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Friday Finds 18 Nov 2016

By Nichelle Barra

On 18 November 2016

In Friday Finds

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Blogs/Articles

“Going Off-Screen: Smaller Sources of Irish Interest” by Dr. James Ryan on the In-Depth Genealogist
“Geneagem – Revisiting Stephen Morse’s One-Step Webpages” on Empty Branches on the Family Tree by Linda Stufflebean
“Call for APG 2017 PMC Presentations” by Marian Pierre-Louis on her blog The Genealogy Professional Podcast
“But Wait, There’s More” by Judy G. Russell on her blog The Legal Genealogist
“Win Free #RootsTech Admission!” on the Ancestry Insider blog
“Identifying Direct Sources to Prove Native American Ancestry” by Brittany Begay on the Ancestry Blog
“Quick Tip – Access to Restricted Records” by Yvette Hoitink on her blog Dutch Genealogy
“Black Friday Genealogy: $59 DNA Test from Family Tree DNA” on Geneabloggers – Also see:
- “HGTV’s Property Brothers Will Keynote RootsTech 2017“
- “Genealogy Bargrains for Friday 18 November 2016“
“RootsWeb Update as of 17 November 2016” on the Ancestry Insider blog
“3 Practical Strategies for Finding Female Ancestors” by Amy Johnson Crow on her blog

DNA

“DNA Developments” by Judy G. Russell on her blog The Legal Genealogist
“DNA Testing Your Holiday Table” by Paul Rawlins on the Ancestry Blog
“I Started a We’re Related Mobile App Cousin Relationship Table” by Randy Seaver on his blog Genea-Musings – great idea!
“Concepts – Undocumented Adoptions vs. Untested Y Lines” by Roberta Estes on her blog DNAeXplained
“Linking to Your Past with DNA” by Carissa Rasmussen on the Ancestry Blog

Media

“Genealogy Connection #011 – Colleen Greene, Speaker, Blogger, and Academic Librarian” by The Genealogy Guys Podcast

New and Updated Resources

Randy Seaver of Genea-Musings has the lists of new and updated records for Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org
“New Geneagem: UVA Historical Census Browser” on Empty Branches on the Family Tree by Linda Stufflebean – also see “Have a Loyalist or Two in the Family? Check UELAC’s Database“
“Those Who Served in the CCC” by Judy G. Russell on her blog The Legal Genealogist
FindMyPast’s Friday Records:
- 1939 Register
- New South Wales, Government Railways and Tramways Roll of Honor 1914-1919
- Britain, The National Guard in the Great War 1914-1918
- Ireland, 19th Century Directories

Friday Finds 11 November

By Nichelle Barra

On 11 November 2016

In Friday Finds

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Blogs/Articles

“FREE Access to Fold3 Native American Collection” on the Ancestry Insider blog
“FREE ACCESS to All Military Records at FindMyPast This Weekend” on Geneabloggers
“5 Sources for Civil War Unit Histories” by Amy Johnson Crow on her blog
“Genealogy Bargains for Friday 11 November 2016” on Geneabloggers
“The Unexpected Result: Book Review” by Judy G. Russell on her blog The Legal Genealogist
“The 1709ers – German Palatinates – 52 Ancestors #137” by Roberta Estes on her blog DNAeXplained – do you have a German Palatinate ancestor?
“MyHeritage Launches Global DNA Testing Service for Uncovering Ethnic Origins and Making New Family Connections” on Geneabloggers
“Civil War Documents Tucked Away in Shoeboxes Across Virginia Have Been Digitized and Placed Online” by Dick Eastman on his blog

Media

“FREE FamilySearch Webinars for November 2016” on the Ancestry Insider blog
“Publishing a Genealogy E-Book” by Thomas MacEntee on Legacy Family Tree Webinars – Free until 16 November 2016
Dick Eastman had two articles on family photographs this week on his blog:
- “Recording the Locations of Your Family Photographs“
- “Erasing the Locations of Your Family Photographs“

New and Updated Resources

“ArkivDigital will Provide FREE Access to Swedish Records this Weekend” posted on Dick Eastman’s blog
FindMyPast’s Friday Records:
- Britain Campaign, Gallantry & Long Service Medals & Awards
- British Royal Navy, Ships’ Musters
- British Royal Naval Reserve 1899-1930
- British Royal Navy & Royal Marines Service and Pension Records, 1704-1919
- Lower Canada Census 1825
- Military Newspapers
Randy Seaver of Genea-Musings has the updated list of records for Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org
“The Collection of the National Museum of African American History & Culture: An Aid to Family History Research” on the InDepth Genealogist website
“Introducing City of Sydney Archives” by Shauna Hicks on the In-Depth Genealogist
“Boston Transcript Column Now Online” by Jean Maguire on the Vita Brevis blog

