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Five reasons not to “cut out the middle man”
At genealogy conferences and in some of the responses we’ve received to our recent e-mails to genealogical societies, potential providers have occasionally referred to Genlighten as a “middle man” in...
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Will new Pro Accounts help Geni become profitable?
It doesn’t appear to be mentioned on the Geni blog yet, but I received a Twitter update this morning from Geni announcing the introduction of “Geni Pro Accounts”. For $4.95 per month, Geni Pro users...
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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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Was Your Ancestor a Lighthouse Keeper? A “Genealogy Long Tail” Example
I visited the NARA Great Lakes Regional Archives this last week to fulfill a Naturalization Record lookup for a Genlighten client. As I was waiting for my researcher card paperwork to be processed, I...
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