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Bridal Veil Falls in Telluride, Colorado Terry Foote at English Wikipedia [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) or GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html)], via Wikimedia Commons

• “The Concepts Series” on the blog DNAeXplained by Roberta Estes – I look forward to this series!
• “New Mastermind Groups Starting Soon” by Marian Pierre-Louis – great for genealogy professionals
• “Searching Newspaper Records on FindMyPast” by Randy Seaver on Genea-Musings
• “Studying Evidence Analysis, Part 1” AND “Review of Advanced Research Tools: Land Records” on Adventures in Genealogy Education by Angela McGhie
• “Genealogy Bargains for Thursday 18 February 2016” on Geneabloggers
• “Google is Shutting Down Picasa” on Dick Eastman’s blog (EOGN) – For those, like me, who use Picasa as their main photo editing software
• “Become a Space Archaeologist and Locate Historical Sites” – also on Dick Eastman’s blog and included just because this looks AWESOME. Really, who wouldn’t want to do this???
• “Online Historical Indiana Plat Maps” on the Indiana Genealogical Society Blog

Media

• New Finding Your Roots episode featuring LL Cool J and Sean Combs – my favorite episode so far!
• “New 11 Part Series on Microsoft Word with Thomas MacEntee” on Legacy Family Tree
• “Do We Still Need Genealogy Societies” by Amy Johnson Crow – 6 minute video interview with Josh Taylor
• “Upcoming ISGS Webinars – March 2016” on the Illinois State Genealogical Society Blog

Resources

• “Added or Updated Databases at Ancestry.com Week of 7 to 13 February 2016” on Genea-Musings
• “New FamilySearch Collections Update: February 16, 2016” on EOGN
• “Announcing TreeView – a New Family History Software Package for Windows and Macintosh” on EOGN ALSO “Future Plans for Family Tree Maker“
• FindMyPast Friday’s new records:
  • PERSI Image and Index Update
  • 1939 Register Browse
  • British Newspapers
  • Britain, Directories & Almanacs – Devon Directories
  • Ireland Census Reports
  • Ireland Statistical Surveys
  • Devon, Plymouth & West Devon Apprentices 1570-1910; parish chest records, 1556-1950; Devon, Plymouth Borough records 1519-1903

Happy birthday to my grandpa today!!

Blogs/Articles

• “There’s Room for Everyone in Genealogy: RootsTech 2016 Musing” by Amy Johnson Crow
• “Contest: Win a Family Photo Triage Package from Maureen Taylor – The Photo Detective” on Geneabloggers
• “Finding Irish Marriage Records” on Genealogy Bank
• “Colorado Adoptees Can Now Access Birth Records” on UpFront with NGS
• “Studying the Art of Citation” on Adventures in Genealogy by Angela McGhie – part of the ongoing series on education preparation for the BCG certification
• “Introducing TapGenes” on the Legal Genealogist blog
• “Calling All Student Genealogists – A $500 Student Grant is Available” on Geneabloggers – for the 2016 Jamboree!
• “Ethnicity Testing – A Conundrum” on DNA eXplained – a very good read!
• “Diverse Communities: Researching Spiritualist Ancestors” on the BCG Springboard by Sharon DeBartolo Carmack
• Genealogy Bargains for Friday 12 February 2016 on Geneabloggers

Media

• New episode of Finding Your Roots! This week features Patricia Arquette, John McCain, and Julianne Moore
• RootsTech 2016 Video Archive – in case you missed the live showings!

Resources

• “More Information about Family Tree Maker and RootsMagic Synchronization to Ancestry” on Genea-Musings by Randy Seaver
• Also on Genea-Musings by Randy Seaver: “New or Updated Record Collections at FamilySearch.org – January 31 to February 6, 2016,” AND “Added Databases at Ancestry.com – Week of 30 January to 6 February 2016.”
• FindMyPast Friday’s new records:
  • Britain, Merchant Seamen, 1918-1941
  • Ireland, Non-Conformist Births and Baptisms
  • Ireland, Non-Conformist Marriages
• “Ancestry to Launch Irish Catholic Registers Online” on Dick Eastman’s blog

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RootsTech is happening now! Don’t forget to check out their streaming sessions. Check out the schedule here: Streaming Schedule

Blogs/Articles

• Big news out of RootsTech this week! RootsMagic will be synching with Ancestry.com and FamilyTreeMaker may be saved! Check out the links for more information
• A contest from Geneabloggers – Win a $500 Amazon Genealogy Shopping Spree!! Also check out the latest genealogy bargains here!
• “Conducting Reasonably Exhaustive Research” on the Adventures in Genealogy Education blog by Angela McGhie – The book The Researcher’s Guide to American Genealogy was one of my first genealogy books I actually sat down and studied! I learned quite a bit (although it is a bit outdated on some items, the information is still good).
• “What is a DNA Scholarship and How Do I Get One?” By Roberta Estes on her blog DNAeXplained
• “The Innovator Summit Was Held Today at RootsTech2016” on Dick Eastman’s blog (from Feb 3rd)

Media

• Watch the latest episode of Finding Your Roots – this time exploring the ancestors of Richard Branson, Maya Lin, and Frank Gehry
• “Ancestry Teams with TLC to Produce TV Docu-Series Long Lost Family” on DearMyrtle – I’m not sure how I feel about this just yet but it looks interesting
• “BCG Free Webinar: Little on Context in Record Analysis” presented by Barbara Vines Little

Resources

• “New or Updated Record Collections at FamilySearch.org – January 24 to 30, 2016” on Genea-Musings by Randy Seaver
• “FindMyPast Announces Largest Online Collection of U.S. Marriages from 1650-2010” by Dick Eastman on his blog
• FindMyPast Friday new records:
  • United States Marriages from 1650-2010
  • Norfolk Baptisms
  • Norfolk Marriages
  • Norfolk Burials