Blogs/Articles
- “February DNA Sales” by Judy G. Russell on her blog The Legal Genealogist
- “Teaching Family History with a Family Map Game” – by Nicole Dyer on Family Locket – this looks like fun!
- “Using X and Mitochondrial DNA Charts by Charting Companion” by Roberta Estes on her blog DNA eXplained
- “#RootsTech Blog” on the Ancestry Insider
- “Quick Tip – Civil Cases can Contain Earlier Records” by Yvette Hoitink on her blog Dutch Genealogy
- “Visualizing Recombination and Segment Loss” by Blaine Bettinger on his blog The Genetic Genealogist
- “The Archive Lady: Researching in Courthouses” by Melissa Barker on Geneabloggers
- “Genealogy Bargains for Friday 10 Feb 2017” on Geneabloggers
Media and Education
- “BCG Offers Free Webinar: ‘Weaving DNA Test Results into a Proof Argument’ by Karen Stanbary, CG” – it will be free to the public at 8:00pm EDT 21 Feb 2017
- “The Genealogy Guys Podcast #323 – 2017 February 5” – on The Genealogy Guys Podcast and Genealogy Connection website
- “Down the Stream at RootsTech” by Judy G. Russell on her blog – Also see:
- “Ancestry Publishes New Genetic Research on U.S. Population Structures in Nature Communications” on Geneabloggers
- “New Free App to Help Visitors in Dublin Trace Their Irish Ancestors” by Dick Eastman on his blog
New and Updated Resources
- Randy Seaver of Genea-Musings has the new and updated lists for FamilySearch.org and Ancestry.com
- “Landing the Records” by Judy G. Russell on her blog The Legal Genealogist – this is look at what the Arkansas Commissioner of State Lands has on their digitized records – Also see:
- “Show Me! and Its Resources” about Missouri’s digital records
- “Twile is Now Completely Free for Everybody” – posted on Randy Seaver’s blog Genea-Musings – I’ve discussed Twile before when I blogged regularly and I’m glad to see it’s free!
- FindMyPast Friday’s Newest/Updated Records include:
- Philadelphia Roman Catholic Parish Baptisms, Marriages, and Registers
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Births and Baptisms; Deaths and Burials; Marriages; Congregational Records; World War II Casualty Cards
- Westminster Roman Catholic Census 1893
- England Roman Catholic Parish Baptisms, Burials, Marriages, Congregational Records
- US Marriage Records