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News to Peruse Pennsylvania, the president of the Great Lakes Chapter, and a proofreader for the APG Quarterly. Karen Mauer Green (New York) holds an M.A. in Museum Studies and specializes in Huguenots, New York, and the Mid-Atlantic area. The owner of Frontier Press Bookstore, she has served APG as a trustee and regional vice-president. International Region: Eileen M. O’Duill, CG (Ireland) specializes in international probate research and has lectured at national conferences in the United States and in Ireland. Jan Gow (New Zealand) is a tutor, lecturer, and presenter at the local, national, and international level since 1985, and served on the APG and New Zealand Society of Genealogists boards. Nominations Committee: Donna Moughty (Florida) has chaired the Professional Management Conference from 2005–2008, is treasurer of the Genealogical Speakers Guild, and a delegate to the Federation of Genealogical Societies. David E. Rencher, AG, CG, FIGRS, FUGA (Utah) is employed by the Family History Department of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as the Director of the Planning and Coordination Division. A noted authority on Irish research, he is a past-president of the Federation of Genealogical Societies and of the Utah Genealogical Association and a Fellow of the latter. The Association of Professional Genealogists (http://www.apgen.org), established in 1979, represents over 1,800 genealogists, librarians, writers, editors, historians, instructors, booksellers, publishers, and others involved in genealogy-related businesses. APG encourages genealogical excellence, ethical practice, mentoring, and education. The organization also supports the preservation and accessibility of records useful to the fields of genealogy, local, and social history. Its members represent all 50 states, Canada, and 26 other countries. —Courtesy of Kathleen W. Hinckley, CG, Executive Director, APG Volunteers Discover Fun Facts Transcribing Historic Canadian Censuses—Completed Indexes Will Be Free Online Ontario, Canada, November 19, 2008—Family- Search International announced its plans to make the indexes to available Canadian censuses accessible online for free with the help of online volunteer indexers and an agreement with Ancestry.ca. The first censuses completed will be those from 1861, 1871, and 1916. Online volunteers are needed to help transcribe select information from digital images of the historical documents into easily searchable indexes. The completed indexes will be available for free at www.familysearch.org. Famous Canadians in the 1916 Census What do Art Linkletter, Sir William Samuel Stephenson, and Elvina Fay Wray have in common They all have ties to one of the three provinces that make up the 1916 Canada Census, and some lucky volunteer may experience the thrill of transcribing their information for the free online index. 1. Arthur Gordon Kelly (Art Linkletter) will be found as a four-year-old child at Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. He was abandoned as an infant and then adopted and raised by a preacher. He hosted House Party and People Are Funny both on radio and later on newfangled television, and he is best remembered for his interviews with children on the television show Kids Say the Darndest Things. His adoptive parents were Fulton John Linkletter and Mary Metzler. 2. Sir William Samuel Stephenson was a Canadian soldier, airman, businessman, inventor, spymaster, and a British intelligence specialist during World War II. Stephenson is best known by his wartime intelligence codename of Intrepid and is considered by some to be one of the real-life inspirations for James Bond. He was born William Samuel Clouston Stanger, January 23, 1897, in the Point Douglas area of Winnipeg, Manitoba. 3. Elvina Fay Wray was born September 15, 1907, on a ranch near Alberta to Elvina Marguerite Jones and Joseph Heber Wray and will most likely show up as a nine-year old-child in the 1916 census. She made her film debut in Gasoline Love (1923), but it was her lead role in The Wedding March (1928) that made her a star. She became a cult figure after her role in King Kong (1933), as the beauty captured by a giant gorilla. Getting Involved Interested volunteers can begin helping immediately by registering online at familysearchindexing. org, downloading the free indexing software, and selecting the 1916 Canada Census project. A digital image of a census page will appear. Volunteers simply type in the data highlighted on the computer screen and save it online. It takes about 30 minutes to complete one census page, and volunteers have a week to complete it if need be. Volunteers only need to be able to read, type, and have Internet access to participate. “The 1916 census was selected first because it is the most recent and smallest of the three censuses targeted in the first phase. It included three of the western provinces (Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Alberta) and has about 1.7 million names—so it will 72 © Ev e r t o n’s Ge n e a l o g i c a l He l p e r Ja n ua ry/Fe b r u a r y 2009
