Friday Finds – 10/04/13

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

New-to-Me Blogs

• Deb’s Delvings in Genealogy, Debbie Parker Wayne
• Happy Genealogy Dance, Janice Harshbarger

Online Articles

• JSTOR Introduces JPASS—It’s Now Even Easier for Genealogists to Access This Treasure Trove!, Upfront With NGS
• Washington State Adoptees – Original Birth Records to Open July 1, 2014, adoptionfind
• “I’ve Been Working on the Railroad:” Records of the Railroad Retirement Board, Mocavo
• Hidden Truths: Mapping the City Cemetery in Chicago for Follow Friday, Sassy Jane Genealogy
• Why Writing in Longhand is Best for Lifewriters, Your Story Coach
• Archaeologists Find Signs of War od 1812 Shipwreck, The Courant
• Five Tips for Celebrating Family History Month, Mocavo
• 10 Ways to Celebrate Family History Month!, WikiTree
• Family Tree DNA Updates Family Finder and Adds Triangulation, DNA eXplained
• FTDNA Redesign: Good, Bad and Ugly, The Legal Genealogist

Print Articles

• “‘I Owe it All to Mom!,’” by John Philip Colletta, part of a series of articles entitled “A Peek Under the Umbrella: Life as a Professional Genealogist,” APG Quarterly, June 2013.
• “My Big Fat Genealogical Career,” by Drew Smith, part of a series of articles entitled “A Peek Under the Umbrella: Life as a Professional Genealogist,” APG Quarterly, June 2013.
• “Five Tips for Starting Research in a New Locale,” by J. H. Fonkert, NGS Magazine, July-September 2013.

Websites & Resources

• Nothing this week.

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