Recommended Reads
Resources
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Family Stories
Jacqi is finally finding her way:
Lost in a Genealogical Forest by Jacqi Stevens on A Family Tapestry
Cousins can be found everywhere:
Breaking Through My Shearman Brick Wall by Janice Hamilton on Genealogy Ensemble
A bit of serendipity for Yvette:
The Ancestor Conspiracy by Yvette Hoitink on Dutch Genealogy
But I Know My Great Grandma’s Name! So Why Am I Stuck? by Lorine McGinnis Schulze on Olive Tree Blog
I’ve only come across one of my families enumerated twice on the same census:
Counted Twice on the Census by Janine Adams on Organize Your Family History
Difficulty Getting Around the Hill by Cathy Meder-Dempsey on Opening Doors in Brick Walls
The Jeweler and the Suffragette: Star-Crossed Lovers? by Amy Cohen on Brotmanblog: A Family Journey
Technology
FamilyTree DNA Introduces Phased Family Finder Matches by Roberta J. Estes on DNAeXplained – Genetic Genealogy
Methodology, News, Etc.
What I Wish I Had Known by Michael John Neill on Rootdig
MyHeritage Pedigree Map – How You Really Do Genealogical Research by James Tanner on Genealogy’s Star
This might be true of emigrants in other countries besides the Netherlands, too:
Quick Tip: Emigrants Sometimes Went to a Notary by Yvette Hoitink on Dutch Genealogy
A must read for those who don’t search out original records:
Life of a Record from the Barbour Collection on The Ancestry Insider
Libraries + Historypin Mapping the History of Rural America by Diane L. Richard on UpFront with NGS
Genealogy Education
Check GeneaWebinars Calendar for ongoing hangouts and study groups.
Click on the links for your local time:
FamilySearch: Switzerland Records Online, Saturday, 9 July 2016
FamilySearch: Switzerland Compiled Genealogies, Saturday, 9 July 2016
FamilySearch: Switzerland Research Strategies, Saturday, 9 July 2016
FamilySearch: England Resources on FamilySearch, Tuesday, 12 July 2016
Black ProGen: Conference Roundup: Midwest African American Genealogy Institute, Tuesday, 12 July 2016
FamilySearch: England Resources on Ancestry.com, Wednesday, 13 July 2016
Legacy Family Tree Webinars: A Genealogist’s Guide to Heraldry by Shannon Combs Bennett, Wednesday, 13 July 2016
FamilySearch: U.S. Research in Big Cities, Thursday, 14 July 2016
FamilySearch: England Resources on Findmypast.co.uk, Thursday, 14 July 2016
Legacy Family Tree Webinars: Finding French Ancestors by Luana Darby, Friday, 15 July 2016
Thanks for including my post!
Thank you Linda for mentioning my post!
Linda, thank you for including me in your list this week! Lots of good reads here!