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Friday Finds 20 Oct 2017

By Nichelle Barra

On 20 October 2017

In Friday Finds

Blogs/Articles

“Courthouse Records and Your Civil War Solider: What Can You Find?” by Cindy Freed on The In-Depth Genealogist
“Research Clues for those Elusive ‘Brick Wall’ Mysteries” by Ancestry Team on Ancestry’s Blog
“Books Not Just for Lawyers” by Judy G. Russell on her blog The Legal Genealogist
“Five Things to Know About Your Ancestor’s Probate” by Amy Johnson Crow on her blog
“Genealogy Bargains for Friday October 20, 2017” on Genealogy Bargains

Media and Education

“Upcoming Speaking Events – In Person and Online – Ireland, Native Americans, and More” by Roberta Estes on her blog DNAeXplained
“Episode 210 – One Hundred Years Later: Following Your World War I Ancestor / First Keynote Named for RootsTech!” by Ryan Bennett on Extreme Genes
“Genealogy Connection #031 – Denise Levenick, Speaker and Writer” on the Genealogy Guys Podcast
“Cemetery Research Digital Download Now Available” on Genealogy Bargains
“Finding Iowa Laws” by Judy G. Russell on her blog The Legal Genealogist
“Quick tip – How to Use Dutch Records on FamilySearch [guest post on FamilySearch]” by Yvette Hoitink on her blog Dutch Genealogy
“2017 International Genetic Genealogy Conference is December 9-10 in San Diego” on Genea-Musings
“MyHeritage’s One-Day Genealogy Seminar October 29 in Israel to be Broadcast Online” on Dick Eastman’s blog

New and Updated Resources

Randy Seaver of Genea-Musings has the new and updated resource list for FamilySearch.org and Ancestry.com
FindMyPast’s Friday Records – New and updated records include:
- Thrift Genealogical Abstracts
- Crossle Genealogical Abstracts
- Betham Genealogical Abstracts
- Cork, Pobble O’Keefe Census 1830-1852
- Yorkshire Burials
“More Digitized Montana Newspapers are now Available Online” on Dick Eastman’s blog

Saturday Finds 6 May 2017

By Nichelle Barra

On 7 May 2017

In Friday Finds

*I apologize on the delay! I had set this to go out yesterday and didn’t check to see if it had until this morning. I put in the wrong date. Whoops!*

Blogs/Articles

“First Look: LivingDNA Terms of Use” by Judy G. Russell on her blog The Legal Genealogist – if you’ve considered this DNA test, this is something you really should review.
“AncestryDNA Whips Past 4 Million Samples” on the Ancestry Insider – how amazing is that?!
“Down the DNA Rabbit Hole – Visual Phasing with Two Siblings” by Deborah Sweeny on her blog The Genealogy Lady
“Major Changes at GeneaBloggers.com” by Thomas MacEntee on Geneabloggers
“Going In-Depth with Scottish Poor Law Records” by Christine Woodcock on the In-Depth Genealogist
“The Archive Lady: Perserving Old Negatives” by Melissa Barker on Geneabloggers
“LivingDNA Product Review” by Roberta Estes on her blog DNAeXplained
“Five Resources for World War II Research” by Yvette Hoitink on her blog Dutch Genealogy
“Genealogy Bargains for Friday 5 May 2017” on Geneabloggers
“The Language of Colonial Relationships” by Michelle Doherty on Vita Brevis
“The Y-DNA Mutation Rate Project” by Blaine Bettinger on his blog The Genetic Genealogist
“Is Genealogy Blogging Dead” By Amy Johnson Crow on her blog

Media and Education

“Episode 189 – Kansas City Woman Rediscovers Her Father’s Voice / Which of the Major Websites Best Fits Your Research?” by Ryan Bennett of Extreme Genes
“Genealogy Connection #021 – Nathan Dylan Goodwin, Mystery Writer” on the Genealogy Guys podcast – Goodwin writes genealogy-themed mystery crime novels and novellas!
“BCG Offers Free Webinar: ‘MAXY DNA: Correlating mt-at-X-Y DNA with the GPS’ by Debbie Parker Wayne, CG, CGL” on the SpringBoard Blog for BCG
“NGS Live Streaming – #NGS2017GEN” on the Ancestry Insider

New and Updated Resources

Randy Seaver of Genea-Musings has the new and updated lists for Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org
FindMyPast Friday’s New and Updated Records:
- United States Marriage
- Devon, Parish Registers
- Devon, Plymouth & West Devon Parish Registers
- Queensland School Pupil Index
- City of London, Ironmongers, Apprentices, and Freeman 1511-1939
- Yorkshire Memorial Inscriptions
“The Genealogist Releases over 100,000 Parish Records and Thousands of Voter Records” on Dick Eastman’s blog

