I provide many of the materials from my presentations for free on this site, to help people learn how to use technology to improve their success with genealogy research. I get paid to create and present these materials, of course. And I hope you or your society will hire me. But that is secondary to… Continue reading NGS 2022 — Turbo Charge Your Research Planning with Trello
NMGS July 2021 — Evernote for Genealogists
I spoke to the members of the New Mexico Genealogical Society (and actually anyone who wanted to could get on the Zoom), about how genealogists can benefit from Evernote. In that lecture, I mentioned Evernote Templates, and a workaround to use templates manually. Here are some sample templates that I created. 101 — Template —… Continue reading NMGS July 2021 — Evernote for Genealogists
NGS 2017 — Researching Your Civil War Carolinian
Here are the slides I presented on the topic of “Researching Your Civil War Carolinian” at the National Genealogical Society Family History Conference, 11 May 2017, Raleigh, North Carolina
NGS 2017 — Beyond Google
Here are the slides I presented on the topic of “Beyond Google: The Evolution of Search” at the National Genealogical Society Family History Conference, 11 May 2017, Raleigh, North Carolina
NGS 2015 — Evernote for Genealogists
I recently gave two talks on genealogy and technology at the NGS Family History Conference in St. Charles, Missouri. One talk was Evernote for Genealogists. Here are the slides. (Please note that I wrote these in Keynote, but have to convert them to PowerPoint to publish, so there may be some conversion effects.) A key resource… Continue reading NGS 2015 — Evernote for Genealogists
FGS 2014
I attended the Federation of Genealogical Societies annual conference in San Antonio, Texas this week. It was a great week, with good lectures from leading genealogists, as well as an active exhibition hall. I was honored to be asked to present two talks on the first day: Strategic Planning for Society Leaders FGS 2015 —… Continue reading FGS 2014
Eulogy for Alice Jones
I think of my mother are an adventurous person. She thought nothing about packing the five of us into a VW bug and heading to British Columbia. Or, when we were more grown, into a station wagon and heading to West Virginia, or Boston. When she wanted to revamp the kitchen cabinets, but couldn’t afford… Continue reading Eulogy for Alice Jones
Alice May Jones
Alice May Jones passed away May 26, 2014 in Scott Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. She was born March 16, 1928 in Ord, Nebraska, the only child of Ernest Melvin Hill and Helen Kjerstine Johnson. Her father was a clothier who lost his business in the Depression and returned to farming; he died when she was… Continue reading Alice May Jones
The Demise of Readmill
The best app for reading books is being shut down. Readmill allowed for reading of DRM-free as well as Adobe and Google DRM titles on mobile apps for iOS and Android. The reading experience was crisp and clear; the app also allowed for social and shared reading and annotations. When Amazon bought the better known… Continue reading The Demise of Readmill
Direct Me NYC 1940
The New York Times published an article yesterday (“Cracking the Brand-New 1940 Census”), reporting that at the New York Public Library’s Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy and the NYPL Labs have connected 1940 phone books to the 1940 census to help researchers locate New Yorkers in the 1940 US Census.… Continue reading Direct Me NYC 1940