Volunteers make it happen -- Thanks for the hard work!
See you soon at the Mt. Clemens Public Library!
LE
Monday, July 14, 2014
The Macomb County Obituary Index was Updated Today
The Macomb County Obituary Index was updated today on the Mount Clemens Public Library website adding 7698 new (& old) records. http://www.mtclib.org/search/
Volunteers make it happen -- Thanks for the hard work!
See you soon at the Mt. Clemens Public Library!
LE
Volunteers make it happen -- Thanks for the hard work!
See you soon at the Mt. Clemens Public Library!
LE
Webinar on African-American Research this Wednesday, July 16, 2014
At 2 p.m. E.D.T. this Wednesday, July 16th, Legacy Family Tree's Legacy Webinars is hosting Angela Walton-Raji who will be presenting a webinar titled, "When Freedom Came -- Documenting the Family's Freedom Story."
The webinar description says, "Researching the history of African American families can be complicated. With families once enslaved, the task involves tracing the family back in public records, identifying the last known slave holder, and then researching the slaveholder’s history to continue to document the family. However, one major story is often overlooked. The story of how freedom came to the family is the one story untold. This webinar will illustrate methods of discovering that missing story, and how to find clues when the ancestors left no stories behind."
To view this free webinar live on Wednesday, you must pre-register. Approximately 1,000 viewers can see the webinar live. Afterwards, the webinar will be free to view for non-subscription members for usually about 7 days. The organizers are good about posting the date for the last day for viewing.
Legacy Webinars is a subscription service (pay) which gives subscription members access to the archived webinars and their corresponding handouts 24 hours/7 days a week. Those who do not pay for a subscription can view the webinars live or for a short time (usually 7 days) after the live broadcast but non-subscribers do not have access to the handouts.
Online webinars are great learning tools for genealogists. If you have African-American ancestry, this sounds like a good webinar to attend either live or during the free-view period. If you are a genealogy volunteer or thinking about becoming a genealogy volunteer, this would be a good way to learn about a topic you may not be familiar with.
See you soon at the Mount Clemens Public Library!
LE
The webinar description says, "Researching the history of African American families can be complicated. With families once enslaved, the task involves tracing the family back in public records, identifying the last known slave holder, and then researching the slaveholder’s history to continue to document the family. However, one major story is often overlooked. The story of how freedom came to the family is the one story untold. This webinar will illustrate methods of discovering that missing story, and how to find clues when the ancestors left no stories behind."
To view this free webinar live on Wednesday, you must pre-register. Approximately 1,000 viewers can see the webinar live. Afterwards, the webinar will be free to view for non-subscription members for usually about 7 days. The organizers are good about posting the date for the last day for viewing.
Legacy Webinars is a subscription service (pay) which gives subscription members access to the archived webinars and their corresponding handouts 24 hours/7 days a week. Those who do not pay for a subscription can view the webinars live or for a short time (usually 7 days) after the live broadcast but non-subscribers do not have access to the handouts.
Online webinars are great learning tools for genealogists. If you have African-American ancestry, this sounds like a good webinar to attend either live or during the free-view period. If you are a genealogy volunteer or thinking about becoming a genealogy volunteer, this would be a good way to learn about a topic you may not be familiar with.
See you soon at the Mount Clemens Public Library!
LE
Saturday, June 21, 2014
Season Five of Who Do You Think You Are? begins July 23, 2014
Many of you have probably heard that Season Five of "Who Do You Think You Are? begins Wednesday, July 23, 2014, at 9 p.m. EDT on The Learning Channel (TLC). But in case you have not, here are the details.
There will be just six episodes for this season, the second season on TLC. The celebrities featured are: Cynthia Nixon (episode one), Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Rachel McAdams and her sister, Kayleen McAdams, Lauren Graham, Valerie Bertinelli, and Kelsey Grammer.
There is a very short preview of the Cynthia Nixon episode on the show's TLC website page.
In addtion, TLC has acquired 10 episodes from the show's previous seasons on NBC. The episodes feature Matthew Broderick, Lisa Kudrow, Rob Lowe, Reba McEntire, Tim McGraw, Gwyneth Paltrow, Sarah Jessica Parker, Brooke Shields, Vanessa Williams and Rita Wilson.
