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Joseph Mischyshyn [CC BY-SA 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

• “Midwestern Roots Family History and Genealogy Conference” sponsored by the Indiana Historical Society – check out the list of amazing speakers!
• “Scotland’s People” on The Genealogy Girl – a nice run down on how the website works!
• “Genealogy Bargains for Thursday 7 April 2016” on Geneabloggers
• “Review: Trace Your German Roots Online – A Complete Guide to German Genealogy Websites” on Geneabloggers AND there’s a contest to win this book: “Contest: Win a Copy of Trace Your German Roots Online from Shop Family Tree“
• “3 Reasons Why You Should Know Your Local History” on FamilySearch – this is key for putting your family in context!
• “5 Ways to Prepare for Your Courthouse Research Trip” AND “Breaking Out of Your Genealogy Comfort Zone” by Amy Johnson Crow – excellent advice!
• “American Ancestors Offers Free Week of Access to All Databases” on Marian’s Roots and Rambles by Marian Pierre-Louis
• “Concepts – Parental Phasing” on DNAeXplained by Roberta Estes –  She goes through different concepts throughout this series – great for newcomers to genetic genealogy!

Media

• “Aisha Tyler Who Do You Think You Are? Episode Now Available Online” posted by Geneabloggers

Resources

• “The Family History Guide is Now Available Online” on Dick Eastman’s blog
• “New or Updated Record Collections at FamilySearch.org – 27 March to 2 April 2016” on Genea-Musings by Randy Seaver
• “Added or Updated Databases at Ancestry.com – Week of 27 March to 2 April 2016” on Genea-Musings by Randy Seaver
• FindMyPast Friday’s new records:
  • British Royal Navy & Royal Marines service and pension records 1704-1934
  • Ireland, Society of Friends (Quaker) Births, Marriages, Deaths, School Records, Migration Records, and Congregational Records
  • National School Admission Registers & Log-Books 1870-1914
  • Worcestershire Marriages and Burials

By Frank Schulenburg (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

• If you don’t have Facebook, you may have missed the fun pedigree charts that popped up all over! My feed was full of them and I created one as well, which I shared in a post yesterday. If you’d like to make one, Miriam from AnceStories created a how-to: “Birthplace Pedigree Fun” – this also includes a link to the Google doc! Have fun and share on Facebook! 🙂
• “Genealogy Bargains for Thursday 24 March 2016” on Geneabloggers
• “Do I Really Need to Join My Local Society? I Have No Ancestors from My Area…” by Peggy Clemens Lauritzen on her blog – such a good question and a wonderful answer!
• “Loneliness in Waitrose” on the blog Fabulous Oldies by Duncan Raban – such a lovely story!
• “Zeroing in On the House’s Construction Date, Part 1” on Home Scribe History – great for those of us who like House History Research
• “Don’t Trust the Ancestry.com Will and Probate Record Indexes” by Randy Seaver on Genea-Musings
• “US Women in World War I in Photographs” on Dick Eastman’s blog

Media

• “Introduction to German Parish Records” by Gail Blankenau on Legacy Family Tree Webinars – free until 30 March!
• “ESM’ QuickLesson #2” by DearMyrtle – Dear Myrtle is studing the works of Elizabeth Shown Mills, beginning with her QuickLessons. Watch to learn more about citations and analysis!

Resources

• “New or Updated Record Collections at FamilySearch.org – 13 to 19 March 2016” AND “Added or Updated Databases at Ancestry.com – Week of 13 to 19 March 2016” both on Genea-Musings by Randy Seaver
• “Florida Database of Car Registrations 1905-1917” on Dick Eastman’s blog
• FindMyPast Friday‘s new records:
  • Billion Graves Cemetery Index for Wales, Scotland, England, Canada, United States, Ireland, New Zealand, and Australia
  • British Royal Navy Seamen 1899-1924
  • London, Westminster Marylebone Census 1821 & 1831

THIS WEEKEND!

This has been a busy week for me! I may have missed items because of that so please feel free to add items in the comment section on here or on Facebook.

Blogs/Articles

• “National Archives Virtual Genealogy Fair – October 21-22 2015” – shared by Geneabloggers – if you missed this last year, don’t miss it this year! It’s FREE!
• “Fashion Moment – Garibaldi Shirt” – by Genealogy Lady
• “Tuesday’s Tip – Search for New York Ancestors in the New York State Historical Literature Collection” – by Randy Seaver of Genea-Musings
• “What to do When the Name on the Record is Wrong” – by Amy Johnson Crow
• “I Love the Victorian Era. So I Decided to Live in it” – very interesting article by Sarah A. Chrisman on Vox.com
• “RootsTech Event Registrations are now Available” – on Dick Eastman’s blog

Resources

• Ancestry.com – “New Collection: UK apprentices Indentured in Merchant Navy (1824-1910)“
• FamilySearch – Two new collections listed on Dick Eastman’s blog – September 14 update and September 17 update!
• FindMyPast – FREE WEEKEND! From 7am EDT today (the 18th) to 7am EDT on Monday, the 21st – you can access ALL of FindMyPast’s records at no cost! Check out more information here.