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While I did not receive the upgrade emails, I was able to get the free upgrade on Thursday. I've installed the upgrade (which is a full install) and with some minor differences, FTM 2009 is the product which should have been released as the 2008 version. The interface is extremely similar if not the same.

I'm still running through all the features but it appears to be much more stable than the 2008 version.]]> General http://www.custom-networks.com/blog/index.php?itemid=113 Sat, 27 Sep 2008 11:19:34 -0500 http://www.custom-networks.com/blog/index.php?itemid=112 Andrew Kinney from FDL]]> General http://www.custom-networks.com/blog/index.php?itemid=112 Sun, 3 Aug 2008 16:08:38 -0500 http://www.custom-networks.com/blog/index.php?itemid=111 General http://www.custom-networks.com/blog/index.php?itemid=111 Sun, 13 Jul 2008 12:10:24 -0500 http://www.custom-networks.com/blog/index.php?itemid=110
On the genealogy front, I have finally finished updating all of the information that I received from our Mackenzie cousins in Australia. I have also submitted a request to NEHGS to determine a little background on my third great grandfather, John Robinson (b. 05 Jun 1811; d. 20 Sep 1894) along with his wife Amanda Wood both of which have proven to be elusive in my research. I have had NEHGS do research for me in the past and it has always been very comprehensive. I hope to receive the findings in a couple of weeks.

Darrin at TNG also released version 7 of his software. I took the opportunity this last week to update the site and also correct some formatting errors that have been on the site for a while. ]]> General http://www.custom-networks.com/blog/index.php?itemid=110 Sun, 29 Jun 2008 15:59:27 -0500 http://www.custom-networks.com/blog/index.php?itemid=109
Last week I received your typical Ancestry email "I am researching the .... family and would like to know if you had more information". The sender was looking for more information on the Mackenzie family and more specifically on William Mackenzie (b. 15 Oct 1858, d. 26 Apr 1938), my great grandfather. Turns out that the sender of the email was my second cousin, 1x removed in law a descendent of Harry Mackenzie (b. 1866, d. 1934). While my great grandfather left Scotland for Canada, his brothers Harry and Daniel left for Australia. It was an absolute joy to receive that email as I was not aware that Harry had gotten married and had children. So, we are now in the process of exchanging information. The Australian laws are much more stringent when it comes to privacy of living individuals but I'm eager to learn what information I can of those that are no longer living.

Then today I received an email from Vivian Boulos who had helped me with much of the information that I have on the Rice family. Vivian has been extremely busy researching collateral lines of the Rice families. I will be doing what I can to help Vivian. Meanwhile the latest data has been posted to the website.


Enjoy the beautiful weather!

Bill
]]> General http://www.custom-networks.com/blog/index.php?itemid=109 Tue, 22 Apr 2008 23:06:03 -0500 http://www.custom-networks.com/blog/index.php?itemid=108 http://www.crystalbabyblocks.com went live today. Crystal baby blocks provides a unique gift to new parents, the recently engaged/married or a gift for a job well done. ]]> General http://www.custom-networks.com/blog/index.php?itemid=108 Sun, 23 Mar 2008 15:23:37 -0500 http://www.custom-networks.com/blog/index.php?itemid=107 www.freeyourid.com and get your own free domain name. For example, if you go to www.bill.wheeler.name, it will take you to my genealogy website. What's great, is it can go anywhere that you like whether it is your flickr page, Facebook or MySpace.]]> General http://www.custom-networks.com/blog/index.php?itemid=107 Sun, 9 Mar 2008 14:03:47 -0500 http://www.custom-networks.com/blog/index.php?itemid=106 General http://www.custom-networks.com/blog/index.php?itemid=106 Sun, 3 Feb 2008 14:40:45 -0600 http://www.custom-networks.com/blog/index.php?itemid=105 www.chicagoancestors.org contains loads of information such as all of the Catholic churches in the Chicagoland area, digital photograph selections and historic buildings to name a few. These are all laid out on a Google map to make them easy to locate. It's clear that it is a work in progress in some cases (cemeteries) but it holds promise.]]> General http://www.custom-networks.com/blog/index.php?itemid=105 Mon, 28 Jan 2008 22:20:20 -0600 http://www.custom-networks.com/blog/index.php?itemid=104 bad. Tonight I upgraded TNG from 6.1.2 to 6.2.0 and ran into a couple of hurdles with the upgrade. First I had problems with the permissions on the site where none of the pages were being displayed. Then, once that got fixed, I overwrote most of my customizations with the default files during the install. So, you might notice slight changes in the site due to the fact that I had to quickly recreate some of the files like the logo. I'll eventually create new logos but for now it will have to do.

Meanwhile, please enjoy the new functions that Darrin Lythgoe has added to the release. New content and pictures have also been added.


Enjoy!

Bill
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