Everyone has different television delivery/provider systems. Use your television provider's schedule system to find the TLC channel number on your provider system and to learn when the show will be re-aired again.
Also, the episodes are usually available on the TLC website page sometime after they have aired. So if you don't have TLC you should be able to watch the show on your computer over the internet.
See you soon at the Mt. Clemens Public Library!
LE
There will be just six episodes for this season, the second season on TLC. The celebrities featured are: Cynthia Nixon (episode one), Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Rachel McAdams and her sister, Kayleen McAdams, Lauren Graham, Valerie Bertinelli, and Kelsey Grammer.
There is a very short preview of the Cynthia Nixon episode on the show's TLC website page.
In addtion, TLC has acquired 10 episodes from the show's previous seasons on NBC. The episodes feature Matthew Broderick, Lisa Kudrow, Rob Lowe, Reba McEntire, Tim McGraw, Gwyneth Paltrow, Sarah Jessica Parker, Brooke Shields, Vanessa Williams and Rita Wilson.
Everyone has different television delivery/provider systems. Use your television provider's schedule system to find the TLC channel number on your provider system and to learn when the show will be re-aired again.
Also, the episodes are usually available on the TLC website page sometime after they have aired. So if you don't have TLC you should be able to watch the show on your computer over the internet.
See you soon at the Mt. Clemens Public Library!
LE
Thursday, June 19, 2014
It is not as simple as pushing a button or "Gibb's slapping" the Multiple Servers -- Ancestry.com Works to Restore Access
Here's another update on Ancestry.com's recovery from the DDoS attack on Monday of its websites.
Ancestry.com is accessible now though you may experience intermittent problems with search and the trees. Some people have noted problems with image loading. My advise: Be patient and if needed click the page reload button of your browser.
Remember the advise from Ancestry.com was to clear your browser's cache and cookies and then log back into Ancestry. (You may need to restart your computer.)
The portal/access Family Tree Maker uses to sync our trees (if you have done so) has been disabled by Ancestry.com to ease traffic on the website. (I believe I read that was the reason.) So Ancestry.com is saying to change your sync from Auto to Manual and DO NOT TRY TO SYNC YOUR TREE. You should then be able to work in your program offline.
Since Ancestry.com is advising to work offline, I am guessing that this portal/access that syncing uses is the same portal/access that FTM uses to search the Ancestry website and add records/sources while in FTM. So if you can't log into Ancestry while in FTM that is probably why.
FindaGrave.com appears to be up and running. MyCanvas.com needs more extensive work and is offline. Also, offline yet are MyFamily.com and Rootsweb.
From what I've found, Ancestry's blog page, which is on its website, is still offline. So its open Facebook page (viewable by non-Facebook members) is the only place updates from the company are accessible. My guess this is because subscribers would prefer to have access to the records rather than the blog, it keeps the blog's open comment section inaccessible to upset customers, and if the website goes down again some communication can still get out because if the website is down then the blog is down. (Remember, if their servers go down they also can not email subscribers.)
Ancestry.com updated its Facebook posts today and created a separate page with most to its statements (in one place) regarding the attack.
So in the spirit of those "British Royal" themed signs and t-shirts on various topics, here is one for genealogy:
By the way, a "Gibb's Slap" is from the TV show, NCIS, and refers to the character Gibb's friendly slap to the back of the head (usually the character Tony's) as a "Snap Out of It" gesture among other things.
I have three posts drafted on upcoming genealogy-related television shows, hopefully, they will be the next posts you read.
See you soon at the Mt. Clemens Public Library!
LE
Ancestry.com is accessible now though you may experience intermittent problems with search and the trees. Some people have noted problems with image loading. My advise: Be patient and if needed click the page reload button of your browser.
Remember the advise from Ancestry.com was to clear your browser's cache and cookies and then log back into Ancestry. (You may need to restart your computer.)
The portal/access Family Tree Maker uses to sync our trees (if you have done so) has been disabled by Ancestry.com to ease traffic on the website. (I believe I read that was the reason.) So Ancestry.com is saying to change your sync from Auto to Manual and DO NOT TRY TO SYNC YOUR TREE. You should then be able to work in your program offline.
