Digital Scrapbooking now available at Ancestry.com

Ancestry.com, the popular genealogical research website, has released a tool that allows members to create their own personal family scrapbook. AncestryPress® is one of the many features Ancestry.com has launched over the past few months, which have added a community aspect to the website.

“Family history is about discovering and telling the stories of the people whose lives shaped our own,” said Tim Sullivan, president and CEO of The Generations Network, parent company of Ancestry.com. “For ten years, Ancestry.com has been an indispensable resource for anyone interested in family history, from the most serious genealogist to someone just starting to build their family tree. Our members have always asked for ways to preserve and to share their hours and hours of research. Now AncestryPress gives our members the ability to create high-quality books of astonishing beauty and personal significance. We think that this is one of the most unique digital scrapbooking products on the market.”

Call for Papers: 2008 BYU Computerized Genealogy Conference

The following is found at Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter and written by the organizers of the 2008 BYU Computerized Genealogy Conference:

Lecture proposals are now being accepted for the 2008 Brigham Young University Computerized Genealogy Conference, which will be held Friday, 14 March, and Saturday, 15 March 2008, at the Conference Center, BYU campus, Provo, Utah. Each lecture period will be 60 minutes, including questions and answers. All presenters are expected to use PowerPoint slide presentations and/or live Internet presentations. Conferences and Workshops will provide LCD projectors, screens, and PC laptop computers with wireless Internet connection. Speakers should plan to bring their PowerPoint slide show on a flash drive, CD-ROM, or DVD-ROM. Please be sure to also bring a backup of your presentation.

The deadline for lecture proposals is 1 November 2007. We welcome proposals that address the role of computers and technology as applied to genealogical topics, such as:

• Subscription Web sites and databases
• Research collaboration
• Genealogical methodology
• Digital sources (Web sites, CDs, DVDs, etc.)
• Web-based tools or services
• Research in ethnic, religious, or racial groups, or other topics
• Research in specific record types, such as census or vital records
• Research in U.S. or international regions
• Reference tools and finding aids
• Publishing (books, Internet, CD-ROMs, etc.)
• Hardware or electronic tools
• Software (including comparisons of features between several programs)
• Geographic hardware, software, and other tools
• Genetics or family medical history
• And similar topics

For additional information on conference topics and guidelines, visit Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter to view the complete announcement.

The Generations Network signs advertising deal with Interevco

According to Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter, The Generations Network, parent company of the popular genealogy resource website Ancestry.com, announced that it has selected Interevco as its online advertising representative.

Interevco will also consult with the organization in developing online advertising sales strategies for their leading genealogy and family history database sites, including the Ancestry.com network of sites, Genealogy.com, Myfamily.com and RootsWeb.com.