Tuesday, November 24, 2015

Here's another tool for your genealogy toolbox, especially if you are a newbie: genealogyintime.com has search engines, helpful articles, and lists of various sources to assist with your research. Its also a good place to learn about the newest data available on the Web. You can subscribe to a their weekly newsletter to keep up to date. We learned about this from  Links and Bridges, the newsletter of the Genealogy Society of Hernando County. To learn more about the GSHC, click here.
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Wednesday, November 18, 2015

Cherokee roots

This article from Slate.com explains why almost one million Americans claim Cherokee ancestry.

Thursday, November 12, 2015

Canadian Genealogy

New from the archives of Canada: a database of individuals who immigrated to Canada as porters or domestics between 1899 and 1949....This just in: the Naturalization Records database, covering 1915-1944, has been updated with an addition of 68,000 names. Volunteers are needed to extend it to 1951. Source: ResearchBuzz

Monday, November 2, 2015

NARA Genealogy Fair recordings

In an October post, we mentioned the National Archives on line genealogy fair. ResearchBuzz has provided links to the presentations on YouTube:

Day 1
Day 2
slides and hand-outs

Thursday, October 8, 2015

National Archives Digitization priorities

Speaking of NARA, the agency asked the public what it wants digitized, and had a tremendous response. This article  from the NARA blog talks about where the focus will be over the next 18-24 months. Looks like quite a bit will be of interest to genealogists, especially those searching for naturalization or military-related records. Thanks to Research Buzz for both this information and yesterday's.

Wednesday, October 7, 2015

NARA Genealogy Fair on YouTube

Read here about the National Archives Genealogy Fair  to be broadcast live on YouTube on October 21st and 22nd. Experts will speak on a variety of topics, and you will have the opportunity to ask questions. If you can't tune in for the live presentations, recorded versions will be available online.

Friday, October 2, 2015

Valuation Rolls from Scotland

Free until October 13th: Valuation rolls from Scotland, circa 1855, on the Scotlands People website.
Thanks to SpittalStreet.com and ResearchBuzz.com for passing this along.

Ted Talk: How We're Building the World's Largest Family Tree

 From Ted.com in 2018.