11 #Genealogy Things You Need to Know Today, Friday, 23 May 2014

Today's Things

1. According to Terry White, this is an AWESOME microphone for Mac, iPad, and iPhone. So, I bet if you had a bunch of relatives to interview or, say, a family reunion coming up, this might come in handy.
2. On the GenealogyBank blog, Scott shows how to research old military records and war stories in newspapers.
3. On the Fishwrap, Karen explains Newspapers.com collaborative project with the University of North Carolina to digitize pre-1923 newspapers.
4. If you are researching your hispanic ancestry in deep south Texas, then county ranch histories are invaluable. Moises highlights one for Hidalgo County, Texas. [I'm from there.]
5. Have Irish roots? From Claire on Irish Genealogy News: John Grenham's Irish Ancestors database has been recently updated.
6. The Families in British India Society (FIBIS) has added another 3000 extracted births, marriages, and deaths from Allen's Indian Mail 1880.
7. As part of their 100 in 100 Campaign, findmypast.com has added record set 48 (The Daily Mirror, 1915).
8. Yesterday, FamilySearch.org added record indexes and record images for Brazil, Chile, the Czech Republic, New Zealand, and the Ukraine.
9. Ancestry.com updated a database for Sweden. Plus, they added 7 FamilySearch databases.  [And don't forget this when looking at FamilySearch databases on Ancestry.]
10. Recently, Genealogy Trails volunteer contributors uploaded various types of records for various counties in the following US states: Alaska, Connecticut, Illinois, Nevada, and North Carolina.
11. USGenWeb Archives volunteer contributors uploaded various types of records yesterday of various counties in the following US states: Georgia, Louisiana, Michigan, Ohio, Virginia, and Washington.

Today's Featured Resource

Register of One-Place Studies

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Happy Researching!
~Caroline
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