Panorama from Majestic Building, Detroit, Mich. From The New York Public Library
Blogs/Articles
- Genealogy Bargains for Thursday 14 January 2016 – with a contest to win a copy of The Family Tree Polish Czach & Slovak Genealogy Guide – Check it out!
- “Ask Yvette – What is GenealogieOnline” – by Yvette Hoitink, a professional genealogist in the Netherlands
- “RootsTech 2016 Innovator Showdown Semi-Finalists are Announced” – on Genea-Musings by Randy Seaver
- Are you a RootsMagic user like me? A lot of people are switching over and that doesn’t always go as smoothly as we’d hope. Linda Stufflebean from Empty Branches on the Family Tree wrote about some frustrations with source citations. This then led to a three three-post series by Randy Seaver on Genea-Musings about creating source citations! Check out those posts here: “Post 1: New Master Source,” “Post 2: Adding Source Details to the Master Source,” and “Post 3: Adding Master Text, Detail Text, Quality and Repository Information.”
Media
- Another episode of Finding Your Roots is on pbs.org! Check it out here
Resources
- “New FamilySearch Collections Update: January 11, 2016” on Dick Eastman’s blog
- FindMyPast Friday’s newest records:
- England, Pollbooks and Directories, 1830-1837
- British Newspapers Update
- Hertfordshire, Parish Registers Browse, 1538-1988
- Surrey, Southwark, Newington Apprentice Register 1891