FridayFindsWeekly column sharing genealogy-related things that I’ve found.  This one’s a bit lengthy since I was out of town last Friday and didn’t post…so you get two weeks rolled into one.

New-to-Me Blogs

Online Articles

Websites & Resources

Haymarket Massacre (aka Haymarket Riot or Haymarket Affair) – Various resources:

Explore Genealogy – A “unique site that covers every aspect of tracing your family tree, from the very first steps to the more complex issues, such as investigating records in Latin.”

Books

Rising Up from Indian Country: The Battle of Fort Dearborn and the Birth of Chicago, by Ann Durkin Keating.

The Winthrop Fleet: Massachusetts Bay Company Immigrants to New England, 1629–1630, by Robert Charles Anderson.

Upcoming FREE Webinars

Date Webinar/Presenter Host
1/5 Family History Writing Made Easier: Cloud-Based Tools Every Genealogists Can Use, with Lisa Alzo Southern California Genealogical Society
1/8 Beyond the Draft Cards: Additional Selective Service Records, with Linda Woodward Geiger Illinois State Genealogical Society
1/8 Lights, Camera, Action!, with Sandra Crowley Friends of the National Archives Southeast Region
1/16 Documentation: Never Having to Ask, “Where did that come from?”, with Linda Woodward Geiger Southern California Genealogical Society
1/16 In the Trenches: Successful On-site Research, with Marian Pierre-Louis Legacy Family Tree
1/17 What’s New with the FamilySearch Family Tree?, with Don R. Anderson Utah Genealogical Association
1/21 Evernote for Genealogists, with Monica Hopkins Georgia Genealogical Society
1/23 Best Internet Resources for East European Genealogy, with Lisa Alzo Legacy Family Tree
1/30 Inheritance in Scotland – Wills, Testaments, and Land Records, with Marie Dougan Legacy Family Tree
2/1 Online Genealogy: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, with Linda Woodward Geiger Legacy Family Tree
2/2 Digital Organization for Documents and Photos, with Eric Basir Southern California Genealogical Society