Monthly Archives: February 2011

This presentation was by Drew Smith (half of the Geneallogy Guys team). He provided an overview of the available social neworking resources that are available for use by genealogists. Of particular interest to me was his characterization of the tools: … Continue reading →

Attended a good session presented by Patricia Can Skaik titled ‘Tweet Your Ancestors: Socia Media for Genealogists’ that discussed four interesting and useful web based applications. I cannot begin to cover all the features and capabilities here, but here is a … Continue reading →

Interesting session by Janet Horvoka titled ‘Will Your Work Survive the Digital Age?’ that asked a lot of thought provoking questions. Technology is changing so rapidly that none of us can assume that the digital formats or storage technologies that … Continue reading →

We heard it from the keynote speaker from HP, Shane Robison. We heard it again from the second keynote speaker, Jay Verkler, of Family Search. Sitting at lunch now, we’re hearing the same message form Kendall Hullet of Ancestry. Drum … Continue reading →

Rootstech, on first impression, is daunting and impressive. It’s big, really BIG. We hear from a rootstech worker there are over 3,000 people registered. I haven’t seen a setup like this at a conference since I attended corporate events: the … Continue reading →

Feeling a little overwhelmed at the moment…. last I heard there were 2000 people registered, arrived to pick up my registration packet to hear that registration has surged to more than 3000! I imagined that my Birds of a Feather … Continue reading →