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Blogger Stats Out Of Beta

We mentioned Blogger Stats back in early July when it was first released in beta. Back then, you had to access  at http://draft.blogger.com instead of http://www.blogger.com. Now, in celebration of Blogger’s 11th birthday, Blogger Stats are a permanent feature on the Dashboard and can be accessed with all the other administrative features of Blogger. (via Blogger [...]

Google Adds Blog Filter For Search Results

Google has added a new feature to its search engine homepage which allows you to show results from blogs. This is not very different than Google’s Blog Search but now you can apply this “filter” right from the main page of search results. Here is an example of search results in Google using the term [...]

FGS Re-launches Society Hall

Some news from FGS during #fgs10 here in Knoxville! The Society Hall database is being re-launched.  Read the press release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 18, 2011 Knoxville, TN The Federation of Genealogical Societies, a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation headquartered in Austin, Texas, announces the re-launch today of the popular Society Hall at its website at www.fgs.org. [...]

Why You Need a Blogging Disclosure Statement

With more new genealogy bloggers arriving in the blogosphere each and every day, we want to live up to our duty here at GeneaBloggers to inform and educate. One area of blogging with which many new bloggers are unfamiliar is the need for a disclosure statement.* FTC Regulations on Blogging Advertisements and Endorsements For bloggers [...]

Great Copyright Articles at Genealogy’s Star

If you have not yet read the series of posts about copyright and public domain documents such as census pages, court records, etc. over at Genealogy’s Star, I strongly recommend you take time this weekend to do so. Can I claim a copyright on a digital copy? Can I obtain a copyright of a copy [...]

Facebook Page For Your Ancestor?

One of my favorite resource blogs – Free Technology for Teachers – has a great post today on how to set up a Facebook page for a historical figure. And as the wheels of my mind are usually in a constant state of churning, I said to myself: “Well, why can’t I use this to [...]

Ancestry Acquires ProGenealogists

This press release was just received from Ancestry this afternoon: Ancestry.com to Acquire Professional Genealogy Firm ProGenealogists, Inc. PROVO, UTAH (August 6, 2010) – Ancestry.com Inc. (Nasdaq:ACOM) announced today that it has acquired leading professional genealogy research firm, ProGenealogists, Inc. Based in Salt Lake City, Utah, ProGenealogists specializes in genealogical, forensic and family history research. [...]

GeneaBloggers Goes Mobile

That’s right – you can now access a version of GeneaBloggers on your favorite mobile device! And since I’m not one for keeping secrets or holding knowledge close, here is how I did it: I used a new FREE service called onbile. With onbile, all I had to do was create an account, select a [...]

A Genealogy Blog Primer – Updated

In June 2009, we published a guide to genealogy blogging covering the hows and they whys and called it A Genealogy Blog Primer*.  Today we’re announcing an recent update which includes: updated information and hyperlinks to genealogy blogs an updated PDF file with large, easy-to-read type an updated slide show presentation You can click here to download [...]

Free Resources for Photo Editing

Editing photos for genealogy or for posting on your blog can be lots of work and expensive if you feel you need to purchase a program like Adobe PhotoShop or PhotoShop Elements. Did you know that GeneaBloggers lists over 34 FREE photo edition resources on its Resources for Photo Editing page?  They include sites that [...]