Blogs/Articles
- “Ancestry’s New ‘Amount of Shared DNA’ – What Does it Really Mean?” By Roberta Estes on her blog DNAeXplained – Genetic Genealogy
- “Fashion Moment – Overalls” by Deborah Sweeney on Genealogy Lady
- “Ten-Minute Methodology: When Index is a ‘Dirty Word‘” on BCG Springboard – excellent quick read!
- “Genetic Genealogy 101 Part 1: the why and why nots” AND “Genetic Genealogy 101 Part 2: Useful Terms” both on The In-Depth Genealogist
- “How to Find a Revolutionary War Patriot” by Dick Eastman on Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter
- “Has Genealogy gone ‘Mean’? Rudeness Among Us” on the Dead Relative Collector – some very helpful questions to keep in mind before posting items on social media 🙂
Resources
- Free access to ArkivDigital (Swedish records) this weekend! November 14-15
- Contest from Geneabloggers: Win a Copy of Writing Life Stories! – This coincides with National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) and can be a great resource for those who wish to write their family stories – More info here
- “Native American Papers” on the Newspapers.com blog – lots of new newspapers for those searching for Native American ancestry!
- “Added or Updated Databases on Ancestry.com – Week of November 1 to 7, 2015” on Randy Seaver’s blog Genea-Musings
- “New FamilySearch Collections Update: November 9, 2015” by Dick Eastman on EOGN
- FindMyPast Friday’s new records:
- Surrey, military tribunals 1915-1918
- Lloyds of London Memorial roll 1914-1918
- Stock Exchange Memorial Roll 1914-1918
- Victoria, World War One Solider Settlers
- US Veterans Administration Pension Payment Cards 1907-1933