12 Genealogy Things You Need to Know This Morning, Friday, 8 Nov 2013

Today's Things...

Genealogy Need to Know, Fri, 8 Nov 2013

• The Rootstech Conference app is now available for both iOS and Android. For any type of personalization of the app for those of us attending the conference in February {like setting up a schedule} requires us to be registered for the event first. But the free app and its features are viewable by all whether we are registered or not. For more information about registering for the conference, visit their website, their Facebook Page, and/or one of the Official Blogger's blogs.

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• The Next Web blog tells us the popular time management app Todoist has a new browser extension that promises to help with our Gmail and setting up our tasks. 
• Interested in chatting with British researchers? On The British GENES blog, Chris informs us of the WDYTYA Magazine {UK} Forum App.
• For those who use Evernote to store and organize document scans, you'll be pleased to learn about this Evernote-optimized scanner.
• On the Accidental Genealogist Blog, Lisa tells us all about theEastern European Family History Course being offered at SLIG 2014 and early bird registration ends soon.
• Have an ancestor who was living around the period of the American Revolution in Massachusetts? {Why, yes, I do.} Learn about the period of instability that followed the American Revolution in the latest Fieldstone Common Podcast which was released yesterday. Host Marian Pierre-Louis speaks with guest Gary Shattuck, author of Artful and Designing Men: The Trials of Job Shattuck and the Regulation of 1786-1787. 
• Fold3.com would like for us to honor our veterans from every U.S. Conflict on their new Honor Wall.
• To mark the centenary of the First World War, the National Archives {UK} has set up a dedicated website to honor and teach about the First World War, and they invite us to explore their "...online collections, research guides and educational resources..." 
• Speaking of exploring and archives, discover UK and Ireland archives on this aptly named website, ExploreYourArchive.org.
• The Society of Genealogists {UK} informs us of their newly added Lacemakers Index.
• FamilySearch.org added entries to their Nevada Marriage Index yesterday.
• And USGenWeb volunteer contributors uploaded 213 files to various counties for the following U.S. states: Florida, Iowa, Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, South Carolina, Texas, amd Virginia. 

Have you tried this research resource?

Obitlinkspage.com is a free state-by-state directory of obituaries and related material.

Other days, other things...

• 7 Genealogy Things You Need to Know This Morning, Thursday, 7 Nov 2013
• How a Family History Storyteller Uses Tech
• How to Make A Research Plan & Get Your Genealogy Organized with Onenote {This free 3-part video tutorial series includes handout downloads.}

Happy Researching!
~Caroline
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