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.

Civil War Ancestors

Here's some advice from Amy Johnson Crow's blog on how to get an idea of what your Civil War ancestor looked like.

Preserving Your Past

Here is the first in a series of articles from the Florida State Archives Florida Memory blog about how to preserve important papers, photos, etc.

Freedmen's Bureau database

The Freedmen's Bureau was formed by the federal government after the Civil War to provide assistance to former slaves. The database includes information about freedmen from 15 states and the District of Columbia. Read about the database and find a link to it here .  source: ResearchBuzz

Using Evernote for Genealogy

Evernote is  a very useful tool for online genealogy. Take a look at this collection of YouTube videos explaining what you can do with it.