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Blogs/Articles

• “British World War II Tunnels Opened to Public” – Very neat!
• “Using Telegrams and Love Letters to Teach World War II” – from PBS – I love this idea!
• “Disconnected by War, Family Reunites through Student History Project” – from PBS and goes along with the previous article
• “Fashion Moments – Bishop Sleeve” – By Genealogy Lady – the next installment in a fantastic series!
• “How to Find Genealogy Information When a Record Doesn’t Exist” by Amy Johnson Crow – great information
• Thomas MacEntee presented his Genealogy Opportunities 2015, which I highlight on Tuesday for anyone who had given a thought to doing genealogy for money:
  • Genealogy – For Fun or Profit?
  • Careers in Genealogy
  • Genealogy: What Do You Mean It Isn’t Free?
  • How Do You Make Money in Genealogy?
  • Money Changes Everything – Or Does It?
• “Hellenic Genealogy Conference in Salt Lake City on September 26” article by Dick Eastman and conference home page here.

Webinars/Videos

• “Storyboard Your Family History” by Lisa Alzo – it’s an hour and a half long but FULL of some great information!  You can watch this FREE until August 3rd!
• “Beautiful Scotland”  – a film by John Duncan using a drone – so beautiful!
• “AncestryDNA ‘Come Find Me’ Viking Ad” – Interesting ad! I kind of like it 🙂
• The Arabella Chapman Project – There’s video, text, and pictures – This is about two photo albums by African American woman and the living interpretive project that University of Michigan is doing with the pictures.

Resources

• Old Maps Online – A very neat website!
• 30% Scrivener for Genealogy Boot Camp – goes well with the free webinar from Lisa Alzo!
• Genealogy Bargains for Today from Geneabloggers! 50% off MyHeritage 1 yr subscription ends today!
• “Book Review: Finding Your Irish Ancestors in New York City” Book review by Dick Eastman, book by Joseph Buggy
• “New Online Database of Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga, and Schenectady County, New York, Residents who Died during World War I” – article by Dick Eastman
• FindMyPast Friday new records:
  • Norfolk Parish Registers Browse
  • British Army Schoolchildren and Schoolmasters 1803-1932
  • Royal Hibernian Military School Admissions 1847-1932
  • Irish Newspaper Update
  • PERSI Quarterly Index Update

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• “Drunk and Riotous: Troubled and Troublesome Inebriate Women” by Lesley Hulonce of Workhouse Tales – an interesting part of history
• “Obituary for Toronto Woman, 94, lights up social media” from thestar.com – a look at a lighthearted obituary that’s making the rounds!
• “Ancestors, Inc.: Inside the Remarkable Rise of the Genealogy Industry” by Neal Ungerleider of Fast Company –  Interesting look at what is my new profession!
• “Ginnifer Goodwin featured on Who Do You Think You Are Sunday on TLC” by Geneabloggers – it’s back!
• “The Different Camera Icons on FamilySearch.org” by Dana McCullough – I’ve wondered about this!
• “10 Really Funny Genealogy Records” by RootsBid – just for laughs!
• “Genealogy Fairy” by GeneaBloggers – An awesome new grant opportunity brought to you by GeneaBloggers!
• “DNA and the Next Generation” from NextGen
• “Fashion Moments – Hobble Skirt” from Genealogy Lady – I’m always amazed by what women used to wear!
• “Ancestors Please! How to ask for help online” by Marian Pierre-Louis on Legacy Family Tree
• “U.S. National Archives opens an Innovation Hub” by Dick Eastman – great news for those going to the U.S. National Archives!
• “Cemetery Scavenger Hunt Brings Waterloo Region History to Life” from TheRecord.com – a neat look at how to get others interested in such history

Webinars/Videos

• “Have Swedish Roots and Don’t Know How to get Started?” FREE Legacy Family Tree Webinar by Kathy Meade! Free through 29 July so watch it quickly!

Resources

• “Brooklyn Public Library just made New York history buffs very happy” from Technical.ly – 107 years of city directories and telephone books easily searchable online!
• FindMyPast Friday!
  • Victoria, Convict Register 1842 – 1854
  • New South Wales, Convict Death Register 1828-1879
  • Queensland Convict register index 1824-1839
  • Queensland, St Helena Convict index 1863-1936
  • Australia Convict Tickets of Leave 1824-1874
  • New South Wales, butts of convicts’ certificates of freedom 1827-1867
  • Irish Army Census 1922
  • British Army, List of Half-pay Officers 1714
• “London Jewish Synagogue Seatholder Records Go Online” by Dick Eastman – This post highlights an announcement from TheGenealogist
• “New FamilySearch Collections: Week of July 13, 2015” by Dick Eastman – the list is quite long so check out his blog post for links and more information!

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• “Irish Catholic Church Records – NOW ONLINE AND FREE!!!!” by the Armchair Genealogist – Just an FYI, Deb Sweeney left me a note that this database isn’t searchable by surname and you have to know the parish where your ancestors came from. Also, most parishes didn’t start keeping records until the 1850’s. Still, a free database is a free database! Just keep those things in mind 🙂
• “AncestryDNA Doings” and “Ancestry Terms of Use Updated” by the Legal Genealogist – Ancestry.com has updated their privacy for their DNA tests and updated their terms of use. Judy G. Russell addresses both in a way that makes it clear what has changed (not much!).
• “What Happened to Baby Alpha Beta? Did the Newborn Found Behind a Grocery Find Her Birth Mother?” – on the Orange County Register website – a wonderful story how a young woman found her birth mother with help from CeCe Moore.
• “Using Etsy for Genealogy” – by GeneaBloggers – we’ve talked about using Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest for genealogy – what about Etsy?
• “Independence Day Then and Now” by Dick Eastman – neat to see!
• Dick Eastman also attended the International Conference on Jewish Genealogy that finishes up today in Jerusalem! Check out his report on part of the conference here.

Webinars/Videos

• 14 July 8pm CST webinar! FREE if watched live – “Dissect Obituaries for New Clues” by George G. Morgan
• “U.S. Immigrant Oral Histories Featuring Hatsumi Imagawa” – posted by Ancestry.com – I really enjoy these short oral histories!

Resources

• There’s a free ebook out at the moment (still free as of this morning) – The Paperless Lifestyle: Do the Impossible! Go Completely Paperless to Revolutionize Your Life  by Jason Bracht If you’ve ever thought about going paperless, now’s the time to take advantage of a free ebook!
• National Genealogical Society members! Did you get the email about the FREE year membership for FindMyPast US and Canada records?? Check out more information here!
• Just as a reminder, Fold3’s access to Revolutionary War records is still good through the 15th! Check out more information here.
• “Drouin Institute’s Free Online Database Now Holds More Than 1.6 Million Canadian Obits” by Gail Dever of Genealogy a la Carte.
• Do you use MyHeritage? There were some neat name translation technology changes that Dick Eastman talks about: “My Heritage Launches Breakthrough Global Name Translation (TM) Technology“
• FindMyPast Friday’s at FindMyPast released these records:
  • Registers of Criminal Petitions (HO18 and HO19)
  • Judges Report on Criminals (HO47)
  • British Army, Northumberland Fusiliers 1881-1920
  • Shropshire, Shrewsbury St. Julian’s parish, 1831 census