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Friday Finds January 2 – 8

By Nichelle Barra

On 8 January 2016

In Friday Finds

“Peasant Dance” From The New York Public Library

Blogs/Articles

Geneabloggers has a new contest! This time it’s mindmapping. Click here to enter and here for more information. Good luck!
Judy G. Russell of the Legal Genealogist had two great articles on the application for a Social Security number (the SS-5 form): “POB and the SS-5” and “Ordering the SS-5: redux“
“Researching African American Families that Came Out Of Slavery” – on the SpringBoard by the Board for Certification of Genealogists
“The Great Equalizer” by Nicka Smith on her blog Who Is Nicka Smith – awesome post about DNA!
“Steve Morse’s One-Step Website” – on Michigan Family Trails by Diane Gould Hall – Have you heard about Steve Morse’s site? Have you been there recently? Diane goes over some of the changes and what you can hope to find on the website!
“Genealogy Bargains for Thursday 7 January 2016” on Geneabloggers
“We Match… But Are We Related?” on DNAeXplained by Roberta Estes
“D. Joshua Taylor Appointed President of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society” – exciting news!
“Radio in the 1930s was Often Maligned in the Same Way that Video Games et al are Today” on Upfront with NGS
“One Month to First Draft” on the Armchair Genealogist – February will be here before you know it! Are you going to challenge yourself to begin writing your family history?

Media

Finding Your Roots is back! Check out the website and watch the episode! I’m looking forward to more.
“NYPL Images Free to Use” – on the Legal Genealogist by Judy G. Russell
“Northeast Historic Film Offers 10,000 Hours of Film and Video” on Dick Eastman’s blog

Resources

“New FamilySearch Collections Update: January 4, 2016” on Dick Eastman’s blog
FindMyPast Friday’s New Records:
- Electoral Registers from Plymouth and West Devon, England, 1780-1973
- Baptisms from Kent, England
- Marriages from Kent, England
- Burials from Kent, England

Friday Finds December 19-25

By Nichelle Barra

On 25 December 2015

In Friday Finds

By Harke (Own work) [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

Happy Christmas to those who celebrate! Because of the events this week, I didn’t get to post a couple of items that I had meant to. Look for those next week! Until then, here are my Friday Finds for this week (not as much this week because I’ve been so busy but please let me know what I missed!):

Blogs/Articles

An update on Judy G. Russell’s holiday giveaway I posted about last week: “The Holiday DNA Giveaway: wow…” – Awesome and amazing!
“Perusing Your Municipality’s Archive of Annual Reports for Neighborhood History” on Home Scribe History

Media

BCG Webinars – some are free, some have a small cost, all are great for your educational needs!
“Great Houses with Julian Fellowes” on PBS – great TV show!

Resources

“Kentucky County Court Records Now Online” on Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter
“A new East Central Indiana Genealogy Alliance is Being Formed” also on EOGN
“Ancestry Updated Databases” on Genea-Musings by Randy Seaver
“New FamilySearch Collections Update: December 21, 2015” on EOGN AND “Geissenhainer Pastoral Records Database Complete“
FindMyPast Friday New Record Collection:
- Irish Newspapers Update
- British in India
- British India Office Births and Baptisms
- British India Office Wills and Probate

Friday Finds December 12-18

By Nichelle Barra

On 18 December 2015

In Friday Finds

I, Malene [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html), CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/) or CC BY 2.5 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5)], via Wikimedia Commons

Blogs/Articles

“Contest: $250 Amazon Christmas Shopping Spree from Geneabloggers” An amazing contest!
“Genealogy Bargains for Friday 18 December 2015” on Geneabloggers
“A Happier Holiday Season…” By Judy G. Russell on the Legal Genealogist – an amazing contest for 3 lucky readers who haven’t been able to afford a DNA test but would like to test – check it out!
“All You Want for Christmas…” on the Legal Genealogist – which DNA test should you get?
“Industry Schedules: A Hidden Source for Your Farming Ancestors” – on Amy Johnson Crow’s blog
“1918 World War I in Color” by Retronaut on Mashable
“38 Pictures from the Early Days of the London Underground” on Vintage Everyday – very neat pictures!
“Confusion: Family Tree Maker, Family Tree DNA, and Ancestry.com” on DNAeXplained – Genetic Genealogy
Dick Eastman’s blog EOGN discussed the 2020 census and how it will be quite different: “U.S. 2020 Census Will be Done by Internet” and “Protecting the 2020 Census from Fraud“

