tag:dreamwidth.org,2011-06-11:913346 A never ending journey... dee_burris 2012-10-26T02:59:37Z tag:dreamwidth.org,2011-06-11:913346:127134 2012-10-26T02:57:11Z 2012-10-26T02:59:37Z public 4 Oh, goodie gumdrops...<br /><br />I think.<br /><br />I guess.<br /><br />Ancestry seems to be pretty excited about it.<br /><br />From <a href="http://blog.familytreemagazine.com/insider/&quot;">Genealogy Insider blog,</a> the news that Ancestry finally found a <a href="http://blog.familytreemagazine.com/insider/2012/10/22/EuropeanPrivateEquityFirmToPurchaseAncestrycom.aspx?et_mid=586574&amp;rid=233460346">private buyer.</a><br /><br />~snip~<br /><i>There are no anticipated changes in Ancestry.com’s operating structure. Ancestry.com will remain headquartered in Provo, Utah, with a continued large presence in San Francisco, Dublin, London and other international markets.</i><hr />Except maybe a price hike on subscriptions?<br /><br />Maybe not immediately.<br /><br />But you hide and watch...<br /><br /><img src="http://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=dee_burris&ditemid=127134" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2011-06-11:913346:126478 2012-10-23T01:38:25Z 2012-10-23T01:38:50Z public 2 An Ancestry tree owner has copied and pasted wholesale from one of my blog entries as a "story" on his/her tree.<br /><br />I've posted a comment on the "story" and notified legal at Ancestry...<br /><br /><img src="http://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=dee_burris&ditemid=126478" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2011-06-11:913346:81667 2011-07-27T23:43:48Z 2011-07-27T23:44:54Z public 0 Is there some legit reason we cannot have Hungary as a country on the picker for where someone was born?<br /><br />I mean, just sayin'...<br /><br /><img src="http://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=dee_burris&ditemid=81667" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2011-06-11:913346:76042 2011-07-03T17:54:22Z 2011-07-03T17:54:22Z public 0 I get emails regularly from all my subscription genealogy research services.<br /><br />Ancestry sent me one last month that I just set aside, so I went to read it today.<br /><br />Come take a look, they said, at the new records we have in the passport applications.<br /><br />So I did.<br /><br />Lookie what I found.<br /><br />My granddaddy's passport application. He was assisted by the US Consulate in Panama to get an emergency passport, since he had already been living Panama for over a year. (Don't know if that was an <i>oopsie</i> or not.)<br /><br /><a href="http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y69/sharpchick/Family%20photos/Historic%20Documents/?action=view&amp;current=GeorgeWBurrisPassportapplicationpage1a.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y69/sharpchick/Family%20photos/Historic%20Documents/GeorgeWBurrisPassportapplicationpage1a.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></img></a><br /><br />I guess passport photos have always looked really serious...<br /><br /><a href="http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y69/sharpchick/Family%20photos/Historic%20Documents/?action=view&amp;current=GeorgeWBurrisPassportapplicationpage2a.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y69/sharpchick/Family%20photos/Historic%20Documents/GeorgeWBurrisPassportapplicationpage2a.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></img></a><br /><br />Dad says he thinks the 500 Long Street address is now Phoenix Avenue in Russellville.<br /><br /><img src="http://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=dee_burris&ditemid=76042" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments