Friday Finds Nov 28 – Dec 4

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Blogs/Articles

• Register for the 2016 NGS Conference here! The dates are 4-7 May in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida!
• “1912-1938 Traveling with the Paneths” – a neat colorful look at old pictures of a family’s travels from Retronaut
• “Fashion Moments – Detachable Collars” – from Genealogy Lady! I read about this often in historical fiction 🙂
• “5 Things to Do When Applying to a Lineage Society” by Amy Johnson Crow
• “The Ins and Outs of Social Media for Genealogists” on The In-Depth Genealogist
• “Scoping the CC License” by Judy G. Russell – it’s about Creative Commons
• “Genetic Genealogy Education” on the Spring Board blog of the BCG – it has a great list of books and articles for further information!
• “Cornish Memory: A Digital Archive of Cornish Life” – on EOGN
• “6,300 Nazi Holocaust Documents Found Behind Wall of a Budapest Apartment” on The Telegraph- so neat!

Resources

• “Announcing: GenTools Study Group – 2 Dec 2015” on Dear Myrtle – Sessions are on Wednesday and the link has a calendar of topics as well as how to enter into the chat!
• “Genealogy Bargains for Friday 4 December 2015” – on GeneaBloggers
• “New or Updated Record Collections at FamilySearch.org – Nov 22 to 28, 2015” on Randy Seaver’s blog Genea-Musings
• “The Family History Researcher Academy is Offering an End of Year Discount” on Dick Eastman’s blog EOGN
• FindMyPast Friday’s New Records:
  • PERSI Quarterly Index Update
  • Staffordshire Dioceses of Lichfield & Coventry wills and probate 1521-1858
  • Victoria, Mental Health Institutions
  • British Army Muster Rolls, 84th Foot 1808-1818 and 60th Foot 1879-1882