Method Genealogy: Standing in Your Ancestors’ Footsteps by Janet Few at the In-Depth Genealogist – how method acting can be applied by genealogists who want to understand their ancestors’ lives 5 Reasons Why Podcasts are Great Learning Tools for Genealogists by Shelby Ward at Next Gen Genealogy Network Thanksgiving Franksgiving by Jacqi Stevens at A Family Tapestry Know Your Family Health History at the 23andMe Blog – In 2004 the U.S. Surgeon General declared Thanksgiving Day as National Family History Day to encourage people to collect their family’s health history More to be grateful for… by Judy Russell at The Legal Genealogist about Genealogy institutes Gifts...

FAN Principles Unfolded by Tony Proctor at Parallax View Google’s New Free App Could Revolutionize How We Preserve Family Photos and Records at Family History Daily FamilySearch CEO Steve Rockwood Will Keynote Free November Seminar at the FamilySearch Newsroom Do Research and Memoir Belong Together? by Laura Hedgecock at Treasure Chest of Memories Shaler teacher digitally links with Smithsonian at the Pennsylvania State Education Association Genealogy is good for your health by Lynn Howard at The Preston Citizen You might find an ancestor in restored glass plate negatives by Beccy Tanner at The Wichita Eagle Quackenbush family member donates World War I uniform worn by ancestor at the...

Veterans Day From the attics and shoeboxes of Virginia, a trove of historical gold by Gregory S. Schneider at The Washington Post A Veteran’s Decision to Serve by Jen at Repurposed Genealogy The Facts That Matter Most This Veterans Day by Nicole Fisher at Forbes Honor Roll Project Success! by Schalene Dagutis at Tangled Roots and Trees Indexing WWI Soldiers by Sophie Boudarel at The In-Depth Genealogist Remembrance Day 2016: More than half of First World War records now online by Monique Scotti at Canada’s Global News Ten Essential Tasks For U.S. Genealogists on Veterans Day by Janice Brown at Cow Hampshire The Myth of the Quiet War Veteran by...

Election Women’s Reasons for Desiring to Vote 1880 by Gena Philibert-Ortega at Gena’s Genealogy Election Cake: A Forgotten Democratic Tradition by Maia Surdam at AHA Today Voting Booths Were a Radical 19th Century Reform to Stop Election Fraud by Sarah Laskow at Atlas Obscura World Series Cubs fan shares World Series with late father at Greenwood cemetery by David Macanally at wthr.com Part of our family history by Judy Russell at The Legal Genealogist Cubbie Blue runs deep in my blood by EvaAnne at The Family Librarian RootsTech 5 REASONS TO ATTEND THE ROOTSTECH CONFERENCE (EVEN IF YOU’RE NOT A GENEALOGIST) by Alison Taylor at Pictures and Stories At...

My favorite story of the week this week was: #WHA2016 and creativity in the K-20 social studies classroom by Glenn Wiebe at History Tech – Glenn summarizes a panel of social studies teaching experts who discussed engaging children in history through inquiry, telling stories, using evidence, archival material, and connecting. The panel discussion took place at the Western History Association Conference. I’ve been working on the syllabus for my upcoming RootsTech lecture – “Kid Genealogists – Inspiring the Next Generation” and I’m looking forward to incorporating some of these ideas. Here are my other favorites: RootsTech 2017 The Cake Boss Buddy Valastro Will Keynote, Judge...

  The Underground Railroad at Pleasant Hill by EvaAnne at The Family Library – a fascinating house history How to get your pictures off your phone by Jennifer Wise at Heritage Makers – a good thing to know. She gives some ideas, but doesn’t include google photos. I use google photos to backup every photo on my phone at full size. I love it. Organize Your Genealogy Files by Denise Levenick at the Family Curator Concepts – Why DNA Testing the Oldest Family Members is Critically Important by Roberta Estes at DNA eXplained National Efforts Directed at Digitizing Records and Documents by James Tanner at Genealogy’s Star...

News Family History Library Begins Construction of New Discovery Center at the FamilySearch Newsroom How an amateur genealogist solved a 48-year-old ‘Jane Doe’ case by Brenda Gazzar at the Los Angeles Daily News Shane Jacobson found a long line of poverty and tragedy in his family tree by Tiffany Dunk, National TV Editor, News Corp Australia Network at Melbourne Herald Sun – an Australian actor finds out about his Finnish roots Utahn is only sibling alive to see brother killed in Pearl Harbor return home by McKenzie Romero at the Deseret News Announcing “The Family Tree Guide to DNA Testing and Genetic Genealogy” by Blaine Bettinger at the...

May I Introduce To You . . . Nicole Dyer and Diana Elder by Jana Last at Geneabloggers – we were featured over at Geneabloggers this week! News The Transformation of the Family History Library for Grand Opening at RootsTech 2017 by James Tanner at Rejoice, and be exceedingly glad 3rd Annual 2017 Rootstech Innovator Showdown Accepting Submissions by Diane L Richard at Upfront with NGS National Museum of African American History and Culture National Museum of African American History and Culture Opens to Public by Tracie Crayford Cudworth at Mormon Newsroom – Museum will house Civil War-era records for family history research NMAAHC:Reflections by Tracy...

Families and Children 31 EASY Ways to Engage Children in Family History Cemetery Freestyling With Kids Generation Gap: Building Bridges with Stories by Meghan Vigeant at Stories to Tell Creating and Sharing Ask The Family Curator: Consultations Now Available by Denise Levenick at The Family Curator “Tell me a story, Daddy!” by PeterLLC at By Common Consent 5 Tips for Shooting Family Artifacts with SHOTBOX by Denis Levenick at The Family Curator Research Tips Genealogy Journals and Newsletters The Power of “i” by Jason Lee at DNA Genealogy Wikipedia and Genealogy: Always a surprise by James Tanner at Genealogy’s Star FamilySearch Tips New FamilySearch Design: Log In to...

Creating and Sharing Family History Should We Try to Make History “Relevant”? by Lauren S. Brown at Middle Web Sharing Family History Through Food: Apple Crisp Recipe by Janet Havorka at Zap the Grandma Gap Childless Matters by Janice Jacobs at The APH Blog “I Lost My Photos on My Phone!!” Here’s What You Need to Do by Lisa Louise Cooke at Genealogy Gems What’s in Your Closet? by Cathy Gilmore at the Kindex Blog Family history is circular by Carolyn Lee at The Imperial Republican My Ancestry Results Revealed a Difficult Truth Behind ‘Good Hair’ in My Family by Shayna Watson at The Root Research Tips...