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Friday Finds November 7th-13th

On 13 November 2015

By Mortefot from Flickr (Coffeetime!) [CC BY-SA 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

Blogs/Articles

“Ancestry’s New ‘Amount of Shared DNA’ – What Does it Really Mean?” By Roberta Estes on her blog DNAeXplained – Genetic Genealogy
“Fashion Moment – Overalls” by Deborah Sweeney on Genealogy Lady
“Ten-Minute Methodology: When Index is a ‘Dirty Word‘” on BCG Springboard – excellent quick read!
“Genetic Genealogy 101 Part 1: the why and why nots” AND “Genetic Genealogy 101 Part 2: Useful Terms” both on The In-Depth Genealogist
“How to Find a Revolutionary War Patriot” by Dick Eastman on Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter
“Has Genealogy gone ‘Mean’? Rudeness Among Us” on the Dead Relative Collector – some very helpful questions to keep in mind before posting items on social media 🙂

Resources

Free access to ArkivDigital (Swedish records) this weekend! November 14-15
Contest from Geneabloggers: Win a Copy of Writing Life Stories! – This coincides with National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) and can be a great resource for those who wish to write their family stories – More info here
“Native American Papers” on the Newspapers.com blog – lots of new newspapers for those searching for Native American ancestry!
“Added or Updated Databases on Ancestry.com – Week of November 1 to 7, 2015” on Randy Seaver’s blog Genea-Musings
“New FamilySearch Collections Update: November 9, 2015” by Dick Eastman on EOGN
FindMyPast Friday’s new records:
- Surrey, military tribunals 1915-1918
- Lloyds of London Memorial roll 1914-1918
- Stock Exchange Memorial Roll 1914-1918
- Victoria, World War One Solider Settlers
- US Veterans Administration Pension Payment Cards 1907-1933

Friday Finds September 26 – October 2

By Nichelle Barra

On 2 October 2015

In Friday Finds

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

Friday Finds: August 15-21

By Nichelle Barra

On 21 August 2015

In Friday Finds

Mackinaw Island Grand Hotel – By J Dykstra (Personal photo) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

Blogs/Articles

“Fashion Moments – Pigeon Breast” by Genealogy Lady! I absolutely love this series 🙂
“Hey Soldier, What’s Your Name? Crowdsourcing IDs in Old Group Photos [TUTORIAL]” by Denise Levenick at The Family Curator – WONDERFUL information in this post!
“The Limits of Ownership” by Judy G. Russell – Going along with the photograph theme, this answers a common question about owning something and owning a copyright to something.
“Tracing Orphans in Your Ancestry” by D. Joshua Taylor on JSTOR Daily
FREE ebook by Thomas MacEntee “Digitization Options for Family Photos: Including Slides, Film Negatives, and Home Movies” You can get it for free through Sunday!
“NGS Announces a New Course in the American Genealogical Studies Series: Beyond the Basics” – This course used to be called the Home Study Course, which I took and really benefited from. It is a wonderful course for those who are new to genealogy or those who have been involved for years and just want more knowledge!
“Forensic Genealogy Institute Announces Dates for 2016 Event” on Dick Eastman’s blog

Resources

“New FamilySearch Collections: Week of August 17, 2015” List on Dick Eastman’s blog
“Forces War Records Releases New Online Database of British Prisoners of War Held in Japan or Japanese-Occupied Territory” article on Dick Eastman’s blog
FindMyPast Friday’s newest records:
- Probate Calendars of England and Wales 1858-1959
- Hertfordshire Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials

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