9 Genealogy Things You Need to Know This Morning, Friday, 21 Feb 2014

2/21/2014

Today's Things

What's happening across the pond at WDYTYA Live? On Irish Genealogy News, Claire gives a great update. Also, Dick Eastman gives his impressions of the opening day of WDYTYA Live show. Further, congratulations are in order as the Society of Genealogists awarded Dick a well-deserved Certificate of Recognition for the production and publishing of his very popular online newsletter.
Billiongraves and MyHeritage have entered into a strategic partnership. So if you have a family tree on MyHeritage, expect some more matching alerts of Billiongraves data with your MyHeritage tree.

In her usual engaging fashion, The Legal Genealogist answers one of her readers' questions concerning child bondage and transportation in the 1700s. Great explanation!
Are you co-writing or collaborating with another family member to write your family history? Here is a great post on collaborative writing tools on makeuseof.com.
Using Gmail for your email needs? Here are 7 features you might not know about your Gmail service. [Huffington Post]
Need to fix your images quickly? The Next Web has some in-browser photo editing applications that might be able to fit your needs.
PBS History Detectives announced on their Facebook Page a slight [and interesting] shift in the focus of their show -- "...investigating big historical mysteries."
Genealogy Trails volunteer contributors uploaded data for various counties in the following US states: Oregon, North Dakota, Oklahoma, and Texas.
And USGenWeb volunteer contributors uploaded 136 files yesterday for various counties in the following US states: Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Texas, and Virginia.

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