available on their website http://uvtagg.org   and the press releases are at http://blog.uvtagg.org . On the blog you can subscribe to receive the press releases via email when they are posted the week before the meetings.

The main presentation this month at UVTAGG will be by Kory L. Meyrink on GENEALOGY WIKIS: A USER'S GUIDE.  Genealogists learn that researching one’s family history is a collaborative effort.  Other folks may have already found some branches of the family tree, while yet others may have the family Bible or other family documents.  And some relatives may live near the cemetery where ancestors are buried. Research is not a solo effort and seasoned genealogists share their tips, knowledge, and experience to help others learn about new sources and repositories. We all benefit when someone else posts information of value to our research. Wikis are one of the important, yet overlooked, ways to find such information.  

Kory began his career in genealogy as a record searcher while attending Brigham Young University and has been involved in nearly all aspects of the field for over 30 years.  Kory served on the staff of the Family History Library as a reference consultant and later as the editor of the library’s publications.  He is a founding director of the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy and has written extensively, including chapters in The Library, all editions of The Source: A Guidebook of American Genealogy, and numerous articles and book reviews for the Genealogical Journal, Association of Professional Genealogists Quarterly, Genealogical Computing, New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, and The Genealogist.  He received his Bachelor’s of Science degree in Psychology, as well as his Masters of Library and Information Science, at Brigham Young University.  He is an Accredited Genealogist and a Fellow of the Utah Genealogical Association and has served as an officer of the Association of Professional Genealogists.  His areas of expertise are United States (Midwest, Mid-Atlantic, and New England), and Germany.  His bio and contact information are at  https://www.apgen.org/directory/search_detail.html?mbr_id=2487 and  https://www.progenealogists.com/expert/kory-l-meyerink .

After the main presentation the following classes are scheduled.  See our website for last minute changes and additions.

(1)  Free State-Provided Sources:  Ready and Waiting Online, by Kory Meyerink

(2)  Fast Accurate Research:  Google, by Van Celaya

(3)  Ask An Expert (Personal Help, also Legacy questions), by Don Engstrom and Don Reynolds

(4)  Video of last month's main presentation: LDS Missionary Records, by Laurie Castillo

(5)  Ancestral Quest, by Gaylon Findlay

(6)  RootsMagic, by Bruce Buzbee

Notice that there is something for everyone no matter what their level of family history expertise. This includes youth, those just getting interested in genealogy, long-time genealogists, and ward family history consultants. All meetings of UVTAGG are open to the public, whether members of the Group or not. The Group has the goal of helping individuals use technology to further their family history and there are usually about 80 attending the monthly meetings, including many family history consultants.  The officers are Gerhard Ruf, President; Laurie Castillo, 1st VP; Don Snow, 2nd VP; Liz Kennington, Newsletter Editor; Don Engstrom and Rayanne Melick, Membership and Finances; Bruce Merrill and Marie Andersen, DVD Library; and Chris Stevenson and Rick Klemetson, Webmasters.  Several of these will be at the meeting to answer questions, help with membership, distribute the current issue of the monthly newsletter TAGGology, and check out and sell to members of the Group DVDs of past presentations and classes. Many members don't live close enough to participate in the monthly meetings, but pay the $10 per year online dues to belong so they can receive the monthly newsletter TAGGology via email and purchase the inexpensive DVDs of the presentations and classes. Gift memberships make great presents for family history-minded relatives, friends, and family history consultants. Membership is on a calendar year basis. See more information about the presentations, classes, class notes, and how to join the Group on the websites above. You can also contact President Gerhard Ruf at  pres@uvtagg.org     (801-225-6106), or 1st VP Laurie Castillo at  gengal@comcast.net    , or 2nd VP Don Snow at snowd@math.byu.edu  .