Friday Finds 6 Jan 2017

By Nichelle Barra

On 6 January 2017

In Friday Finds

Blogs/Articles

“2016 Genetic Genealogy Retrospective” by Roberta Estes on her blog DNAeXplained
“DNA Resolutions for 2017” by Judy G. Russell on her blog The Legal Genealogist. Also see:
- “Rules of my Road: 2017“
- “New Oklahoma Index Site to Launch“
“Genealogy Industry Benchmark Numbers for 1 January 2017” by Randy Seaver on his blog Genea-Musings
“Mondays with Myrt – 2 Jan 2017 Creating ‘Secert’ Facebook Groups” on Dear Myrtle
“CeCe Moore to Keynote RootsTech 2017” on The Ancestry Insider
“Oh Say Can You “C”? Navigating the Seven Cs of Genealogy” by Thomas MacEntee on Geneabloggers
“Clustering Shared Matches” by Blaine Bettinger on his blog The Genetic Genealogist
“The Truth about Ancestry’s Hints” by Amy Johnson Crow on her blog
“Genealogy Bargains for Friday 6 January 2017” on Geneabloggers
“The Genealogy World of Twenty Years Ago” by Dick Eastman on his blog

Media and Education

“The Genealogy Guys Podcast #320 – 2017 January 1” on the Genealogy Guys Podcast and Genealogy Connection
“Strategies to Find the Most Challenging Ancestors with Autosomal DNA Data” by James M. Baker on Legacy Family Tree Webinars

New and Updated Genealogy Resources

“New Historical Records on MyHeritage During 2016” by Randy Seaver on his blog Genea-Musings
FindMyPast Friday Updated and New Records
- Ireland, Petty Sessions Court Registers
- Dorset Memorial Inscriptions
- Warwickshire Burials
- Northumberland & Durham Monumental Inscriptions
- Ireland, Society of Friends (Quaker) Congregational Records
“Online Genealogy Dictionaries and Other References” on Dick Eastman’s blog

Friday Finds 28 Oct

By Nichelle Barra

On 28 October 2016

In Friday Finds

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Blogs/Articles

“Increasing ‘In Common With’ (ICW) Functionality at Family Tree DNA” by Roberta Estes on her blog DNAeXplained
“RootsTech 2017 Pass Giveaway: Memories of LeVar Burton” by Diana Elder on her blog The Family Locket – what a great giveaway!
Randy Seaver from Genea-Musings is ALSO giving away a RootsTech Pass! Read more here!
“Quick Tip – New Netherland Digitization Projects” by Yvette Hoitink on her blog Dutch Genealogy
“What You Might Be Missing in Land Records” by Amy Johnson Crow
“The Archive Lady – Brown Spots on Genealogy Records” by Melissa Barker on GeneaBloggers
“Celebrate Halloween with these Characters from the Records” by Kristen Hyde on the Ancestry Blog
“CONTEST: Win a $500 Amazon Genealogy Shopping Spree from Genealogy Bargains” on Geneabloggers! Read more about it here.
“Genealogy Bargains for Friday 28 October 2016” on Geneabloggers
Dick Eastman’s blog offers a few good articles:
- “Boolean Basics – Part #1“
- “Art of Transcription: A Practical Guide” (reposted on his site and written by Sarah Minegar)
- “Living DNA Offers a ‘High Definition’ View of Your Family History“

Media

“The Genealogy Guys Podcast #316 – 2016 October 23” – this includes information on the We’re Related App from Ancestry, FindMyPast releases, new construction on the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, and more!
“Divorce, New York Style” on The Legal Genealogist by Judy G. Russell – she shares a story and a link to a podcast she participated in!
Did you miss the NARA Virtual Fair? Don’t worry! It’s on YouTube for you to view at your leisure! Check out Day 1 and Day 2 and don’t forget to look at the schedule to get the slides and handouts (the link is to the Legal Genealogist website)!

New and Updated Records

Dick Eastman’s Blog has a few new, upcoming, and updated records:
Randy Seaver of Genea-Musings has new and updated records for Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org!
“FindMyPast: Gen Soc of Ireland Journals and Publications” on DearMyrtle
FindMyPast’s Updated Friday Records Includes:
- United States, West Virginia Births
- Utah Divorces
- Surrey Monumental Inscriptions Browse
- Cavan Registers and Records
- Kilkenny Registers and Records
- Wicklow Registers and Records
- Dublin Registers and Records
- Irish Newspapers
- PERSI Monthly Image Update Browse