Copper Leaf Genealogy

Blogs/Articles

• “August 2017 Update to the Shared cM Project” by Blaine Bettinger on his blog The Genetic Genealogist
• “Help with DNA for Adoptees” by Judy G. Russell on her blog The Legal Genealogist
• “Fluid Genealogy” by Alicia Crane Williams on Vita Brevis, the blog for AmericanAncestors.org
• “Getting the Most Out of a Library Visit” by Jason Amos on Vita Brevis, the blog for AmericanAncestors.org
• “Compiling a Reading History for Your Family” by Linda Barnickel on Ancestry’s blog
• “Hurricane Harvey Update” by Roberta Estes on her blog DNA eXplained – great ideas on how to help Hurricane Harvey victims and an update on how Family Tree DNA is doing
• “Quick Tip – The Parents in the Death Record May be Wrong” by Yvette Hoitink on her blog Dutch Genealogy – Also see:
  • “How to Find Your Dutch Ancestor’s Occupation“
• “Research Like a Pro, Part 5: Where Did You Look and What Did You Find?” by Diana Elder on her blog The Family Locket
• “FREE DOWNLOAD: Disaster Planning for the Genealogist” on Genealogy Bargains – free until the 3rd!
• “FREE ACCESS at Ancestry.com to Occupational Records Labor Day Weekend” on Genealogy Bargains
• “UPDATE: FamilySearch Digital Records Access Replacing Microfilm” on Randy Seaver’s blog Genea-Musings
• “SALE: Going In-Depth for $25!” by Terri O’Connell on The In-Depth Genealogist
• “A Woman on the Frontlines of War” by Jasmine Rockow on Ancestry’s blog
• “Genealogy Bargains for Saturday, September 2 2017” on Genealogy Bargains

Media and Education

• “Episode 204 – The Biggest Disaster You’ve Probably Never Heard Of” by Ryan Bennett on Extreme Genes – includes David Allen Lambert, Chief Genealogist of the New England Historic Genealogical Society
• “Genealogy Connection #028 – Caroline Gurney, Research and Speaker” on The Genealogy Guys Podcast
• “Free Family History Library Classes and Webinars for September 2017” on Randy Seaver’s Genea-Musings

New and Updated Resources

• Randy Seaver of Genea-Musings has the new and updated records lists for Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org
• “Have You Used Lewis’s Topographical Dictionaries” by Jenny Joyce in The In-Depth Genealogist
• FindMyPast has the list of their new and updated records, which includes:
  • Canada Census 1851
  • Middlesex Protestation Returns 1641-42
  • London, Bunhill Fields Non-Conformist Burials 1713-1826
  • National Burial Index for England and Wales
  • Wiltshire Parish Baptisms Index 1538-1917
  • Scotland Registers and Records
  • Irish Newspaper Update
• “A Dictionary of Occupational Terms Based n the Classification of Occupations used in the Census of Population [for Great Britain], 1921” by Dick Eastman on his blog – Also see:
  • “Find Your U.K. Naval Ancestor with Help from Forces War Records“