Grandparents Day
50 Books for Grandparents Day by Emily Schroeder at Growing Little Leaves
How Well Do You Know Your Grandparents’ Story? at the Ancestry.com Blog
Three Ideas for Honoring Your Grandparents This Grandparents Day by Maggie Mora at the Ancestry.com Blog
News
Professor Translates 1,700-Year-Old Obituary From Ancient Greek at NPR – a Brigham Young University Professor recognized ancient Greek on a mislabeled epitaph in a rare book room at the University of Utah.
Finding families through forensic genealogy by Liz Zabel at The Gazette – two professional genealogists give free research to detectives and coroners around the nation
Research Tips
Social History Resources: Why I love to use them! by Sue at Kindred Past
How Do Descendants of Slaves Find Their Ancestors? Georgetown’s decision highlights the difficulties black Americans face in tracing their lineages. by Rebecca Onion at Slate – Kenyatta Berry and Tony Burroughs explain how to work around gaps in records of black Americans
Track the Process by Michael John Neill at Genealogy Tip of the Day – how to save time later by keeping track now
Quick tip – Indexes may have added information by Yvette Hoitink at Dutch Genealogy
How to Find Hidden Genealogy Resources in Libraries and Archives by Amy Johnson Crow at AmyJohnsonCrow.com
DNA
CNBC anchor Bill Griffeth got the shock of his life after a simple DNA test at CNBC
MyHeritage DNA matching is here! by Kitty Cooper at Kitty Cooper’s Blog
Buy this book! by Judy Russell at The Legal Genealogist – New genetic genealogy workbook available from the National Genealogical Society
Creating and Sharing Family History
THE HEALING POWER OF FAMILY STORIES, PART ONE by Alison Taylor at Your Life In a Book
In ‘Maestro Satriano,’ Monument author weaves untold story of famous ancestor by Stephanie Earls at The Gazette – woman researches her musical ancestor and writes a fictionalized account of his life
Tintypes were not made of tin and other interesting facts about photography by James Tanner at Genealogy’s Star
How to Write about Teachers Who Made a Difference by Laura Hedgecock at Treasure Chest of Memories
Divorce Affects Family Photos: What you can do about it by Genealogy Jen at Repurposed Genealogy
Could your ancestor have been an orphan workhouse girl who emigrated in 1853? by Paul Kennedy at Irish Central – a project to connect Australian and American cousins of orphan workhouse girls who traveled to Australia in 1853 from County Galway, Ireland
The Story Trek: New season proves everyone has a story by
Family History is for Everyone
A Foundation of Mighty Ancestors by John Beckett at Patheos – a polytheist discusses his faith and honoring ancestors
In her ancestor’s footsteps: Retracing 1861 Expedition by Johnathan Romeo at Durango Herald
Kids and Family
Occupations of the Past Cards by Emily Schroeder at Growing Little Leaves
Create your ancestor’s house on Minecraft! by Sam at the Genealogy Kids
LDS
Why Mormons do Genealogy by Mette Harrison at Huffington Post
Elder Cook Notes Steady Rise in Temple, Family History Work in Central America by Sarah Jane Weaver at LDS Church News
How Cancer Changed My Outlook on Family History by Melodee Cooper at Aggieland Mormons
History
Genealogy Education
2016 Virtual Genealogy Fair by Angela McGhie at Adventures in Genealogy Education
Researching at the Daughters of the American Revolution Library by Lori Samuelson at Genealogy at Heart
KEEPING UP WITH CONFERENCES by Claire V. Brisson-Banks at the ICAPGen Blog
Researching at the Library of Congress by Lori Samuelson at Genealogy at Heart
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