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Featured Provider: jginmd
Genealogy writer and researcher, jginmd can “search out unique genealogical information in the DC Metropolitan Area with a specialty in southern history and genealogy.” She has access to many...
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Indiana State Library: An Interview with Provider indianagenealogy
Indiana ancestors? The State Library can help you in your search. In the decade that I’ve been doing family history research in Chicago, I’ve come to believe one thing: there is no substitute for...
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How to Create a PDF on a Mac
A while back, a Genlighten client asked me how to merge jpgs into an easy-to-read pdf. I use the Preview feature on my MacBook Air (running Yosemite) to turn multiple images into pdfs. Here’s how it...
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Featured Provider: richroots
If you “know your family’s Italian, but don’t know whether your meat sauce should be Bolognese or Neapolitan ragù,” New Jersey provider richroots can help! His research specialties include Italian,...
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So, How Does Genlighten Work?
Screenshot showing the current Genlighten’s front page. (New site coming soon!) “I don’t know exactly how your business works.” Whenever I hear someone say that, like I did recently, I think, “Fair...
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Wandering through a Wonderful Collection of Public Domain Images
We’re coming down the home stretch, getting ready to introduce the newest version of Genlighten at our RootsTech exhibit booth on February 3-6, 2016. Dean is doing the heavy-duty Rails coding for new...
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Current Providers: Market Your Genealogy Business on the New Genlighten
Dean is coming down the home stretch when it comes to getting the new Genlighten website ready for launch. It’s not quite done–there are tweaks to be made and new features to be added–but we’re ready...
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Do You Have Someone Who Does Research in … ? Yes!
Down time at the Genlighten booth can only mean one thing — BANJO! I just spent a week in Salt Lake City, working at Genlighten’s exhibit hall booth at RootsTech 2016. Starting when the doors opened on...
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Genlighten Success Story: German Translation
When a Genlighten provider creates a new research offering, I get email notification before it goes live. It’s my job to review it to make sure it isn’t a spammy ad for fancy sunglasses or knock-off...
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Readers’ Favorites: Our GBA Giveaway at RootsTech
We’re putting a few finishing touches on a new version of Genlighten, getting ready to head to RootsTech next week. Once again, we’ve reserved a space in the exhibit hall and we’re looking forward to...
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New Genlighten: How Would You Find … ?
Yesterday, I had the pleasure of participating in a focus group related to a non-genealogy website that is under development. We spent two (enjoyable) hours exploring the pages and many of the tasks...
View ArticleIntroducing Genlighten’s Project Tracking Pages
I offered genealogy document retrieval in Chicago for just over ten years and one of the challenges was managing requests, almost all of which came through email. The process went something like this:...
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RootsTech Review: The Booths Around Us
Skies were a bit gray outside, but inside, the Family History Library was buzzing with happy activity. We’re just back from RootsTech 2018 and what a wonderful week it was! We chatted about Genlighten...
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NGS: Sign Up For a Free Headshot!
RootsTech photo featuring Jenny from Like Herding Cats. Ready to sign up for the photoshoot? Just go to Genlighten.com, create a free account, and reply to the welcome message to let us know when...
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How to Rock Your Genlighten Header Image
Example 1: Image fills space to add color and interest. Example 2: Image doesn’t fill the space. We want your Genlighten profile to look good! And how can you make that happen? One way is to upload a...
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Tips for Keeping Eager Clients Happy
A quick story. Related to the topic. I promise! On May 20, I competed in the intermediate banjo and fiddle competitions at the 59th Annual Topanga Banjo and Fiddle Contest and Folk Festival. No, I...
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Save Money: Hire a Genlighten Provider to Copy a Pension File
I love Civil War pension files. I believe I have four of them–no make that five–and the things I’ve learned from them have been invaluable. In one deposition, my ggg-grandfather said that he was born...
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What Flooring Experts Taught Me about Hiring a Genealogist
As you read this story, think about how it relates to hiring a genealogist … We’ve been helping my husband’s mom do some work on her house and new flooring was part of the plan. So, we stopped by a...
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Tips for Keeping Eager Clients Happy
A quick story. Related to the topic. I promise! On May 20, I competed in the intermediate banjo and fiddle competitions at the 59th Annual Topanga Banjo and Fiddle Contest and Folk Festival. No, I...
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Save Money: Hire a Genlighten Provider to Copy a Pension File
I love Civil War pension files. I believe I have four of them–no make that five–and the things I’ve learned from them have been invaluable. In one deposition, my ggg-grandfather said that he was born...
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