Category Archives: genealogy

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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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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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 →

Posted in Facebook, family, Family history, Family tree, FOAF, GEDCOM, genealogy, Google, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, standards, Technology | 13 Comments

Changing the World Quite Literally Through Social Media

Posted on March 25, 2010 by jessestay

The rumor is out – I thought I’d make it official.  This week I have started as the new Social Media Architect for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.  In summary, I am in charge of the architecture … Continue reading →

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Open Source – Do You Share Your Experiences for This Life or the Next?

Posted on November 1, 2008 by jessestay

This is a picture of my Great-Grandfather, Joseph Stay. With a son named after him, I’ve spent some time reading about him and learning about the experiences of his life that I can pass down to my son. One of … Continue reading →

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