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Genealogy Finds June 6th-12th

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On 12 June 2015

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Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland. Photo taken by Nichelle Barra, July 2012

Giant’s Causeway in Northern Ireland. Photo taken by Nichelle Barra, July 2012

Articles/Blog Posts

  • Amy Johnson Crow posted this article: “Genealogy and Elitism: It Isn’t What You Say, It’s How You Say It.” For those of us who have been doing genealogy for quite some time, it’s important to remember how we sound to others and to remember what it was like to first start a new hobby. It’s a great read!
  • Did you get to attend the Global Family Reunion on June 6th? If not, Upfront with NGS posted an article that links to select sessions that were recorded and are available to watch here.
  • PRONI’s (The Public Record Office of Northern Ireland) family history lectures are now on YouTube! Blog post is found here and a link to the channel is in the webinar/video section.
  • The blog Organize Your Family History by Janine Adams posted a good reminder to back up your genealogy! Also, if you use a service like Carbonite or Backblaze (which is what I use), be sure your Dropbox account is included in the backup! After reading this, I double checked to be sure it was. 🙂
  • It was International Archives day on June 9th! Upfront with NGS posted this about the day; check it out!
  • Olive Tree Genealogy posted this wonderful how-to: “Access Canadian WW2 Military Service Files in a Few Easy Steps.“
  • EOGN posted this great article: “1500 Turn-Of-The-Century Pictures from Hungary Made Public” If you have any ancestors from Hungary (or just love old photos) check out the article to read more about it and get a link to the pictures.
  • EOGN posted a book review recently: “Book Review: How to Do Everything: Genealogy” Check it out if you’ve seen this book and thought about buying it!
  • Ever wonder why so many records from Prussia, Poland, and Germany are missing? Check out this article by the ManyRoads blog, written by Mark Rabideau: “Why Are So Many Records Missing?“
  • AncestryDNA is now available in Canada! This is very exciting for me as a LOT of my grandmother’s family is came through there! I am hoping this will give me some new connections 🙂
  • From Crista Cowan on Ancestry’s blog: “The New Facts View: Make Sure You Are Climbing YOUR Family Tree and Not Someone Else’s“
  • The Library and Archives Canada Blog announced that they are now allowing visitors to take digital images with a camera or smartphone (rights and restrictions permitting). To read more about what this allows check out their blog here.

Webinars/Videos

  • US National Archives posted this: “Civil War Medicine and Surgery” – it’s an hour long video that will discuss medical procedures and case studies. This is great for anyone who had an injured/hospitalized Civil War ancestor!
  • PRONI now has their own YouTube channel! Check out the channel here to see their many videos! This is an awesome resource for those with Northern Irish ancestry!

Resources

  • Have Virginia Ancestors? Colonial Roots posted this about the number of vital records that are now available online. Check it out for a listing of what is available and where!
  • FindMyPast posted their new Friday records: Surrey, Southwark, St Savior Poor Relief 1818-1821; Hue & Cry Index 1797-1810; Staffordshire, Parish Registers Browse, 1538-1900; Kent Marriages; Kent Banns; and Persi monthly update. Check out the list with links here!
  • EOGN posted about the new MacFamilyTree for the Mac Users out there. Check out the article here.
  • Have you heard of ZoomPast? EOGN discusses using this tool to display/share your family tree, especially with the non-genealogists who tend to get lost in all the connections. Read the article here: “Fly Around Your Family Tree with ZoomPast.” It looks really interesting!
  • If you are researching West/East Prussia and other former Eastern German Provinces, ManyRoads’s Mark Rabideau added quite a number of address books on the website. Check it out here!

Have a great weekend!

Weekly Genealogy Finds May 16-22nd

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On 22 May 2015

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U.S. flags stand in front of fallen service members graves on Memorial Day at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington Va, May 28, 2012. DoD photo by Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo (Released) By English: Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

U.S. flags stand in front of fallen service members graves on Memorial Day at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington Va, May 28, 2012. DoD photo by Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo (Released) By English: Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

Picture found here.

Articles/Blog Posts

  • FamilySearch has Civil War records! Not sure how to use them? Check out this article that has tips and tricks from Thomas MacEntee, Joshua Taylor, Amy Johnson Crow, and Michael John Neill!
  • Genealogy Lady‘s series about identifying clues in photographs now has three posts! The first one is here and is about identifying and describing what you see in a photo (especially the clothing) to help date the picture. The second one is found here and continues with some great advice on how older people’s fashion will differ from the younger generations. It also continues with the second step of identifying the “period silhouette” (the shape of a person) and includes great links to more resources. Her third in the series can be found here and focuses on creating a timeline with your genealogy knowledge to help narrow down possibilities of who is in the picture. Then it goes on to step four which is to use that time line to create a date range  for the photo. Really wonderful information for any genealogist with undated pictures!
  • Doing some genealogy searching on Google? Dick Eastman (who writes EOGN) has a blog post about using a date range in your searches and why you’d want to use it. Check it out here!

