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

52 Weeks of Online American Digital Archives and Databases: Massachusetts – Another great guide from Miriam over at AnceStories.

Exploring Newberry’s Atlas of Historical County Boundaries – Randy over at Genea-Musings shares some tips for using the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries developed by the Newberry Library in Chicago.  I’ haven’t explored it too much myself, but hope to use Randy’s tips in the near future (time is certainly not permitting these days).

First up, Illinois land grant records at NARA Chicago – This post from Blog of a Genealogist In Training contains a list of Illinois land grant records available at the NARA Great Lakes Region in Chicago.