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 * The 11th annual Computerized Family History and Genealogy Conference will be held March 14-17, 2008 on the campus of Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. Read more…
 * Be sure to turn on automatic notification.This allows you to watch pages for changes, and to automatically receive emails when changes are made. Any user who registered for the wiki after January 3rd will not need to worry. If you registered before that date, read how to turn notification on.
 * Free Ancestry.com Access at Major Family History Centers. 21 Dec 2007--FamilySearch and The Generations Network, Inc., announced an agreement that provides free access of Ancestry.com to patrons of the Family History Library in Salt Lake City and the 13 largest regional family history centers. Read on....

Did you know

 * You don't need to buy a book or visit a library to learn how to find your ancestors. Many articles and courses are on the Internet. Read more...
 * Just because an ancestor always spelled his name the same way, that does not guarantee it was always spelled that way by a clerk or by an indexer. If your first search fails to find an ancestor, consider the possibility the name is spelled differently than you expect. Read more...
 * The first permanent German settlement in America was Germantown, Pennsylvania, which was settled in 1683. Since that time Germany has been one of the leading countries in providing emigrants to the United States. To trace your ancestor in the German records, you must know his or her town of birth. Read more...