Friday Finds December 12-18

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• “Contest: $250 Amazon Christmas Shopping Spree from Geneabloggers” An amazing contest!
• “Genealogy Bargains for Friday 18 December 2015” on Geneabloggers
• “A Happier Holiday Season…” By Judy G. Russell on the Legal Genealogist – an amazing contest for 3 lucky readers who haven’t been able to afford a DNA test but would like to test – check it out!
• “All You Want for Christmas…” on the Legal Genealogist – which DNA test should you get?
• “Industry Schedules: A Hidden Source for Your Farming Ancestors” – on Amy Johnson Crow’s blog
• “1918 World War I in Color” by Retronaut on Mashable
• “38 Pictures from the Early Days of the London Underground” on Vintage Everyday – very neat pictures!
• “Confusion: Family Tree Maker, Family Tree DNA, and Ancestry.com” on DNAeXplained – Genetic Genealogy
• Dick Eastman’s blog EOGN discussed the 2020 census and how it will be quite different: “U.S. 2020 Census Will be Done by Internet” and “Protecting the 2020 Census from Fraud“

Media

• “How to Download Your Tree from Ancestry.com” on Ancestry’s YouTube channel
• “AncestryDNA: Possible Relationships” on Ancestry’s YouTube channel
• “Tracing Your New Jersey Ancestors: Online and Offline Resources” on Ancestral Finding’s YouTube channel
• “Upcoming ISGS Webinars – January 2016” on the Illinois State Genealogical Society Blog

Resources

• “New or Updated Record Collections at FamilySearch.org – December 6 to 12, 2015” – by Randy Seaver on his blog Genea-Musings
• “Genealogy: Researching Your Family Tree” – taught by the University of Strathclyde Glasgow and is online with Future Learn for FREE – class starts 14 March
• FindMyPast Friday’s:
  • American Bible Society Index
  • The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record Update
  • New York Research Update
  • Dublin Registers and Records