Friday Finds – 02/20/15

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.

New-to-Me Blogs

• Resurrecting Roots, Heidi Mason and Treena Jensen
• Revealing Roots and Branches, Amy Archibald
• Climbing the Family Tree, Mary
• Daughter’s of Slave Ancestry, Donna Palmer Haines

Online Articles

• What Did It Take to Become a Census Enumerator?, The Enthusiastic Genealogist
• Salt Lake Roundup: Final Thoughts, Living in the Past: A Family History
• Steps to Solving a Photo Mystery, All My Branches Genealogy
• Which Research Path to Follow?, Lineagekeeper
• Copyright and the Genealogy Lecture, The Legal Genealogist
• Credit and Copyright, The Legal Genealogist
• New Resource for Researching Abandoned Children in Sicily and Hospital Records, Finding Our Italian Roots
• Sneak Peek of the New Ancestry Website Coming!, Ancestry
• Unusual Name, Family History Research by Jody
• Something in the Book Could Kill You!, Before My Time

Print Articles

• “Grandfather, Lost and Found: Uncovering the Truth and Tragedy of a Hidden Life,” by Grant Hayter-Mensies, American Ancestors, Spring 2014.
• “Migration to and from Vermont,” by Tyler Resch, American Ancestors, Spring 2014.
• “‘We should like to sit down by your fire side and chat’ The Letters of Asa and Sophronia (Spencer) Smith of Massachusetts and Ohio,” by Oriene Morrow Springstroh, American Ancestors, Summer 2014.
• “An Invented Life: Lilla (Hawkins) Wunderlich of Massachusetts, New York, Shanghai and Germany,” by Michael F. Dwyer, American Ancestors, Fall 2014.
• “Shootout at the Rhododendron Lodge: Reconstructing Life-Changing Events,” by Judy G. Russell, NGS Magazine, January-March 2015.
• “Compiled Military Service Records, Part V: The Book Mark,” by Claire Prechtel-Kluskens, NGS Magazine, January-March 2015.

Website & Resources

• Michigan Resources – Various resources and information about researching in Michigan; via Journey to the Past blog.
• Historical Rutland: An Illustrated History of Rutland, Vermont, from the Granting of the Charter in 1761 to 1911 – Digitized book via Internet Archive.
• A Gazetteer of Massachusetts, Containing Descriptions of all the Counties, Towns and Districts in the Commonwealth – Digitized book via Internet Archive; published in 1847.
• Manual of the International List of Causes of Death – Book via Google Books; published in 1913.

Recently Read Books

• Currently reading The Other Mother, by Carol Schaefer.
• Finished reading Here Shall I Die Ashore: Stephen Hopkins: Bermuda Castaway, Jamestown Survivor, and Mayflower Pilgrim by Caleb Johnson.

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