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Friday Finds 18 March 2016

On 18 March 2016

THIS SATURDAY!!!

The South Bend Area Genealogical Society will be hosting it’s annual conference this Saturday, 19 March 2016 from 10-4pm. We have two speakers: Jeanne Larzalere Bloom and Katherine R Willson! We also have some amazing door prizes and raffle items including: DNA kits from AncestryDNA and FamilyTreeDNA, RootsMagic software, Legacy Software, 1 year subscriptions to Legacy Family Tree Webinars, My Heritage, Newspapers.com, Genealogy Gems, Fold3, GenealogyBank and more! Come check it out!

Blogs

“Genealogy Bargains for Friday 18 March 2016” on Geneabloggers – Check out the FREE ACCESS to Swedish Records at ArchivDigital!
“Repeat: An Image Citation How-To” by Judy G. Russell on the Legal Genealogist – excellent how-to!
“Don’t Burn Your Family Letters When You Declutter” AND “How to Preserve Old Letters” on Amy Johnson Crow’s blog
“Researching in Ireland” by Linda Stufflebean on Empty Branches on the Family Tree – for those who have been able to find their Irish ancestors, this is wonderful!
“Great Canadian Genealogy Summit” on the InDepth Genealogist – this looks amazing!
“Finding Canada Record Collections on FindMyPast” on Genea-Musings by Randy Seaver
“Closing Up Shop at 23andMe and the Trap” by Roberta Estes on DNA eXplained – a must read for anyone who has used 23andMe for testing
“Generation Saga: Relatives of Annie Moore Traced” on The Irish Times – this is such a neat story!

Media

“The Private Laws of the Federal and State Governments” by Judy G. Russell – currently FREE on Legacy Family Tree Webinar until 23 March!
“Upcoming ISGS Webinars – April 2016” on the Illinois State Genealogical Society Blog

Resources

“Added or Updated Databases at Ancestry.com Week of 6 to 12 March 2016” on Genea-Musings by Randy Seaver
“New FamilySearch Collections Update: March 14 2016” on Dick Eastman’s blog
FindMyPast Friday‘s New Resources:
- Royal Irish Constabulary Pensions 1873-1925, History and Directories
- Irish Revenue Police, 1830-1857
- British Newspapers
- Western Australia Birth, Marriage, and Death Indexes

Friday Finds 4 March 2016

By Nichelle Barra

On 4 March 2016

In Friday Finds

Charlotte Bronte – author of a favorite book, Jane Eyre –
[Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

Blogs/Articles

“Genealogy Bargains for Thursday 3 March 2016” on Geneabloggers
“Trip to Family History Library? Two videos and a map” on DearMyrtle – this is wonderful for those making the trip to do research there!
“Longevity Pedigree Chart” on DNAeXplained by Roberta Estes – I’ve made one of these before and it is quite interesting to see your family organized this way
“RootsWeb is Down? Well Not All of it – Updated” on Genea-Musings by Randy Seaver – I’ve been getting lots of emails about this and point people to this posting.
“New Ancestry Color Options” by The Genealogy Girl
“Fearless Females Blogging Prompts: Returning for Another Year to Celebrate Women’s History Month” by Lisa Alzo on The Accidental Genealogist – I am a bit behind but I’m going to take part in this challenge this month!
“5 Tips for Finding Women’s Obituaries” by Amy Johnson Crow
“20 Years of Cyndi’s List!” on Cyndi’s List Blog This is awesome!

Media

“TLC Announces Celebrity Contributors for Spring Season of Who Do You Think You Are” on Geneabloggers – makes me wish I had cable!
Finding Your Roots next episode is available! This episode features Julianna Marguiles, Azar Nafisi, and Lidia Bastianich
“Making YDNA and mtDNA Part of Your Family History” a webinar by Diahan Southard on Legacy Family Tree Webinars – free!! and TODAY at 2PM!!!
“Family History Library Free Webinars for March 2016” on Adventures in Genealogy Education by Angela McGhie

