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.
First, Happy New Year! May 2016 be a great year for all of us! And now for the bad news—this is the last Friday Finds post, as mentioned in my recent post “Reevaluating Life: Why ‘Friday Finds’ Series Will Be Discontinued Beginning January 1”
New-to-Me Blogs
- No finds this week.
Online Articles
- That “By” Word, The Legal Genealogist
- Where is the Public Domain?, The Legal Genealogist
- New War of 1812 Database Online, Olive Tree Genealogy
- Big News: If You Used NewspaperArchive.com, the Iowa Attorney General Has Your Back, Clue Wagon
- You Hear About Stuff Like This: Another Lesson Learned While Doing DAR Applications, Nuts From the Family Tree
- Visualizing Distributions for the Shared cM Project, the Genetic Genealogist
Magazine/Journal Articles
- “Nancy (Minor) Washington: A Woman of Three Centuries,” by Valerie Beaudrault, American Ancestors, Summer 2015.
- “Beyond the Family Stories: Reconstructing the Life of Daisy May Lawton,” by Crystal (Medler) Rojas Mora, American Ancestors, Summer 2015.
- “How Massachusetts Land Records Dismantled a Perry Family Brick Wall,” by Andrew Krea, American Ancestors, Summer 2015.
- “Collaborating With Colleagues: Benefits and Drawbacks for You in Your Work,” by Mary Penner. APG Quarterly, September 2015.
Website & Resources
- No finds this week.
Genealogy-Related Books
- Finished reading Watch for the Dead (Relatively Dead Mystery #4), by Sheila Connolly.
- On deck, Deadly Occupation (A Michael Stoddard American Revolution Mystery), by Suzanne Adair
- Also on deck, recently released genealogical mysteries The Cost of Silence, by John Nixon and Three Times Removed (Maze Investigations – The Genealogy Detectives Book #1), by M. K. Jones.
I will definitely miss your best of blog on Fridays. Good luck in your research.