Saturday, July 25, 2015

8 Pioneer Photos

The following is from FamilySearch.

FamilySearch
Your Shared Pioneer Legacy
As a Latter-day Saint, you share in the rich heritage left to us by the early Mormon pioneers. Discover some of our favorite photos and stories of life on the pioneer trail.
See 8 Pioneer Photos
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Friday, July 24, 2015

Who Do You Think You Are? Ginnifer Goodwin - Sunday July 26, 2015

The new season of TLC’s Who Do You Think You Are? premieres this Sunday, July 26 at 9/8c. This week episode features Ginnifer Goodwin (from ABC’s Once Upon A Time).


Actress Ginnifer Goodwin knows nothing about her paternal grandfather’s family because he refused to talk about his parents. She goes on a journey to uncover the truth behind her great-grandparents’ story, and is shocked discover turbulent lives filled with court cases, drugs and incarcerations.

Tuesday, July 21, 2015

TLC Announces Summer Season and Celebrity Contributors for “Who Do You Think You Are?”

The following is from TLC

TLC ANNOUNCES SUMMER SEASON AND CELEBRITY CONTRIBUTORS FOR
 “WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?”
Series returns Sunday, July 26 at 9/8c

The two-time Emmy nominated series WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? returns this summer
to share more fascinating stories, and shed light on surprising revelations, of the real life family history of celebrities. Executive Produced by Lisa Kudrow and Dan Bucatinsky, the new season premieres Sunday, July 26 at 9/8c.

The contributors featured in the upcoming season include:

•       Tom Bergeron, who is aware of his French Canadian roots on his paternal side, but wants to know what brought his ancestors to North America. He goes as far back as his 10x great grandmother to find the answer.
•       Bryan Cranston, who uncovers an ancestor’s heroic dedication during the Civil War.
•       Ginnifer Goodwin, who sets out to learn about her mysterious paternal great grandparents, whom her father, regretfully, does not know much about either.
•       Alfre Woodard, who strives to find out more about the paternal side of her family, and explores how her surname came to be.

Additionally, TLC will air the U.S. premiere of J.K. Rowling’s episode of the series, where the best-selling author sets off to uncover her maternal French roots. She finds that a family war story might not be what she thought when military records reveal a surprising twist.

Ancestry, the leading family history company, is teaming up again with TLC as a sponsor of the upcoming season. As part of the show sponsorship, Ancestry provides exhaustive family history research on each of the featured celebrities to help make discoveries possible and build out the story of each episode.

The series is produced for TLC by Shed Media and Is or Isn’t Entertainment, and is based on an original format created by Wall to Wall Media and Alex Graham. More information can be found at TLC.com/WDYTYA. ‘Like’ Who Do You Think You Are? on Facebook.com/WDYTYA and follow @WDYTYA on Twitter.


Monday, July 20, 2015

Look what I'm Beta Testing!

I was excited to see the new test FamilySearch Homepage appear this evening. There is a link at the very top to "Exit Test" mode. I don't think I will do that!  Can't wait to play with it more. As I keep going back to it I see more Record Hints appearing. There is only one Feedback button on the right side, but my screen capture program had an issue with scrolling. I can't wait to play with this more, its just to exciting!