Friday Finds September 26 – October 2

Martin.Heiss at the German language Wikipedia [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/)], via Wikimedia Commons

Get ready for a month full of Autumn pictures! 🙂

Blogs/Articles

• In case you missed my post yesterday, Amy Johnson Crow has a fun project for this month: “31 Days to Better Genealogy” – it’s free and you get emails with tips, tricks, resources, and methods to make your genealogy better!
• Fashion Moment – brought to you by the Genealogy Lady – “Paul Poiret” – this one is about one of the designers of the times – great read!
• “Book of Kells Now Free to View Online” – from the Library of Trinity College Dublin – okay, so not genealogy related really but as an English and history major who is in love with Ireland, this is amazing. 🙂
• “Tuesday’s Tip – Check out Missouri Digital Heritage Collections” by Randy Seaver of Genea-Musings
• “DNAeXplain Archives – Introductory DNA” by Roberta Estes – if you don’t know her blog yet, this is a great place to go for DNA and genealogy!
• “Graveside Clues in an Old Photo” from Maureen Taylor, Photo Detective
• “ReclaimTheRecords.org Wins its Petition of the NYC Municipal Archives Using Freedom of Information Law” – posted by Dick Eastman – this was all over the genealogy news when it happened! Good news 🙂

Webinars/Videos

• 2015 NARA Virtual Genealogy Fair Schedule!!! – brought to you by Angela McGhie at Adventures in Genealogy Education

Resources

• “New or Updated Record Collections at FamilySearch.org September 21-27” brought to you by Randy Seaver of Genea-Musings
• FindMyPast Friday’s:
  • New York Baptisms 1660-1862
  • New York Marriages 1639-1900
  • New York Deaths and Burials 1758-1862
  • Berkshire, Eton College Register 1441-1698
  • London, Dulwich College Register 1619-1926
  • Sussex, Lancing College Register 1901-1954