 Going into Ancestry the other day, I noticed some new, exciting features that weren’t there last week! They added a fresh, new look to everything, and they are trying out a new photo editor tool!
Ancestry’s New Look Updates: The new look has a more modern look and feel, that I’m not sure how I feel about yet. I love the background color; I feel that it’s really pleasing to the eyes and is a great added feature! Sadly, I'm not very keen on the teardrop shaped thumbnails of my ancestors in the pedigree or family views, nor the ancestor profiles; I feel they are too small, and I particularly don’t like the teardrop shape. I love the soft, rounded edges of the pedigree and family view ancestor blocks though! I feel that the male and female thumbnails are a little too modern for me. In my opinion, when it comes to my ancestors, I would like it to reflect the past more. I also liked the leaf hint symbols as they were before. So, in short, I love the new colors and soft, rounded edges, but not I'm not quite on board with the other new updates to the look. 😉
Ancestry’s New Photo Editor: Still in BETA mode, Ancestry.com is making their new photo editor available to a limited number of customers. You can select a photo from the gallery in your tree to colorize, restore, and enhance. Then you can click the feedback button to let them know what you think! The new photo tool has it’s ups and downs, just as MyHeritage did at the beginning. Of course, it’s in Beta mode, and I’m sure it will be fine tuned again and again in the process. I tried it out on many photos thus far, and some are better than others, while some come out worse. There are three options: colorize, restore, and enhance. As I tested many photos in the new tool, I seemed to find that you can only use one feature at a time, such as color only, not color and enhance together. Some of my photos that could not be enhanced in MyHeritage, because faces couldn’t be detected, were able to be edited here. Some of the photos were colorized differently each time I edited the same photo, and some drastically different. Some of the photos colorized in the other modes, and sometimes there was no difference between the modes. Some of my paper copies, previously enhanced, or manipulated photos, enhanced much better here than in MyHeritage, while many of the digital copies from originals are enhanced much better in MyHeritage. This will be another fantatstic genealogy resource that you can use for your family history, once they fine tune it! I'm not sure if this feature will be considerd an extra premium product to use or if it will be included in the prices they have now; we'll just have to wait and see!
Check out the new look, and if you're lucky enough to have been selected to try this new BETA feature, then have some fun and go into Ancestry.com and give it a try now! 😊 Learn about more resources you can use in your family history research under the Genealogy Resources category! I'd love to read your thoughts on these new features! My older site theme does not support the "Leave a Reply" field labels; if you'd like to leave a comment on a blog, the fields are: Name, Email, Site (if you'd like), and Comment, the standard fields 😉 This post is a participant in the Genealogy Blog Party! Other related genealogy resources from Ancestry.com that may be of interest:
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 Oh my gosh, registration for RootsTech Connect 2022 opened last week!
Don't forget to sign up at rootstech.org for the world's largest FREE family history and genealogy event! It will once again be virtual this year. Always held in Salt Lake City, last year’s event was their first virtual conference, due to Covid, and boy, did their first virtual event churn out more than imagined! Connect with your family, learn about family and cultural traditions, learn from experts in the field with over 1,500 sessions/classes, listen to super inspiring keynote speakers (I’m anxious to see how they top last year’s speakers!), join the Expo Hall that showcases companies from around the world (they also offer freebies and discounts!), participate in activities for all (such as cooking and activities for the kiddos!), chat with experts, get 1-on-1 help, find relatives that are also attending, and so much more! You also get to save and access your classes for an entire year, by saving them in your RootsTech Playlist and/or on YouTube! Connect with your family, explore your heritage, and meet your relatives out there, by signing up for this FREE March 3-5 family history event now! I hope to see you there! See why they decided to go virtual again this year in Rootstech Connect 2022: The Largest Family History Event FREE Again! and in the FamilySearch Blog post RootsTech Connect Coming Back in 2022, and follow more on the RootsTech 2022 Genealogy Conference in Genealogy Events, along with Genealogy Resources. I'd love to read your comments on RootsTech being FREE and virtual again! P.S... My older site theme does not support the "Leave a Reply" field labels; if you'd like to leave a comment on a blog, the fields are : Name, Email, Site (if you'd like), and Comment, the standard fields 😉  Have you seen Ancestry.com’s new deep dive into the life of your ancestor