Digging up family history

FAMILY DETECTIVE: Paul Seto is a member of Caloundra Family History Research Inc and a convenor of the Scotland research group. He has traced his family history back 11 generations and 200 years.

Paul Seto has traced his family history back 11 generations and 200 years

Genealogy is hard, but computers make it ‘a bajillion times faster’

Genealogy-Computers

Experts are reaching a shattering conclusion: “Doing genealogy is hard.” But it can also be incredibly enjoyable, and the obstacles can be overcome

Orem company creates genealogy game for Facebook

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An Orem company, Funium LLC, is about to join in with a genealogy game that has a new twist, and it’s on Facebook

Oral history just as important as documents

Capturing-Oral-History

One of the most overlooked aspects of genealogy is oral history.

Stolen church records are lesson in document preservation

Photo: ABC Action News, Tampa Bay, Florida

The recent theft of a record of births, deaths and baptisms from a Plant City, Fla. records serves as a reminder to everyone that paper copies should not be the sole way you keep your historical records.

Family Trees – Film to Flash

Film-to-Flash

If you have piles of old family films laying around unseen, get them to a facility that can transfer them to electronic video. Then make flash videos.

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