Friday Finds 8 July 2016

Blogs/Articles

• Geneabloggers has many deals going on:
  • “Special Savings on NEGHS Publications via Geneabloggers“
  • “50% OFF Special at FindMyPast“
  • “Genealogy Bargains for Friday 8 July 2016“
• “SLIG Registration Tomorrow” – on the Legal Genealogist by Judy G. Russell – This one is on my to-do list!
• If you are considering SLIG, you should also check out this post by Angela McGhie on Adventures in Genealogy Education: “Is The Advanced Evidence Analysis Practicum Right for You?“
• “FamilyTreeDNA Introduces Phased Family Finder Matches” by Roberta Estes on DNAeXplained
• “Original or Derivative Records: What’s the Big Deal?” on The Family Locket Blog – excellent read!
• “What You Might be Missing in Marriage Records” by Amy Johnson Crow
• “Take Time to Understand Online Records” on the Ancestry Insider – excellent advice!
• “How to Find Collections for Your Area” on Ancestry’s blog – do you utilize the card catalog?
• Two excellent posts about reasonably exhaustive research this week: “What Does ‘Reasonably Exhaustive Research’ Really Look Like” by Linda Stufflebean on Empty Branches on the Family Tree and “Should Online Family Trees Be Used in a ‘Reasonably Exhaustive Search’” by Randy Seaver on Genea-Musings

Media

• “TGP 42 – Lisa Alzo and Eastern Europe Research” The Genealogy Professional Podcast with Marian Pierre-Louis
• “Dear Myrtle’s Genealogy Blog: WACKY Wednesday: DNA with Blaine Bettinger, 13 July 2016” – save the date for this one!!
• “Navigating Naturalization Records” by Lisa Alzo on Legacy Family Tree – FREE until 13 July!
• “DPLA Genealogy and Family History Workshop” by Tamika Maddox Strong and Amy Johnson Crow – 26 July 2016 at 3PM EST
• Legacy Family Tree has some upcoming webinars for FREE if you can watch them live:
  • “Watch Geoff Live: GEDmatch.com” – by Geoff Rasmussen –  today at 2pm EST!
  • “A Genealogists Guide to Heraldry” – by Shannon Combs-Bennett – 13 July at 8pm EST
  • “Finding French Ancestors” –  by Luana Darby – 15 July at 2pm EST

Resources

• Randy Seaver of Genea-Musings has updated/new records listed for Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org
• “Virginia Tech’s Civil War Newspaper Collection is Online” on Dick Eastman’s blog – awesome!
• FindMyPast Friday’s New/Updated Records:
  • United States Naturalization Petitions
  • US Passport Applications and Indexes