Category Archives: Technology

Use Google to calculate the age of your ancestors

Posted on June 7, 2016 by Gail Dever

I don’t know about your desk, but mine is usually covered with lots of paper. Some of the paper is just scrap bits I use to write notes and calculate dates for my family history research. I often calculate how … Continue reading →

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Interview with Software MacKiev president about future of Family Tree Maker

Posted on February 11, 2016 by Gail Dever

Genealogist Tamura Jones interviewed Jack Minksy, president of Software MacKiev, about his company’s recent purchase of Family Tree Maker from Ancestry and about the future of the popular software program. You can read the interview here. Mr. Minksy’s short-term plan … Continue reading →

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Family Tree Maker has been saved

Posted on February 3, 2016 by Gail Dever

If you’re a Family Tree Maker, you will jump for joy when you hear the news from Ancestry. If I understand correctly, it appears we have received a reprieve. We will be able to use Family Tree Maker, receive technical … Continue reading →

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Genealogy travelling just became more fun — and more like Dick Tracy

Posted on August 31, 2015 by Gail Dever

Travelling for genealogists became easier in July when Google announced Google Translate can translate 44 languages on a smartphone. Now, travelling has become even more fun – and more like a cross between a science fiction movie and a Dick … Continue reading →

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How to easily translate a French website into English

Posted on March 11, 2015 by Gail Dever

If you read my post yesterday about Genealogie.com’s survey, North American genealogy societies can benefit from survey conducted in France, you may be curious to read all the details about the survey and learn more about their website. If your … Continue reading →

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Top 10 most popular family tree programs in France

Posted on February 18, 2015 by Gail Dever

Genealogists in my circle tend to use FamilyTreeMaker and Legacy to build their family trees. Some do so entirely online on websites like Ancestry and FamilySearch. A distant cousin in England uses Brother’s Keeper. In France, the story is somewhat … Continue reading →

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How to digitize a daguerreotype

Posted on January 19, 2015 by Gail Dever

If you have struggled to make a digital copy of a daguerreotype, Brown University Library photographer Lindsay Elgin has tips that may improve your success. It is the reflective nature of a daguerreotype that makes it especially difficult to make … Continue reading →

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A mouse that scans?

Posted on May 9, 2014 by Gail Dever

If my father was still alive, he would say, “What will they think of next?” And that is what I thought when I read genealogist and technology guru Thomas MacEntee’s review of a mouse scanner, called a Zcan+. I already own … Continue reading →

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