December 6, 2007 Issue
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GenSmarts - Automated Genealogy Research from Underwood Innovations, LLC
Dec 6, 2007 Contents
Update news
GenSmarts Usage Tips
Research Tip
Tech Tip
Subscribe/Unsubscribe/Email change Instructions
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This week, we released new updates to both Version 1 and Version 2. The latest releases are 1.1.1.29 and 1.1.1.30 for Version 1 and 2.1.1.29 and 2.1.1.30 for Version 2. The following changes were included:
1) Improved accuracy/quality of USA county lookups
2) New "unmatched counties" clean up report - shows possible city/county pair errors in your data (Version 2 only)
3) Added GenealogyBank.com newspaper obituaries
4) Added WorldVitalRecords.com USA WWII enlistments
5) Added Footnote.com USA Rev War pensions
6) Support for FTM2008 (Version 2 only)
7) Support for Ultimate Family Tree (Version 2 only)
7) The usual handful of minor bugs
As usual, you can use http://www.GenSmarts.com/versionHistory.html to update or check to see if you have the latest update for your version.
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Ever notice that when you place the cursor over the Available Online button, the cursor shape changes such that it shows multiple little boxes? That indicates that there are multiple possible internet sites that can be used to research the suggestion. The little down arrow on the right hand side of the button can be used to pick which one you'd like GenSmarts to take you to.
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Here's a research idea that's either brilliant or folly... I haven't been able to uncover which (perhaps some of you will know the answer). When researching a census entry for your ancestor, it's a common practice to record/research the families listed immediately preceding and following, for possible relatives, migration patterns, etc. Does a similar concept apply to US land patents? In other words, if you looked at the people granted the patent numbers immediately preceding and following your ancestor's patent does that imply that the people involved might have been friends/relatives and were standing in line together at the patent office? Here's how to test the idea. Go to http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/PatentSearch/ and locate a land patent of an ancestor. Note the land office and the document number on the patent. Now using the "standard" search tab, you can explore adjacent documents - just specify only the state, land office and document number and hit search. Add and subtract one or two from the document number to poke around a bit.
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Laptop purchase tip - Windows can run noticeably faster with a 7200RPM hard drive, rather than the typical 5400RPM drive that most laptops come standard with. Consider this upgrade if you want to maximize performance.
FYI - Microsoft's first big update to Vista (SP1) is coming over the next month or two.
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That's all for now-
Aaron Underwood
GenSmarts
Tags: Family Tree Maker
