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Friday Finds December 12-18

On 18 December 2015

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Blogs/Articles

“Contest: $250 Amazon Christmas Shopping Spree from Geneabloggers” An amazing contest!
“Genealogy Bargains for Friday 18 December 2015” on Geneabloggers
“A Happier Holiday Season…” By Judy G. Russell on the Legal Genealogist – an amazing contest for 3 lucky readers who haven’t been able to afford a DNA test but would like to test – check it out!
“All You Want for Christmas…” on the Legal Genealogist – which DNA test should you get?
“Industry Schedules: A Hidden Source for Your Farming Ancestors” – on Amy Johnson Crow’s blog
“1918 World War I in Color” by Retronaut on Mashable
“38 Pictures from the Early Days of the London Underground” on Vintage Everyday – very neat pictures!
“Confusion: Family Tree Maker, Family Tree DNA, and Ancestry.com” on DNAeXplained – Genetic Genealogy
Dick Eastman’s blog EOGN discussed the 2020 census and how it will be quite different: “U.S. 2020 Census Will be Done by Internet” and “Protecting the 2020 Census from Fraud“

Media

“How to Download Your Tree from Ancestry.com” on Ancestry’s YouTube channel
“AncestryDNA: Possible Relationships” on Ancestry’s YouTube channel
“Tracing Your New Jersey Ancestors: Online and Offline Resources” on Ancestral Finding’s YouTube channel
“Upcoming ISGS Webinars – January 2016” on the Illinois State Genealogical Society Blog

Resources

“New or Updated Record Collections at FamilySearch.org – December 6 to 12, 2015” – by Randy Seaver on his blog Genea-Musings
“Genealogy: Researching Your Family Tree” – taught by the University of Strathclyde Glasgow and is online with Future Learn for FREE – class starts 14 March
FindMyPast Friday’s:
- American Bible Society Index
- The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record Update
- New York Research Update
- Dublin Registers and Records

Friday Finds December 5-11

By Nichelle Barra

On 11 December 2015

In Friday Finds

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Blogs/Articles

We all heard that Ancestry.com is going to retire their Family Tree Maker software and people are wondering what to do. Legacy responded with this update and RootsMagic responded with this one. Also check out Randy Seaver’s blog post on the issue: “Other Genealogy Software Options to Replace Family Tree Maker – UPDATED“
“Seven Decades After Pearl Harbor, DNA Testing Used to Identify Remains” – on the Telegraph – a very neat look at what DNA can do!
“Genealogy Bargains for Friday 11 December 2015” – on Geneabloggers
“Ten-Minute Methodology: Beyond the Index – or Not” on the BCG blog SpringBoard
“:Links: House History Guides by City/State” by Home Scribe History blog – an awesome new (to me) blog! Great resources!
“Now… and Not Now” – on the Legal Genealogist – more information on the new things coming to 23andMe – a MUST READ for anyone who has tested with 23andMe or are thinking about testing with them.

Webinars and the Like

“2016 Legacy Family Tree Webinar Series Announced” – Sign up and watch the webinars live for FREE! What a great deal 🙂
“Continuing Genealogical Studies: Genetic Genealogy, Autosomal DNA” – a new course from NGS! Check it out!

Resources

FindMyPast Friday’s New Records:
- Electoral Registers from Portsmouth, England, 1835-1873
- Baptisms from Leicestershire, England
- Burials from Leicestershire, England
- Plague Rates from Plymouth, England, 1626-1629
Dick Eastman’s Blog (EOGN) has new resources listed:

Friday Finds Nov 28 – Dec 4

By Nichelle Barra

On 4 December 2015

In Friday Finds

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Blogs/Articles

Register for the 2016 NGS Conference here! The dates are 4-7 May in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida!
“1912-1938 Traveling with the Paneths” – a neat colorful look at old pictures of a family’s travels from Retronaut
“Fashion Moments – Detachable Collars” – from Genealogy Lady! I read about this often in historical fiction 🙂
“5 Things to Do When Applying to a Lineage Society” by Amy Johnson Crow
“The Ins and Outs of Social Media for Genealogists” on The In-Depth Genealogist
“Scoping the CC License” by Judy G. Russell – it’s about Creative Commons
“Genetic Genealogy Education” on the Spring Board blog of the BCG – it has a great list of books and articles for further information!
“Cornish Memory: A Digital Archive of Cornish Life” – on EOGN
“6,300 Nazi Holocaust Documents Found Behind Wall of a Budapest Apartment” on The Telegraph- so neat!

