- A new Fashion Moment by Genealogy Lady! This one is on Leg o’ Mutton Sleeves
- Geneabloggers bargains for today – this includes 40% off of The Unofficial Guide to Ancestry.com by Nancy Hendrickson (ONE DAY SALE ONLY!) and a free e-book called A Crash Course in American Law by J. Ryan Jones. (which looks like it could be quite entertaining).
- Also don’t forget about the Geneabloggers contest for a free DNA test bundle from FamilyTreeDNA!
- Slate posted The Landscape of Civil War Commemoration – a neat interactive map of Civil War monuments
- Did you hear about the International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies (IAJGS) conference? Dick Eastman wrote a wonderful review on the five-day conference!
- FamilySearch is hosting a Worldwide Indexing Event from August 7th to 14th! See their page for more information on how to get started!
Webinars/Videos
- Neat video on 240 Years of U.S. Army Uniforms
Resources
- From the Family Curator “Organizing Old Family Photos with the Parking Lot System” – A great system of organizing photos!
- From Dick Eastman “Index to French-Canadian Revolutionary War Patriots“
- A great post from Dick Eastman on using Google Photos
- FindMyPast Friday – new records!
- Treasury Departmental Accounts Convict Hulks
- British Newspapers – 19 new titles
- Home Office and Prison Commission: Prisons Records
- Anglo-Boer War Update