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New Index of MacGenealogist.com Screencasts

I created a PDF that lists the screencasts I’ve released on CD. This should help you determine which CD contains the video for which you’re looking. Download the MacGenealogist Screencast Index.

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May I Ask You a Question?

I’ve spent a year on MacGenealogist.com, creating over eighty free how-to videos for you. I’ve learned a bunch in the process and I know you have too, but there’s a question that’s been on my mind a lot lately. Knowing your answer will help me help you by setting my course for the next year. [...]

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Creating an Event Set for Reunion 9 for Mac

As I’ve covered in a couple of screencasts (How I Add Perspective to Reunion 9 Timelines and Another Use for Perspective Events in Reunion 9). Perspective events in Reunion 9 for Mac give you and your family a historical context in timeline charts and the ages list. Best of all, you can create your own [...]

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Starting with Another’s Data: A Descendant Report, part 1

Sometimes when one starts with the genealogy obsession hobby, it is with information collected by someone else. Ironically, even given some starter material, it’s not always obvious where or how to begin. This article is a case study of such a start. It’s a specific one in that the starting material is real and limited. [...]

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It Started with a Burglary

At least the October 6, 1892 Rock Valley Register article started there. The event actually started with a man working in a local hardware store, about three years before the newspaper article and the story told therein. The man was named Peter Klein and he was previously employed in the store when it was under [...]

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Leaving Server Problems Behind

I copied this blog to a new hosting company last night in preparation for moving the site this weekend. After awakening this morning to the site (still at the troubled Midphase) down, I flipped the switch that would start the process of getting visitors directed to the blog at its new location. That process should [...]

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