Since Ancestry.com is advising to work offline, I am guessing that this portal/access that syncing uses is the same portal/access that FTM uses to search the Ancestry website and add records/sources while in FTM. So if you can't log into Ancestry while in FTM that is probably why.
FindaGrave.com appears to be up and running. MyCanvas.com needs more extensive work and is offline. Also, offline yet are MyFamily.com and Rootsweb.
From what I've found, Ancestry's blog page, which is on its website, is still offline. So its open Facebook page (viewable by non-Facebook members) is the only place updates from the company are accessible. My guess this is because subscribers would prefer to have access to the records rather than the blog, it keeps the blog's open comment section inaccessible to upset customers, and if the website goes down again some communication can still get out because if the website is down then the blog is down. (Remember, if their servers go down they also can not email subscribers.)
Ancestry.com updated its Facebook posts today and created a separate page with most to its statements (in one place) regarding the attack.
So in the spirit of those "British Royal" themed signs and t-shirts on various topics, here is one for genealogy:
Keep Calm and Research On.
By the way, a "Gibb's Slap" is from the TV show, NCIS, and refers to the character Gibb's friendly slap to the back of the head (usually the character Tony's) as a "Snap Out of It" gesture among other things.
I have three posts drafted on upcoming genealogy-related television shows, hopefully, they will be the next posts you read.
See you soon at the Mt. Clemens Public Library!
LE
Wednesday, June 18, 2014
Finding Your Roots Season Two Premieres September 23, 2014
Season Two of Finding Your Roots will premiere on Tuesday, September 23, 2014, on your local PBS station. This is the genealogy television show headed by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. The time of the show's airing has not been announced yet.
According to CeCe Moore's blog site, Your Genetic Genealogist, "The season will include interviews with Ben Affleck, Sally Field, Derek Jeter, Deepak Chopra, Tina Fey, Valerie Jarrett, Carole King, Tony Kushner, Ken Burns, Angela Bassett, Alan Dershowitz, Ming Tsai, Aaron Sanchez, Tom Colicchio, Rebecca Lobo, Nas Jones, Billie Jean King, Stephen King, Courtney Vance and several others."
Everyone has different television delivery/provider systems. So listed here are a few for your convenience. (Hopefully, none of the providers shifted their channels around since last September.) If yours is not listed below, use your television provider's schedule system or PBS Detroit's schedule system to find the PBS channel number on your provider system and to learn when the show will be re-aired again. (On PBS Detroit's schedule system you can customize the listing to your service provider by edit or change provider so the schedule generated reflects your television provider's channels and schedule.)
Digital Over-the-Air box:
September 30, 9 p.m. on channel 56.1
October 1, 12 a.m. on channel 56.2
October 1, 2:30 a.m. on channel 56.1
October 1, 4 a.m. on channel 56.2
October 4, 8 a.m. on channel 56.2
October 4, 10 a.m. on channel 56.2
Comcast: St Clair Shores (the same channels are used in Macomb Twp.)
September 30, 9 p.m. on channel 6, channel 240 HD, channel 1006 HD
October 1, 12 a.m. on channel 287,
October 1, 2:30 a.m. on channel 6, channel 240 HD, channel 1006 HD
October 1, 4 a.m. on channel 287
October 4, 8 a.m. on channel 287
October 4, 10 a.m. on channel 287
Wide Open West: Detroit
September 30, 9 p.m. on channel 3, channel 205 HD
October 1, 2:30 a.m. on channel 3, channel 205 HD
October 5, 3:30 a.m. on channel 3, channel 205 HD
See You Soon at the Mt. Clemens Public Library!
LE
According to CeCe Moore's blog site, Your Genetic Genealogist, "The season will include interviews with Ben Affleck, Sally Field, Derek Jeter, Deepak Chopra, Tina Fey, Valerie Jarrett, Carole King, Tony Kushner, Ken Burns, Angela Bassett, Alan Dershowitz, Ming Tsai, Aaron Sanchez, Tom Colicchio, Rebecca Lobo, Nas Jones, Billie Jean King, Stephen King, Courtney Vance and several others."
