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The photograph Maureen A. Taylor analyzes in this week's Photo Detective was at the center of a struggle. Its original owner passed away at age 106, leaving her closest relative and some tenants in disagreement over who should inherit it and other genealogy materials.

This is as good a reason as we've heard to make sure you plan for the future of your family research collection—either by designating a recipient in your will or arranging to donate it to an archive. See our suggestions on leaving your family history legacy in the Back Fence Forum, and add your own advice for your fellow genealogists.

In other news at Family Tree Magazine, we've been busily putting articles from 2006 and 2007 issues onto CDs—they'll be available to you before the end of the year. Read on for updates from Ancestry.com, FamilySearch and more.

—Diane Haddad, Newsletter Editor
ftmnews-editor@fwpubs.com

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• Family Tree Maker 2008 Fixes on the Way
• Online Brand Books Result from FamilySearch Scanning
• The Museum of Online Museums
• From the Forum: Genealogy With a Little Help From a Friend
  
• Tip of the Week: See Where Your Ancestors Lived
  
• Worthwhile Web Sites
• Photo Detective: Could This Happen to Your Family History Treasures?
  
• FamilyTreeMagazine.com Events Calendar
• Advertiser Special Offers

Family Tree Maker 2008 Fixes on the Way
Frustrated with your Family Tree Maker 2008? The manufacturer, The Generations Network, says help is on the way with the next fix. The company also has launched AncestryPress, a (mostly) free self-publishing service.

Get more details at
http://www.familytreemagazine.com/insider/
Family+Tree+Maker+And+Ancestry+Press.aspx

Online Brand Books Result From FamilySearch Scanning
FamilySearch has scanned Utah brand books. Find out where online you can access them and get other FamilySearch news on the Genealogy Insider blog.

http://www.familytreemagazine.com/insider/
Utah+Brand+Books+And+Software+Tryouts.aspx

The Museum of Online Museums
Believe us, you could spend hours—no, days—here. Our assistant editor Grace Dobush points out some of her favorite online exhibitions.

http://www.familytreemagazine.com/insider/The+
Museum+Of+Online+Museums.aspx

With A Little Help
Doug Atkinson of San Antonio tells Forum visitors how the kindness of strangers from the tiny Botna Valley (Iowa) genealogical society led him to an ancestral gold mine of information.

How have others helped you add to your family tree? Tell us—and give them a public pat on the back—in the Back Fence forum.

See Your Ancestor's Turf
Forum user Rtanyon tells us about a way to use Google Earth and a plat map to see exactly where your ancestor lived. See his advice in the Submit Your Tips Forum at http://www.familytreemagazine.com/forum/forums/
thread-view.asp?tid=188&mid=1182#M1182  

Overwhelmed by the number of family history-related Web sites popping up? FamilyTreeMagazine.com sorts through them all to bring you the best. We recently recommended the following as Sites of the Week:

• BBC Family History
  www.bbc.co.uk/history/familyhistory
  Companion to the BBC series "Who Do You Think You Are?", this site has history articles, research advice, users' ancestor photos and message boards.
  

• The Study of the Legacy of Slavery in Maryland
  www.mdslavery.net/
  Resources here include historical information on black Marylanders' contributions to our nation, links to additional genealogy and history resources, and links to an index of slaves in Prince George's County (you must register and get a password to search the index).

Could This Happen to Your Family History Treasures?
When Addie Mattilda Weed died in 1990 at age 106, the tenants in her house gave her manuscripts to a university and kept her photos. A great-niece has spent years trying to reunite the collection. Photo expert Maureen A. Taylor analyzes a couple of the photos on the Photo Detective Blog.

http://www.familytreemagazine.com/
photodetectiveblog/Could+This+Happen+
To+Your+Family+History+Treasures+.aspx.

If you have a family photo mystery for Taylor to solve, check out our Submission Guidelines at:

http://www.familytreemagazine.com/photos/photohelp.htm.

Visit our online calendar to learn about these and more upcoming genealogy workshops:

Elmhurst, Ill.
Illinois State Genealogical Society
Saturday, Oct. 20

Chisolm, Minn.
IronWorld Research Center
Saturday, Oct. 20

You can publicize your group's events in our online calendar, too. You must be registered with the FamilyTreeMagazine.com Forum to post.

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November 2007 Issue

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