Veterans Day
From the attics and shoeboxes of Virginia, a trove of historical gold by
A Veteran’s Decision to Serve by Jen at Repurposed Genealogy
Honor Roll Project Success! by
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 Jerry Lembcke at History News Network
Introducing BillionGraves’ Veteran Finder at the Billion Graves Blog
D-Day’s last Pathfinder pilot has deep family roots by Ben Hansen at the Prescott Daily Courier
5 Sources for Civil War Unit Histories by Amy Johnson Crow at Amy Johnson Crow
Preserving a Veteran’s Military History by Jennifer Holik at the Ancestry.com Blog
Kids
Ol’ Myrt visits the new Layton FamilySearch Center at Dear Myrtle
9 Reasons Teenagers Love Family History Indexing by Heather Mecham at LDS Youth leadership
RootsTech
Win a Free RootsTech Pass by Laura Hedgecock at Treasure Chest of Memories
#RootsTech 2017 Events by James Tanner at Rejoice, and be exceedingly glad
Leadership Expert Liz Wiseman to Keynote RootsTech Innovator Summit at the FamilySearch Newsroom
LDS
10 Prophets and Apostles Who’ve Served in the Military (+ Their Incredible Stories) Compiled by Kaela Worthen Gardner at LDS Living
LDS Veteran Recalls Horrors of Iwo Jima & How He Regained His Hope at LDS Living
Medieval and Royal Lines in FamilySearch Family Tree at The Ancestry Insider
Preservation
The Faces of Volunteerism by Peggy Lauritzen at Anxiously Engaged – how records are digitized and added to FamilySearch
A Plan to Create My Genealogical Legacy at Genealogy Jottings
Funerals can lead to genealogical research by Kristen Hannum at Catholic Sentinel
Why Write a Family History If Nobody Wants to Read It? by Biff Barnes at Stories to Tell
SHOULD I USE GOOGLE PHOTOS TO STORE MY PHOTOS? by Alison Taylor at Pictures and Stories
Why Do We Want to Tell Our Story? by Mary Patricia Voell at the APH Blog
Research Tips
Genealogy 101: #1 Gather What You Know by Gena
Do You Have Your Great-Great-Great-Grandfather’s Nose? by Diahan Southard at the FamilySearch Blog – introduction to DNA research
What is a Hashtag and How do I Use it for Genealogy by Amy Bowser Tennant at My Kith N Kin
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