Friday Finds – 06/27/14

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

New-to-Me Blogs

• Who We Were, Are & Will Be Our Family, Kevin W. Walker

Online Articles

• 10 Ways to Find a Loyalist Ancestor, Olive Tree Genealogy
• United Empire Loyalists, Genealogy: Beyond the BMD
• Announcing “How-To DNA” – A Multimedia How-To Guide for Genetic Genealogy, The Genetic Genealogist
• Cyndi’s List Needs Our Support, Please Help By Donating, Genealogy & History News
• US Census Enumeration District Maps on FamilySearch, RootDig
• My Visit to the Midwest Genealogy Center of the Mid-Continent Public Library, Gone Researching
• Asking Questions of Your Documents, Bridging the Past

Print Articles

• “Their Loss, Our Gain,” by Sunny Jane Morton, Family Tree Magazine, May/June 2014.
• “The Way Home,” by James M. Beilder, Family Tree Magazine, May/June 2014.
• “Gold Stars,” by David A. Fryxell, Family Tree Magazine, July/August 2014.
• “DNA Success Stories,” by Blaine T. Bettinger, Family Tree Magazine, July/August 2014.
• “Using Autosomal DNA for Genealogy,” by Debbie Parker Wayne, NGS Magazine, April-June, 2014.

Website & Resources

• OurOntario.ca – “OurOntario.ca, our state-of-the-art discovery portal, is one search across hundreds of sites – in seconds. OurOntario.ca make it easy to find audio, video, text, government documents, images and collections about Ontario, or from an Ontario organization.”
• How-To DNA – “How To DNA is the world’s first multimedia blog for genealogists exploring the world of DNA! How-to videos, podcasts, and other multimedia posts will help you interpret and understand your DNA test results, use third-party tools, and break through brick walls using DNA, all from the comfort of your own home!”
• ScotlandsPlaces – “ScotlandsPlaces is a website that allows users to search across different national databases using geographic locations. The user is able to enter a place name or a coordinate to search across these collections or they can use the mapping in the website to both define and refine their search.”  Great source for tax records.
• ScotlandsPeople – “ScotlandsPeople, one of the largest online sources of original genealogical information. If you are researching UK genealogy, your Scottish ancestry or building your Scottish family tree, we have almost 90 million records to look through.  From Scottish census records, Scottish wills, birth certificates and death certificates, we have a comprehensive choice of Scottish records to bring your Scotland ancestry to life. Build the complete picture of your Scottish ancestry with ScotlandsPeople. ”
• Deceased Online – Subscription database for UK burials; searching is free however.  “Deceased Online is the first central database of statutory burial and cremation registers for the UK and Republic of Ireland–a unique resource for family history researchers and professional genealogists.”  As a subscriber, you can get digital copies of burial registers, photos, maps, and names of others in the same plot.

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