feature for the 1930 and 1940 U.S. Census yet? I’ve got to say, it’s pretty darn cool! It seems to be only for the 1930 and 1940 U.S. Censuses so far, and I hope it eventually covers All of the U.S. Censuses! It would be even more cool if they added that feature to ALL the documents, but that would obviously be TREMENDOUS work! It is a great feature for beginners because it walks them through every detail that they could miss in those censuses, and it is like having a mini lesson in the details featured in those censuses! It is also just fun for all levels! You can use this feature by viewing the actual census image. For the 1930 U.S. Census, they walk you through your ancestor’s home ownership, education, occupation, their home, birthplace, age, radio ownership, and marriage status. For the 1940 U.S. Census, they walk you through your ancestor’s address, home ownership, household, age, education, birthplace, occupation, hours worked and income. They also give you links to the street view of the addresses now on Google maps, compare the rental amount or home value from then to now for you, and compare their income then to nowadays! Of course, the feature may be off on how household members are related, but it can’t do everything! 😉 Go into Ancestry.com, and give it a try now for some fun! Learn about more genealogy resources you can use in your research in Genealogy Resources. I'd love to read your comments on this new feature! PS: My older site theme does not support the "Leave a Reply" field labels; if you'd like to leave a comment on a blog, the fields are: Name, Email, Site (if you'd like), and Comment, the standard fields 😉 This Post is a participant in the Genealogy Blog Party! ←Back to Genealogy Resources Page Other related genealogy resources from Ancestry.com that may be of interest:
  Oh my gosh, so Rootstech Connect 2021 was such a huge success with being fully virtual and FREE earlier this year, due to Covid, and with over one million attendees from over 240 countries around the world, that they had churned out their largest Rootstech event ever! So they announced, a few weeks ago, that it will be coming back next year as a totally virtual and FREE family history event again! How awesome is that?!
It will be a little sad for some who love going to the event in Salt Lake City every year, along with their event in London, but this will allow tons more from all over the world to join, and connection is what it’s all about! They have also decided, which I was very much hoping for, on a hybrid model for 2023! This will allow for the best of both worlds, in person and virtual! Rootstech Connect 2022 will be March 3-5, 2022. Be on the look out for registration starting in September at RootsTech.org! Follow more on the RootsTech Genealogy Conference below, and in Genealogy Events, along with Genealogy Resources. One More Week Till the "Free" RootsTech Connect 2021 Family History Conference! RootsTech Connect 2021- Free Genealogy Event RootsTech Connect 2021 Sessions- More Than 800 FREE Genealogy Sessions!!! My RootsTech Connect 2021 Strategy! Rootstech Connect 2021 Has Come to and End, or Has It? P.S... My older site theme does not support the "Leave a Reply" field labels; if you'd like to leave a comment on a blog, the fields are : Name, Email, Site (if you'd like), and Comment, the standard fields 😉  The best ALL IN ONE resource for German genealogy is FamilySearch.org, handsdown! With their Germany Genealogy Research Wiki, their Germany Genealogy Research Community, and their Catalog, you have everything you need right at your fingertips for German research, and it’s ALL FREE! Research Wiki: I learned about the Wiki on a trip, years back, to the Family History Library, from one of the German specialists there. The FamilySearch Wiki is a genealogy resource guide, and has by far the most comprehensive and best information out there for German Genealogy, and it’s FREE! This is kept up constantly by the German genealogy specialists at the Family History Library. They have done an amazingly, fantastic job of having German genealogy research tools and strategies all in one place! They have a plethora of records; maps; lists and printable handouts; strategies, methodologies, online classes, tutorials, and articles; links to all the top sites, databases and resources for German research; and more! They have various resources to a huge amount of records such as church records, vital records, cemetery records, census records, directories, immigration records, military records, Jewish records, obituaries, and many more types of records! Their lists and printable handouts on the provinces, letters, vocabulary, and names are invaluable. If you are a beginner in German research, their research tips and strategies, like “Getting Started with Germany Research” is a must! If you love free classes, they have so many classes and tutorials on a wide range of topics such as reading original German records, using German address books, researching the German Archives, understanding and using German census records, understanding the German calendar changes, understanding German geography, using the gazatteers, reading the handwriting, learning some of the important vocabulary, navigating and using some of the top German genealogy sites, and more!  