Saturday Finds 21 Jan 2016

*Normally I do this post on Friday, but yesterday was so filled, I didn’t get this finished. So enjoy it on Saturday 🙂

Blogs/Articles

• “A Wasted Correction” by Christopher C. Child on Vita Brevis, the blog for AmericanAncestors.org
• “Preparing for Double Rs: Research and RootsTech” by Linda Stufflebean on her blog Empty Branches on the Family Tree – See Part 2 as well
• “RootsTech Party” by Judy G. Russell on her blog The Legal Genealogist
• “Let’s Stop Hand Wringing About DNA and Genealogy” by Amy Johnson Crow on her blog
• Geneabloggers always has wonderful things! See:
  • “Contest: Win a Copy of the Unofficial Guide to Ancestry.com“
  • “Review: Unofficial Guide to Ancestry.com“
  • “Genealogy Bargains for Friday 20 January 2017“
• “Learning from the Law” by Judy G. Russell on her blog The Legal Genealogist

Media and Education

• “Genealogy Connection #016 George G. Morgan, Speaker, Author, and Volunteer” on the Genealogy Guys Podcast and Genealogy Connection
• “The Ethics of Criticism” by Judy G. Russell on her blog The Legal Genealogist
• “Concepts – Segment Size, Legitimate and False Matches” by Roberta Estes on DNAeXplained
• “Quantifying Tree Availability for My AncestryDNA Tree Matches” by Blaine Bettinger on his blog The Genetic Genealogist
• “Thinking Across Time: Researching USCIS Records” by Dick Eastman on his blog – The USCIS is doing a webinar on Tuesday, 24 Jan at 1pm EST!
• “Create a Free Google Earth Historic Map Collection for Your Research” by Lisa Louise Cook on Legacy Family Tree Webinars – free until Jan 25!

New and Updated Resources

• Randy Seaver of Genea-Musings has the new and updated records list for Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org
• “The ‘Irish Genealogist’ Database” by Dr. James Ryan on the In-Depth Genealogist
• “An Intimate Look at Life During the Great Depression” by Kelly Kautz on Ancestry’s blog
• “Connecticut Probate Records” by Alicia Crane on Vita Brevis
• Friday’s New and Updated Records from FindMyPast:
  • Rutland Baptisms, Banns, Marriages, Burials, and Parish Records
  • Leicestershire Baptisms, Banns, Marriages, Burials and Parish Records 1538-1915; And marriage licenses 1604-1891; Wills and Probates 1490-1941; Electoral Registers 1836-1974