Let’s face it. “Zoom room host” is a booooring title. We need something with more panache. More personality. More flair. So let’s come up with something, shall we? Welcome to the Zoom Host Naming Contest! Enter as many times as you like. Avoid names that are in use or have been used before (ex: Hive […]

Everyone’s excited about returning to “summer camp for genealogists” (as Judy Russell puts it), including all of us behind the scenes. That enthusiasm overflowed into roommate selections, as registered attendees began emailing roommate names to the NGS office. We adore you. We adore your enthusiasm. But…we’re struggling to fall in love with the growing stack […]

Now that we’re four years past the initial COVID lockdowns, most genealogists (experienced and aspiring) are familiar with Zoom; those who participated in any of the major U.S.-based institutes after January 2020 certainly know it well and, in most cases, have become adept at using various tools provided on the platform. It was helpful to […]