FamilySearch Germany Genealogy Research Wiki You can find the German Genealogy Research Wiki here: Germany Genealogy Communities: I also learned about FamilySearch Communities on my last day of that trip. This is where you can ask for research help, get help in translating those German records, and so much more, from the comfort of your home!  FamilySearch Germany Genealogy Research Community You can find the German Research Community here: Germany Genealogy Research Community Catalog: In the FamilySearch catalog, you can find all the resources that the Family History Library, FamilySearch Centers, and FamilySearch has, for your specific search! You can search by name, location, topics, titles and more! These resources include records, periodicals, books, family histories and more! I also learned how to use this search feature better when I took my trip to the Family History Library. This is a much better method of finding resources for your search, than simply searching in the “record search”; you will find so much more!  FamilySearch Catalog You can find the catalog here: FamilySearch Catalog
All of these are FREE with a FREE subscription to FamilySearch.org! 😊 You can sign up for a free FamilySearch account here: Create Account Learn about more resources you can use in your family history research under the Genealogy Resources category. P.S... My older site theme does not support the "Leave a Reply" field labels; if you'd like to leave a comment on a blog, the fields are : Name, Email, Site (if you'd like), and Comment, the standard fields 😉 This post is a participant in the 6th Annual Genealogy Blog Party! ←Back to Genealogy Resources Page  IrishGenealogy.ie is a fantastic site to help you research your Irish ancestry; it is the main site that I use for my Irish descended clients. You can search births, marriages, and deaths of the General Register Office (GRO) and church records from numerous counties. The General Register Office holds all the official records of Irish births, deaths and marriages from 1864, and of non-Catholic marriages from 1845. Birth register records from 1864 to 1920, marriage register records from 1845 to 1945, and death register records from about 1871 to 1970, are available online. They also have a large amount of church records for baptism, marriage and burial, including many that were before civil registration. They now also have the 1901 and 1911 census and more, through the National Archives of Ireland! 😊  IrishGenealogy.ie Follow more Irish Genealogy posts below, and in Genealogy Resources:
Irish Genealogy Research Resources Irish Research Place Name Brick Wall P.S... My older site theme does not support the "Leave a Reply" field labels; if you'd like to leave a comment on a blog, the fields are : Name, Email, Site (if you'd like), and Comment, the standard fields 😉  Mexican Genealogy Research and Resources Mexican Genealogy ResourcesAre you looking for resources for your Mexican genealogy research all in one place? The number one site I use for my Mexican genealogy research is FamilySearch.org, and it is FREE! Records: These include the Mexican Civil Registration records and the Catholic Church parish records which are searchable by name now, which makes it so much easier; I remember having to painstakingly search the Mexican Civil Registration Records image by image just a few years ago! Some of the Church parish records still need to be searched image by image though. They also have the 1930 Mexican Census, and so much more!  FamilySearch Mexico Online Genealogy Records You can find the Mexican Record Resources here: Mexico Online Genealogy Records Research Wiki: The Research Wiki is a fantastic tool on FamilySearch .org, that will help you with your research. From there, you can search records, get research advice and tutorials, Spanish handwriting tools, a Spanish genealogical word list, dictionaries, Mexican history, and more! I did not learn about the Wiki until I took a trip to Salt Lake a couple of years ago, not to mention it is fairly new. The FamilySearch Wiki started back in 2008, but did not have nearly what they have now!  FamilySearch Mexico Genealogy Research Wiki You can find the Mexican Genealogy Research Wiki here: Mexico Genealogy FamilySearch Communities: You can also “Ask the Community” for advice, translations and more!  FamilySearch Latin America Genealogy Research Community You can find and join the research community here: Latin American Genealogy Research Interactive Questions: Have you used FamilySearch's Mexico Online Genealogy Records, their Mexico Genealogy Research Wiki or their Latin American Genealogy Research Community yet? Let me know below in the comments! I'd love to hear which of their resources you used in your Mexican genealogy research and how it has helped you climb your family tree! More Genealogy Resources: Learn about more fantastic resources you can use in your family history research under the Genealogy Resources category and my dedicated Genealogy Reources page. This post is a participant in the Genealogy Blog Party! ←Back to Genealogy Resources Page  Are you doing any Irish genealogy research and looking for some useful sites to help you in that research?