Friday Finds 4 Nov 2016

By Nichelle Barra

On 4 November 2016

In Friday Finds

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Blogs/Articles

Judy G. Russell from her blog The Legal Genealogist:
- “Childhood’s end: the place” – A wonderful piece. Sometimes as genealogist we forget to write down our own historical moments! This is a good reminder to do that.
- “Part of Our Family History” – About the Cubs and history!
“Double bubble, toil and trouble: Names of Witches in Scotland, 1658 collection launches” on Ancestry’s blog – I loved the Halloween theme many blogs had this week!
“More Hallowe’en Name-Whacking” from Genea-Musings by Randy Seaver – more on the Halloween theme!
“Forbidden Trails” by Nancy Bernard on the Vita Brevis blog – migration routes from New York!
“Quick Tip – Find More Records via the FamilySearch Catalog” by Yvette Hoitink on her blog Dutch Genealogy – a great tip!!
- Also see “Benefits of Reasonably Exhaustive Research” – excellent!
“What’s In a Cemetery Record” by Diana Elder on The Family Locket Blog
“Genealogy Bargains for Friday 4 November 2016” on Geneabloggers
“Genealogy Record Keeping in India” by Dick Eastman on his blog. Also see:
- “Closing Death Records is Just Dead Wrong!” and “Library of Virginia Reading Room Closures“

Media

“DNA + Family Tree = Additional Opportunities” by Anna Swayne on the Ancestry blog(including a YouTube Playlist on AncestryDNA)
“BCG Offers Free Webinar: ‘Civil Law Notaries: Using Notarial Records to Build a Family History’ by Melanie D. Holtz, CG” on the SpringBoard blog

Updated and New Resources

Randy Seaver of Genea-Musings has the new/updated records on his blog for Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org
- Not new or updated, but check out this post too: “Free Access to the Native American Collection on Fold3 Until 15 November 2016“
“New Geneagem: U.S. State Digital Collections” by Linda Stufflebean on her blog Empty Branches on the Family Tree
FindMyPast’s Friday Updated/New Records:
- United States Marriages
- Duty Locations, Naval Group China, World War II 1942-1945
- 1840 U.S. Census, Revolutionary War Veterans
- New Zealand Wars, Officers and Men Killed 1860-1870
- New Zealand, Military Pensions 1900-1902
- Ireland, Royal Hibernian Military School History
- Ireland Military Records

Friday Finds 28 Oct

By Nichelle Barra

On 28 October 2016

In Friday Finds

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Blogs/Articles

“Increasing ‘In Common With’ (ICW) Functionality at Family Tree DNA” by Roberta Estes on her blog DNAeXplained
“RootsTech 2017 Pass Giveaway: Memories of LeVar Burton” by Diana Elder on her blog The Family Locket – what a great giveaway!
Randy Seaver from Genea-Musings is ALSO giving away a RootsTech Pass! Read more here!
“Quick Tip – New Netherland Digitization Projects” by Yvette Hoitink on her blog Dutch Genealogy
“What You Might Be Missing in Land Records” by Amy Johnson Crow
“The Archive Lady – Brown Spots on Genealogy Records” by Melissa Barker on GeneaBloggers
“Celebrate Halloween with these Characters from the Records” by Kristen Hyde on the Ancestry Blog
“CONTEST: Win a $500 Amazon Genealogy Shopping Spree from Genealogy Bargains” on Geneabloggers! Read more about it here.
“Genealogy Bargains for Friday 28 October 2016” on Geneabloggers
Dick Eastman’s blog offers a few good articles:
- “Boolean Basics – Part #1“
- “Art of Transcription: A Practical Guide” (reposted on his site and written by Sarah Minegar)
- “Living DNA Offers a ‘High Definition’ View of Your Family History“

Media

“The Genealogy Guys Podcast #316 – 2016 October 23” – this includes information on the We’re Related App from Ancestry, FindMyPast releases, new construction on the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, and more!
“Divorce, New York Style” on The Legal Genealogist by Judy G. Russell – she shares a story and a link to a podcast she participated in!
Did you miss the NARA Virtual Fair? Don’t worry! It’s on YouTube for you to view at your leisure! Check out Day 1 and Day 2 and don’t forget to look at the schedule to get the slides and handouts (the link is to the Legal Genealogist website)!

New and Updated Records

Dick Eastman’s Blog has a few new, upcoming, and updated records:
Randy Seaver of Genea-Musings has new and updated records for Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org!
“FindMyPast: Gen Soc of Ireland Journals and Publications” on DearMyrtle
FindMyPast’s Updated Friday Records Includes:
- United States, West Virginia Births
- Utah Divorces
- Surrey Monumental Inscriptions Browse
- Cavan Registers and Records
- Kilkenny Registers and Records
- Wicklow Registers and Records
- Dublin Registers and Records
- Irish Newspapers
- PERSI Monthly Image Update Browse