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9 Genealogy Things You Need to Know This Morning, Monday, 31 Mar 2014

3/31/2014

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9 #Genealogy Things You Need to Know This Morning, Monday, 31 Mar 2014, via 4YourFamilyStory.com. #needtoknow #familytree

The New York Public Library has made over 20,000 digital maps available for free download. And this post on openculture.com gives a good overview of the collection. [Hat tip to Lacey Frazier for the openculture.com reference.]
The Legal Genealogist gives a good easy-to-understand explanation of mitochondrial DNA testing for genealogy.
Have Irish roots? From Claire on Irish Genealogy News: The GRONI BMD online search is live now and RootsIreland has added Church of Ireland baptisms to their website.
Have Canadian roots? From Genealogy Canada, Elizabeth has a wrap up of recent Canadian research resources she has found as well as the latest database additions to the Canadian Jewish Heritage Network.
MyHeritage has added the Jewish Chronicle newspaper archive database to its online collection.
Are you hoarding photos? From the Practical Archivist: "You have too many photos," and she can help you with that.

Are you using Gmail wrong? (Mashable) [I'm not.]
Genealogy Trails volunteer contributors recently uploaded various types of records of various counties for the following US states: Nevada, Illinois, Oklahoma, Minnesota, Georgia, Pennsylvania, New York, and Arkansas.
USGenWeb Archives volunteer contributors uploaded various types of records yesterday of various counties for the following US states: California, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Kansas, Michigan, North Carolina, North Dakota, New Jersey, Ohio, Texas, Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.

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

Happy Researching!
~Caroline
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5 Genealogy Things You Need to Know This Morning, Sunday, 30 Mar 2014

3/30/2014

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5 #Genealogy Things You Need to Know This Morning, Sunday, 30 Mar 2014, via 4YourFamilyStory.com. #needtoknow #familytree

I love this weekly photo quiz Colleen Fitzpatrick has on her website. Can you solve it? Also, scroll down and look at her previous photo quizzes. [After you read my Need to Know first, of course. ;) ]
Explore and plan your online family history learning opportunities for the upcoming week: Dear Myrt's Geneawebinars Calendar.
Find upcoming genealogy and family history conferences near you on Jen Baldwin's Conference Keeper.
USGenWeb Archives volunteer contributors uploaded various types of records yesterday for various counties in the following US states: Florida, Iowa, Illinois, Michigan, Mississippi, Montana, Ohio, Texas, and Virginia.
Got piles of "stuff" you've been meaning to scan and digitally organize? Join the Sunday ScanDay Facebook Group and virtually chat with us as we scan & digitally organize our "stuff" today at 3pm CDT. Together, we got this.

Did you miss a day this past week? Maybe? Maybe not. But Maybe?

Yesterday's Need to Know mentioned USCIS's upcoming webinars for genealogists that promise to show how to use their records and website for family history and 10 other things.
Friday's Need to Know mentioned FamilyTreeDNA's limited-time mtDNA test & upgrade discounts and 14 other things.
Thursday's Need to Know mentioned registration for the FGS 2014 Conference in San Antonio, Texas is now open and 6 other things.
Wednesday's Need to Know revealed a list of 5 tools to help you migrate your data from Windows XP and 6 other things.
Tuesday's Need to Know spotlighted a delicious list of writing apps and tools from novelicious.com and 9 other things.
Monday's Need to Know mentioned a very helpful video from Crista Cowan about using research guides and place pages and 11 other things.
And last Sunday's Need to Know mentioned a great blog post from Ginger about identifying descendants in GEDCOMs when making DNA test result comparisons and 6 other things.

