Kinfolio | A Mysterious FamilySearch Project

There has been a strange and mysteriously delightful beta coming to light at labs.FamilySearch.org late last month. I have no idea what will become of it, or if it will ever see the light of day--although it does look promising.

The website gives the following detail:

Archive Photos

Kinfolio℠ makes it easy to finally dig out those old shoe boxes and start to preserve.
Save those awkward family moments, Ansel.

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Genealogy or family history are admittedly a bit difficult to jump into. We're working to change that. Sign up to receive news, updates, and launch details.

I signed up so maybe I will be one of the first to see what this does. You can sign up too.

Family History Resolutions Quarterly Report

At the beginning of the year I set six family history resolutions.

I'm delighted to report that two of those 6 goals are complete!

For goal #3 I was able to extend 5 or more of my direct ancestral lines, with the help of my parents.
The following are the end-point individuals--all German immigrant ancestors--that we extended from so far this year:

1. Johann Georg Grauling b.1789 - Bleichenbach, Hessen, Germany
2. Anna Dorothea Bernges b.1790 - Selters, Hessen, Germany
3. Christina Pabst b.1826 - Bobenhausen II, Hessen, Germany
4. Johann Conrad Schumann b.1808 -  Roßdorf, Hessen, Germany
5. Henry Lindemann b.1835 - near Ober Ramstadt, Hessen, Germany
6. Catherine Schuchmann b.1840 - Ober Ramstadt, Hessen, Germany

For goal #4 I was able to begin "living the dream" with an internship at FamilySearch. I'm doing what I love--helping people to have success in family history.