News to Peruse not take long to complete,” said Stephen Young, FamilySearch project manager. There are other hidden benefits to volunteering. Volunteers become familiar with historical documents, the valuable stories they can conceal, and their usefulness and application to genealogical research. Indexers do not need to worry about their skill level at reading censuses. Each census page is transcribed by two different indexers. Any discrepancies between the two entries will be arbitrated by a third indexer. The result is a highly accurate, free index of tremendous value to family history enthusiasts. Young says the more online volunteers that help, the quicker the free census indexes will be available online for all to enjoy and benefit from. One indexer recently commented, “I am intrigued with how the people come alive for me as I index. I indexed a household… containing a family with young children, grandmother, maiden aunt, and a couple of unmarried siblings. They had five servants, and I visualized a well-to-do household; the married son working maybe as a lawyer or doctor, taking care of his extended family. I see both sad and happy stories.” FamilySearch manages the largest collection of genealogical records worldwide. In 2007 it announced plans to begin digitizing and indexing its collection for broader, online access—starting with popular collections like Canadian censuses. FamilySearch has digitized the 1916 Canada Census and is seeking online volunteers to help create a searchable index for it and other census and non-census Canada projects. The 1861 and 1871 censuses will be next. Libraries and Archives Canada (LAC) owns and is providing the digital images for the Canada census projects. —Courtesy of Paul Nauta, FamilySearch The No. 1 Rated Genealogy Software In The UK Is Now Available At 1500 Target Stores West Hartford, Connecticut, November 12, 2008—Family Historian 3, the highest rated family tree software in the U.K. is now available in the United States and Canada. This top rated software is initially being distributed in the nearly 1,500 Target stores nationwide. “Enteractive is thrilled to be bringing what is simply the best genealogy software product in the world to the U.S. and Canadian consumer,” Howard Luxenberg, president of Enteractive, stated. Due to its easy to use features and product quality, Family Historian 3 has won major awards and recognition from the top reviewers including Windows XP Magazine, Family Tree Magazine, Which Computing, Univadis and others. Family Historian 3 was named “Winner” and “Editor’s Choice” by Windows XP Magazine in its August 2007 review of Family Historian, Family Tree Maker, Roots Magic, and Legacy genealogy software. The editors said that Family Historian 3 was “packed with features, but the charts alone put this package in a class of its own.” In this comparison of the top products, Family Historian was declared the “Allround winner.” Personal Computer World gave Family Historian 3 an overall rating of 5 Stars (out of a possible 5) and said “The range of features and sheer ease of use makes Family Historian an excellent tool for any genealogist” in its May 2006 review. Family Tree Magazine (www.familytreemagazine.com) said “The best genealogy package just got better” in its review in July 2006. Which Computing (www.which.co.uk) rated Family Historian as the “Best Buy” and gave it the highest overall rating in its July 2008 comparison of the top 10 genealogy applications. Univadis (www.univadis.co.uk) rated Family Historian 3 a “Strongly recommended” product and said “The programme is brilliant and dead easy to use and is ideal for beginners and experts alike.” Australian Family Tree Connections said “With the release of version 3 Family Historian has become one of the best, if not the very best, in its class.” In an indication of the powerful features and ease of use of Family Historian 3, the producers and researchers of the very popular BBC TV genealogy series “Who Do You Think You Are” use Family Historian 3 as their family tree application of choice. Product Features According to Luxenberg, “This is a quality product that manages to combine ease of use with a remarkably rich set of features.” The following are just a few of the important product features of Family Historian 3: • 100% compatible with GEDCOM 5.5, the standard for shared genealogical data • Lets you easily create beautiful family trees, CDs/DVDs & websites • Family trees can include data, photographs, even video files James Standridge Revolutionary War Soldier and His Descendants Hard cover, 656 pages, full name index, $77 (postage included) Frances L. Jones, 1078 St. Leo Dr., Cahokia, IL 62206 Ja n ua ry/Fe b r u a r y 2009 Ev e r t o n’s Ge n e a l o g i c a l He l p e r © 73
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