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		<title>Can you use Pinterest for Genealogy?</title>
		<link>https://familysearch.org/blog/en/pinterest-genealogy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Aug 2012 17:26:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[James Tanner]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Social Media]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pinterest is almost completely visually oriented, so whether or not Pinterest would be useful for genealogy would seem to be a really good question. Pinterest is the one of the newest social networking websites, but has grown rapidly into one of the most popular sites. The basic concept is similar to a bulletin board, where [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Choosing email options online or on your local computer, tablet or smartphone</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jun 2012 18:12:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[James Tanner]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Email is obviously one of the most commonly used Internet applications, but few computer users take advantage of the multitude of available options. Some users never move beyond using whatever default email program comes with their original computer purchase. Others can benefit from trying newer and more innovative programs. In all cases, it helps to [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Buying a computer for genealogy &#8212; 2012 update</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jun 2012 18:12:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[James Tanner]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Buying Computers]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Buying a computer system is still considered a major purchase by many genealogists, but this perception may be changing as the options for the types of computers available become more varied and prices continue to fall. Present estimates are that over 100 million tablet computers will be sold in 2012, almost a 100% increase over [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s New in Technology 2012</title>
		<link>https://familysearch.org/techtips/2012/06/whats-new-in-technology-2012</link>
		<comments>https://familysearch.org/techtips/2012/06/whats-new-in-technology-2012#respond</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jun 2012 18:11:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[James Tanner]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Buying Cameras and Lenses]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Using Mobile Devices for Genealogy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Web Apps]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Technology changes from week to week, and over the course of a year the changes can be dramatic. But unless you are following the trends, many of the new developments may simply go entirely unnoticed. One prominent example comes from Adobe of Photoshop fame. In May of 2012, Adobe instituted a whole new way of [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Publishing Your Genealogy &#8212; Traditional vs. eBook</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jun 2012 18:10:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[James Tanner]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Capturing Family Histories]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Writing a book about your family or your genealogical research can be a major challenge, but it is just the first step in getting your publication out to your family and other interested people. The advent of print on demand and of electronic publishing, also known as eBook publishing, adds options for publishing and distribution [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>The Ins and Outs of Really Big Online Genealogical Databases</title>
		<link>https://familysearch.org/techtips/2012/06/the-ins-and-outs-of-really-big-online-genealogical-databases</link>
		<comments>https://familysearch.org/techtips/2012/06/the-ins-and-outs-of-really-big-online-genealogical-databases#respond</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jun 2012 18:10:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[James Tanner]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Accessing the Internet]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the past very few years, online genealogy records have grown to the point that the larger databases are talking in terms of billions of records. How can you begin to comprehend that many records? Where do you start and where does your searching online end, if it ever does? What do you do when [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Avoiding the inevitable crash</title>
		<link>https://familysearch.org/blog/en/avoiding-inevitable-crash/</link>
		<comments>https://familysearch.org/blog/en/avoiding-inevitable-crash/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jun 2012 18:09:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[James Tanner]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Backing up Your Data]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[How To's and Tips]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://familysearch.org/techtips/?p=8172</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[All computers and other electronic devices, no matter how technologically advanced, will at some point in time crash and cease functioning. The point at which that happens is determined by immutable physical laws but may be accelerated by environmental issues as well as by the simple passage of time. Since hardware crashes are inevitable, from [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Understanding bits and bytes</title>
		<link>https://familysearch.org/techtips/2012/06/understanding-bits-and-bytes</link>
		<comments>https://familysearch.org/techtips/2012/06/understanding-bits-and-bytes#respond</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jun 2012 18:03:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[James Tanner]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[File Formats]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://familysearch.org/techtips/?p=8229</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Any reference to computer memory, computer file size, the capacity of hard drives and any other references to memory storage, always involves the use of terms containing bits and bytes. Understanding this aspect of computer terminology is essential to operating computers, storing files and in general understanding basic computer operations. In computer jargon, a bit [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Photosharing: Why email an old picture, when you can post and email a link?</title>
		<link>https://familysearch.org/techtips/2012/06/photosharing-why-email-an-old-picture-when-you-can-post-and-email-a-link</link>
		<comments>https://familysearch.org/techtips/2012/06/photosharing-why-email-an-old-picture-when-you-can-post-and-email-a-link#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jun 2012 15:13:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Claire Brisson-Banks]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the many prized possessions for genealogists, in addition to record sources, is to find photographs of their ancestors. To add a face, features, clothing and time period to their knowledge of that ancestor brings them so much closer. This author had this personal experience over and over again as her my mother was [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Connecting to the Internet while traveling</title>
		<link>https://familysearch.org/techtips/2012/05/connecting-to-the-internet-while-traveling</link>
		<comments>https://familysearch.org/techtips/2012/05/connecting-to-the-internet-while-traveling#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 21:57:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[James Tanner]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Accessing the Internet]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is no doubt that being able to do research on the Internet is a huge improvement over physically searching out documents and sources, but what happens when you must go on the road to look for documents or to visit a cemetery? Can you keep your Internet connection while you travel across the nation [&#8230;]]]></description>
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