Friday Finds 8 Dec 2017

Blogs/Articles

• “Looking at the 1890 Census” by Linda Stufflebean on her blog Empty Branches on the Family Tree
• “Why is the Chair Empty” by Judy G. Russell on her blog The Legal Genealogist – this covers why someone doesn’t show up as an autosomal match if they do as a YDNA or mtDNA match – Also see:
  • “Remembering Halifax” – I had no idea about this piece of history!
  • “Begging Your Pardon” This goes into Civil War records that deal with pardons and amnesty
• “A Special Relationship” by Pamela Athearn Filbert on Vita Brevis, the AmericanAncestors.org blog
• “Testing Strategy – Should I Test at Ancestry and Transfer to Family Tree DNA?” by Roberta Estes on her blog DNAeXplained – Great read! I highly recommend this!! – Also see:
  • “DNA.Land“
• “But it was Published in a Book!” by Alicia Crane Williams on Vita Brevis, the AmericanAncestors.org blog – excellent topic!
• “Doing a Genealogy Research Project from Start to Finish” by Nicole Dyer on the Family Locket – really great article!
• “DNA Question: How can I tell Matches from my Mother’s and Father’s Side Apart?” by Paul Rawlins on Ancestry’s blog – Also see:
  • “5 Tips for Discovering Biological Family with AncestryDNA” by Jake Fletcher
• “Dutch Genealogy News for November 2017” by Yvette Hoitink on her blog Dutch Genealogy
• “Genealogy Bargains for Friday, December 8, 2017” on Genealogy Bargains

Media and Education

• “Episode 114 Classic Rewind: A Salute to Our Pilgrims and Puritans with the Creator of the Great Migration Series” by Ryan Bennett on Extreme Genes
• “Genealogy Connection #033 – Daniel Horowitz, MyHeritage Genealogy Expert” on the Genealogy Guys Podcast

New and Updated Resources

• Randy Seaver of Genea-Musings has the new and updated lists for: Ancestry.com, FamilySearch.org, and MyHeritage
• FindMyPast Friday has their new and updated records, including:
  • British Army, Imperial War Museum Bond of Sacrifice 1914-1918
  • Kent Baptisms, Banns, Marriages, Burials, Wills and Probate (Indexes)
• “New BT27 UK Outbound Passenger Lists Go Online for the 1930s Decade” by Dick Eastman on his blog