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


New-to-Me Blogs

Online Articles

Print Articles

  • Review of Scrivener, by Robert Stanhope, APG Quarterly, December 2012.  [I have been using Scrivener not only for writing projects, but for genealogy research projects as well.  Robert has some great ideas…this is a must-read review!]
  • “The Intersection of Professional Place and Amateur Avenue,” by Chris Staats, APG Quarterly, December 2012.

Websites & Resources

  • GAR Records Project – “This is an ongoing project sponsored by the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War (SUVCW) to document the location of repositories of records of the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR).”
  • Military Minutes of the Council of Appointment of the State of New York, 1783-1821

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07/31
1 PM
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Direct Your Research With City Directories
Maureen Taylor
Legacy Family Tree
08/03
12 PM
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Official, but Wrong: Testing the Validity of Genealogical Information in Official Records
J. H. “Jay” Fonkert
Southern California Genealogical Society

08/07
1 PM
Central
Captured For All Time: Recording Family Voices to Preserve and Pass Down
Marian Pierre-Louis
Legacy Family Tree
08/07
7 PM
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Researching in the Post War Records of 1812
Craig Scott
Federation of Genealogical Societies
08/13
8 PM
Central
Getting to Here from There: Following your Ancestor’s Migration Trail
J. H. “Jay” Fonkert
Illinois State Genealogical Society
08/13
1 PM
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Mining the Records of the Federal District Courts
J. Mark Lowe
Friends of the National Archives SE Region
08/14
1 PM
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Digital Research Guidance, Research Logs, and To Do Lists: FamilySearch, Research Wiki, and Legacy Family Tree
Geoff Rasmussen
Legacy Family Tree
08/15
8 PM
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Adding Photos and Stories to FamilySearch’s Family Tree
Tim Cross
Utah Genealogical Association
08/19
7 PM
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Hark! Those Tombstones Are Talking to Us
Linda Woodward Geiger
Georgia Genealogical Society
08/20
7 PM
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Beginning German Genealogy Research
Kathy Wurth
Wisconsin Genealogical Society
08/21
1 PM
Central
Do More with your Photos with Templates from Heritage Collector software
Kathleen Bitter
Legacy Family Tree
08/21
8 PM
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Mark Golden: A Case Study in World War II Research
Mary Roddy
Southern California Genealogical Society
08/28
1 PM
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Colonial Immigrants: Who They Were and Where They Came From
Mary Hill
Legacy Family Tree