Connecting with Genealogists Around the World
FamilyLink.com is in beta and is attracting hundreds of new members each day, while we work feverishly to make the site more usable, add new features and new content ever day.
The Real Ellis Island Experience
I had a great experience Tuesday at Ellis Island.
Hundreds of people gathered on a historic day, April 17th, to celebrate the lives of some of the immigrants to America who came through Ellis Island. We remembered several individuals whose hands helped build America, and whose descendants have contributed so much to this country.
April 17, 1907 was the busiest day in the history of Ellis Island, with 11,747 immigrants coming through on a single day.
FamilyLink.com soft launch
I have been in NY and Chicago this week, and haven't found the time to blog about this yet, but our wonderful sleepless team at World Vital Records has quietly opened up FamilyLink.com to the public.
We are hoping for a few thousand early users, experienced genealogists primarily, to set up personal profiles, tell us what cities they do research in (and where they live), create some ancestor pages, and most of all, give us lots of feedback about the site features and design.
Seth Godin Will Speak in Utah! (if we want him badly enough)
Utah blogs are buzzing about the chance we have to get the legendary Seth Godin to visit Utah as part of his new book tour. We just need 500 people to each pay $50 (and get 5 copies of his new book) so that he will stop here on his tour.
I took a trip to NYC two years ago to hear Seth speak, so I paid a lot more than $50. He was the keynote speaker at an advertising conference, and he slammed traditional advertising and explained in a powerful way how the internet changes everything. To hear him speak in Utah would be incredible.
Romney rockets to first place tie in New Hampshire
See Washington Times article, same headline
Mitt Romney's polling numbers in New Hampshire (Zogby phone poll) now put him in a first place tie with John McCain. This is big news.
