Friday Finds – 10/30/15

Weekly column sharing genealogy-related things that I’ve found, such as new blogs, interesting posts/articles, useful websites and resources, and of course upcoming webinars.

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New-to-Me Blogs

• Findmypast Blog

Online Articles

• I Write, Therefore II …Think?, A Family Tapestry
• The Changes at 23andMe, The Legal Genealogist
• How to Upload Your Tree to RootsWeb’s WorldConnect, Opening Doors in Brick Walls
• How to Manage Your Tree on RootsWeb’s WorldConnect, Opening Doors in Brick Walls
• A Strange, but Legal, Family Relationship??, Genealogist on a Journey
• FamilySearch German Databases Updated, Sassy Jane Genealogy
• There Were 27 Books About Witchcraft, Life From the Roots
• FamilySearch Helps Closed Library Digitize Records, FamilyTree.com
• Big Changes Coming at 23andMe, Health is Back, Kitty Cooper’s Blog
• Have Early Massachusetts Ancestors? This Might Be Your Lucky Day, Michigan Family Trails
• Witchcraft in Connecticut, Connecticut History
• The 2020 Coin Initiative, Nutfield Genealogy
• Would You Like to Contribute to the Honor Roll Project for Veteran’s Day, 2015? , Nutfield Genealogy
• Orphan Trains, Vita Brevis
• Detroit Free Press Newspaper Now Online – 1837 to September 2015, Michigan Family Trails
• Time to Send Your Last 23andMe Invitations, Kitty Cooper’s Blog
• RootsTech 2016 Announces Opening Say Keynotes, Bruce Feiler and Paula Williams Madison, FamilySearch Blog

Magazine/Journal Articles

• No finds this week.

Website & Resources

• Germany Births and Baptisms, Coverage Table (FamilySearch Historical Records) – Coverage table showing what records are indexed in the three FamilySearch databases:  Germany Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898; Germany Deaths and Burials, 1582-1958; and Germany Marriages, 1558-1929.

Genealogy-Related Books

• For once, I’m not in the middle of a book!

Good Deals

• 20% Discount on Great Migration Books – The New England Historic and Genealogical Society is offering a 20% discount on all titles in the Great Migration Study Project series through 10/31/15.
• FREE Shipping for How to Use Evernote for Genealogy – New book written by Kerry Scott; available through Shop Family Tree.  Free shipping offer ends 10/31/15.
• 30% Off Genealogy Books at ShopFamily Tree – Use discount code OCTBOOKS; offer ends 11/1/15.
• Win a Flip-Pal Mobile Scanner – Contest held by GeneaBloggers; end 11/1/15.
• FREE Shipping on New York Family History Research Guide and Gazetteer – The New York Genealogical & Biographical Society is offering FREE shipping on this giant tome that all genealogists with New York roots should own.  Use code BOOKSHIP at checkout; offer ends 11/30/15.
• Save 10% at ShopFamilyTree – Use discount code SFT2015; offer good through 12/31/15.
• My Family History With Ancestry Contest – In honor of Family History Month, share your family history in an exciting visual way by pinning interesting records + stories behind one or all of your ancestors.  The grand prize is a one-year membership to Ancestry and a two-hour session with a professional genealogist.

Upcoming FREE Webinars

Date / Time	Webinar / Presenter / Host
11/4 1 PM Central	Researching With Karen 3! Karen Clifford Legacy Family Tree
11/4 7 PM Central	Research Logs and Plans for Every Genealogist Lisa Alzo Minnesota Genealogical Society
11/7 12 PM Central	Building a Digital Research Plan Cyndi Ingle Southern California Genealogical Society
11/10 8 PM Central	In-Laws and Outlaws: The Bylaws of Talking About the Family Skeletons Janet Hovorka Illinois State Genealogical Society
11/11 8 PM Central	Organizing Your Genetic Genealogy Diahan Southard Legacy Family Tree
11/12 2 PM Central	French-Canadian Resources at NEHGS Rhonda R. McClure New England Historic Genealogical Society
11/13 1 PM Central	Bringing it All Together and Leaving a Permanent Record Tom Kemp Legacy Family Tree
11/17 7 PM Central	World War I Military Records Russell Horton Wisconsin State Genealogical Society
11/18 1 PM Central	Mapping Madness Ron Arons Legacy Family Tree
11/18 7 PM Central	American Indian Ancestry and How to Document It Angela Walton-Raji Georgia Genealogical Society
11/18 8 PM Central	Back Away From the Computer: You’ll Find and Have More Fun Offline Nicka Smith Southern California Genealogical Society
11/19 7 PM Central	Find Your American Ancestors Using Canadian Records Kathryn Lake Hogan Florida State Genealogical Society
11/19 8 PM Central	Genealogy Tips & Tricks Roland Astorga Utah Genealogical Association