Category: Reclaim the Records

PODCAST Episode 209: What If Ancestry Takes Out a Loan – Being Prepared

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PODCAST Episode 209: What If Ancestry Takes Out a Loan – Being Prepared
Ancestry, Ancestry.com, Best Practices, DNA, Patreon, Podcast, Podcast episode, Reclaim the Records

Don’t be alarmed, but I’m about to alarm you. A little. Well, I’m going to make you think a bit, anyway. Nothing will happen tomorrow, but it sounds like Ancestry’s parent company, Permira Advisers LLP, is willing to take out a very risky loan in order to fund a move that would denude Ancestry of $900 … Read More “PODCAST Episode 209: What If Ancestry Takes Out a Loan – Being Prepared” »

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PODCAST Episode 28: Interview with Amy Johnson Crow – Indexing and Arbitration

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PODCAST Episode 28: Interview with Amy Johnson Crow – Indexing and Arbitration
Arbitration, Birth Records, Census, Death Records, Documents, FamilySearch, Federal Census, Find-a-Grave, Indexing, Ko-Fi, Patreon, Podcast, Podcast episode, Public Records, Reclaim the Records

Have you ever wondered where all of those digitized versions of birth records, census pages, or city directories come from? Well, there is no Genealogy Stork. While quite a few organizations provide opportunities and services, the primary way that records are turned from physical page to scanned image to searchable electronic data is a process … Read More “PODCAST Episode 28: Interview with Amy Johnson Crow – Indexing and Arbitration” »

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PODCAST Episode 20: Interview with Brooke Schreier Ganz of Reclaim the Records

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PODCAST Episode 20: Interview with Brooke Schreier Ganz of Reclaim the Records
Birth Records, Death Records, Documents, How To, Interview, Marriage Records, Podcast, Podcast episode, Reclaim the Records, Research

Have you ever gotten frustrated that the records you REALLY need from a US city or state across the country (or world), one you’ll NEVER travel to, hasn’t released their vital records indexes online? Brooke Schreier Ganz felt that way about New York (as so many have) and she decided to do something about it. … Read More “PODCAST Episode 20: Interview with Brooke Schreier Ganz of Reclaim the Records” »

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