Well I took some time this weekend to go down to the Salt Lake Family History Expo in Sandy, Utah. I am so glad I did. This event, like all others done by Family History Expos, was a pleasure to attend. Holly, Kimberly and Janene (and the rest of the crew) always work hard to bring you a good expo. They have been expanding recently and adding more show dates. This was the first time for the Salt Lake show and I hope they do it again. I usually travel down for the St. George show around February.  These shows are designed to be the best of both worlds. They are AWESOME for attendees! Amazing speakers lined up on such an array of topics. If you didn’t learn anything, it’s your own fault. I will also go out on a limb and say they are THE BEST show from a vendor perspective. I have been a vendor at several shows and these are the best hands down. They are organized by former vendors, so they get the pains and have tried to organize them i a way to make it really work.

It is always nice to see old friends and meet some new ones. I love to talk with Holly, the President of Family History Expos. It was also good to chat with Allison Stacy from Family Tree Magazine, Scott & Renee from PhotoLoom and some new comers to the show.  I also finally got to meet Janet Hovorka the “chart chick” from Generation Maps! I have seen her speak several times and I follow her on Twitter, but I finally got the pleasure of meeting her! She is such a ray of sunshine. Really just so happy and nice.

I look forward to going to the next Family History Expo in Redding, California on October 16-17, 2009. Go here for more details.

OK, So if you are always on the record hunt like me, you have probably looked at Word Vital Records. I have been a subscriber to a few different sites for a while, I’m not a snob, I’ll take records wherever i can get them. I will admit I have always been shy of paying [...]

Personally, I am really excited about the Family History Expo coming to Sandy, Utah. It is just a tad south of Salt Lake City and really close to a lot of great research resources. Family History Expos ( http://www.fhexpos.com ) is one of my favorite groups that puts on the genealogy conferences. I have been [...]

I stopped into the BYU genealogy conference for today only. It is a four day conference. It starts today and runs through Friday. I always love coming to the conferences and making new friends. The classes always teach me something new. Today when I came in, they even scanned me for the swine flu just [...]

Today came a formal apology from Paul Allen, CEO of Genealogy Wise, to Terry Thornton. Terry was the user who was the center of the “censorship” issues that I blogged about yesterday. In that post I did mention my respect for Paul Allen and his contribution to both the genealogy and social communities. In a [...]

Janet Hovorka, the Chart Chick, over at Generation maps is running a great contest through 5pm (not sure what time zone) today.
She is giving away 1 $25 gift certificate for a person drawn from her Facebook group, and 1 $25 gift certificate drawn from her Genealogywise group. Even more exciting, tomorrow at 5pm she’ll [...]

Genealogy Wise pulls their contest after membership out cry. I must admit I’m shocked, yet actually proud of them.
http://www.genealogywise.com/notes/Contest_Has_Been_Withdrawn
I think they are getting some good natural organic growth. I think contests are healthy, this one just needed to be structured a little better.
Stay tuned for more details…

So I have been on Genealogy Wise for a week now. They are celebrating their one week birthday. As with any new site they have had some growing pains. Some I understand, some have been down right irritating. I have to say so far though I have been enjoying the community. Once I configured my [...]

Just after I wrote my last post about a genealogy study program, I remembered how awesome half.com and ebay.com have been for my genealogy research in the past. I have a bad habit of craving books that I find mentioned in people’s sourcing. Whenever the book might have details about my family I want them. [...]

So you think you are a genealogist? I think we should start a reality show by the same name. If someone reading this has connections to do it, I’ll be the host. So, do you call yourself a genealogist? What makes you think you qualify? I read a blog post a few days [...]