okay i admit it -----I like swag and I love door prizes; There has been many seminars or conferences were I have walked away with my admission and/or travel expenses were paid for by my "loot" At the Ancestry Day in San Francisco the fee was 42 dollars---a very huge bargain in itself. I paid 5 dollars for an "expert" to translate documents from Spain.
AND: I won a door prize!! There were probably more than 45 door prizes to be won. The door prizes included a years subscription to World Ancestry, Fold 3, all things genealogy related. My prize was a gift certificate to a record course of my choice in the Certificate in Genealogy Studies Program offered by the The National Institute for Genealogical Studies in affiliation with the University of St Michael's College in the University of TORONTO ----an 89 dollar value.
Well, I will let you know which class I decide to take and how it goes. Just now I need to find some quiet time....... to focus. Silly me, I want to put all my closets in order, declutter myself before I start. I like to get everything out of a class/ seminar/ conference I can glean.
And I am a morning person!
Exciting news!---- Watch out probably more genealogy data blogs than a person can fathom.
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Saturday, November 5, 2011
Ancestry Day in San Francisco Blog 2 Gordon Atkinson
Gordon Atkinson presented
Fold 3 is a work in process. Why we need to let our families know about this web site is this web site will not be finished in our lifetime. There are many records yet to be added to these digital images. Examples include the 1812 records are only up to the letter B and expected to be finished in 2015.
Many wars records have not been started yet. Korean war and Spanish/American war for example.
The advantages of the FOLD3 site includes quality images, Fold3 has some of the best image definition of original documents.
Another advantage of FOLD 3 is it indexed other sources not always available. For example is the records of compensation to efforts of the Civil War by either side. If a family donated bacon, a horse, etc to the war efforts on either side of the war. The family would submit a request for reimbursement. The reimbursement petition was quite lengthy and included family history to be added to the petition. This could be very helpful to family researchers.
Another very useful feature programmed into the web site is the search that allows your ancestors name to appear from many documents. All the names on a document has been recorded. If your ancestor's name appeared on another petition or court record, even a non-relative, each and every time your ancestor's name appears on a military record it will be part of a search result.
There also are some very fine interactive features to FOLD3 ---- one you can add data of your own in the text of a document and you can also add a Memorial Page to your Ancestral Veteran. There are now over 900 million memorial pages added to FOLD.
I will be updating this site to the best of my ability but also I need my next generations to know about this site. After I am gone ---data may still be added to complete "Our Story".
"Everything You Wanted to Know About FOLD3"but I wanted to add but were afraid to ask---- luckily Gordon answered every one's question before we had to ask......
Why the name FOLD 3?The name has to do with the traditional folding of the American flag. The correct folding of the American flag is performed in 13 folds and each of these folds has representation. The 3rd fold of the American Flag is in honor and remembrance of veterans who served in defense of their country and to maintain peace throughout the world. Fold3 is the leading U.S. military resource on the web. Fold 3 has over 78 million records on line and growing over hour.
Fold 3 is a work in process. Why we need to let our families know about this web site is this web site will not be finished in our lifetime. There are many records yet to be added to these digital images. Examples include the 1812 records are only up to the letter B and expected to be finished in 2015.
Many wars records have not been started yet. Korean war and Spanish/American war for example.
The advantages of the FOLD3 site includes quality images, Fold3 has some of the best image definition of original documents.
Another advantage of FOLD 3 is it indexed other sources not always available. For example is the records of compensation to efforts of the Civil War by either side. If a family donated bacon, a horse, etc to the war efforts on either side of the war. The family would submit a request for reimbursement. The reimbursement petition was quite lengthy and included family history to be added to the petition. This could be very helpful to family researchers.
Another very useful feature programmed into the web site is the search that allows your ancestors name to appear from many documents. All the names on a document has been recorded. If your ancestor's name appeared on another petition or court record, even a non-relative, each and every time your ancestor's name appears on a military record it will be part of a search result.
There also are some very fine interactive features to FOLD3 ---- one you can add data of your own in the text of a document and you can also add a Memorial Page to your Ancestral Veteran. There are now over 900 million memorial pages added to FOLD.
I will be updating this site to the best of my ability but also I need my next generations to know about this site. After I am gone ---data may still be added to complete "Our Story".
San Francisco Ancestry Day November 5, 2011
I am here! I am so excited. Attending Genealogical Seminars/Conferences are like my new Disneyland! This seminar is fantastic! My criteria for a fantastic seminar is different than other family researchers.
If I am going to pay the money, spend my time, and make family arrangements I want to be educated in a comfortable environment. This seminar far exceeds my expectations. Actually it feels more like a Genealogy Conference.
I attended the pre registration on Friday night. I was surprised to enter the room and meet the 200 plus attendees sipping on wine and enjoying elegant crackers and cheeses. Besides meeting up with wonderful familiar faces and receiving welcoming hugs, I met several seminar first comers. They are expecting 900-1000 seminar attendees.
The welcoming committee was stationed around the room welcoming, assisting each attendee to registration and answering questions. It was nice to see even the new comers at ease and joining in conversations.
Kathryn Doyle was assisting the Chair of the Publications and Marketing Committee, Shannon Reese. Mr. Reese actually filmed and presented a Youtube featuring the seminar. Mr. Shannon will be doing more broadcasts from the seminar. I look forward to seeing these broadcast and sharing them with my family and genealogy friends. The next best thing to being at a seminar is enjoying it second hand through an other's experience.
There are some great classes scheduled for tomorrow. My first class for Saturday Morning will be Everything You Wanted to Know about Fold3. I will post soon because I now know why the name was changed from FOOTNOTE to FOLD3. You will LOVE the answer.
If I am going to pay the money, spend my time, and make family arrangements I want to be educated in a comfortable environment. This seminar far exceeds my expectations. Actually it feels more like a Genealogy Conference.
I attended the pre registration on Friday night. I was surprised to enter the room and meet the 200 plus attendees sipping on wine and enjoying elegant crackers and cheeses. Besides meeting up with wonderful familiar faces and receiving welcoming hugs, I met several seminar first comers. They are expecting 900-1000 seminar attendees.
The welcoming committee was stationed around the room welcoming, assisting each attendee to registration and answering questions. It was nice to see even the new comers at ease and joining in conversations.
Kathryn Doyle was assisting the Chair of the Publications and Marketing Committee, Shannon Reese. Mr. Reese actually filmed and presented a Youtube featuring the seminar. Mr. Shannon will be doing more broadcasts from the seminar. I look forward to seeing these broadcast and sharing them with my family and genealogy friends. The next best thing to being at a seminar is enjoying it second hand through an other's experience.
There are some great classes scheduled for tomorrow. My first class for Saturday Morning will be Everything You Wanted to Know about Fold3. I will post soon because I now know why the name was changed from FOOTNOTE to FOLD3. You will LOVE the answer.
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