New Year
MY 2017 GENEALOGY RESOLUTIONS by Linda Stufflebean at Empty Branches on the Family Tree
Twila Van Leer: New year, new resolve at Deseret News
Want to Keep a New Year’s Resolution? How to Make It Right for YOU. by Gretchen Rubin at Gretchen Rubin
2016 Year In Review
FamilySearch 2016 Genealogy Highlights at the FamilySearch Newsroom – it’s pretty amazing to see that 4.7 million photos were added to FamilySearch this year! Also there are 7.4 million registered users – up for 6.4 million users in 2014.
Top 10 Posts of 2016 by Melissa Finlay at Finlay Family
The Genea-Musings Top 40 Posts for 2016 by Randy Seaver at Genea-Musings
Top 10 Genealogy Tips: A Year-end Wrap Up by Amy Johnson Crow at Amy Johnson Crow
2016 top posts: overall by Judy Russell at the Legal Genealogist
Most Read Genealogy At Heart Blogs of 2016 by Lori Samuelson at Genealogy at Heart
2016: the year in review by Scott C. Steward at Vita Brevis
History Teaching
Top Ten Posts of 2016 #7: 300 sample compelling questions for the social studies by Glenn Wiebe at History Tech
Top Ten Posts of 2016 #3: Hamilton the musical: Non-traditional literacy and historical thinking by Glenn Wiebe at History Tech – teaching historical context through the Hamilton musical
Children and Families
Being the “Link” Between Your Grandchildren and their Ancestors by Richard and Linda Eyre at Meridian Magazine
Genealogist at Work-I Have A Genealogy Heir!!!! at Walk In Their Steps
Christmas
The laws of Christmas: 2016 reprise by Judy Russell at the Legal Genealogist
‘Twas the Night Before a Genealogist’s Christmas … by Randy Seaver at Genea-Musings
Norwegian Pancakes for Christmas by Kitty Cooper at Kitty Cooper’s Blog
Research Tips
Books on My Shelf by Michael John Neill at Genealogy Search Tip
Creating a research log habit by Janine Adams at Organize Your Family History
The research log habit: Could you use some accountability? by Janine Adams at Organize Your Family History
How to Hire a Professional Genealogist You Can Trust
DNA
What is a Genetic Genealogist? by Blaine Bettinger at The Genetic Genealogist
The Genealogist’s Stocking by Roberta Estes at DNA eXplained
Bias meets DNA: Students at Pennsylvania college asked to learn their ancestry by Susan Svrluga at the Chicago Tribune
In the News
The Scribbler: The Hersheys, the Kreiders and the last of the Conestogas by Jack Brubaker at Lancaster Online – how a small part of Lancaster County Pennsylvania’s Native American heritage has been carefully preserved.
How a Christmas baking contest and CBC Radio led to a family reunion by Andrew Kurjata at CBC News
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