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Genealogy is a growing part of the reality TV trend
Genealogy is getting a double dose of star treatment on television this season. The popular NBC series "Who Do You Think You Are" began its third season last week, and next month PBS will begin a 10-part series called "Finding Your Roots" with ...

Genealogy: FamilySearch indexes all U.S. censuses, will add 1940 quickly after April release
The LDS Church-sponsored organization FamilySearch.org has released online indexes for U.S. census records from 1790 to 1840, adding to its free collection of all federal census records to 1930. FamilySearch also will place online indexes for the 1940 ...

Top free iPhone apps for genealogy
Those who have smartphones know how versatile they can be, and they are especially useful for texting and keeping up with social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter. However, did you know they can be used for genealogy? The word "app" is an ...

Mike Jacobs traces family history to year 1500
MILWAUKEE- There's a growing interest in Genealogy, thanks in part to NBC's show, Who Do You Think You Are?TODAY'S TMJ4's Mike Jacobs found out it's not that difficult to find out "who you are", if you know where to turn for help.Looking at your old ...

Magnolia focuses on blacks' role
The plantation's daylong program, a Black History Month event, will feature history, anthropology and genealogy experts who will interpret that role from Colonial times to the present. "From Slavery to Freedom" will include more than a dozen ...

Genealogy Society meet to feature 1900s scandal
AUBURN — The DeKalb County Indiana Genealogy Society will host the program, “Lulu’s Love Affair,” Feb. 13 at the Willennar Genealogy Center, 700 S. Jackson St., Auburn. Roselyn Wells will tell the story of of a girl’s love in the early 1900s in ...

Family history firm Brightsolid launches in US
Online genealogy company Brightsolid has launched a family history service in the US. The Dundee-based firm unveiled its new website at a genealogy show in Salt Lake City, Utah. Censusrecords.com allows customers to search all available US census records.

Ancestry execs say mobile, social are the future of genealogy
Ancestry.com Inc.’s emphasis for the future is mobile and social, according to a panel of the Provo-based family history company’s executives that presented at the RootsTech convention at the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake.

Learn how to research family history
FREMONT -- The Hayes Presidential Center's Internet Genealogy I Class can help people research their family history. Sponsored by RootsMagic Inc., the next class will be from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Feb. 11 in the Hayes Research Library. The cost is ...

Genealogy classes for PAF, AQ, and RootsMagic users
Classes will be held in the Family History Training Center, 1075 S. Geneva Road in Orem, for experienced users of PAF or Ancestral Quest or Roots Magic. Training will concentrate on access to and syncronization with data on New.FamilySearch.org.