Blogging

If you like to read genealogy blogs, or are considering creating one, a good place to visit is geneabloggers.com. There you will find  a listing of 3000+ blogs; resources to start your own;  prompts to get you started, and instructions on how to have your blog included on the list.

Internet Archive

The Internet Archive has more than 120,000 genealogical works available online. The menu on the right side of the page breaks the collection down by year, and then by content. New material is always being added. While you're there, take a minute to explore what else the archive holds by going to the homepage: https://archive.org/

Syrian Immigrants

Our first post of the new year concerns Syrian immigrants to NYC in the late 19th century. Linda K. Jacobs, author of Strangers in the West, about Syrian immigrants to the Lower West Side, created very detailed spreadsheets of immigrants and their backgrounds. Source: ResearchBuzz 

Genealogy in Black and White

This is an interesting blog  on genealogy from an African-American perspective.

City Directories

This article   from the Florida Memory Blog discusses what information can be found in city directories. Polk city directories for Brooksville covering 1959 to the early 1990's are located at the Train Depot Museum  in Brooksville. The 1926 Brooksville directory can be found on Ancestry.com in the library's e-resources.

Christmas shopping

What can you find for the genealogist on your list? Family History Magazine has some suggestions. We like this one for nostalgia buffs.

ebay

If you're looking for a place to purchase hard-to-find genealogy books, such as family or place histories, give ebay a look. You might find a great deal on something really useful. Some items you can purchase outright; others require a bidding process. If you are not familiar with ebay, click on the "Help and Contact" link on the top of the home page i Use the search box at the top to find what you are looking for- for example, a search for "genealogy florida".  Some of the items are collections of many books placed on searchable DVDs.