Resources

“Announcing: GenTools Study Group – 2 Dec 2015” on Dear Myrtle – Sessions are on Wednesday and the link has a calendar of topics as well as how to enter into the chat!
“Genealogy Bargains for Friday 4 December 2015” – on GeneaBloggers
“New or Updated Record Collections at FamilySearch.org – Nov 22 to 28, 2015” on Randy Seaver’s blog Genea-Musings
“The Family History Researcher Academy is Offering an End of Year Discount” on Dick Eastman’s blog EOGN
FindMyPast Friday’s New Records:
- PERSI Quarterly Index Update
- Staffordshire Dioceses of Lichfield & Coventry wills and probate 1521-1858
- Victoria, Mental Health Institutions
- British Army Muster Rolls, 84th Foot 1808-1818 and 60th Foot 1879-1882

Friday Finds Nov 21-27

By Nichelle Barra

On 27 November 2015

In Friday Finds

By Ms Jones from California, USA (Our (Almost Traditional) Thanksgiving Dinner) [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

My Thanksgiving dinner didn’t look a thing like that! My sister and I talked our mom into doing a “Day-After-Thanksgiving” dinner. We did that in a busy year past and loved it! My mom made homemade breads for turkey sandwiches and she was able to make all of the food ahead of time instead of cooking all day. It was a great dinner and day. Happy Thanksgiving to all of you! I hope you are well stuffed and feeling loved 🙂

Holiday Sales!

“Black Friday Genealogy Deals” and “Genealogy Bargains for November 27th” both by Geneabloggers
“Black Friday Special – FREE Genealogy E-Books by Thomas MacEntee” – on Geneabloggers – how could you pass this up?
“Holiday Bargains” on Maureen Taylor’s website, the Photo Detective
Holiday Bundles on books from the New England Historic Genealogical Society at AmericanAncestors.org
RootsMagic Holiday Sales – This is the genealogy program I personally use – try them for free first to see if it’s something you’d want to purchase! Sale ends Dec 19th so plenty of time to decide 🙂

Blogs/Articles

“Read the Directions” by Judy G. Russell at the Legal Genealogist – ever wonder what something means in a census? Reading the census-taker directions will tell you!
“Looking for Descendants of the Orphan Train Riders” By Dick Eastman on his blog (EOGN) – I am a bit bias in posting this as it’s about the society I’m a board member of, but I do want it to reach as many people as we can! 🙂
“Mapping Wars Or Other Events” on Worldwide Genealogy – a very neat way to map military movements using Google maps. I will have to give this a try!
“Mapping the Census” by Judy G. Russell – works well with the first article I posted!
“2016 ESM’s QuickLessons Study Group” on Dear Myrtle – this looks amazing!
“Advent Calendar of Christmas Memories Returns for 2015” – for all you bloggers!
“Menus of the 1850s and 1860s” on EOGN – it’s just a neat thing to see! And check out the list of breakfast wines 🙂

Media

The Board for Certification of Genealogists has posted some recent webinars online! Go here to find out how to access “Applying the Standards to International Research” by Melanie D. Holtz, C.G. and “Do You Have the Reflexes You Need to Become Certified?” by Harold Henderson.
“Genetic Genealogy for Beginners” on the Young and Savvy Genealogists YouTube channel – it was originally posted in January but still a good resource!

Resources

FindMyPast Friday’s new records:
- Irish Newspapers
- London, Watermen in Royal Navy 1803-1809
- London, List of Watermen, 1827
- London, Watermen, Birth Register of Contracted Men, 1865-1921