New Online Genealogy Journal

Geneapress.com is announcing the arrival of a new, peer-reviewed scholarly journal:
The Journal of Genealogy and Family History.
The journal will be free and online, and will be available starting in April.
Source: ResearchBuzz

Michigan

Doing research related to the Wolverine State? Try seekingmichigan.org. Scroll down and click on the Discover button to look at the online sources available. You'll find death, census, and Civil War records, among other information.

The Loss of the 1890 Census

Only fragments of the important 1890 census remain.This 2-part article in Prologue magazine explains how the tragic destruction of the that census was not totally due to a fire in the Commerce building in 1921.

Resources for African- American research

February is Black History Month. Read here about resources for tracking down your African-American ancestors, courtesy of familyhistorydaily.com. 
Fold3.com, the military genealogy site, is making its Black History Collection available for free for the month of February.

Slavery in North Carolina

Click  here for links to the  University of North Carolina's Digital Library on American Slavery, which includes large amount of data of interest to genealogists.  There is also information on a work in progress: People Not Property -  Slave Deeds of North Carolina.
Source: ResearchBuzz

Boston Catholics

The New England Historic Genealogical Society and the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston are collaborating to build a database of sacramental records of millions of Catholics from 154 parishes.
The records are not searchable by name yet, but you can browse by parish.

Write your life story

Make 2017 the year you get your life experiences down on paper for your descendants.  The library offers "Writing Your Life Stories" programs at the West Hernando branch on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays (there are two sessions:  10:15 to 11:45a.m.  and an afternoon session  from 3:00 to 4:30) and at the Main branch on the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays, from 2:00 pm to 3:30. Come to get inspired and share your stories.
If you need some more incentive, Randy Seaver at the Genea-Musings blog posted this press release from Family Search regarding its #52 Stories project.