Happy Researching!
~Caroline
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11 Genealogy Things You Need to Know This Morning, Saturday, 29 Mar 2014

3/29/2014

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11 #Genealogy Things You Need to Know This Morning, Saturday, 29 Mar 2014, via 4YourFamilyStory.com. #needtoknow

Bookmarking in and sharing from a browser just got super simple with Dragdis. (makeuseof.com)
From the Too Cute Department: 5 Tips for Running a Little Free Library from BookRiot.
Now you can be tagged in photos on Twitter. Here's how to opt out of that train wreck.
You're probably already aware of WHY you should organize your images, but just in case you didn't get that memo, here's 8 Reasons You Should Organize Your Photo Collection from Digital Photography School.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services provides free monthly webinars for genealogists to learn how to use the USCIS website and records for family history research pursuits. Register now for the one coming up in April.
The APG Professional Management Conference has announced their call for papers for 2015.
The Indiana Genealogical Society has added new online databases recently for the following counties: Hendricks, Morgan, Clark, Harrison, Dearborn, Franklin, and Jefferson.

The Families in British India Society has added 3800 more birth, marriage, and death records from Allen's Indian Mail 1878.
Yesterday, FamilySearch.org added record indexes and record images for Brazil, Mexico, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, and the US states of Idaho, Illinois, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Ohio, Oregon, and Rhode Island.
Genealogy Trails volunteer contributors recently added various types of records and indexes for counties in the following US states: Illinois, Wisconsin, Kentucky, New York, West Virginia, Georgia, Maine, New Hampshire, Mississippi, Pennsylvania, and Oklahoma.
USGenWeb Archives volunteer contributors added various types of records and indexes yesterday for counties in the following US states: Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, North Carolina, New York, South Carolina, Virginia, and Washington.

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

Happy Researching!
~Caroline
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15 Genealogy Things You Need to Know This Morning, Friday, 28 Mar 2014

3/28/2014

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15 #Genealogy Things You Need to Know This Morning, 28 Mar 2014, via 4YourFamilyStory.com. #needtoknow

On Deb's Delvings, Deb announces FamilyTreeDNA's limited-time mtDNA test & upgrade discounts.
On Nolichucky Roots, Susan shares a pedigree chart she uses to make sense of her DNA matches.
MSOffice is now available on the iPad. [Sorta.]
The Google Earth Blog spotlights how Eric Stitt uses overlays for his genealogy.
While labeled for students, these Google Drive add-ons from Makeuseof.com can certainly be useful for family history researchers.

From Claire on Irish Genealogy News: findmypast and TNA will be digitizing the 1939 National Register; and more Irish newspapers added to The British Newspaper Archive.
From Chris on The British GENES Blog: Durham Records Online recently added baptismal records.
Did your ancestors make these newspapers? Newspapers.com has recently added more newspaper databases to their collection.
Mocavo has new search features for their online collection.
Need help with making citations? EasyBib got a recent facelift and Caitlyn highlights its new features.
Pamela shows how to search Yearbooks on Archives.com.
Learn the Basics of Scanning from Mike on The Signal (Library of Congress Blog).
Yesterday, Ancestry.com added 2 new databases for South Africa and the US.
FamilySearch.org added record indexes and record images for Austria, England, Portugal, Quebec, and the US states of New York, North Carolina, and Washington.
And the USGenWeb Archives volunteer contributors uploaded various types of records for various counties in the following US states: Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, North Carolina, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Virginia.

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

Happy Researching!
~Caroline
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7 Genealogy Things You Need to Know This Morning, Thursday, 27 Mar 2014

3/27/2014

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7 #Genealogy Things You Need to Know This Morning, Thursday, 27 Mar 2014, via 4YourFamilyStory.com, #needtoknow

Have roots in New York City? Live around the NYC area? New York City History Day is coming up.
Here's a great opportunity from Texas State Genealogical Society and the Texas General Land Office for learning how to research your family history and get a chance to tour the Texas General Land Office Archives and Records: Genealogypalooza!
Registration is now open for the Federation of Genealogical Societies 2014 Conference in San Antonio, Texas -- over 160 sessions! Register now for the early bird discount. Plus, the conference portion of the FGS app is live and updated. Download that now for your iOS device and/or for your Android Device.

