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Friday Finds 22 Dec 2017

Blogs/Articles

Media and Education

New and Updated Resources

Randy Seaver of Genea-Musings has the new and updated lists for Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org
“Introducing the Ryerson Index” by Shauna Hicks on The In-Depth Genealogist
FindMyPast Friday’s has their new and updated records, including:
- England, Greater Manchester Burials 1570-1990
- England, Greater Manchester Marriages 1570-1936
- Britain, Histories & References Guides
- Northamptonshire Memorial Inscriptions
- England Billion Graves Cemetery Index
- PERiodical Source Index
From Dick Eastman’s blog:
- “Buffalo NY Death Index 1852-1944 is Now Online“
- “TheGenealogist Adds Over 1.9 Million Individuals to their Sussex Parish Record Collection“

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

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

Friday Finds 22 July 2016

Blogs/Articles

“Genealogy Bargains for Friday 22 July 2016” on Geneabloggers
“Clueing In To Census Records” on Family Locket – a great reminder that there may be something you missed in a record!
“Nine Autosomal Tools at FamilyTreeDNA” on DNA eXplained by Roberta Estes – a great guide for those who use FTDNA
“3 Things to Ask a Genealogy Librarian” by Amy Johnson Crow – wonderful advice!
“Game of Genomes” on DNA eXplained by Roberta Estes – interesting series I look forward to reading
“How Genealogy and Pokemon GO Are Alike” by Amy Johnson Crow – a fun post 🙂

Media/Education

“Windows 10 Survival Guide for Genealogists” by Thomas MacEntee – watch the webinar LIVE for FREE TODAY at 2pm EST!
“DPLA Genealogy and Family History Workshop” by Amy Johnson Crow and Tamika Maddox Strong – coming up on the 26th! Don’t miss it!
“Organize Your Life Online” by Lisa Louise Cook on Family Tree Webinars Free until 27 July!

Updated and New Resources

Randy Seaver from Genea-Musings has new and updated records listed for Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org.
FindMyPast Friday’s Record List:
- British Army Service Records
- Scotland, Linlithgowshire (West Lothian), Electoral Registers 1864-1931
- Britain, Absent Voters List 1918-1921
- New South Wales 1901 Census
- PERSI Index Update

Κλέαρχος Π. Καπούτσης [Attribution], via Wikimedia Commons – Thunderstorm in Akrotiri

Articles/Blogs

A new Fashion Moment by Genealogy Lady! This one is on Leg o’ Mutton Sleeves
Geneabloggers bargains for today – this includes 40% off of The Unofficial Guide to Ancestry.com by Nancy Hendrickson (ONE DAY SALE ONLY!) and a free e-book called A Crash Course in American Law by J. Ryan Jones. (which looks like it could be quite entertaining).
Also don’t forget about the Geneabloggers contest for a free DNA test bundle from FamilyTreeDNA!
Slate posted The Landscape of Civil War Commemoration – a neat interactive map of Civil War monuments
Did you hear about the International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies (IAJGS) conference? Dick Eastman wrote a wonderful review on the five-day conference!
FamilySearch is hosting a Worldwide Indexing Event from August 7th to 14th! See their page for more information on how to get started!

Webinars/Videos

Resources

From the Family Curator “Organizing Old Family Photos with the Parking Lot System” – A great system of organizing photos!
From Dick Eastman “Index to French-Canadian Revolutionary War Patriots“
A great post from Dick Eastman on using Google Photos
FindMyPast Friday – new records!
- Treasury Departmental Accounts Convict Hulks
- British Newspapers – 19 new titles
- Home Office and Prison Commission: Prisons Records
- Anglo-Boer War Update