Not so long ago, my computer backup plan against various calamities looked something like this: Against flood: keep my...
What’s Your Computer Backup Plan? Better Than Mine Was, I Hope
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Preservation Articles
Free Video: How to Read a Faded Tombstone Without Damaging the Stone
Recently I heard from listener Tom, who is trying to document Civil War veterans from Washington state. "I am taking...
Iowa Newspapers Stacking Up With No Plan to Film
According to a news story by IowaWatch.org, current Iowa newspapers are piling up at the archives of the State...
Get Photos Scanned without Getting Scammed
An ABC Action News Report presents a scary-to-us scenario: a family's home movies disappeared with the company hired...
Prison Inmate Photos: “The Eyes Are Everything”
Matt from Omaha, Nebraska (U.S.) recently told me about a project his cousin is working on that is so cool the story...
Find A Grave Community Day: October 18
If you're like me, you're turning more and more to the indexed tombstone images on sites like BillionGraves and Find A...
Transfer Data from The Master Genealogist to RootsMagic
Recently, the creators of The Master Genealogist (TMG) family tree software announced they were retiring the software....
Disaster Planning for Genealogists and More: New FTM Podcast
Autumn gives me the urge to organize and prepare for the future. That's why I think the new Family Tree Magazine...
Atten-TION! Calling all War of 1812 Graves
Do you have a U.S. ancestor who participated in the War of 1812? Do you have a picture of the grave? The Federation of...
