8 Genealogy Things You Need to Know Today, Friday, 13 June 2014

Today's Things

1. Are you planning to write your family history? If you have a Mac, you can get Scrivener 2 for 55% off through June 15th. (Makeuseof) [Here's how to use Scrivener for family history writing from the Armchair Genealogist.]
2. The Skype iOS app has been updated with a total redesign. (Makeuseof) [Helpful for those long distance distant cousin collaborations.]
3. Ancestry explains why they've made the decision to destroy the Y-DNA and mtDNA samples.
4. Are you looking for passenger lists in historical newspapers? GenealogyBank shows you how to do it on their platform.
5. As part of their 100 in 100 Campaign, findmypast.com has added 4 new records sets for the UK.
6.  Yesterday, Ancestry.com added Methodist church records for Illinois.
7. Yesterday, FamilySearch.org added record indexes and record images for England, Russia, and Switzerland.
8. USGenWeb Archives volunteer contributors uploaded various types of records yesterday of various counties in the following US states: Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Michigan, North Carolina, New Mexico, Texas, and Virginia.

Other things that might interest you. Maybe. Maybe not. But maybe?

• Did you miss the 6 genealogy things you needed to know yesterday?
• 39 apps to choose from to make you more productive with your genealogy and your iPad.
• Are you listening to these genealogy and history podcasts?

Happy Researching!
~Caroline
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