Weekly column sharing genealogy-related things that I’ve found, such as new blogs, interesting posts/articles, useful websites and resources, and of course upcoming webinars.


New-to-Me Blogs

Online Articles

Print Articles

  • Nothing this week.

Website & Resources

  • North Carolina Maps – “North Carolina Maps is a comprehensive, online collection of historic maps of the Tar Heel State. Featuring maps from three of the state’s largest map collections — the North Carolina State Archives, the North Carolina Collection at UNC-Chapel Hill, and the Outer Banks History Center — North Carolina Maps provides an unprecedented level of access to these materials. North Carolina Maps contains more than 3,000 maps, ranging in date from the late 1500s to 2000, and including detailed maps for each of North Carolina’s one hundred counties.”

Recently Read Books

Upcoming FREE Webinars

Date / Time Webinar / Presenter / Host
01/03
12 PM
Central
Preservation of Photographs and the Importance of a Good Scan
Brett Payne
Southern California Genealogical Society
01/07
1 PM
Central
Genealogy on the Go with iPads and Tablets
Lisa Louise Cooke
Legacy Family Tree
01/13
8 PM
Central
Using Google Earth for Genealogy
Lisa Louise Cooke
Illinois State Genealogical Society
01/14
8 PM
Central
Tracking Migration Using the Big US Record Sources
Mary Hill
Legacy Family Tree
01/15
7 PM
Central
Ready-Set-Plan! Developing a One-Step Research Plan
J. Mark Lowe
Florida State Genealogical Society
01/16
1 PM
Central
Expanding Your Research from a Single Fact
Marian Pierre-Louis
Legacy Family Tree
01/16
2 PM
Central
Pre-1913 Vital Records – Challenging and Elusive and Not Necessarily Impossible to Find
Diane L. Richard
North Carolina Genealogical Society
01/20
7 PM
Central
Researching Your Swedish Heritage in Living Color Using ArkivDigital
Kathy Meade
Wisconsin State Genealogical Society
01/21
1 PM
Central
My Genealogy DO-Over – A Year of Learning from Research Mistakes
Thomas MacEntee
Legacy Family Tree
01/21
8 PM
Central
Finding Your Female Ancestor’s Story in the Newspaper
Gena Philibert-Ortega
Southern California Genealogical Society
01/28
1 PM
Central
Getting Started in Scrapbooking
Susan Budge
Legacy Family Tree
01/29
2 PM
Central
Genealogical Resources at the American Jewish Historical Society – New England Archives
Judi Garner and Stephanie Call
New England Historic Genealogical Society
01/29
8 PM
Central
Careers in Genealogy: Personal Historian
Linda Coffin
Association for Professional Genealogists