This week's news includes:
Ancestry.com launches a new Florida
State Census Collection (1867, 1875, 1935, and 1945); the
Federation of Genealogical
Societies (FGS) announced that president J. Mark Lowe has
resigned for personal reasons, and Vice President of
Administration, Pat Oxley, has assumed the presidency; a Union
County, Illinois group, Promoting Appreciation of Structural
Treasures (PAST), is seeking to purchase the "House Where Lincoln
Stayed" in Anna, Illinois, in 1858 when he was there to debate
Stephen Douglas in one of the most historic political debates in
U.S. History. Tax-deductible contributions can be made to PAST
Lincoln House Project, Mona Diefenbach, 190 White Pine Lane, Anna,
IL 62906.
Listener email this week included: Peter is concerned that searches
in Ancestry.com for his family always include his own data at the
top of the search results list, and believes that Ancestry.com
should be able to mask or omit his own results; Virginia asked for
clarification about ordering SS-5 applications for a Social
Security Number, especially for deceased persons not in the SSDI;
Roxanna shared a strong tip for researching in Salt Lake City;
Scott wrote again to clarify his method for storing data at
Ancestry.com and using his RootsMagic software; he also shared his
excitement at having found old family photo albums
and having found great information on
the back of important photos; Sean recommends a product called
SpinRite from Gibson Research Corporation
(http://www.grc.com/sr/spinrite.htm) to help recover data from
damaged magnetic storage media.
Drew discusses the crash of his desktop PC, and the steps he is
taking to repair the hard disk and restore his data.