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Nine Questions with Timothy Young
On most Mondays, I publish brief e-mail interviews with some of our lookup providers. This week’s interview is with Timothy Young, whose Genlighten username is fwresearch. From fwresearch’s profile...
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Nine Questions with Ray Whidden
On most Mondays, I publish brief e-mail interviews with some of our lookup providers. This week’s interview is with Ray Whidden, whose Genlighten username is edmontongenealogy. From edmontongenealogy’s...
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Do You Have Lookup Providers for… Yemen?
At genealogy conferences, when I explain to people how our site works and how our lookup providers can help them find source documents , I often get questions like “Do you have anyone in Luzerne...
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100% Digital Document Delivery — except where prohibited by law!
Early in Genlighten’s development, we made a key decision about the way our providers would deliver the documents they retrieved to their clients. We would require that each provider have access to a...
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Nine Questions with Robert Williams of Ulster Ancestry
On most Mondays, I publish brief e-mail interviews with some of our lookup providers. This week’s interview is with Robert Williams, whose Genlighten username is ulsterancestry. From UlsterAncestry’s...
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The Tao of Genlighten Profile Photos
When a new user registers on Genlighten, the first thing I do is take a look at their profile page. Have they added a profile photo? If they have, I get excited! It’s usually a sign that they intend to...
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Nine Questions with Michael Hait
On Mondays, I try to publish brief e-mail interviews with some of our lookup providers. (I apologize that I’ve fallen down on this practice lately.) This week’s interview is with Michael Hait. From...
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Nine Questions with Ben Hollister
On Mondays, I often publish brief e-mail interviews with our lookup providers. This week I’d like to introduce you to Ben Hollister, our first provider from Australia. From benhollister‘s profile Ben’s...
View ArticleExpertConnect’s going away. Can Genlighten take its place?
At Genlighten, we’ve tried to take the 37Signals approach towards our competitors: People sometimes ask us how much we look at the competition. The answer: not much. We can’t control what they do. We...
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The Genlighten Research Process: Provider View
If you’re thinking about offering research services on Genlighten for the first time, you’re probably wondering how the Genlighten website works. In this blog post, I’ll walk you though it from the...
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