Everyone has different television delivery/provider systems. So listed here are a few for your convenience. (Hopefully, none of the providers shifted their channels around since last September.) If yours is not listed below, use your television provider's schedule system or PBS Detroit's schedule system to find the PBS channel number on your provider system and to learn when the show will be re-aired again. (On PBS Detroit's schedule system you can customize the listing to your service provider by edit or change provider so the schedule generated reflects your television provider's channels and schedule.)
Digital Over-the-Air box:
September 30, 9 p.m. on channel 56.1
October 1, 12 a.m. on channel 56.2
October 1, 2:30 a.m. on channel 56.1
October 1, 4 a.m. on channel 56.2
October 4, 8 a.m. on channel 56.2
October 4, 10 a.m. on channel 56.2
Comcast: St Clair Shores (the same channels are used in Macomb Twp.)
September 30, 9 p.m. on channel 6, channel 240 HD, channel 1006 HD
October 1, 12 a.m. on channel 287,
October 1, 2:30 a.m. on channel 6, channel 240 HD, channel 1006 HD
October 1, 4 a.m. on channel 287
October 4, 8 a.m. on channel 287
October 4, 10 a.m. on channel 287
Wide Open West: Detroit
September 30, 9 p.m. on channel 3, channel 205 HD
October 1, 2:30 a.m. on channel 3, channel 205 HD
October 5, 3:30 a.m. on channel 3, channel 205 HD
See You Soon at the Mt. Clemens Public Library!
LE
Genealogy Road Show Season Two is Now Casting
The Genealogy Road Show is now casting for Season Two.
If you live in/near St. Louis, Missouri, (filming August 22-23); New Orleans, Louisiana, (filming September 5-6); or Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, (filming September 12-13); and you have a mystery you want experts to solve submit your story to the casting company.
Good luck everyone. For us here in Michigan, we'll be waiting for the season to begin.
See you soon at the Mt. Clemens Public Library!
LE
If you live in/near St. Louis, Missouri, (filming August 22-23); New Orleans, Louisiana, (filming September 5-6); or Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, (filming September 12-13); and you have a mystery you want experts to solve submit your story to the casting company.
Good luck everyone. For us here in Michigan, we'll be waiting for the season to begin.
See you soon at the Mt. Clemens Public Library!
LE
Another Update on the status of Ancestry.com's websites
Around 7:15 p.m. ET on Tuesday, June 17, 2014, Ancestry.com posted another update on its Facebook page regarding the status of its websites. The message reads:
UPDATE (4:15pm PST): The Ancestry websites are coming back online. Please clear your cache and your cookies, then try logging in.
A couple items to note: (1) You may experience intermittent issues with Search and Trees. Please be patient, we are working to restore the website(s) fully and this will take time, (2) Images are loading slowly so we recommend you save them to your Shoebox for now, (3) If you are using Family Tree Maker, please switch to 'manual sync' so it does not try to sync your online tree for now. Give this a little time.
Thank you once again for your patience and support during this DDoS attack on Ancestry.
The first few times I tried to go to Ancestry.com after they announced the site was back up, the website did not load. But later this afternoon I was able to get the website to load and I was able to log onto the site. I didn't stay long, I just wanted to see if I could do so. Again, I advise patience while Ancestry continues to resolve the situation.
See you soon at the Mt. Clemens Public Library!
LE
UPDATE (4:15pm PST): The Ancestry websites are coming back online. Please clear your cache and your cookies, then try logging in.
A couple items to note: (1) You may experience intermittent issues with Search and Trees. Please be patient, we are working to restore the website(s) fully and this will take time, (2) Images are loading slowly so we recommend you save them to your Shoebox for now, (3) If you are using Family Tree Maker, please switch to 'manual sync' so it does not try to sync your online tree for now. Give this a little time.
Thank you once again for your patience and support during this DDoS attack on Ancestry.
The first few times I tried to go to Ancestry.com after they announced the site was back up, the website did not load. But later this afternoon I was able to get the website to load and I was able to log onto the site. I didn't stay long, I just wanted to see if I could do so. Again, I advise patience while Ancestry continues to resolve the situation.
See you soon at the Mt. Clemens Public Library!
LE
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