Friday’s Finds 26 Jan 2018

Blogs/Articles

• From Thomas MacEntee on Genealogy Bargains:
  • “Enter the Ancestry DNA Giveaway at DNA Bargains!“
  • “EXTENDED Birthday Sale on Military Records at Twisted Twigs Genealogy!“
  • “Genealogy Bargains for Friday, January 26, 2018“
• “Photographic Clues” by Deborah Sweeney on her blog Genealogy Lady – Also see:
  • “Another Photographic Series“
  • “Down the DNA Rabbit Hole – DNA Painter“
• “Five Free ScrivenerResources to Help You Share Your Stories” by Lisa Alzo on her blog The Accidental Genealogist
• “Destroying a Brick Wall: It Took a Village – Part 1” by Linda Stufflebean on her blog Empty Branches on the Family Tree – I love this series!
  • “Destroying a Brick Wall: It Took a Village – Part 2“
• “DNAGedcom Client” by Roberta Estes on her blog DNAeXplained
• “Quick Tip – Emigrants in the 1800s Came from Poor Areas” by Yvette Hoitink on her blog Dutch Genealogy
• “The Importance of Wills” by Jenny Joyce on The In-Depth Genealogist
• “How to Find Your Ancestor’s Church” by Amy Johnson Crow on her blog
• “What’s Coming from FamilySearch in 2018” by Dick Eastman on his blog – Also see:
  • “JSTOR: The Great Online Genealogy Resource that Few Genealogists Know About“

Media and Education

• “Episode 221 – Expert Gloria Merchant Talks Pirate Research / Tom Perry on Fair Pricing For Digitizing” by Ryan Bennett on his blog Extreme Genes
• “Genealogy Connection #036 – Angie Bush, Genetic Genealogist” on the Genealogy Guys Podcast
• “Historical Society of Pennsylvania Announces Two Summer Genealogy Courses in Philadelphia” on Dick Eastman’s blog

New and Updated Resources

• Randy Seaver of Genea-Musings has the new and updated lists for Ancestry.com, FamilySearch.org, and MyHeritage.
• “DNA Central! A New DNA Resource Launching April 2018!” by Blaine Bettinger on his blog – very exciting!
• FindMyPast’s Friday’s has their new and updated records including:
  • Texas, Laredo Arrival Manifests 1903-1955 Image Browse
  • Idaho, Southeast Counties Obituaries 1864-2007 Image Browse
  • British Armed Forces and Overseas Births and Baptisms
  • British Armed Forces and Overseas Banns and Marriages
  • British Armed Forces and Overseas Deaths and Burials
  • Hertfordshire Baptisms, Banns & Marriages, Burials, and Parish Records
  • Yorkshire Memorial Inscriptions
  • Northumberland & Durham Monumental Inscriptions
  • British Newspapers
• From Dick Eastman’s blog:
  • “(UK) National Archives Announces the Opening of Prisoner of War Archives“
  • “TheGenealogist Releases More than 5 Million U.S. Records“