Are you using Google Drive for your family history research? Here's a great article from Makeuseof.com on how to capture your great ideas in Google Drive.
Yesterday, FamilySearch.org added record indexes and record images for Italy, Switzerland, the District of Columbia, Maine, and North Carolina.
Ancestry.com updated one database for Minnesota and added 2 FamilySearch indexes for Italy and California.
And USGenWeb Archives volunteer contributors uploaded various types of records for various counties in the following US states: California, Georgia, Louisiana, Michigan, North Carolina, Texas, and Virginia.

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

Happy Researching!
~Caroline
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7 Genealogy Things You Need to Know This Morning, Wednesday, 26 Mar 2014

3/26/2014

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7 #Genealogy Things You Need to Know This Morning, Wednesday, 26 Mar 2014, via 4YourFamilyStory.com. #needtoknow

Have Civil War ancestors? Amy Johnson Crow gives a handy Quick Primer on Civil War Tombstones.
Decided to get your "stuff" off XP since Microsoft is ending its support updates for it April 8th? Here are 5 Tools To Migrate Your Data from Windows XP.
Are you using Google Drive's Slides to make some family history slideshows for an upcoming family reunion? [If not, why not?] On the Google Drive Blog, Brian shows how easy it is to edit images inside of Slides.

The Families in British India Society (FIBIS) has added Times of India Departure and Arrival noitces for 1888 to its online database collection.
The Indiana Genealogical Society has added an 1880 Mortality Schedule Index for Putnam County to the members-only portion of their website.
Yesterday, FamilySearch.org added record indexes and record images to its online collection for Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Denmark, Dominican Republic, England, Italy, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Philippines, Russia, and the US states of Minnesota, New York, Oregon, South Carolina, Washington, and Wisconsin.
And Ancestry.com added yesterday: 1 new database for Australia; updated 2 existing databases for Minnesota and Ohio; and added 2 FamilySearch.org indexes for Idaho and West Virginia.

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

Happy Researching!
~Caroline
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10 Genealogy Things You Need to Know This Morning, Tuesday, 25 Mar 2014

3/25/2014

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10 #Genealogy Things You Need to Know This Morning, Tuesday, 25 Mar 2014. #needtoknow

The National Genealogical Society (NGS) has issued a call for papers for their 2015 conference to be help in St. Louis, Missouri.
Are you using the Dragon Dictation app as a tool in your research/analysis process? Macworld has a review of Dragon Dictate 4 for the Mac.
On Planting the Seeds, Michael Hait explains the idea of "'Reasonably exhaustive' research as a process of elimination."
If you're writing your family history, you might want to check out this list of writing apps and tools from novelicious.com that can aid you with your writing endeavors.

On Irish Central, Patrick Counihan discusses fears about Ancestry.com cornering the Irish genealogy market. [Very good read and he brings up some good points. However, I question if Ancestry.com really has the corner on North American records as he suggests. From what point of view -- from a competitor standpoint or from a researcher's standpoint? From the former, yes. From the latter, not necessarily, IMO.]
On EOGN, Dick reveals: Connecticut is Trying to Restrict Genealogists' Access to Records.
Yesterday, Archives.com announced the addition of 10 million new records in their databases for Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, and Montana.
FamilySearch.org added record indexes and record images for Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Italy, Ivory Coast, Korea, New Zealand, Peru, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Russia, Saskatchewan, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, and the US states of New York, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Wisconsin. They also updated their US Census 1910 collection.
Ancestry.com added one new database for South Africa and updated one for Wales yesterday.
And USGenWeb Archives volunteer contributors uploaded various types of free-to-access records for various counties in the following US states: Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Michigan, North Carolina, New York, and Virginia.

