Category Archives: Family history

Sample Proposals for RootsTech Presentations – Which Would You Choose?

Posted on August 1, 2013 by jessestay

I’m putting together a proposal for a presentation or two at RootsTech, a conference put on by FamilySearch.org around family history technologies. The focus will be on Social Media. I have a few ideas – what else do you think would … Continue reading →

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Ancestry.com Buys Top Facebook App We’re Related

Posted on September 18, 2012 by jessestay

In the early days of Facebook’s developer platform (2007, to be exact), as apps were going from 0 to 2 or more million users in just a matter of days, family history apps were among the first to rise to … Continue reading →

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"Relative Finder", Using FamilySearch.org, Shows the Future of Social Genealogy

Posted on August 25, 2011 by jessestay

Family History, or Genealogy as it is also known, is one of the most popular hobbies in the world. There’s something fascinating about learning whom your ancestors are and where you come from. In a way, we all want to … Continue reading →

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Facebook Family: Preserving Your Family Tree Through Social Media

Posted on June 28, 2011 by jessestay

This post is a guest post from Joe Baker, a long time reader of this blog and as I think you can see, a great writer. Moving forward, I’m going to start featuring more guest bloggers. If you’d like to … Continue reading →

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The Perfect Family Tree

Posted on June 1, 2011 by jessestay

I’ve talked before about how I think there needs to be more semantic standards adoption in Genealogy. I’ve been thinking a lot about what that would look like. Here are the key factors I think the perfect “Family Tree” would … Continue reading →

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"Super Indexing Sunday" Breaks World Record With 2 Million Records Indexed in a Day

Posted on February 7, 2011 by jessestay

Facebook has quite a database with 500 million active users, and rumored total users in the billions.  There are few that can relate to the types of problems engineers and architects encounter with a database of that size.  FamilySearch.org is … Continue reading →

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FamilySearch.org To Discuss Living/Dead Relationship Technology With New RootsTech Conference

Posted on January 20, 2011 by jessestay

One of my favorite things to do is research my family history.  Even more interesting to me is the technology that can make finding and exploring your heritage even easier.  As a former employee of OneGreatFamily.com, a former Consultant for … Continue reading →

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You Don’t Own My Family History – I Do

Posted on October 16, 2010 by jessestay

I think I’ve rebuilt my Family Tree about 20 or 30 different times throughout my lifetime.  The process usually starts with me entering in the names I know on sites like Ancestry.com or FamilySearch.org or OneGreatFamily.com.  I usually hit a … Continue reading →

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