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 Valley 360 – Memories of LDS apostles shared by their children
FHE – Fathers by Shauan Gibby at LDS Living – “Ask your family members to list something they have learned from their father. Also ask them to tell of one additional thing they would love their father to teach them.”
Descendants, including General Authority, Observe Brigham Young’s Birthday at His Grave Site at LDS Church News – “Just a few yards from Brigham Young’s grave in Salt Lake City, Elder Larry Y. Wilson, General Authority Seventy, paid homage to President Young on June 1 at an observance of the Church President’s 215th birthday anniversary.”
Making the Most Out of Your Trip to Nauvoo Illinois by Kendra at the Things I Love the Most – “Our ancestors were part of the Willie Handcart company and although they were never in Nauvoo, my Great Great Aunt was on the memorial wall for being one of the last children to die before entering the valley. She is one of our family heroes.”
Research Tips
3 Tips for Using Google for Genealogy by Tyle S. Stahle at the FamilySearch Blog – Summary of Lisa Louise Cooke’s tips. She says, “The first and most important step to using Google successfully is identifying what you want to find.”
Great History and Genealogy Podcasts by Andi Cumbo-Floyd at Our Folks’ Tales – “Two of my favorite podcasts are Research at the National Archives and Beyond with Bernice Bennett and The African Roots Podcast with Angela Walton-Raji.”
World War II Army Awards and Decorations by Schalene Dagutis at Tangled Roots and Trees – “If you would like to learn more about the awards and decorations listed on your ancestor’s Army discharge papers, I found the following sources very useful…”
Trying to Make Ancestors Out of NADs by Roberta Estes at DNA eXplained – “Since Ancestry has no chromosome browser, I’m in the dark about how to turn an NAD into an ancestor.” (NAD = New Ancestor Discovery)
Do Other Relatives Have Your Family Heritage? by Michael John Neill at Genealogy Tip of the Day
Pay Attention to Place Names in the FamilySearch Family Tree by James Tanner at Rejoice and Be Exceedingly Glad – “Using a standardized place helps clarify the information and helps the Find and hints features of the Family Tree.”
Genealogy Hack: Hunt for Neighbors by Devon Noel Lee at Patient Genealogist – “Find a neighbor and search for them in the census record you can’t find your ancestor in.”
Three Ways to Get a Closer Look at Your Genealogy With Evernote by Diane Hadad at Genealogy Insider – “Evernote isn’t just a great tool for organizing your genealogy, it’s also makes a good tool for analyzing the information you find.”
Genealogy Education
Beyond the “Failed” BCG Portfolio by By Darcie Hind Posz at BCG SpringBoard – “I submitted my first certification portfolio prematurely. I was not ready, and my reasons for seeking certification were immature.”
My Tips for People Pursuing Certification – by Yvette Hoitinik at Dutch Genealogy – “I learned a lot from creating my portfolio and going through the process, and thought I would share some of the things I learned.”
Families and Children
Fitting the Puzzle Pieces Together with Family Stories by Tiffany Tolman at the FamilySearch Blog – “When we are familiar with our family stories, we know what we can accomplish because we’ve heard it all before. We are part of our family story.”
Family Stories Through Times of Transition by Emily Kowalski Schroeder at Growing Little Leaves: Genealogy for Children – “My daughter will be starting Kindergarten in about six weeks, and I have been thinking of ways to use stories from our family’s history to instill within her a sense of courage and confidence as she enters this new chapter of her life.”
School+Genealogy: Immigration by Melissa Finlay at Finlay Family – “To end our school year history studies, we covered the topic of immigration to the U.S. As usual, I incorporated some family history into our studies.”
Creating and Sharing Family History
Storyworth: Preserving Family History, One Story at a Time by Christine Armstrong at the FamilySearch Blog about an App called StoryWorth – “In time, with minimal effort and using only technology that’s already familiar, users create their personal histories, one story at a time.”
Hot Topic Genealogy at Genealogy with Valerie – ” I want my Great Grand-kids to know their Great Grandma held strong opinions on certain subjects and she wasn’t afraid to let others know how she felt.”
These are your photos on a flash drive. Any questions? by Jennifer Wise at Heritage Makers – “It’s a piece of hardware. The pictures are hidden, and they don’t have any details with them to help you remember. So here’s what we’re gonna do. We’re going to preserve the photos digitally but we’re also going to PRESERVE THEM IN PRINT.”
New Innovation: Sun Charts at the MyHeritage Blog – “We call it a “Sun Chart” because the main ancestor (selected by the user) is shown in the center with multiple generations of descendants in outer concentric rings.”
‘Something old, something new’ by Lindsay Fulton at Vita Brevis – “I am going to argue that brides currently participate in this custom because they consider it to be family tradition, not superstition. I say this because, if women have been selecting items (old, new, borrowed, and blue) since (at least) the 1890s, it is family tradition. Their mothers did it, their grandmothers and great-grandmothers, too – maybe not each and every one of them – but more than likely one female ancestor did.”
Genealogy for Millennials: Photo Sharing Apps Replace Traditional Scrapbooking by Amy Bowser Tennant at RootsBid – about ChatBooks
Deathtech Startup Mylestoned Snaps Up Heirloom’s Photo-Capturing App by Jeff Engel at Xconomy – “The Heirloom app seems an easier and faster way to digitize photos than using a bulky and relatively slow desktop scanner.”
Family History is for Everyone
How and why people from all different walks of life got started in researching their families
May I Introduce to You . . . Melyssa Stratton-Webb by Gini Webb at Geneabloggers – “No matter which ancestor I am researching at the time, I feel a close connection, as though I’ve always known them. It is quite spiritual, actually. I don’t ever want to lose that feeling.”
Meet the Woman Helping People Discover Secrets About Their Ancestry (Part I) by Kandia Johnson at Black Enterprise – Kenyatta D. Berry talks helping people uncover family history
Financial Firms Offer a New Service to Wealthy Clients: Family History by Emily Glazer at the Wall Street Journal – “The banks and other advisory firms say that in addition to being a competitive advantage, family-history services allow them to interact with different generations of families and emphasize values that translate into the family’s investments, philanthropic work and business life.” View the video summary here.
The family history ‘miracle’ found in an 1875 plumbing supply catalog by Twila Van Leer at Deseret News – “Norma Denson searched for information about her husband’s ancestry for more than 25 years before it popped up in the least likely place imaginable”
What to do with an heirloom that’s not treasured by Carolyn Hax at The Inquirer Daily News, Philly.com – “Some people see family heirlooms as a different kind of gift: You aren’t really a recipient of a gift, it’s community property, and you are just the current caretaker.”
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