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
Heirloom Makeover by Manavi Kapur – “Wearing a piece of jewellery that has been in one’s family for at least four generations can be a sublime, emotional experience.”
Author Encourages Heirloom Decorating at Indiana Gazette – “No room is complete without something of age and provenance and character.” … And don’t treat heirlooms like stuffy museum pieces, Sully advises. Instead, “take what’s old and give it life again by actually using it. … Allow heirlooms to relate to the rest of the room. These are beautiful things with stories to tell and history to share.”
Heirloom Bible Returned to Family at Nebraska.TV – “This family gemstone did more than simply connect me with my heritage. My relationships with my cousins blossomed.”
Finding the ‘Story Magic’ in Our Work as Personal Historians by Marjorie Turner Hollman at APH – “It’s the power of seeing oneself differently, making peace with one’s past, and forging connections. The tools we use may vary, but the effect upon the teller is the same and can be a powerful agent of change.”
Researching and Writing Family History: It’s Like Saving for Retirement by Lynn Palermo at the Armchair Genealogist – “Their children weren’t interested in inheriting their boxes of genealogy stuff. They realized they needed to bring their stories together into a story or book that they could leave as a lasting legacy for future generations.”
That’s a Perfectly Good Memory—Why Aren’t You Using It? at the FamilySearch Blog – “If your memory box is collecting dust in the back of your mind, it’s time to start pulling those memories out and putting them to use. You’ll be surprised to discover what they can do for the rising generation and how many nifty (and easy) ways there are to share them.”
Did You Make This Common Mistake When Scanning Your Family Photos? by Rachel LaCour Nieson at Save Family Photos – “When you’re digitizing your family photos archives, always add names, places, dates, and stories as metadata attached to your images.”
The Secret to Pairing FamilySearch and Pinterest for Family History by Amie at Genealogy Gems – “When potential cousins Google your common ancestor, the list of results will include your Pinterest board”
Family History Research Ideas for Summer at CrestLeaf Blog – “Rather than planning your usual summertime getaway with the family, why not take an educational excursion to a genealogy or family history library?”
LDS
Digitizania! New From the L. Tom Perry Special Collections by Tod R. at the Juvenile Instructor – “In this series, we will be highlighting new digital collections from a variety of repositories throughout the world related to Mormon Studies. We hope this will provide a useful service to new and seasoned researchers alike.”
African American Accesses Ancestral Records Thanks to Freedmen’s Bureau Initiative by Brenda Noland, LDS Church News – “Seeing his ancestor’s name, Carolina Paulling, who stepped off an African slave ship into Port Charleston, South Carolina, was emotionally overwhelming.”
Half Italian, and Proud of It by Sharlene Nauta at the FamilySearch Blog – “Learning Italian to reconnect with my roots is a small token of my gratitude for all they’ve done. I will forever be proud to be Italian.”
5 Insights into the Spirit World from Those Who Have Seen It at LDS Living – “The grand greeting you first receive is from your closest of kin—father, mother, brother and sisters—and all that are near and dear to you who passed from earthly life and arrived in the Great Beyond before you.”
Family History is for Everyone
Saint John man’s family heirloom deemed a ‘significant military artifact’ at CTV Atlantic – “Wright says the wooden crosses were replaced by traditional stone markers in the years immediately after the First World War. Only a few of the wooden crosses are known to have survived the last century.”
Arizona newborn and grandma, born exactly 100 years apart, meet at 12 News Arizona – “One Valley woman got an amazing gift for her 100th birthday: A great-great-grandson”
May I Introduce to You . . . Eric Proffitt by Jana Last at Geneabloggers – “I have been impressed at how many times I have discovered that my personality, character traits, talents and interests are shared by many of my ancestors.”
Research Tips
Evernote Bootcamp: Tame Your Notebooks With A Table Of Contents by Anthony Karcz at Forbes – “The ability to create a Table of Contents wasn’t part of the original structure of Evernote; but was later introduced for the Mac and PC desktop clients. It’s a pretty brilliant way to easily organize and structure unwieldy collections of notes (like my 574-entry Recipe Book!).”
Directory Studies at Ancestry: Efficient Approach to Finding and Saving Information by Cyndy at Endeavoring Genealogist – “In recent weeks, I’ve spent a lot of time online doing what I call “directory studies”–systematically tracing individuals across multiple city directory years to learn more about residence, occupation, and/or household configuration.”
So Many Genealogy-Related YouTube Channels, So Little Time! by Diane L. Richard at UpFront with NGS
Why These Draft Cards are Such an Important Addition to Your Family Tree at Family History Daily
Don’t Neglect the Other Census Records at Amy Johnson Crow – “Even the Federal census has other parts we need to use, in addition to the population schedule. These include the 1890 veterans schedule, the industry schedules, the agricultural schedules, and the “defective, dependent, and delinquent” schedules.”
Understanding Land Rights: Land Leases for Genealogists — Leaseholds Revealed by James Tanner at Genealogy’s Star – the second post in a series about land ownership and legal issues
Old McDonald Had a Farm. And All of Us Have Benefited. by Paul Nauta at the FamilySearch Blog – “Lester suggests becoming aware of record collections and databases that chronicle the lives of farmers. Rich social context can be gleaned from published farm histories.”
Korean War soldier’s remains coming home to Seattle family that never lost hope at Seattle Times – “Sparks’ remains were found among the boxes and identified through DNA matches to family members, conducted by scientists from the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) and the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory in Hawaii.”
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