Media

“How to Download Your Tree from Ancestry.com” on Ancestry’s YouTube channel
“AncestryDNA: Possible Relationships” on Ancestry’s YouTube channel
“Tracing Your New Jersey Ancestors: Online and Offline Resources” on Ancestral Finding’s YouTube channel
“Upcoming ISGS Webinars – January 2016” on the Illinois State Genealogical Society Blog

Resources

“New or Updated Record Collections at FamilySearch.org – December 6 to 12, 2015” – by Randy Seaver on his blog Genea-Musings
“Genealogy: Researching Your Family Tree” – taught by the University of Strathclyde Glasgow and is online with Future Learn for FREE – class starts 14 March
FindMyPast Friday’s:
- American Bible Society Index
- The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record Update
- New York Research Update
- Dublin Registers and Records

Friday Finds Nov 21-27

By Nichelle Barra

On 27 November 2015

In Friday Finds

By Ms Jones from California, USA (Our (Almost Traditional) Thanksgiving Dinner) [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

My Thanksgiving dinner didn’t look a thing like that! My sister and I talked our mom into doing a “Day-After-Thanksgiving” dinner. We did that in a busy year past and loved it! My mom made homemade breads for turkey sandwiches and she was able to make all of the food ahead of time instead of cooking all day. It was a great dinner and day. Happy Thanksgiving to all of you! I hope you are well stuffed and feeling loved 🙂

Holiday Sales!

“Black Friday Genealogy Deals” and “Genealogy Bargains for November 27th” both by Geneabloggers
“Black Friday Special – FREE Genealogy E-Books by Thomas MacEntee” – on Geneabloggers – how could you pass this up?
“Holiday Bargains” on Maureen Taylor’s website, the Photo Detective
Holiday Bundles on books from the New England Historic Genealogical Society at AmericanAncestors.org
RootsMagic Holiday Sales – This is the genealogy program I personally use – try them for free first to see if it’s something you’d want to purchase! Sale ends Dec 19th so plenty of time to decide 🙂

Blogs/Articles

“Read the Directions” by Judy G. Russell at the Legal Genealogist – ever wonder what something means in a census? Reading the census-taker directions will tell you!
“Looking for Descendants of the Orphan Train Riders” By Dick Eastman on his blog (EOGN) – I am a bit bias in posting this as it’s about the society I’m a board member of, but I do want it to reach as many people as we can! 🙂
“Mapping Wars Or Other Events” on Worldwide Genealogy – a very neat way to map military movements using Google maps. I will have to give this a try!
“Mapping the Census” by Judy G. Russell – works well with the first article I posted!
“2016 ESM’s QuickLessons Study Group” on Dear Myrtle – this looks amazing!
“Advent Calendar of Christmas Memories Returns for 2015” – for all you bloggers!
“Menus of the 1850s and 1860s” on EOGN – it’s just a neat thing to see! And check out the list of breakfast wines 🙂

Media

The Board for Certification of Genealogists has posted some recent webinars online! Go here to find out how to access “Applying the Standards to International Research” by Melanie D. Holtz, C.G. and “Do You Have the Reflexes You Need to Become Certified?” by Harold Henderson.
“Genetic Genealogy for Beginners” on the Young and Savvy Genealogists YouTube channel – it was originally posted in January but still a good resource!

Resources

FindMyPast Friday’s new records:
- Irish Newspapers
- London, Watermen in Royal Navy 1803-1809
- London, List of Watermen, 1827
- London, Watermen, Birth Register of Contracted Men, 1865-1921