Weekly column sharing genealogy-related things that I’ve found.
New-to-Me Blogs
- Jana’s Genealogy and Family History Blog
- Blogging About GenBooks, Andrea
- Family Heritage Remnants of Time, Brenda Clifford
- Genealogy, Experientially, Rosina Lippi
- Maine Genealogical Society
- St. Louis Genealogical Society
- Honolulu County Genealogical Society
- Peoria (IL) Historical Society
- The History Press Blog
- Past Remembrances, Andrea
Online Articles/Posts
- The True Story of the Deadly Encounter at Fort Dearborn, Geoffrey Johnson (this originally appeared in the December 2009 issue of Chicago)
- Archive of the Month – September 2012 – Earliest Irish Church Directory (1861) Digitized and Available Online, Church of Ireland
- The Genealogy Center’s Surname File Database, Allen County Public Library
- Probate Records: A Gift Many Genealogists Fail to Open, Harold Henderson
- Write As You Go, Tonia Kendrick
- How To Make Your Own eBooks and Publish Them on Amazon, Angela Alcorn
- QuickLesson 11: Identify Problems & the FAN Principle, Elizabeth Shown Mills
Print Articles
- “Patience Brings Joy: Anna Maria Fuller Smith,” by Bev Vorpahl, Family Chronicle, Sept/Oct 2012.
- “Using Indirect Evidence and Linguistic Analysis to Trace Polin Ries of New Oreleans,” by Teri D. Tillman, NGS Quarterly, December 2011.
Websites & Resources
- The Law Dictionary (an online database version of Black’s Law Dictionary)
- A Law Dictionary, 2nd Edition (a.k.a. Black’s Law Dictionary; digitized version via Google Books)
- Free Newspaper Archives
Upcoming Webinars
| Date | Webinar | Presenter | Host |
| September 11 | Grandma did What!?: Researching your Famous and Infamous Relatives | Gena Phillibert-Ortega | Illinois State Genealogical Society |
| September 12 | What is a ‘Reasonably Exhaustive Search’? | Michael Hait | Legacy Family Tree |
| September 14/21/28 | Getting Started with Heritage Collector Software (3-part series) | Kathleen Bitter | Legacy Family Tree |
| September 19 | Use Your Digital Camera to Copy Records | Mary Hill | Legacy Family Tree |
| September 19 | Playground Rules for Genealogy on the Internet | Janet Hovorka | Southern California Genealogical Society |
| September 20 | City Directories: More Than Names and Addresses | Jason Harrison | Utah Genealogical Association |
| September 24 | Avoiding Misunderstandings, Part 2: Communication Skills for Professional Genealogists | Jean Wilcox-Hibben | Association of Professional Genealogists |
| September 26 | Digital Research Guidance, Research Logs, and To Do Lists: FamilySearch, Research Wiki, and Legacy FamilyTree | Geoff Rasmussen | Legacy Family Tree |
| October 3 | Privacy and Our Ancestors | Thomas MacEntee | Legacy Family Tree |
| October 6 | Hark! That Tombstone is Talking | Linda Woodward Geiger | Southern California Genealogical Society |
| October 9 | Jumping Over Hurdles in German Research | Leslie Albrecht Huber | Illinois State Genealogical Society |
Thanks for these! Some of the blogs are “new to me” too.
Thanks for the mention Julie! I appreciate it!