There are many wonderful Irish genealogy websites out there to use for your Irish genealogy research. I came across quite a few that were very useful, while working with a particular client whose great grandparents came from Ireland. The website that I seemed to use the most while working on his case, was IrishGenealogy.ie. This was a fantastic website to get civil records and church records from. I was able to find many of the civil registration birth records that I needed, along with marriages and deaths. Another fantastic site I used for the case was SWilson.info, where I was able to find registration district maps that I could use to help me look up which registration districts to search for civil records in. This site was also a fantastic tool to use in looking up Catholic and civil parishes. Registers.nli.ie, was also a great site that I used for Catholic Parish registers. JohnGrenham.com was very useful in looking up Roman Catholic records in the particular area that I was searching in, but they also offer a lot more to help with your research. Another great website to use for Irish genealogy is the Irishgenealogytoolkit.com; I used this site for Irish civil registration districts, but they have a plethora of information for Irish genealogy research. RootsIreland.ie. was also quite useful; I used this site for a list of common first name variations that you would find in records, but this site also has abundant records and research tips. If you have any ancestors in Limerick, I came across a useful website, LimerickDiocese.org; this had the history of local churches, graveyards and more. Family search also has an abundant list of Irish genealogy resource tools in their Wiki, and of course Family Search, Ancestry.com, MyHeritage, and the National Archives are great to use in your research. Follow more Irish genealogy posts below, and find more great resources for your family history and genealogy research under the Genealogy Resources category: Irish Genealogy Resource: IrishGenealogy.ie Irish Research Place Name Brick Wall P.S... My older site theme does not support the "Leave a Reply" field labels; if you'd like to leave a comment on a blog, the fields are: Name, Email, Site (if you'd like), and Comment, the standard fields 😉 ←Back to Genealogy Resources Page
As of today, MyHeritage has just doled out 10 new SPECIAL ANIMATIONS for their #DeepNostalgia, #MyHeritagePhotoTools!
I tried a slew of them, but many didn't work well; the ones that worked the best are KISS, DANCE (the first of the two), and COMPASSION. Below is an amimated photo of my great grandmother, who immigrated from Mexico in 1916, blowing a KISS. Her husband, my great grandfather from Germany, who was a stern man, was perfectly animated in the APPROVAL animation tool. Those two animations came from their wedding photo. My second great grandfather, was the only photo that had worked in the SMILE animation tool. His father, my third great grandfather, was one of just a few that worked out well in the SIDEWAYS animation tool. Those two animations came from a huge family group photo, ca.1900, which shows how well they can easily pull people out of group photos to enhance and animate; those two photos were also colorized in MyHeritage. The last two animations are of my great grandmother from Mexico, again, in her older years; in one she is blowing a KISS, and the other is shown with the COMPASSION animation tool. They announced, in their blog today, that they are still letting people animate a few photos for free, but that these new SPECIAL ANIMATIONS are for members only. So go and check out MyHeritage, and animate a few photos for yourself! #deepnostalgiaspecialanimations
You can learn more about MyHeritage's DeepNostalgia photo tools below and in Genealogy Resources, along with other fantastic resources!
The My Heritage Deep Nostagia Tool: Photos Brought to Life! The Winners of the MyHeritage DeepNostalgia Challenge Has Just Been Announced!  The winners of the MyHeritage #DeepNostalgiaChallenge has just been announced, and Know Who Wears the Genes in Your Family was one of the 5 winners to a MyHeritage Complete Plan!
With a MyHeritage Complete Plan, you can have access to ALL of MyHeritage's awesome photo tools (including animating as many photos as you'd like!), unlimited tree size, access to ALL advanced MyHeritage DNA features (which are awesome and plentiful!), access to ALL of their records, and so much more! Check out some of their fave entries, and the 5 winners here!: MyHeritage Blog Have you thought about purchasing a MyHeritage Complete Plan, with so many wonderful things that can be accessed?! You can learn more about MyHeritage's DeepNostalgia photo tools below and in Genealogy Resources, along with other fantastic resources! The My Heritage Deep Nostagia Tool: Photos Brought to Life! As of Today, a New Game Changer from MyHeritage! |
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