Weekly column sharing genealogy-related things that I’ve found.
New-to-Me Blogs
- SallySearches, Sally Knudsen
- Help! The Faerie Folk Hid My Ancestors!, Deborah Large Fox
- Family History Across the Seas, Pauleen Cass
- Shauna Hicks History Enterprises, Shauna Hicks
- Western District Families, Merron Riddiford
- Genealogy Leftovers, Judy Webster
- AncestorChasing, Kerryn
- Finding Eliza, Kristin Cleage Williams
- Seeking Susan ~ Meeting Marie ~ Finding Family, Catherine Ann Crout-Habel
- Legacy Multimedia, Stefani Twyford
- This I Leave
- Casa Italia Chicago
- SpringBoard, Board for Certification of Genealogists
Online Articles
- New Genetic Genealogy Course from NGS, Adventures in Genealogy Education
- Are You Reading the Originals?, GenealogyBlog
- Information is Incorrect, Genealogy – Southeast Michigan
- Who Belongs on the Family Tree?, The Professional Descendant (be sure to read all the comments too!)
- On (Kindle) Fire for Genealogy, Archives.com – Learn From the Experts
- Joan Miller’s Battle With Cancer, Luxegen Genealogy and Family History Blog (this post was written on her blog by her son)
- QuickLesson 15: Plagiarism—Five “Copywrongs” of Historical Writing, Evidence Explained
- Super Bowling, Chicago History Today
- Solving the Paradox of Research Planning, Archives.com – Learn From the Experts
- Mind the Gap: Comparing Genealogy Associations to Other Info-Based Groups, The We Tree Genealogy Blog
- Has My Family’s DNA Been Tested?, FamilySearch Blog
- Paying It Forward, The Buff Genealogist
- Treating My Family Tree As If I Were a Client, Genealogy and History
- Brought to You By the AdoptionDNA Community…DNAGedcom, Your Genetic Genealogist
- Joining the DAR—It’s Time, Are You My Cousin?
- Do We Still Need Libraries?, UpFront with NGS
- The Family History Writing Challenge Returns!, The Armchair Genealogist
- Make a Commitment to Yourself, Participate in the Family History Writing Challenge Next Month, Writing Your Way to the Past (this is the post I wrote about the challenge for my other blog)
Websites & Resources
The following four databases were added to FamilySearch in December. It’s the same information contained on NARA website (http://aad.archives.gov/aad/series-list.jsp?cat=GP44), but has better search capabilities, especially with variant spelling and transcription errors.
- Germans to America Index, 1850-1897
- Famine Irish Passenger Index, 1846-1851
- Italians to America Index, 1855-1900
- Russians to America Index, 1834-1897
Upcoming FREE Webinars
| Date | Webinar/Presenter | Host |
| 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 |
| 2/6 | YouTube Your Family History, with Devin Ashby | Legacy Family Tree |
| 2/12 | Exploring the Records of the Freeman’s Bureau, with Angela Walton-Raji | Friends of the National Archives SE Region |
| 2/12 | Best Genealogy Present You Can Give Yourself: Citing Your Sources, with Harold Henderson | Illinois State Genealogical Society |
| 2/13 | Pre-1850 U.S. Research Methodologies, with Karen Clifford | Legacy Family Tree |
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