11 Genealogy Things You Need to Know Today, Thursday, 22 May 2014

Today's Things

1. I agree with Matthew on makeuseof.com. I get "in the zone" faster when writing with some paper and a nice well-flowing pen. 6 Simple Reasons Why Paper Can Still Be Your Killer Productivity App.
2. From the Whoa-You-Need-To-Check-This-Out Department: Second World War in Google Street View.
3. The Findagrave iOS App was recently updated.
4. From Chris on The British GENES Blog: 36th (Ulster) Division First World War Diaries Online and IGP Transcribes 60,000 Irish Headstones.
5. More newspaper links -- did your ancestor make these papers? From Kenneth on The Ancestor Hunt, Over 100 New Free Online Newspaper Links.
6. FamilySearch has created a handy landing page with a clickable list of all their US Civil War online record collections.
7. Ancestry.com's military collections will be free-to-access during the long Memorial Day weekend.
8. As part of their 100 in 100 Campaign, findmypast.com has added record sets 46 (British Casualties, Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939) and 47 (British Casualties, Indian Mutiny, 1857-1859).
9. Yesterday, FamilySearch.org added record indexes and record images for the Czech Republic.
10. USGenWeb Archives volunteer contributors uploaded various types of records yesterday of various counties in the following US states: Florida.
11. On Twitter yesterday, Debra A. Hoffman mentioned the following German Immigrant Database:

German Immigrants: http://t.co/yfUUO3IbU9. Searchable database of German passengers who arrived in the US from 1850-1859. #genealogy

— Debra A. Hoffman (@DebraAHoffman) May 20, 2014

Today's Featured Resource

Elephind.com (Historical Newspaper Search Engine)

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Happy Researching!
~Caroline
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