Friday Finds – 10/26/12

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

New-to-Me Blogs

• Mad About Genealogy, Linda Elliott
• Twigs and Trees, Celia Lewis
• The Houstory® Hearth, Mike and Dan Hiestand
• Corduroy & Silk Genes, LizzyLu
• Genealogy Circle, Cindy Freed
• The Ancestor Hunt, Kenneth R. Marks
• Blogging Genealogy, Caroline M. Pointer [boy, I don’t know how I missed this!]

Online Articles/Posts

• DAR Library Launches New Series of Revolutionary War Research Source Guides, NSDAR Press Release
• Ten Great Ways to Celebrate Family History Month, Lisa Alzo
• The Stonington Battle Flag, Susan J. Jerome
• Dad’s Cousin Married Mom’s Cousin, Becky Jamison
• New BCG Certification Videos Online, Angela Packer McGhie

Websites & Resources

• Illinois Gravestones Photos – “The mission of this project is to capture digital images of gravestones of our ancestors.”
• Cook County, Illinois, GIS – Maps and Data – Lots of useful maps for Cook County.
• UNCAP (Uncovering Chicago Archives Project) – “UNCAP’s unique institutional collaboration provides open public access to online finding aids for hundreds of archival collections documenting a wide range of topics, time periods, and geographical areas.” Archival Institutions include: the Chicago Defender newspaper, the DuSable Museum of African-American History, the Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection of Afro-American History and Literature of the Chicago Public Library, Northwestern University, the South Side Community Art Center, and the University of Chicago.
• Civil War Soldier Search – Website with lots of information for Civil War research.
• Historic USGS Maps of New England & NY – Various maps from the University of New Hampshire Government Information Department.

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