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Genealogy Round-Up March 14th-20th

On 20 March 2015

Happy first day of spring! Although we had a smattering of snow last night, our trees are beginning to bud and I have the beginnings of tulips coming up. My allergies are loving this! 🙂

If you are in the Northern Indiana area, the South Bend Area Genealogical Society is putting on their annual Michiana Genealogy Fair this Saturday from 9am-4pm! Harold Henderson will be the main speaker! Check out more information here.

I will also have a table set up where I will be doing a giveaway for a FREE 5-Hour research package! So stop on by!

Resources

Do you have Swedish ancestry? ArkivDigital is having a free weekend this weekend! Check out more information here.
SeekingMichigan.org new records! I posted about this on Tuesday as have numerous others, but in case you still haven’t heard there are now death certificates from 1921-1939 on SeekingMichigan.org. The indexes for death records from 1940-1952 will come out in a few weeks and they will be adding new certificate images as the privacy restrictions come off every year. Be aware that this news has caused their site to be flooded with viewers so it may be slow!
Ohio is going to open their adoption records for those who were adopted from 1964- Sept 1996! Check out more in this article here.
Sad news on EOGN. The Kansas Supreme Court has proposed restricted access to Kansas marriage records. You can read more here.
Milford, Michigan now has their obituary index from 1929-1949 online. Check out more here.

Interesting Articles

Tour a Jewish Cemetery in Poland by drone! Check out the video here and about the drone here.
The Archivist of the US has challenged everyone to a transcription challenge! See more about it here and here.
Do you have photographs that are just too much to keep? There is a project called THTK (short for “Too Hard To Keep”) run by the photographer Jason Lazarus. He takes photos that people would rather not have anymore and instead of destroying them, he places them in an online repository. You can read more about the project here.
Crestleaf shared an article on how to use your Facebook photos to tell a story on Crestleaf. Check out the article here.
Going to the Annual Southern California Genealogy Jamboree? Applications are not being accepted for the 2015 Suzanne Winsor Freeman Student Genealogy Grant! See more here.

Videos/Webinars

TapGenes was a semi-finalist in the RootsTech Innovator Challenge. I find the idea to be rather interesting and I’ll be curious to see how it all pans out once it’s up and running. If you’re curious, check out the video here that explains what TapGenes hopes to do.
Christa Cowen (the Barefoot Genealogist) shared a video about the Ancestry shakey leafs and how to go beyond them in this 30 minute video.
She also shared another 34 minute video on doing genealogy on a budget which you can check out here.
And just one more from Christa Cowen about documenting your research (23 minute video). Check it out!
Interested in using Evernote for genealogy? Check out a short video from Lisa Louise Cooke on using Evernote here.

Happy weekend everyone!

Genealogy News: March 7 – 13

By Nichelle Barra

On 13 March 2015

In Friday Finds

Anyone watch the new season of Who Do You think You Are? And did you enter the sweepstakes too? This is one of those times when I wish I had cable… If I only could ask for just this channel for just this show!

Videos/Webinars

Do you have too much on your Ancestry.com tree and want to separate it into more than one tree? Or maybe you have two trees you wish to combine? Christa Cowan, the Barefoot Genealogist has a YouTube video on how to do just that! (Video is about 23 minutes)
Christa Cowan also shared a video called “Document Your Research: What Does That Mean?” which is a great video for beginners or those who want a refresher. (Video is about 23 minutes)
Check out this video by Lisa Louise Cooke from Genealogy Gems called “3 Genetic Genealogy Misconceptions and Answers to Your DNA Questions.” Great 10 minute video for beginners!
Doing some cemetery research? Check out this short video by Ancestral Findings on cemetery research.
Can’t make it to the NGS conference this year (like me 🙁 )? You can still attend by purchasing live streaming! See the costs and options here. I plan on taking advantage of that this year!

Records/Resources

Dick Eastman’s newsletter (EOGN) recently posted about the Colorado Springs death register index, which is now available online. See more information in his article here.
Heritage Quest has gone through some changes recently. One of those changes is that they now have data from Ancestry.com. I’ve heard mixed opinions about this change but to read more about this, check out the EOGN article about it here.
More records added to FamilySearch! Check out the EOGN article that lists them here.
Looking for ancestors who may have been institutionalized? Those records are never easy to obtain but Upfront with NGS posted some ideas in how to get them.
Upfront with NGS also posted “FREE Resources for Online Digitized Genealogy and Family History Books.”

Books

The NGS publication Genealogy and the Law by Kay Haviland Freilich and William B. Freilich is now available for the Kindle! Speaking of that, Dear Myrtle also hosts a study group for this book if you’re interested.

Interesting Articles

Have you heard of the Global Family Reunion Festival by A.J. Jacobs? Well you can now buy a ticket by participating in their fundraiser on Indiegogo! Check it out for the videos at least!
Clue Wagon recently posted about why your DNA tests aren’t as accurate as you may think. Check out her blog post for more information! And just check out her blog in general. She’s hilarious!

Have a great weekend everyone!

