Category Archives: News

Here’s a fun little contest for EVERYONE (including my non-genealogy friends).  One entrant will receive a $100 Visa gift card, and two entrants will each receive a $50 Visa gift card.

Early today I came across the latest information about this year’s Midwestern Roots Conference.  The conference, put on by the Indiana Historical Society (IHS) will be held July 20-21, 2012 in Indianapolis.  I’ve had conflicts in previous years, but this year, I finally get to […]

The following press release was issued by Next Generation Software. TNG version 9, a major upgrade for The Next Generation of Genealogy Sitebuilding, is now available from Next Generation Software (http://www.tngsitebuilding.com). The new release will be on sale exclusively at the RootsTech Family History and […]

The following press release was issued by Funium LLC. Funium LLC, of Lehi, Utah announces the launch of Family Village Premier on Facebook. The social media game is oriented toward helping people have fun building their family tree and help them discover interesting documents and […]

I received the following details after the winners were announced at Friday’s keynote session.  Some of these look pretty interesting. Congratulations to the winners of the of the RootsTech Developer Challenge!

I am very pleased to announce Doug Williams as the winner of the RootsTech 2012 free registration giveaway that was hosted here on GenBlog.  I asked entrants to answer the following question:  Besides access to records online, what one tech-thing has helped you the most […]

As a RootsTech 2012 official blogger, I am happy to announce that I have a free registration to give away for the RootsTech 2012 Conference in Salt Lake City, February 2-4, 2012.  So I’m holding a little contest here and the winner will receive the […]

The Who Will Tell Their Story? blog has reached a huge milestone today by posting its 100th orphan photo.  Since January 2009, this blog has been posting orphan photos in the hopes of reuniting these cherished family mementos with their rightful owners.  I have successfully […]