Friday Finds! September 19th-25th

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Blogs/Articles

• Great posts from Judy G. Russell, the Legal Genealogist, this week as she got ready for the 10th Annual Family History Festival at the Detroit Public Library :
  • “Laws of the Great Lakes State“
  • “Getting Ready for Detroit“
  • “DPL and BHC and…“
• Amy Johnson Crow spotlighted some of the hidden features on the new image viewer on Ancestry.com – complete with a video! “Exploring the Hidden Features of Ancestry’s New Image Viewer“
• The In-Depth Genealogist posted “Five Common Genealogical Mistakes to Avoid when Using Census Records” – wonderful tips there!
• One of my favorite bloggers, Jana of Jana’s Genealogy and Family History Blog posted “A New-To-Me Feature on FamilySearch” – very neat!
• Another of my favorite bloggers, the Genealogy Lady, continues her Fashion Moments series with “The Cuirasse Bodice” – a very recognizable fashion moment for me considering how much I love Victorian era movies
• The Hoosier State Chronicles posted an interesting part of Theodore Roosevelt’s tour in the Midwest in the early 1900’s – “When Theodore Roosevelt was Hospitalized at St. Vincent’s” – these little bits of history would be lost without newspapers it seems!
• Randy Seavers of Geneamusings posted about FindMyPast’s new access to the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society (NYG&B) “Searching the NYG&B Record Collection on FindMyPast” – great information!
• Dick Eastman recently posted “How to Make a Book Available to Everyone” – for those of you who have out-of-copyright genealogy/family history books that you wish to share!

Resources

• “New FamilySearch Collections Update: Week of September 21, 2015” brought to you from Dick Eastman’s blog!
• “Poughkeepsie Journal Newspapers are Now Online” another from Dick Eastman
• FindMyPast Friday’s newest records:
  • Britain, Directories & Almanacs
  • Irish Newspapers
  • NYG&B Digital Library
  • Kent, Canterbury Archdeaconry Parish Registers Browse 1538-1913
  • Kent, Canterbury Archdeaconry Baptisms 1538-1912
  • Kent, Canterbury Archdeaconry Banns (1754-1928), Marriages (1538-1928), and Burials (1538-1988)

Have a great weekend everyone!