Whats new? Not much. Between working full-time at my new job (thankfull that I have a job in this economy) and working evenings on client websites & slowly improving my health problems from my last job, well, I haven’t done much genealogy research. Yesterday I mailed away an application to Wisconsin state vital records to see if I can get death records for my 3rd great-grandfather Johann Judas. Because I am asking for an uncertified record, the form states that any response can take up to 6 months. Fingers crossed that it comes in just a month or two.

Today, I’ve uploaded the latest version of the database software, which fortunately fixed a problem I was having with Google maps.  I’ve also uploaded some new Judas photos including the obituary info for my grand-uncle Raymond Judas.  You can check out any new additions by visiting the “What’s New” page.

I haven’t yet been brave and upload a new version of my GEDCOM – I’m just a bit worried that importing it will cause my media/document links to fail. 

If you haven’t checked out the Estacaille Ning social site, please come by.  We’ve got new members in the last month or so.

Visit Estacaille Relations

Hi everyone!

Just a quick note to let you all know that I just purchased an upgrade to the TNG database software.  So if you find the database unavailable during the next few days – don’t panic – I’m still here.  The upgrade should go smoothly, but Murphy’s Law sometimes kicks in

Geni online family tree

I started off my 2009 by uploading my entire Estacaille database to the free online tree site at www.Geni.com. (This upload included all the new Schmudlach info, which I haven’t uploaded here yet as of today)

I’ve since been busy sending email invitations to cousins, asking them to join and claim their leaf in the tree.  I’ve also been busy uploading family photos and linking them to individuals in the tree.

Members can share family news, upload photos and videos, send emails to other family members, start family discussions.

Response from the cousins has been fantastic! Almost all the invites I’ve sent out so far have been accepted.  The one major drawback we have at the moment is that the site is only in English. Our German and French cousins are having problems translating all the various labels.

If you are a cousin of mine, would like to join but haven’t received an invitation from me – email me with the email address you’d like to use as a member and I’ll send you a sign up message.

The database move is complete! You can find the link under the tab “Searchable Database” or click here to go directly.

There are a couple of bugs that I need to fix.

First, the links from the photos/histories/documents to each person has disappeared.  I will have to set each one manually (again, sigh!).
The list of users and passwords also didn’t transfer over.