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RootsTech is happening now! Don’t forget to check out their streaming sessions. Check out the schedule here: Streaming Schedule

Blogs/Articles

• Big news out of RootsTech this week! RootsMagic will be synching with Ancestry.com and FamilyTreeMaker may be saved! Check out the links for more information
• A contest from Geneabloggers – Win a $500 Amazon Genealogy Shopping Spree!! Also check out the latest genealogy bargains here!
• “Conducting Reasonably Exhaustive Research” on the Adventures in Genealogy Education blog by Angela McGhie – The book The Researcher’s Guide to American Genealogy was one of my first genealogy books I actually sat down and studied! I learned quite a bit (although it is a bit outdated on some items, the information is still good).
• “What is a DNA Scholarship and How Do I Get One?” By Roberta Estes on her blog DNAeXplained
• “The Innovator Summit Was Held Today at RootsTech2016” on Dick Eastman’s blog (from Feb 3rd)

Media

• Watch the latest episode of Finding Your Roots – this time exploring the ancestors of Richard Branson, Maya Lin, and Frank Gehry
• “Ancestry Teams with TLC to Produce TV Docu-Series Long Lost Family” on DearMyrtle – I’m not sure how I feel about this just yet but it looks interesting
• “BCG Free Webinar: Little on Context in Record Analysis” presented by Barbara Vines Little

Resources

• “New or Updated Record Collections at FamilySearch.org – January 24 to 30, 2016” on Genea-Musings by Randy Seaver
• “FindMyPast Announces Largest Online Collection of U.S. Marriages from 1650-2010” by Dick Eastman on his blog
• FindMyPast Friday new records:
  • United States Marriages from 1650-2010
  • Norfolk Baptisms
  • Norfolk Marriages
  • Norfolk Burials

Panorama from Majestic Building, Detroit, Mich. From The New York Public Library

Blogs/Articles

• Genealogy Bargains for Thursday 14 January 2016 – with a contest to win a copy of The Family Tree Polish Czach & Slovak Genealogy Guide – Check it out!
• “Ask Yvette – What is GenealogieOnline” – by Yvette Hoitink, a professional genealogist in the Netherlands
• “RootsTech 2016 Innovator Showdown Semi-Finalists are Announced” – on Genea-Musings by Randy Seaver
• Are you a RootsMagic user like me? A lot of people are switching over and that doesn’t always go as smoothly as we’d hope. Linda Stufflebean from Empty Branches on the Family Tree wrote about some frustrations with source citations. This then led to a three three-post series by Randy Seaver on Genea-Musings about creating source citations! Check out those posts here: “Post 1: New Master Source,” “Post 2: Adding Source Details to the Master Source,” and “Post 3: Adding Master Text, Detail Text, Quality and Repository Information.”

Media

• Another episode of Finding Your Roots is on pbs.org! Check it out here

Resources

• “New FamilySearch Collections Update: January 11, 2016” on Dick Eastman’s blog
• FindMyPast Friday’s newest records:
  • England, Pollbooks and Directories, 1830-1837
  • British Newspapers Update
  • Hertfordshire, Parish Registers Browse, 1538-1988
  • Surrey, Southwark, Newington Apprentice Register 1891