Weekly column sharing genealogy-related things that I’ve found.
New-to-Me Blogs
- Beyond a Sapling, Christopher Fritz
- Hesch History…From Bohemia to Buckman, Larry and Marlys
Online Articles/Posts
- Enough With the Famous Cousins Already, Megan Smolenyak
- New! Legacy QuickGuides® – 4-sided Laminated Genealogy Guides, Legacy Family Tree
- Top 12 Tips for Using Pinterest For Family History, Valerie Elkins
- Family Portrait, Michael Popek
- How to Write a “Cousin Bait” Genealogy Blog Post, Amy Coffin
- The Young Genealogist, Jeff
- The Complete Guide to Genealogical Proof, Kimberly Powell
Print Articles
- “Traugott Bromme and the State of Illinois,” by Richard L. Bland, Illinois State Genealogical Society Quarterly, Fall 2012.
Websites & Resources
- JSTOR – Resource for academic articles. Some earlier journals are accessible for free. For others, you will need to log in through a subscribing library. The nice thing is, you can conduct your searches at home to see if there are any articles of interest, before you head to the library. Thanks to Josh for explaining why and how to use this.
- Books We Own – “Books We Own is a list of resources owned/accessed by individuals who are willing to look up genealogical information and e-mail or snail mail it to others who request it. This is a free service – volunteers may ask for reimbursement of copies and postage if information is provided via snail-mail.” Don’t know how I missed this all these years!
Upcoming Webinars
| Date | Webinar | Presenter | Host |
| October 22 | TNG of Genealogy Sitebuilding Series Workshop – Part 1 | DearMYRTLE | DearMYRTLE |
| October 24 | Your Civil War Ancestors: Beginning Your Research | Michael Hait | Legacy Family Tree |
| October 29 | TNG of Genealogy Sitebuilding Series Workshop – Part 2 | DearMYRTLE | DearMYRTLE |
| October 31 | Breaking Down Your Irish Brick Wall | Judith Eccles Wight | Legacy Family Tree |
| November 3 | Immigrant Voices – Angel Island Immigrants | Roy Chan | Southern California Genealogical Society |
| November 5 | YouTube for Archiving Interviews | DearMYRTLE | DearMYRTLE |
| November 7 | Researching Your Canadian Ancestors—An Overview | Claire V. Brisson-Banks | Legacy Family Tree |
| November 13 | Sidestep Genealogy | George G. Morgan | Illinois State Genealogical Society |
| November 14 | Genealogy For Novices: Where Do We Begin? | Linda Woodward Geiger | Legacy Family Tree |
| November 15 | The Basics of DNA Testing for Genealogy | Diahan Southard | Utah Genealogical Association |
| November 28 | The Big 4 US Record Sources | Mary Hill | Legacy Family Tree |
Julie,
The Cousin Bait post was by Amy Coffin…please correct, then delete this comment.
Thanks for catching that. I’ve fixed it.
Great list, as always…but I headed to the comments to note that that great cousin bait post was written by Amy Coffin. I see Randy Seaver beat me to the punch…but I’ll still add my two cents worth that Amy’s column was informative!
Thanks for the mention, Julie. I appreciate it!
You’re welcome, Amy. Although admittedly at first I had the wrong name…chalk it up to “one of those days!”