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

Happy Researching!
~Caroline
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12 Genealogy Things You Need to Know This Morning, Monday, 24 Mar 2014

3/24/2014

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12 #Genealogy Things You Need to Know This Morning, Monday, 24 Mar 2014, via 4YourFamilyStory.com. #needtoknow

"Location, location, location!" isn't just for real estate. It's important for family history research too. "Crista Cowan goes over research guides and place pages and how they can help you in your family history research in this less-than-20-minutes Ancestry.com video.
From Mocavo: new website features coming soon and a list of 5 websites for British research.
Have Canadian roots? On Genealogy Canada, Elizabeth highlights some good Canadian reads she found via social media and elsewhere.
From Lorine on the Olive Tree Genealogy Blog: has added a Maine store ledger online and has completed a Finding Aid for Heir & Devisee Commission Online Films.
Jessica on Jessica's Genejournal reveals Catholic records for Steiermark, Austria are now online at Matricula-Online.
Have roots in Tamaulipas, Mexico? Moises spotlights a very helpful book covering the time period 1748-1770.
Findmypast Ireland is offering a free Irish genealogy research guide for download on their Facebook page.

From Chris on The British GENES Blog: free access to Kent Messenger 1852-1912 and WWI coverage and list of latest updates to the British Newspaper Archive.
More for those with Irish roots from Claire on Irish Genealogy News: Records of Irish immigrant women in NYC was launched online and update on Irish records coming online soon.
The Indiana Genealogical Society has added land records for Knox County to their online databases for members-only.
Genealogy Trails volunteer contributors have recently uploaded various types of free-to-access records from various counties in the following US states: Illinois, Maine, Nebraska, and Pennsylvania.
USGenWeb Archives volunteer contributors uploaded various types of free-to-access records yesterday from various counties in the following US states: Florida, Iowa, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, North Carolina, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia.

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

Did you miss the 7 genealogy things you needed to know yesterday?
How did tuberculosis affect your family? Read how it affected this Canadian family in Clara's Rib.
Here are 5 tips to get you unstuck on Ancestry.com.

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Learn How to Use Evernote for Genealogy in Austin, Texas

3/23/2014

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Get Your Genealogy Digitally Organized with Evernote presentation at Austin Genealogical Society Tuesday, 25 Mar 2014. #genealogy

If you find yourself in the Austin, Texas area this next Tuesday evening, 25 Mar 2014, then come on down to the Austin Genealogical Society monthly meeting to learn how to get your genealogy research digitally organized with Evernote.

For more information, please visit the Austin Genealogical Society website.

Also, feel free to look at my other upcoming genealogical presentations.

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7 Genealogy Things You Need to Know This Morning, Sunday, 23 Mar 2014

3/23/2014

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7 #Genealogy Things You Need to Know This Morning, Sunday, 23 Mar 2014, via 4YourFamilyStory.com. #needtoknow

Good Sunday read from Gary Kamiya on SFGate: How ambitious Key transit reached the end of the line.
On Genealogy by Ginger's Blog, Ginger gives a detailed description of Identifying descendants in GEDCOMs to compare your DNA to.
Explore and plan your online learning opportunities for the upcoming week: check out Dear Myrt's Geneawebinars Calendar.
Find upcoming genealogy and family history conferences near you on Conference Keeper.
Genealogy Trails volunteer contributors recently uploaded various types of free-to-access records in various counties in the following US states: Delaware, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, West Virginia.
USGenWeb volunteer contributors uploaded various types of free-to-access records in various counties in the following US states: Florida, Iowa, Michigan, New York, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Virginia.
Got piles of "stuff" you've been meaning to scan and digitally organize? Join the Sunday ScanDay Facebook Group and virtually chat with us as we scan our "stuff" today at 3pm CDT. Together, we got this.

Did you miss a day this past week? Maybe?

Yesterday's Need to Know mentioned some mobile note-taking apps other than OneNote and Evernote and 6 other things.
Friday's Need to Know mentioned a neat way to share memories and 5 other things.
Thursday's Need to Know mentioned some new databases the NEHGS has added to their website and 9 other things.
Wednesday's Need to Know contained a link to ISGS's upcoming free webinars and 8 other things.
Tuesday's Need to Know mentioned the Ancestry.com announcement of partnering with UC Riverside to digitize millions of pages of California historical newspapers and 10 other things.
Monday's Need to Know mentioned the Practical Archivist's explanation of how to deal with moldy photographs and 5 other things.
And last Sunday's Need to Know mentioned a great list of places to find free images for personal or commercial needs and 5 other things.

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