Resources

“Ancestry.com Adds 10 Million Ireland Catholic Parish Registers, 1655-1915” on Genea-Musings by Randy Seaver
“FREE ACCESS to Irish Genealogy Records on FindMyPast” on Geneabloggers – the free access ends March 8th so take advantage while you can!
“New or Updated Record Collections at FamilySearch.org – February 21 to 27, 2016” AND “Added or Updated Databases at Ancestry.com – Week of 21 to 27 February 2016” on Genea-Musings by Randy Seaver
Dick Eastman’s blog: “TheGenealogist Adds World War 2 Prisoners of War” AND “MyHeritage Adds More Than 5 Million Dutch Records to SuperSearch (TM)“
FindMyPast Friday’s:
- Ireland Roman Catholic Parish Baptisms, Marriages, Burials, Congregational Records
- IrishNewspapers

Friday Finds for 26 Feb 2016

By Nichelle Barra

On 26 February 2016

In Friday Finds

By Hogs555 (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

Blogs/Articles

“Genealogy Bargains for Thursday 25 February 2016” on Geneabloggers
“AncestryDNA Now Offered in 29 Countries” on Ancestry’s blog
“1 Reason You’re Not Seeing the Red Flags in Your Genealogy” ALSO “How to Build a Genealogy Research Plan” on Amy Johnson Crow’s blog
“Studying Evidence Analysis, Part 2” on Adventures in Genealogy Education by Angela McGhie
“Source Citations: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly” on The Family Locket
“Concepts – How Your Autosomal DNA Identifies Your Ancestors” on DNAeXplained by Roberta Estes

Media

“A Guided Tour of Cyndi’s List 2.0” presented by Cyndi Ingle on Legacy Family Tree Webinars – free until 2 March!
New Finding Your Roots Episode featuring Neil Patrick Harris, Gloria Steinem, and Sandra Cisneros

Resources

“The Family History Library Announces Free Classes and Webinars for March 2016” on FamilySearch blog
“Added or Updated Databases at Ancestry.com – Week of 14 to 20 February 2016” on GeneaMusings by Randy Seaver
“New FamilySearch Collections Update: February 22, 2016” AND “Use eGENEe to Search for Genealogy and History Websites and Resources” on Dick Eastman’s Blog
FREE ONLINE COURSE: Genealogy: Researching Your Family Tree starts March 14 and is put together by University of Strathclyde
GEN-FED 2016 – Registration opens TOMORROW at 11am!!! This is on my list of must-attend institutes.

Friday Finds for week ending 19 Feb 2016

By Nichelle Barra

On 19 February 2016

In Friday Finds

Bridal Veil Falls in Telluride, Colorado Terry Foote at English Wikipedia [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) or GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html)], via Wikimedia Commons

Blogs/Articles

“The Concepts Series” on the blog DNAeXplained by Roberta Estes – I look forward to this series!
“New Mastermind Groups Starting Soon” by Marian Pierre-Louis – great for genealogy professionals
“Searching Newspaper Records on FindMyPast” by Randy Seaver on Genea-Musings
“Studying Evidence Analysis, Part 1” AND “Review of Advanced Research Tools: Land Records” on Adventures in Genealogy Education by Angela McGhie
“Genealogy Bargains for Thursday 18 February 2016” on Geneabloggers
“Google is Shutting Down Picasa” on Dick Eastman’s blog (EOGN) – For those, like me, who use Picasa as their main photo editing software
“Become a Space Archaeologist and Locate Historical Sites” – also on Dick Eastman’s blog and included just because this looks AWESOME. Really, who wouldn’t want to do this???
“Online Historical Indiana Plat Maps” on the Indiana Genealogical Society Blog

Media

New Finding Your Roots episode featuring LL Cool J and Sean Combs – my favorite episode so far!
“New 11 Part Series on Microsoft Word with Thomas MacEntee” on Legacy Family Tree
“Do We Still Need Genealogy Societies” by Amy Johnson Crow – 6 minute video interview with Josh Taylor
“Upcoming ISGS Webinars – March 2016” on the Illinois State Genealogical Society Blog

Resources

“Added or Updated Databases at Ancestry.com Week of 7 to 13 February 2016” on Genea-Musings
“New FamilySearch Collections Update: February 16, 2016” on EOGN
“Announcing TreeView – a New Family History Software Package for Windows and Macintosh” on EOGN ALSO “Future Plans for Family Tree Maker“
FindMyPast Friday’s new records:
- PERSI Image and Index Update
- 1939 Register Browse
- British Newspapers
- Britain, Directories & Almanacs – Devon Directories
- Ireland Census Reports
- Ireland Statistical Surveys
- Devon, Plymouth & West Devon Apprentices 1570-1910; parish chest records, 1556-1950; Devon, Plymouth Borough records 1519-1903