Friday Finds 28 Oct

Blogs/Articles

• “Increasing ‘In Common With’ (ICW) Functionality at Family Tree DNA” by Roberta Estes on her blog DNAeXplained
• “RootsTech 2017 Pass Giveaway: Memories of LeVar Burton” by Diana Elder on her blog The Family Locket – what a great giveaway!
• Randy Seaver from Genea-Musings is ALSO giving away a RootsTech Pass! Read more here!
• “Quick Tip – New Netherland Digitization Projects” by Yvette Hoitink on her blog Dutch Genealogy
• “What You Might Be Missing in Land Records” by Amy Johnson Crow
• “The Archive Lady – Brown Spots on Genealogy Records” by Melissa Barker on GeneaBloggers
• “Celebrate Halloween with these Characters from the Records” by Kristen Hyde on the Ancestry Blog
• “CONTEST: Win a $500 Amazon Genealogy Shopping Spree from Genealogy Bargains” on Geneabloggers! Read more about it here.
• “Genealogy Bargains for Friday 28 October 2016” on Geneabloggers
• Dick Eastman’s blog offers a few good articles:
  • “Boolean Basics – Part #1“
  • “Art of Transcription: A Practical Guide” (reposted on his site and written by Sarah Minegar)
  • “Living DNA Offers a ‘High Definition’ View of Your Family History“

Media

• “The Genealogy Guys Podcast #316 – 2016 October 23” – this includes information on the We’re Related App from Ancestry, FindMyPast releases, new construction on the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, and more!
• “Divorce, New York Style” on The Legal Genealogist by Judy G. Russell – she shares a story and a link to a podcast she participated in!
• Did you miss the NARA Virtual Fair? Don’t worry! It’s on YouTube for you to view at your leisure! Check out Day 1 and Day 2 and don’t forget to look at the schedule to get the slides and handouts (the link is to the Legal Genealogist website)!

New and Updated Records

• Dick Eastman’s Blog has a few new, upcoming, and updated records:
  • “Stephenville Empire and Stephenville Tribune (Texas) Newspapers to be Digitized and Placed Online“
  • “Library and Archives Canada Expands a World War I Personnel Information Site“
  • “A Photograph Archive of 1920s Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland Published Online“
  • “Bath and North East Somerset: Records for First Three Sites now Available on Deceased Online“
  • “The Beautiful, Forgotten and Moving Graves of New England’s Slaves“
• Randy Seaver of Genea-Musings has new and updated records for Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org!
• “FindMyPast: Gen Soc of Ireland Journals and Publications” on DearMyrtle
• FindMyPast’s Updated Friday Records Includes:
  • United States, West Virginia Births
  • Utah Divorces
  • Surrey Monumental Inscriptions Browse
  • Cavan Registers and Records
  • Kilkenny Registers and Records
  • Wicklow Registers and Records
  • Dublin Registers and Records
  • Irish Newspapers
  • PERSI Monthly Image Update Browse