Friday Finds July 25th-31st

By Christoph Strässler from Oberdorf BL, Schweiz (Glenfinnan Viaduct) [CC BY-SA 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

Blogs/Articles

• “British World War II Tunnels Opened to Public” – Very neat!
• “Using Telegrams and Love Letters to Teach World War II” – from PBS – I love this idea!
• “Disconnected by War, Family Reunites through Student History Project” – from PBS and goes along with the previous article
• “Fashion Moments – Bishop Sleeve” – By Genealogy Lady – the next installment in a fantastic series!
• “How to Find Genealogy Information When a Record Doesn’t Exist” by Amy Johnson Crow – great information
• Thomas MacEntee presented his Genealogy Opportunities 2015, which I highlight on Tuesday for anyone who had given a thought to doing genealogy for money:
  • Genealogy – For Fun or Profit?
  • Careers in Genealogy
  • Genealogy: What Do You Mean It Isn’t Free?
  • How Do You Make Money in Genealogy?
  • Money Changes Everything – Or Does It?
• “Hellenic Genealogy Conference in Salt Lake City on September 26” article by Dick Eastman and conference home page here.

Webinars/Videos

• “Storyboard Your Family History” by Lisa Alzo – it’s an hour and a half long but FULL of some great information!  You can watch this FREE until August 3rd!
• “Beautiful Scotland”  – a film by John Duncan using a drone – so beautiful!
• “AncestryDNA ‘Come Find Me’ Viking Ad” – Interesting ad! I kind of like it 🙂
• The Arabella Chapman Project – There’s video, text, and pictures – This is about two photo albums by African American woman and the living interpretive project that University of Michigan is doing with the pictures.

Resources

• Old Maps Online – A very neat website!
• 30% Scrivener for Genealogy Boot Camp – goes well with the free webinar from Lisa Alzo!
• Genealogy Bargains for Today from Geneabloggers! 50% off MyHeritage 1 yr subscription ends today!
• “Book Review: Finding Your Irish Ancestors in New York City” Book review by Dick Eastman, book by Joseph Buggy
• “New Online Database of Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga, and Schenectady County, New York, Residents who Died during World War I” – article by Dick Eastman
• FindMyPast Friday new records:
  • Norfolk Parish Registers Browse
  • British Army Schoolchildren and Schoolmasters 1803-1932
  • Royal Hibernian Military School Admissions 1847-1932
  • Irish Newspaper Update
  • PERSI Quarterly Index Update