Georgia Civil War and Reconstruction newspapers online

The Digital Library of Georgia has made available online more 100,000 pages of newspapers from 1861-1877. The papers are fully searchable. Learn what papers are  included and find the link here.  source: ResearchBuzz

Fee hikes proposed for immigration records

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is proposing large fee hikes   for obtaining immigration documents from the late 19th and first half of the 20th century.  source: ResearchBuzz

Traveling to Research Your Irish Ancestors

An Irish airline offers travel packages for Americans interested in tracing their Irish roots, including a consultation with a professional genealogist. Here is an article on how to prepare for it.

How Not to Lose Your Family History

An article from GoodHousekeeping.com

Missing Persons from WWII In Europe

The Arolsen Archives has made available online information on persons persecuted by the Nazis in World War II Europe. The database includes 850,000 documents with information on 10 million names of both survivors and those that were killed.  Source: ResearchBuzz

Phone book images

The Library of Congress has uploaded 1.7 million images from its Telephone Directory Collection. The images come from 14 states, the city of Chicago, and Washington D.C. The collection is not currently searchable by name or address, and years appear to range from the 30's to the 70's. Get more information and a link to the collection here.   Source: ResearchBuzz

Photography, pt II

Digital vs. Analog, again from the Genealogy's Star blog. Source: ResearchBuzz 

Photography

First in series on photography for genealogy, from the Genalogy's Star blog.

New genealogy show on TV This fall

Read about it here.

Digitizing your photos

Here is an article from Reddit.com on digitizing your photo collection. (via ResearchBuzz)

Mayflower 400th Anniversary events

If you are one of the tens of millions of Americans with a Mayflower ancestor, or just have an interest in the subject, read here about live streaming of upcoming events to mark the 400th anniversary of her arrival in North America.

Georgia Historic Newspapers- new additions

Starting this fall, the Georgia Historic Newspapers website will be adding a large number of new titles from the 19th century. The website is run by the Digital Library of Georgia. The list of news titles is here.      source: ResearchBuzz

Reading Old Handwriting

We probably have visited all or some of these resources in the past, but they are worth another look- instructions and courses in deciphering handwriting from in several languages and different time periods.

Transcription Rules & Techniques

How and why you should create an abstract and transcribe documents by hand.

Encountering Latin in Your Research

An understanding of Latin terms can help you interpret old church and legal documents, especially those from Europe and the Roman Catholic church. This article from thoughtco.com can help.

Publishing Your Family History

Here  are some tips on creating a keepsake family history book, from Lifewire.com.

Using the LOC Sanborn Map collection

The Library of Congress has digitized 25,000 Sanborn fire insurance maps, with many more coming in the next 3 years. The maps give you some idea of what your ancestor's home and  neighborhood were like.  This article explains how to use them.

US Navy Muster Rolls

The National Archives has partnered with 3 other organizations to digitize Navy muster rolls , providing the names and personal data of enlisted crewmen on various ships from 1861 through 1879. The list includes escaped slaves who served in the Union Navy during the Civil War.  
Source: ResearchBuzz

FamilySearch records expanded

If you haven't used the FamilySearch free online archives recently, you should know that they have added 15 million new records from many countries, as well as some U.S. States.

Genetic Genealogy in the News

Genetic genealogy helped indentify a Maryland man, 56 years after his death and 34 years after his remains were discovered.

Florida's Division of Library and Information Services

This is an excellent resource for Florida  Genealogy- a listing of the genealogy material at the State Library. Most are available via inter-library loan. Ask about it at the HCPL branch you go to.

Genealogy videos

Click here for links to YouTube channels for the BYU Family History Library, the Genealogy Star's blog and the Family History Guide. (source: ResearchBuzz)

Census Records post-1940

U.S. census records are kept confidential for 72 years. The last one made public was the 1940 census; the 1950 census will be released in 2022. Read here about how to obtain records that have not yet been released.

Plat Maps

This article  explains how to interpret plat maps.
(Source: Research Buzz)

Free access to Military Records

MyHeritage.com is allowing free access to its 47 million military records from May 22nd-28th.

