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Nine Questions with CarolinaAncestry
Carrie Henry of CarolinaAncestry It’s always a highlight of our day here at “Genlighten World Headquarters” when new lookup providers register with our site and create their first lookup offerings. We...
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How long before “It’s not all online” isn’t true anymore?
Courtesy California Genealogical Society and Library David Rencher, FamilySearch’s “Chief Genealogical Officer” stopped by the Genlighten booth at NGS in North Carolina last year and we had a pleasant...
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Amazon for Lookups vs. Yellow Pages for Researchers
As my wife and I use Genlighten day by day, we notice things it does well and things it’s not so good at yet. On the Plus Side One of the things Genlighten does well is handle the iterative...
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Nine Questions with FamHistFinder
The Salt Lake City area probably has more professional genealogists per capita than just about any metropolitan area in the US. So it comes as no surprise that Genlighten has several lookup providers...
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52 Weeks to Better Genealogy Challenge #5: Trying Out Worldcat.org
This week Amy Coffin‘s 52WtBG challenge directed us to explore the online library catalog aggregator Worldcat.org. Here’s how Worldcat defines itself: WorldCat.org lets you search the collections of...
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Nine Questions with Banai Feldstein
I first met Banai in August 2009 at the International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies Conference in Philadelphia. I was struck immediately by her intensity and passion, her technical...
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Five Steps to a Successful Lookup Offering
We’ve gotten a bunch of new lookup offerings submitted for our approval by potential providers over the past few weeks. Some of them we look at and immediately say to ourselves “Wow…this [guy/gal]...
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The Tao of Genlighten Profile Photos
When a new user registers on Genlighten, the first thing I do is take a look at their profile page. Have they added a profile photo? If they have, I get excited! It’s usually a sign that they intend to...
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Picasa for Family History Images
I’m a fan of Picasa, a photo editing program that’s available for free download from Google, and I mostly use it for organizing, tweaking, and sharing scans of genealogical documents. A Picasa tutorial...
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The Genlighten Research Process: Provider View
If you’re thinking about offering research services on Genlighten for the first time, you’re probably wondering how the Genlighten website works. In this blog post, I’ll walk you though it from the...
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