Father’s Day Father’s Day for the Fatherless by Jacqueline White at Ruby Girl – “I purposefully keep the complexities that created his chaotic life alive in my mind and memory so they can be instructive to me.” Father’s Day Gifts: Past and…Presents! at the Ancestry Blog – “Check out this slideshow to see how these favorite Father’s Day gifts have shifted to suit the modern dad.” LDS What the apostles’ children have said about their dads at Utah...
Indexing Giving Back: Indexing & Transcription Opportunities for Genealogists by Heather Collins at Young & Savvy Genealogists – “Check your favorite repositories–local, state, regional, and national–to see what they need from you.” Straight Talk About Arbitration at the FamilySearch Blog – “By removing the arbitration results number, we lose something of value, but in our view and in the view of most indexers who were surveyed, we gain something more important and substantial.” Creating and Sharing...
Research Tips Don’t Wait to Write Up Those Notes – by Michael John Neill at Genealogy Tip of the Day – “Time spent writing up your notes is not wasted. Wasted time is what is spent later trying figure out why on Earth you did certain things or in spending an hour to reach the same conclusion you did earlier a week ago when you were actually researching.” The Biggest Mistake in Reading Old Handwriting – and How...
Memorial Day A Memorial Day Tradition 70 Years in the Making – “As children, my cousins and I eagerly anticipated Memorial Day fun. We would eat a potluck dinner that often included great-aunt LaRue’s famous shrimp pasta salad and Aunt Ettalue’s chocolate wacky cake.” Schalene Dagutis-Worldwide Genealogy ~ 7 Tips When Researching U.S. Army World War II Soldiers 3 Clues for Discovering Military Service – Amy Johnson Crow Genealogy Insider – 12 Free Websites to Search...
Here are my picks for genealogy and family history news and interesting articles this week. I’m trying to make my list shorter but there are so many good articles out there! News Ancestry Acquires Adpay, Inc. at Utah Business – Adpay, the owner of Memoriams.com (an obituary input network), was acquired by Ancestry to go along with Ancestry’s Newspapers.com in strengthening newspapers’ presence in their communities. MyHeritage is Adding Free DNA Matching at the MyHeritage Blog – People...
I read many helpful and inspirational articles this week. Thank you to all those who contribute such great reads to the blogosphere! Here are just a few of the articles I thought you might enjoy. To see more lists of geneabloggers’ favorite posts, check out Randy Seaver’s “pick posts” section here. Research Tips Jumpstarting Your Genealogy Brain by Ancestry Anne at Finding Forgotten Stories. “I focus on researching Civil War and the records, but what about...
I wish I had more time to read all the wonderful blog posts and articles that are posted each week about genealogy and family history! Here are some of the posts I did get to read. I love the Eyre’s idea to make an ancestor book, and am excited about the new Genetic Genealogy Workbook by Blaine Bettinger and Debbie Wayne. There were lots of great tips for using FamilySearch.org, and in the Family History...
Here are seventeen articles that I liked this week. Enjoy! Preservation Week During Preservation Week, libraries all over the country encourage us to carefully preserve the unique items in our family’s holdings. Tips for preserving valuable family history collections, items by Twila Van Leer at Deseret News I have pictures and letters and mementos and a whole bunch of this and that. I have it in boxes, in bags, in bins, in drawers, in my cedar chest...
Mother’s Day is coming up and I’m sure we’re all thinking about what to get Mom! After writing my post about 10 Easy Mother’s Day Gifts Using Old Family Photos, I found four links to more Mother’s Day gift ideas, including questions to ask your Mom if you’d like to write about her life for Mother’s Day. Three of the articles I read this week talked about the memories that come from a grandmother’s apron....
I read several articles this week about how children and teens benefit from family history in some form: teaching others family history, interviewing grandparents and great grandparents, school projects, and close relationships with grandparents. Two articles I enjoyed were about Chinese roots – the ancestor devotion aspect of Confucianism and the benefits Chinese college aged youth gained from doing a genealogy project and documentary contest. I also thought the article about the future of wearable tech and...
