Recommended Reads
Resources & Tips
Five Ways the Eighty Years War Affected Our Ancestors by Yvette Hoitink on Dutch Genealogy
Slave Ancestral Research: Unearthing Your Family’s Past Before the 1870 Census by Melvin J. Collier on Roots Revealed
Special Collections Are Special by James Tanner on Genealogy’s Star
FamilySearch Has Nova Scotia Delayed Births, 1837-1904 by John D. Reid on Canada’s Anglo-Celtic Connections
Family Stories
Several bloggers have reported fun finds this week:
An Insignificant Connection, But It Still Amazes Me by Becky Jamison on Grace and Glory
A Phenomenal Photo Find: A Picnic in a Chicago Cemetery by Lori Samuelson on Genealogy at Heart
Joanne is looking for Cowden cousins to help identify old family photos:
Photographs: Cowden Family by Joanne Cowden n Researching Relatives
Melvin Collier has experienced great success with DNA testing:
Trekking the Edwards DNA Trail Back to Madagascar by Melvin J. Collier on Roots Revealed
Beverley reminds us to dig in unexpected placed to find research documents:
A Surprise in Deed! by Beverley Fieg on Knit Genealogist
Don’t give up hope finding those elusive family records:
International Tracing Service Came Through! Paul Diamond’s Displaced Persons Records by Lara Diamond on Lara’s Family Search
Methodology, Education, News, Etc.
If you haven’t ever attended an ISGS webinar, now is the time:
Looking for and Contacting Birth Family Members by Diane Harman-Hoog on DNAeXplained – Genetic Genealogy
New Statistics from the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah by James Tanner on Genealogy’s Star