Observations: July 2008 Archives

I was in the process of and actually did post a message on Afrigeneas message boards asking about how one goes about obtaining Military Service Records for WW1 when I figured it out (found it  more likely) on my own.

Apparently there's privacy issues with those documents and most of  that information is only available to next of kin. The gov't defines next of kin as mother or father, brother or sister, spouse, or a child or legal guardian.

If none of those applies to you, as a genealogical researcher, you have to send in an SF-180 form requesting information. Since there are several family members that served during WW1 and WW2 I will be needless to say, sending in a few of those forms soon. I am including also a link to the information regarding how to apply which can be found at this link: Military Personnel Records

I was hoping to get some information before I go back down to Halifax  but not sure what the time frame will be on this but it won't hurt to cross my fingers and say a few prayers :-)

Not meant to be a thorough review of both software but more an observation on functionality based on my own needs. In addition to being able to record the information I also tend to like a program that has extended functionality and options with regards to building a website or internet pages based on the genealogy information. While I can say that  I like the RootsMagic citation wizard, I definitely prefer the website builder that comes with Legacy. I currently have Legacy ver6  but plan to upgrade to 7 in the not too distant future.

I will try to do a more thorough review of both at some point.

Just to add - Legacy comes with a built in map generator that builds up a map based on the names and locations in your database and the map can be viewed as a conventional map or as a hybrid with a regular map overlay or it can actually show you the actual landscape(similar to that google map thing)  and flags locations where ancestors lived that you can click on and get information on the ancestor.

Looking forward to playing around with it over the weekend

Haven't had much opportunity to write  - been busy with work  and am still waiting on the pictures to start coming in so I can begin to connect the faces with the names.  In the meantime I have connected with the head of the genealogy society in Halifax and have invited her and the members of the society to visit/view this blog(which is still in its infancy). However I felt that since the bulk of my research is centered around the Halifax area that it would be a welcome resource for other researchers.

I actually have two family trees going one on Ancestry.com, and one in my family research software - RootsMagic. I plan on uploading that tree online hopefully by this weekend and will link to it from this blog. I have to say that having the software has made  the research process go much more smoothly in that it is tons easier to document and track sources as well as compile  family trees and miscellaneous reports.

it will be linked from this portion of my site which  i know needs to be updated but there are only still 24 hours in a day

Beattitudes - Genealogy

Have to install the software for updating those pages and im going to aim for doing that tonight but again its more likely to be done between now and this weekend.