Tip Tuesday - New and Updates from Ancestry - 30 Dec 2014

No New Updates from Ancestry.com this week. But, I did notice that in January 2015, there will be a new record collection added:

California Railroad Employment Records

New Mexico, Department of Corrections Records

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Genealogy Do-Over and my FTM2014

I think this is a great idea. Actually I started early, in reality 2 years ago. Let me try to explain.

When Family Tree Maker first offered the Template Feature, way back with FTM2010, I started over. I have been very unhappy with the "free form" citations where have been in Family Tree Maker for years.

Second point is that I learned, from the beginning, to Cite My Sources. I think that I must have picked that up from +DearMYRTLE and her podcasts, "back in the day"; +Dick Eastman and his Electronic News Letter and many others.

So what I did when FTM2010 came out, I convinced myself to learn how to use this feature. Why would Family Tree Maker create a feature that wasn't going to help me with the format of the EndNotes (Reference Notes) when doing a report.

I also had +Elizabeth Shown Mills books that I tried to understand, but was missing the tool to get them right. BUT, as it turns out, I had a chance to meet her at an Ancestry.com dinner when the Templates were introduced. My copy of Evidence Explained was signed by her. An honored treasure that is always within easy reach.

As I have blogged about here, I started to transfer all of my Citations into the Template Format.

Well, that doesn't look like too much progress, not quite 50%, BUT there is work behind those numbers.

My plan is to follow the Genealogy Do-Over, but I am NOT starting my file over, but will participate in the project.

Here is a link to the Genealogy Do Over website:

http://www.geneabloggers.com/tag/genealogy-do-over/

There is also a Facebook Group

https://www.facebook.com/groups/genealogydoover/

Looking at the schedule for this project, I will share my experience HERE focussing on how these steps are impacting my use of FTM2014. Where possible, what I will share will be for both FTM2014 (PC / Windows version) and FTM-3 (Mac version), as I have both. If I see a difference I will post a separate FTM-3 article. But so far, I don't think that there will be any differences.

I have spent too much time on this file, to start my research over, BUT HOW I do my research has changed. I have shared some of that already on this Blog and will continue to do so.

Stay Tuned.

#GenealogyDoOver
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Family Tree Maker 2014 SP4 & SP5 Patch Notes

When I started FTM2014 today, there was an update notice.

For more information on this update, please go to the Knowledge Base website

help.ancestry.com

and enter 9048 in the Keyword Search box.

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Tip Tuesday - New and Updates from Ancestry - 16 Dec 2014

New and Updated

New and Updated

UPDATEDDetroit Border Crossings and Passenger and Crew Lists, 1905-1963	Yesterday
Georgia, Control Register of Convicts, 1817-1976	12/11/2014
Web: Indiana, WWII Servicemen Database Index, 1941-1946	12/9/2014
Jamaica, Civil Birth Registration, 1878-1930	12/4/2014
Czech Republic, Church Books, 1552-1948	12/4/2014
Minnesota, Naturalization Card Index, 1930-1988	12/4/2014
Iowa State Census, 1905	12/4/2014
Oregon, Biographical and Other Index Card File, 1700s-1900s	12/3/2014
Tennessee, Passenger and Crew Manifests of Airplanes Arriving at Memphis, 1958-1961

None for me this week. But, I have over 6,000 shaky leaf hints to follow now. Guess I'll work on them.

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Tip Tuesday - New and Updates from Ancestry - 09 Dec 2014

New and Updated

New and Updated

Iowa State Census, 1905	12/4/2014
Minnesota, Naturalization Card Index, 1930-1988	12/4/2014
Jamaica, Civil Birth Registration, 1878-1930	12/4/2014
Czech Republic, Church Books, 1552-1948	12/4/2014
Oregon, Biographical and Other Index Card File, 1700s-1900s	12/3/2014
Tennessee, Passenger and Crew Manifests of Airplanes Arriving at Memphis, 1958-1961	12/1/2014

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Ancestry Global Family History Report

An interesting Report from Ancestry.com

Ancestry Global Family History Report

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Tip Tuesday - New and Updates from Ancestry

I am going to try something new. I am going to see if it's worthwhile to post what I see, when I look at the Ancestry.com home page, where I have as my default, the New and Updated collections.

New and Updated

New and Updated

Tennessee, Passenger and Crew Manifests of Airplanes Arriving at Memphis, 1958-1961	Yesterday
UPDATEDNew York State, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1917-1974	11/26/2014
UPDATEDNew York, Clinton Prison Admission Ledgers, 1851-1866, 1926-1939	11/26/2014
UPDATEDNew York, Sing Sing Prison Admission Registers, 1865-1939	11/26/2014
Nebraska, Homestead Records, 1861-1936	11/24/2014
Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Passenger Manifests of Airplanes, 1958-1961	11/24/2014
UPDATEDIowa, State Census Collection, 1836-1925	11/24/2014
UPDATEDU.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current	11/20/2014
UPDATEDPennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1963	11/20/2014
UPDATEDSavannah, Georgia, Land Tax and Property Records, 1809-1938	11/19/2014
Czechoslovakia, Social Welfare and Repatriation Records of Holocaust Survivors, 1939-1948 (USHMM)	11/18/2014
UPDATEDU.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935	11/11/2014
Savannah, Georgia, Select Board of Health and Health Department Records, 1824-1864, 1887-1896	11/10/2014
UPDATEDCalifornia, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1882-1959	11/10/2014
U.S., List of Interred Soldiers of the U.S. Army, 1827-1889	11/10/2014
California, Military Registers, 1858-1923	11/6/2014
Oklahoma and Indian Territory, Land Allotment Jackets for Five Civilized Tribes, 1884-1934	11/4/2014
California, Alien Land Ownership Records, 1921-1959	11/4/2014
Oklahoma, Land Run and other Land Records, 1889-1926	11/3/2014
Oklahoma and Indian Territory, Dawes Census Cards for Five Civilized Tribes, 1898-1914	11/3/2014
U.S., Ratified Indian Treaties and Chiefs, 1722-1869	11/3/2014
Oklahoma, Indian Land Allotment Sales, 1908-1927	11/3/2014
U.S., Records Related to Enrollment of Eastern Cherokee by Guion Miller, 1908-1910	11/3/2014
Oklahoma and Indian Territory, Indian and Pioneer Historical Collection, 1937	11/3/2014
Oklahoma, Historical Indian Archives Index, 1856-1933	11/3/2014
Oklahoma and Indian Territory, Indian Photos, 1850-1930	11/3/2014
Oklahoma and Indian Territory, Indian Censuses and Rolls, 1851-1959	11/3/2014
Web: US, African American Civil War Sailor Index, 1861-1865	11/3/2014
Oklahoma and Indian Territory, Marriage, Citizenship and Census Records, 1841-1927	11/3/2014
Web: Ventura County, California, Obituary Index, 1916-1996	11/3/2014