National Archives, Spanish-Language research

The National Archives is facing a budget crisis, with a potential impact on genealogists....Genealogy Bank offers links to a few tools for translating documents written in Spanish .

A tip about defunct counties

Sometimes counties from the past are absorbed by others- often after a brief existence- like these in No. Carolina and Georgia . Make sure to check county histories to avoid overlooking them. Others are created after splitting from a larger county. Present day Citrus and Pasco counties, for example,  were part of Hernando County until June 1887.

Parish records for English and Irish research.

If you are searching back hundreds of years for ancestors in England and Ireland, understanding parish records is essential. Here are 15 tips, courtesy of the findmypast blog. In addition, here is a wikipedia article on Irish parishes and another on English parishes.

Restore the Ancestors 2019

Read here about how to join a volunteer project to index FamilySearch records related to African American genealogy. To participate, you just need to set up a free account at FamilySearch.org.

Genealogy for Adoptees

Here is a wiki to get adoptees started on researching their families of origin.

Genealogy Books Free Online

If the work of genealogy you're looking for  is in the public domain, here are some of the places you may be able to find it online:

https://www.hathitrust.org/

books.google.com

https://www.cyndislist.com/books/ebooks/  (some on list are not free)

books.familysearch.org

https://www.loc.gov/collections/

The Online Books Page

Slave voyages website

In addition to the online resources mentioned in our February posts, there is the Slave Voyages website, from Emory University. Especially noteworthy is the "African Names" database- make sure you read the "Understanding the database" page first.  source: ResearchBuzz

Genealogy on YouTube

Here is another article about genealogy on YouTube, including a bit on how to use the site and links to genealogy channels.

AccessGenealogy

AccessGenealogy is large collection of free genealogy sources, sorted by category (census, military,etc) and state. 

Israeli cemteries online; Census tip

MyHeritage.com has digitized every cemetery in Israel , including images and transcriptions,  and put it online, for free.....
The Genealogy Star blog offers this tip regarding census indexes and human error.
source: ResearchBuzz

African American genealogy videos

BlackProGenLive   is a YouTube channel for African-American genealogy. 86 videos and growing.

Free Marriage Records

Myheritage.com is offering free access to its marriage records from Feb 10th-17th.
source: ResearchBuzz

African American Genealogy Wiki

https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/African_American_Genealogy

Online resources for slave genealogy

First of several posts on African American genealogy:

Digital Library on American Slavery

Large slaveholders of 1860 & African American Surname Matches from 1870

Illinois Slavery Era Insurance Policies registry  
("Similar resources may be available from other states as well -- search for slave insurance registry along with a state name").

Transatlantic Slave Trade Database

Unknown No Longer- a database of Virginia Slave Names

AfriGeneas Slave Data

Source: thoughtco.com

Ancestry.com, which can be accessed at the library, also has collections of slave records. 

also: freedomonthemove.org

Researching Family Legends

Do you believe you have a ancestor who was famous, or who played a part in some historic event? Maybe you have been told you have a full-blooded Native American in your family tree, or a that you are descended from a passenger on the Mayflower.
Here's an article  from the Sunburned Penguin that looks into 4 such legends.

Genealogy Roadshow

PBS presents its Genealogy Roadshow  on Tuesdays at 8pm EST on WEDU. It's also available on the PBS video app.

Dating photos: Womens Hats

One way to narrow down the date a photograph was taken is by dating the clothing of the subjects in the photo.
The Minnesota History Society has digitized a collection of 700+ women's hats, most from 1910 to 1950. This article discusses the project, and includes a link to the collection.

Becoming a Professional Genealogist

This webpage on the website of the Association of Professional Genealogists is a place to start if you are considering making a living as a genealogist.

Antebellum Georgia newspapers

The Digital Library of Georgia has grant dollars to digitize almost 54000 pages of pre-1861 Georgia newspapers. They will be available to the public at choniclingamerica.loc.gov. source: ResearchBuzz

Genealogy Research Plan

Avoid going down "rabbit trails" by planning your research- an  article by Lisa Lisson on her website.