Just added today - underneath the photos on the detailed results pages is an icon for sharing on facebook. Make sure you are logged in to your facebook account, then just click on the icon and you’ll be prompted to write a message (if you want) and publish your ancestor’s photo and information to your facebook page.

Cool huh?

I want to share a wonderful interview about  DeadFred recently conducted by Lisa Louise Cooke  . Lisa is the producer and host of the Genealogy Gems Podcast, an audio and video genealogy show   In addition, Lisa hosts the monthly Family Tree Magazine Podcast and videocasts for Family History Expos.   She is a national genealogy speaker, and author of the book Genealogy Gems: Ultimate Research Strategies as well as the Genealogy Gems News Blog.

I really enoyed talking to Lisa . She has a way of making one feel very relaxed and willing to talk talk talk  and make the talking fun!  

Thank you Lisa !

 Heres the link to the Podcast .
http://www.genealogygemspodcast.com/index.php?post_id=543668

Maureen tells us in her  most readable fashion  about the unique and curious hairstyles in 19th Century   . This book gives the historian great insight to fashionable ( and not so fashionable) methods of coiffure de mode  and for the genealogist a great way to determine what era that illusive ancestors picture was taken.  If you haven’t purchased a copy of this book yet I highly recommend you do. 

You can buy it here http://www.lulu.com/content/paperback-book/fashionable-folks-hair/7559085

This new page (also in the menu at right) displays all of the (public) possible reunions that have happened on the site in the past 30 days (from the date the page is viewed). You can click on the photo to see the full record.

http://www.deadfred.com/blog/reunions/

In case you missed it, there is now a permanent page in our blog which will show you the list of surnames added in the past 30 days (from whatever day you view the list):

http://www.deadfred.com/blog/whats-new/

Here is the list as of today:

If your a vintage photo collector here’s a great site for buying vintage photos , if your not in the market to buy you can still browse and enjoy history through photos . Bill Bohn has done a nice job with his website . Its worth a visit.

Bill say’s  

“If you collect vintage photographs, like to view interesting old photos and read articles about those vintage photos, or are looking to add some great antique images to your photography collection, you have come to the right place.”

http://www.oldphotographic.com/

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There are many people I admire in the genealogy world . One of my favorite is Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak . Megan help give DeadFred.com a step up in our early development and has supported us ever since. But thats a small story compared to the vast effect she has had on the genealogy scene and its members. The link to Megans website Honoring Our Ancestors is below . If you care to go further in learning more about this most energetic lady do a google search , you will find 22,300 ways to discover  just how helpful Megan Smolenyak really is

http://www.honoringourancestors.com/

Hello Fred Followers!

Just wanted to let you know that while trying to remove about 10 THOUSAND spam submissions to our “Friends of Fred” membership form, I inadvertently removed some valid logins for Dead Fred users.

If you were one of the unlucky ones, I sincerely apologize. All emails have been restored to the login database - some with automatically generated new passwords. If you try to login with your old password and it doesn’t work, just click the “request password” link and you’ll receive the new password. You can change it to whatever you like once you login.

Again, I apologize. I blame the fact that it was late at night, I was angry at those nasty spammers, and had been up since 4am with my 2 kiddos (who are 2 1/2 and 9 months old).  =-)

Good luck to everyone in their continued genealogy searches. May you turn up gold today!

Amanda Shertzer
Owner/Volunteer Programmer/Archivist
DeadFred.com