Webinars/Videos

  • Judy G. Russell recently did a webinar for Legacy Family Tree and it is now offered for free until May 25th – this Monday! The webinar is called “Martha Benschura: Enemy Alien” and you can click here to read how to watch the 1 hour and 26 minute video.

Resources

  • It’s Memorial Day Weekend which means free access this weekend for some websites! At the moment, it’s the New England Historic Genealogical Society! They have select military databases open until May 27th to guest users (which does mean you need to register, but it’s still free!). The records they are opening are: Colonial Soldiers and Officers in New England 1620-1775, Massachusetts Revolutionary War Pensioners’ Receipts 1799-1807, and Massachusetts Revolutionary War Pensioners’ Receipts 1829-1837. Great information there!
  • The National Library of Ireland is going to launch a database of images from the 1,091 Catholic paraish registers in their collection – online and FREE from July 8th! Check out the In-Depth Genealogist for more information.
  • Going to a cemetery this weekend? Notice any odd symbols on the graves? This guide can help you to figure out what those symbols may have meant.
  • Kilmainham Gaol is launching a new website that will show it’s prisoner autograph book from 1916-1923. The proposed date for this launch is March 2016 and you can read more about it here from Irish Genealogy News.
  • FindMyPast Friday’s announces new records for this week: City of London, Haberdashers, Apprentices and Freemen 1526-1933; City of London, Ironmongers, Apprentices and Freemen 1511-1923; Surrey, Southwark, St George the Martyr Mortuary Register 1880-1891; British Royal Navy, Foreign Awards to Officers Index 1914-1922; and Victoria Inward Passenger Lists 1839-1923.
  • New books from the National Genealogical Society! These are for specific states: California, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Nebraska. Read more about the books from EOGN here!
  • Maine has changed their law about vital records! Records from 1892-present day are no longer available at the Maine State Archives and are now going to be issued from the Data, Research, and Vital Statistics at the Vital Records Office. Read the official announcement (and more information) here.

Genealogy Round up: March 28th-April 3rd

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On 3 April 2015

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Genealogy News

Interesting Articles

  • Just in time for April Fools! Did you see this awesome new app for the iPhone? Lick it DNA! HA! Check it out here. If only!
  • The Smithosonian.com posted a chart from 1790 that discusses the dangers of drink. Interesting to read how alcohol was thought of back then!
  • Retronaut is one of my favorite websites because of it’s collection of old photos. They recently posted pictures from 1928 England in color! Check them out those photos here and more about Retronaut here.
  • Are you Polish? Was your parent, grandparent, or even great-grandparent Polish? You may be eligible for Polish citizenship! Check out more information here and here. (I am going to try and do this for my husband! How neat!)

Resources

  • Ancestry announced a new edition to their DNA – “New Ancestor Discoveries.” The link takes you to an Ancestry video on YouTube (about 7 min long). HOWEVER, Roberta Estes from DNAeXplained shared how wrong her supposed ancestor was. If you’ve taken the Ancestry DNA test, you’ll get an announcement about it and I feel it’s very important to know how these new “ancestors” may not be yours after all.
  • New FamilySearch records! EOGN posted that 5.8 Million index records and images for Australia, Canada, Hungary, Russia, South Africa, and the US were added and then FamilySearch added another 18.3 million indexed records and images for England, Italy, UK, and the US as well. Check them out 🙂
  • FindMyPast also added a number of new records. You can check out the EOGN article here and here (Civil War Pensions included!) that discusses what’s new.
  • Looking for more storage space for your computer files? EOGN posted “Super Cheap Storage Space in the Cloud for Your Files” that discusses Amazon’s Cloud Drive Service.

Videos/Webinars

Have a wonderful weekend everyone! 🙂

Essential Genealogy Books and Then Some

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On 3 March 2015

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By Raysonho @ Open Grid Scheduler / Grid Engine (Own work) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

By Raysonho @ Open Grid Scheduler / Grid Engine (Own work) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

Creating a library is part of being a genealogist. Yes, there are many items that you can now get electronically and some items you may use so rarely it isn’t worth buying. However, there are some items that you turn to time and again that you’ll most likely want a copy of it at home. Especially if you’re like me – I tend to want to write in my books and sometimes break the bindings…

These books aren’t just for the professional either, although I include them in my list. These books are for every and any genealogist out there! I hope you find something new and useful here.

Basic Shelf – These are some books that most professionals will own or have access to:

Essential Materials for Me – These are items that I feel are essential to my research:

Maybe One Day…

I’m positive there will be more I’ll add to this list! There are many books on DNA, for example, that I now own, but I haven’t figured out how essential they are as I am still too new into DNA to really say for sure. There are also many great international books out there that aren’t on this list. As most of my research focuses on American genealogy, I haven’t dived into that part of genealogy too much yet.

Are there items I left out that you feel are essential or should be added to the list? Or do you have any DNA, international, ethnic, or other specific books you would recommend? Feel free to comment below!

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