Genealogy Friday! Feb 28-March 6

By Nichelle Barra

On 6 March 2015

In Friday Finds

I am SO happy it’s March! I am not a fan of winter and I can’t wait to see it go away!

Here are some of the genealogy happenings for this week:

Bargains!

FindMyPast is having a FREE weekend! This is a perfect way to give a new company a trial run to see if it would be worth another subscription. The weekend has already started!
Ancestry.com AARP discount – see Thomas MacEntee’s post about this discount offered by Ancestry.com
Geneabloggers has a Genealogy Bargains post nearly every day! Follow him on Facebook for more information or check out the website for great deals.

Fun

Who Do You Think You Are starts this Sunday! (Anyone have cable that wouldn’t mind me coming over every Sunday? Ha!) They are having a “Be a Who Do You Think You Are? Star” sweepstakes that starts March 8th. Check it out!
Registration is now open for the International Society for British Genealogy and Family History Institute! It will be from 21-25 September 2015 in Salt Lake City. Register before 15 August to get the early registration discount!

Resources/Records/Books

FindMyPast has a number of new records now available. They added British Women’s Army, Naval, and Air Force records along with the British Civil Service Evidence of Age records. They also have new Queensland records, Britain Trade Union Member records, Lancashire, Manchester Cholera Victims (1832) records, and an Irish newspaper update. Lots of things you can check out this weekend for free!
Visiting an ancestral home? Check out this blog for tips to prepare for such a trip!
HeritageQuest has a new look! Check out more about this resource here.
Interested in British and Irish newspapers? There is a new book about that by Chris Paton. Check it out here.
Thomas MacEntee‘s 500 Best Genealogy and Family History Tips 2015 Edition is now available on PDF. Check it out here.
Curious about what records MyHeritage has to offer? Read more about it here on the FamilySearch blog.
The Polish Genealogical Society of Connecticut and the Northeast, Inc. has posted a new marriage database to their website! Check it out here.
Dick Eastman’s newsletter posted about a new database that has England’s immigrant records from 1330-1550! Check out the newsletter here.
Do you have Alaskan ancestry? Check out Alaska Web and Dick Eastman’s article about it here .

Genealogy News for Feb 21st-27th

By Nichelle Barra

On 27 February 2015

In Friday Finds

Wonderful News!

As most of you know, the Indiana State Library’s genealogical department was in danger of being lost forever. The Indiana Genealogical Society sent up a plea for people to write to the Ways and Means Committee to change this idea, which was then spread throughout the genealogy community. Well, our voices were heard! It looks like (I saw this with caution) the genealogy department will stay for the moment. I’m so glad we were able to make a difference!

Articles/Blogs of Interest

This has been spreading around Facebook quite a bit – How to Leave All Your Accounts to Someone Else When You Die – It’s really odd to think that it’s something we now need to do!
Going to the National Genealogical Society Conference this May? If you are a regular blogger and part of Geneabloggers, you can get some of the geneabloggers beads in order to identify each other. I love this idea and wish I could go this year!
Would you rather attend a genealogy conference on a cruise or at a convention center? Dick Eastman covers some of the pros and cons of these two options.

Resources/Records

The Columbus Jewish Historical Society has a large collection of oral histories on it’s website. You can read an article about this neat project here and check out the website for more information. This reminds of me of NPR’s StoryCorps!
MyHeritage Blog had a great article on death records. It gives a wonderful overview of what is available and where it would be. Check out here.
MyHeritage also added the 1930 Denmark census to it’s records. Learn more here from Geneabloggers.
The Ancestor Hunt has a large link of FREE access to historical newspapers. This is a great resource!
The Israel State Archives are going to be putting records online! This is always good to hear!. Read more about it here.
Wikipedia is a great reference site but sometimes we need a bit more. This article has many alternatives to Wikipedia that I had no idea existed!
Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter had a recent book review on the book: The Ultimate Search Book: Worldwide Adoption, Genealogy, and Other Search Secrets by Bobbi King.
FamilySearch.org announces new changes, updates, and records to their collections.
The Ontario Genealogical Society has some live streaming of their meetings and presentations. Check out more information here.
Have Irish ancestors? Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet: A Guide for Family Historians by Chris Paton is currently 70% off! Take advantage before the deal ends!

Webinars/Videos

The Genealogy Roadshow finished up their second season this past week. Check out the episode here!
Free Legacy Family Tree Webinar: New and Must-Have Google Tips for Genealogy by Lisa Louise Cooke – This is free until March 4th so watch it quickly! I watched this last night and have already started exploring new options on using Google for my family history search.
Speaking of using Google, here are some tips for genealogy searches on Google.
NARA is hosting a presentation called A Chosen Exile: A History of Racial Passing in American Life by Allyson Hobbs (who wrote the book). It will also be streamed live on YouTube today at noon.

Book Contest!

Geneabloggers Thomas MacEntee is hosting a contest for the book Kindred Voices by Geoff Rasmussen. Click here to join in! The contest ends today so enter quickly!