Weekly 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
- Genealogy & History News, Alona Tester
- FamilyHistory4U, Sharn White
- Green Mountain Genealogy, Elroy Davis
- My Descent Into Descent, Sherry
- Among My Branches, William Kernan
- Peter’s Blog, Peter
- Mountain Genealogists, Cyndi Beane Henry (this blog has been around since 2008…no idea how I missed this one!)
- Anglers Rest, Julie
- Unveiling My Past, Jenn
- A Pocket Full of Family Memories, Debra Watkins
- Honored Generations, Anonymous
- The Buff Genealogist, Chris Wimsatt
- Yvonne’s Genealogy Blog, Yvonne Demoskoff
Online Articles
- Quit Claim Deeds and Deed Releases, GenealogyBlog
- Unattaching Ancestry’s Self-Attaching Trees, DNAeXplained
- I AM a Daughter of the American Revolution, The Spiraling Chains: Kowalski – Bellan Family Trees
- Genealogists Who Get It Wrong, Genealogy and History
- 8 Ways to Email Large Attachments, Make Use Of
- #Genchat for Genealogists on Twitter, The In-Depth Genealogists
- 2012: A Look Back, What’s Past is Prologue
- Uncovering History in the GAR Cemetery, Genealogy and History
- eBooks, Remote Control & Other Creative Uses for Dropbox That You Haven’t Thought Of, Make Use Of
- Why I’m Creating a Junk Tree on Ancestry, Greta’s Genealogy Blog
- How To Get Visitors to Read More, Blogging Genealogy
- An Irish Immigrant’s Odyssey, Chicago Tribune
- Using the National Register of Historic Places Database, Ancestral Breezes
- NY and MD Limits of 23andMe, The Legal Genealogist
- Research 101: Taking Notes With Evernote, Mountrie Creek Gazette
- Irish Newspapers Will Now Be Ignored, Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter
- Autosomal Testing Comparison, DNAeXplained
Websites & Resources
Haymarket Massacre (aka Haymarket Riot or Haymarket Affair) – Various resources:
- Haymarket Affair Digital Collection | Chicago Historical Society
- Haymarket Affair | Wikipedia
- Haymarket and May Day | Encyclopedia of Chicago
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 |
Thanks for including The In-Depth Genealogist! You’ve also got some great new blog finds. Thanks for a good list. You’re adding to my reading this week. 🙂
Stephanie