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Buyout Talk for Utah's Ancestry.com Reportedly Intensifies
David Ferriero Comments on Wikipedia
Relative History - a Genealogy Program for Windows Phone
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Buyout Talk for Utah's Ancestry.com Reportedly Intensifies

The Salt Lake Tribune newspaper has an article stating that previous reports of a possible buyout of Ancestry.com not only are true, but the bidding has intensified. Final bids are due next month from potential buyers, according to the Tribune. (You can read my earlier report of a possible buyout at http://goo.gl/hEO01.)

You can read the complete, although brief, article in the Salt Lake Tribune newspaper web site at http://goo.gl/r4So3.

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David Ferriero Comments on Wikipedia

David Ferriero is the Archivist of the United States, the chief official overseeing the operation of the National Archives and Records Administration. He recently spoke to an enthusiastic crowd at the Wikimania 2012 Conference here in Washington. (Wikipedia is a division of the Wikimedia Foundation.) Over 1400 people from 87 countries came together to talk, hack, and share their expertise and experiences at the week-long event.

Ferriero is obviously a big fan of Wikipedia. At one point he...

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Relative History - a Genealogy Program for Windows Phone

Papillon Productions has introduced what is believed to be the first genealogy program for Windows Phone cell phones. Relative History allows anyone with a Windows Phone to download GEDCOM files from SkyDrive and to explore the connections between individuals, families and events. Events and links to images, such as scanned certificates or photographs of individuals, are also supported.