9 Genealogy Things You Need to Know This Morning, Tuesday, 15 Apr 2014

4/15/2014

Today's Things

Here are 36 handy dandy maps, some even that apply to researchers from matadornetwork.com.
Did your ancestors makes these papers? On The Ancestor Hunt, Kenneth gives a summary list of his state-by-state newspaper links.
British Pathé is releasing 85,000 videos to YouTube that will include WW1 & WW2 footage, interviews from the survivors of the sinking of the Titanic, and much, much more. (The Drum)

On Research in the KB is a detailed explanation of how researchers can "...maximize usage of digital collections" and it also describes the ongoing relationship between researchers and libraries.
Findmypast.com has added the 10th database of their 100 in 100 campaign.
Ancestry.com added 4 databases yesterday to their online collection: 3 databases from FamilySearch.com for Russia, Poland, and the US state of South Dakota. They also added a new database for Texas (Brazoria County).
FamilySearch.org added record indexes and record images yesterday for Australia, Philippines, and the US states of California, Montana, Ohio, and Washington.
Genealogy Trails volunteer contributors have uploaded various types of records recently for counties in the following US states: Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, MIssissippi, New Jersey, New York, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, and Wisconsin.
USGenWeb Archives volunteer contributors have uploaded various types of records recently for counties in the following US states: Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia.

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