Friday Finds 24 Feb 2017

Blogs/Articles

• “The Floodgates Open!” By Judy G. Russell on her blog The Legal Genealogist
• “Revolutionary Privateering” by Nancy Bernard on Vita Brevis
• “New Developments at MyHeritage” by Shannon Combs Bennett on The In-Depth Genealogist
• “MyHeritage – Broken Promises and Matching Issues” by Roberta Estes on her blog DNAeXplained
• “Post-WWI and Post-WWII Immigration to the United States” by Jennifer Holik on Ancestry’s Blog
• “Dear Randy: What Did You Learn About RootsMagic Syncing at RootsTech 2017?” by Randy Seaver on his blog Genea-Musings
• “Review: The Complete Guide to Google Photos” on Geneabloggers
• “The Archive Lady: Flattening Rolled Documents” by Melissa Barker on Geneabloggers
• “Genealogy Bargains for Friday 24 February 2017” on Geneabloggers
• “Funding for New Indiana State Archives in Jeopardy” on the Indiana Genealogical Society website – Genealogists! They need our help!
• “DMF – How Did The Congress Get So Far Off Track?” by Fred Moss on The Records Preservation and Access Committee blog
• “The Big 4: Comparing Ancestry, FindMyPast, FamilySearch, and MyHeritage” by Dick Eastman on his blog

Media and Education

• “RootsTech 2017 Session Videos Now Available!” by Thomas MacEntee on Geneabloggers
• “Gen-Fed 2017 Registration Saturday!” by Judy G. Russell on her blog The Legal Genealogist
• “Announcing The Write Stuff – A Genealogy Intensive Offering” on Geneabloggers
• “Episode 179 – Fisher & Lambert On RootsTech Highlights/Immigrant Ancestors and Their Social Security Records” by Ryan Bennett on Extreme Genes
• “FREE British Isles Research Seminar, March 13-17, 2017” on Geneabloggers – you can attend in person OR online!
• “Finding Missing Persons with DNA Testing” by Diahan Southard on Legacy Family Tree Webinars – free until 1 March!

New and Updated Resources

• Randy Seaver of Genea-Musings has the new and updated lists for Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org
• FindMyPast Friday’s New and Updated Records:
  • Northamptonshire Baptisms
  • Northamptonshire, Northampton General Hospital Admissions 1774-1846
  • United States Marriages
  • Warwickshire Monumental Inscriptions
  • Periodical Source Index