Friday Finds for 12 February 2016

Happy birthday to my grandpa today!!

Blogs/Articles

• “There’s Room for Everyone in Genealogy: RootsTech 2016 Musing” by Amy Johnson Crow
• “Contest: Win a Family Photo Triage Package from Maureen Taylor – The Photo Detective” on Geneabloggers
• “Finding Irish Marriage Records” on Genealogy Bank
• “Colorado Adoptees Can Now Access Birth Records” on UpFront with NGS
• “Studying the Art of Citation” on Adventures in Genealogy by Angela McGhie – part of the ongoing series on education preparation for the BCG certification
• “Introducing TapGenes” on the Legal Genealogist blog
• “Calling All Student Genealogists – A $500 Student Grant is Available” on Geneabloggers – for the 2016 Jamboree!
• “Ethnicity Testing – A Conundrum” on DNA eXplained – a very good read!
• “Diverse Communities: Researching Spiritualist Ancestors” on the BCG Springboard by Sharon DeBartolo Carmack
• Genealogy Bargains for Friday 12 February 2016 on Geneabloggers

Media

• New episode of Finding Your Roots! This week features Patricia Arquette, John McCain, and Julianne Moore
• RootsTech 2016 Video Archive – in case you missed the live showings!

Resources

• “More Information about Family Tree Maker and RootsMagic Synchronization to Ancestry” on Genea-Musings by Randy Seaver
• Also on Genea-Musings by Randy Seaver: “New or Updated Record Collections at FamilySearch.org – January 31 to February 6, 2016,” AND “Added Databases at Ancestry.com – Week of 30 January to 6 February 2016.”
• FindMyPast Friday’s new records:
  • Britain, Merchant Seamen, 1918-1941
  • Ireland, Non-Conformist Births and Baptisms
  • Ireland, Non-Conformist Marriages
• “Ancestry to Launch Irish Catholic Registers Online” on Dick Eastman’s blog