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Save 20% on Genealogy Virtual Conference Featuring Historic Maps with Lisa
A “virtual” conference is an online event which you can attend from the comfort of your own home. If you haven’t attended one before the upcoming Fall Virtual Conference presented by Family Tree University September 14-16, 2012 is a great opportunity to get involved. It’s your chance to head back to school this Fall, gaining new research strategies, and brushing up on proven genealogical research techniques. Click here to Register and enter the coupon code FRIENDSOFLISACOOKE
I’ve been an instructor since the first Virtual Conference, and this time around I am really jazzed to bring you some of the best websites for finding historic maps. I’m passionate about using Google Earth for genealogy, and creating historic map overlays is one of the techniques I teach in my Google Earth for Genealogy video series on CD. So I always have an eye out for great digitized historic maps available for free online, and I’ll be sharing my favorites in this 1/2 hour video class.
One of the things that really makes FTU’s Virtual Conference a stand out is that the classes are on video! This means you can download them to watch now, and later down the road. During the conference weekend there will also be “virtual exhibit booths” to visit and live chats to participate in.
As a presenter at the conference I have the opportunity to offer my listeners and readers a 20% savings on Family Tree University’s upcoming Fall Virtual Conference. Click here to Register and enter the coupon code FRIENDSOFLISACOOKE
You can get to know a little more about me and the Historic Maps class by reading the Q&A chat we did on the Family Tree Magazine Facebook fan page wall the other day.
See you in class!
FamilySearch Volunteer Opportunity: US Immigration & Naturalization Genealogy Project
The following was announced today by FamilySearch:
More than 160,000 volunteer indexers made the 1940 U.S. Census available for searching in just five months. The project was an unprecedented success that dramatically illustrated what the genealogical community can accomplish when united in a common cause.
Now many volunteers are turning their attention to the U.S. Immigration & Naturalization Community Project, an indexing effort to make passenger lists, naturalization records, and other immigration related records freely searchable online. Hundreds of thousands of North American volunteers are expected to contribute over the next 18-24 months, focusing initially on passenger lists from the major US ports.
Individuals, societies and other groups that want to participate should visit familysearch.org/immigration to learn more.
Bids to Buy Ancestry Reported by Reuters to be Lower than Hoped
Reuters is reporting that bids to buy Ancestry.com have “fallen short of the co
mpany’s expectations.” And the company has announced to investors that it will be participating in the upcoming Citi 2012 investor conference. (press release follows)
PROVO, Utah, Aug. 23, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Ancestry.com Inc. (Nasdaq:ACOM), the world’s largest online family history resource, announced its expected participation in the following investor conference:
| Citi 2012 Technology Conference |
| Wednesday, September 5, 2012 |
| 10:30 AM Eastern Time |
| New York, NY |
| Tim Sullivan, CEO and Howard Hochhauser CFO/COO will participate in a fireside chat |
This event will be available via webcast at the specified start time on the investor relations section of the Ancestry.com Web site, http://ir.ancestry.com/. The replay will also be available on the Web site for 90 days following the conference.
