Recommended Reads

Resources

A Country Guide to Google Search Engines on Genealogy in Time Magazine

A new resource – pet registrations – at the county archives:
Genealogy Has Gone to the Dogs! by Melissa Barker on A Genealogist in the Archives

The Cadastral Survey System Explained by Schalene Dagutis on Tangled Roots and Trees

Quick Tip: New URL for Database of Surnames in the Netherlands by Yvette Hoitink on Dutch Genealogy

Online and FREE Masonic Records – Are You Using These Wonderful Resources? by Diane L. Richard on UpFront with NGS

Family Stories

Foto Friday – Finally Meeting Olivia Rainwater Ganus by Michelle Ganus Taggart on A Southern Sleuth

I am very envious that Michelle has area newspapers available!:
Bridging the Gap by Michelle Ganus Taggart on A Southern Sleuth

A family mystery:
Who Is Patricia? on The Genealogy Girl

Melvin used neighborhood clusters to help piece together his family:
Demonstrating the Effectiveness of Cluster Genealogy by Melvin J. Collier on Roots Revealed

Can you help Devon?:
Mystery Monday: Who Is Mr. Basler? By Devon Lee on A Patient Genealogist

Technology

Backing Up Your Genealogy Files by James Tanner on Genealogy’s Star

Convert Files for Free with This Online Tool I Use AND

How to Organize Notes in Evernote Notebooks  both by Lisa Louise Cooke on Lisa Louise Cooke’s Genealogy Gems

A FREE Research Assistant – Google Keep by Lori Samuelson on Genealogy at Heart

Methodology, News, Etc.

How to Be an Agile Genealogist by Dan Bodenheimer on The Cousin Detective

Until Death Do Us Part – Or Even Longer by Yvette Hoitink on Dutch Genealogy

Your Personal Archiving Project: Where Do You Start? by John D. Reid on Canada’s Anglo-Celtic Connections

Digging Deeper into United States Copyright Law – What Is and Is Not Subject to Copyright? AND

Ancestry Acquires Adpay.Inc. Operators of the Memoriams.com Website, both by James Tanner on Genealogy’s Star

Genealogy Education

FamilySearch Online Mexico Resources, Saturday, May 21, 2016, 5:00 p.m. (Mountain)

Legacy FamilyTree Webinar – Discover American Ancestors (NEHGS) by Lindsay Fulton, Wednesday, May 25, 2016

Free TNA Webinars on WWI Research by Gail Dever on Genealogy à la Carte, throughout the month of June, all on British records

Mark your calendars, as this one is still about a month away:
Upcoming ISGS Webinars – June 2016 – Using Social Media to Break Through Brick Walls presented by Illinois State Genealogical Society