Friday Finds – 02/08/13

Weekly column sharing genealogy-related things that I’ve found.

New-to-Me Blogs

• DNA Genealogy, Kasandra Rose
• Connecticut State Library Blog
• Family History Daily
• Adventures in Family History Writing, Debra Newton-Carter
• Becky’s Bridge to the Past, Becky Hatchett
• Bridging the Past
• Converging Roots, Kristen Wimbush
• Paul Milner Genealogy, Paul Milner (nice to see Paul started a blog!)
• Twisted Twigs on Gnarled Branches, Deidre Erin (don’t you just love that title!)
• All My Family Trees, Sherri Hessick (was My Mother’s Family, but changed names and moved)
• Are My Roots Showing?, Jenny Lanctot (moved blog)

Online Articles

• Scrivener: Comments and Annotations, Moultrie Creek Gazette
• Family History Daily Debuts…And I Helped!, GeneaBloggers
• Avoiding Genealogical Search Frustration, Genealogy’s Star
• Projects, Administrators and Expectations, DNA eXplained
• New England Town Maps in the Wiki, FamilySearch Blog

Websites & Resources

• The DNA Testing Guide for Genealogy, Adoption Search, and Paternity – “A free information resource for adoptees, genealogists and others seeking biological roots.”
• Free Irish Genealogy eBooks – “These pages list (with links to open the books) over 5,000 free Books and Journals on the topic of Irish, Irish-American, Irish-Australian and Irish-Canadian Genealogy which can all be read online.”
• Northern New York Historical Newspapers – Digitized newspapers covering the following counties:  Oswego, Jefferson Lewis, St. Lawrence, Franklin, Clinton, and Essex.  This service is provided by Northern New York Library Network (NNYLN).
• Robert Treat: Founder, Farmer, Soldier, Statesman, Governor – Book via Internet Archive.  Paper read before the New Haven Colony Historical Society by General George Hare Ford in 1911.
• The Governors of Connecticut – Book by Frederick Calvin Norton; via Internet Archive.
• Roster of Governors of Connecticut – Prepared by the Connecticut State Library, a list with links to biographies, portraits, and guides to archival records.
• Governors of Connecticut: Resources and Publications – “This Connecticut State Library Pathfinder leads to online and print resources about Connecticut’s Governors, past and present.”

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