Friday Finds 18 March 2016

THIS SATURDAY!!!

The South Bend Area Genealogical Society will be hosting it’s annual conference this Saturday, 19 March 2016 from 10-4pm. We have two speakers: Jeanne Larzalere Bloom and Katherine R Willson! We also have some amazing door prizes and raffle items including: DNA kits from AncestryDNA and FamilyTreeDNA, RootsMagic software, Legacy Software, 1 year subscriptions to Legacy Family Tree Webinars, My Heritage, Newspapers.com, Genealogy Gems, Fold3, GenealogyBank and more! Come check it out!

Blogs

• “Genealogy Bargains for Friday 18 March 2016” on Geneabloggers – Check out the FREE ACCESS to Swedish Records at ArchivDigital!
• “Repeat: An Image Citation How-To” by Judy G. Russell on the Legal Genealogist – excellent how-to!
• “Don’t Burn Your Family Letters When You Declutter” AND “How to Preserve Old Letters” on Amy Johnson Crow’s blog
• “Researching in Ireland” by Linda Stufflebean on Empty Branches on the Family Tree – for those who have been able to find their Irish ancestors, this is wonderful!
• “Great Canadian Genealogy Summit” on the InDepth Genealogist – this looks amazing!
• “Finding Canada Record Collections on FindMyPast” on Genea-Musings by Randy Seaver
• “Closing Up Shop at 23andMe and the Trap” by Roberta Estes on DNA eXplained – a must read for anyone who has used 23andMe for testing
• “Generation Saga: Relatives of Annie Moore Traced” on The Irish Times – this is such a neat story!

Media

• “The Private Laws of the Federal and State Governments” by Judy G. Russell – currently FREE on Legacy Family Tree Webinar until 23 March!
• “Upcoming ISGS Webinars – April 2016” on the Illinois State Genealogical Society Blog

Resources

• “Added or Updated Databases at Ancestry.com Week of 6 to 12 March 2016” on Genea-Musings by Randy Seaver
• “New FamilySearch Collections Update: March 14 2016” on Dick Eastman’s blog
• FindMyPast Friday‘s New Resources:
  • Royal Irish Constabulary Pensions 1873-1925, History and Directories
  • Irish Revenue Police, 1830-1857
  • British Newspapers
  • Western Australia Birth, Marriage, and Death Indexes