Okay. You know how at around October and November every year I start promoting my Heritage Crafts How-To videos to make those fabulous heritage gifts for your loved ones?

And you know how you always wait until about December 12th to break down and actually make one of my heritage crafts?

And you know how when you go to Michael's or Hobby Lobby looking for those glass ornaments to make the fabulous Heritage Ornaments?

And you know how since you procrastinated the clerk at the craft stores says, um, duh, those went, like, hot cakes before, like, Thanksgiving?

And then you know how you trudge over to Home Depot's or Lowes' tile department trying to decide on tile in order to make the fabulous Heritage Coasters instead of the fabulous Heritage Ornaments?

Well, I was just at Hobby Lobby this evening and I saw this display:

I don't think I've seen a prettier sight, really. A whole display of glass ornaments just waiting for you to turn them into fabulous Heritage Ornaments. What are you waiting for? December 12th? 

You're welcome.

Happy Heritage Ornament Making!
~Caroline

1. Are you backing up your computer with Backblaze? They've now launched a refer-a-friend program.
2. Been taking too many selfies again? Here's How to quickly delete photos and videos to free up storage on your iPhone or iPad. (drippler.com)
3. Can't decide between an iPad, an Android tablet, or Microsoft's Surface Pro? On techradar.com, Michael has a great comparison.
4. SCGS' Jamboree will have free livestreaming during their conference.
5. On The National Archives (UK) blog, Andrew makes a very good point about maps and using them: understand their purpose when they were created.
6. Can't decide which service to use to access the British Newspaper Archive? On The British GENES Blog, Chris explains Newspaper access via British Newspaper Archive and findmypast.
7. Have Irish roots? From Claire on Irish Genealogy News: Yet another batch of PRONI videos goes on YouTube.
8. Yesterday, Ancestry.com added 7 more FamilySearch indexed databases. [And don't forget this when looking at FamilySearch databases on Ancestry.]
9. Yesterday, FamilySearch.org added record indexes and record images for Quebec and the US state of West Virginia.
10. As part of their 100 in 100 Campaign, findmypast.com added record sets 44 (Irish Death Notices in American Newspapers) and 45 (Irish Marriage Notices in American Newspapers).
11. Yesterday, Mocavo added 100 New Record Indexes.
12. USGenWeb Archives volunteer contributors uploaded various types of records yesterday of various counties in the following US states: Arkansas, Michigan, Ohio, and Virginia.

Repositories of Primary Sources

• Did you miss the 11 genealogy things you needed to know yesterday?
  
• Here is how to build a FREE family history website using Weebly.
• How I made that World War II Shadow Box

Happy Researching!
~Caroline
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1. Gmail for Android got a new update (slashgear.com) and now you can save your Gmail to Google Drive. [Handy.]
2. Here are 111+ Keyboard Shortcuts from the Buffer App Blog.
3. DuckDuckGo, the search engine that respects privacy, has relaunched with map, image, and local searches. (SearchEngineLand.com)
4. The Met released 400,000 images into the Public Domain. (thisiscolossal.com)
5. Photographs, oral histories, and letters, oh my! The University of Florida is donating almost 400,000 items to the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA). (infodocket.com)
6. The new Digital Archive on Jewish Life in Poland is now available online. (infodocket.com)
7. Yesterday, FamilySearch.org added record indexes and record images for the US states of Florida, Louisiana, Maryland, New York, and Pennsylvania.
8. Ancestry.com added indexing for7 of FamilySearch databases. [And don't forget this when looking at FamilySearch databases on Ancestry.com.]
9. As part of their 100 in 100 Campaign, findmypast.com has added record sets 41 (Surrey), 42 (Doncaster), and 43 (Doncaster).
10. Recently, Genealogy Trails volunteer contributors uploaded various types of records for various counties in the following US states: Arkansas, Delaware, Georgia, Mississippi, New York, Tennessee, and Wisconsin.
11. USGenWeb Archives volunteer contributors uploaded various types of records yesterday of various counties in the following US states: Georgia and Michigan.

Bureau of Land Management - General Land Office Records (BLM-GLO)

• Did you miss the 9 genealogy things you needed to know yesterday?
  
• Here are 5 tips to get you unstuck on Ancestry.com.
• Try Thinglink to make your old family photos talk and tell their stories.

Happy Researching!
~Caroline
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1. From the Wow Department: Watch World War I Unfold in a 3-Minute Time-Lapse Film. (openculture.com)
   
2. The British Museum asks, "Have we found Fred and Nellie?" [I think they have. Do you? And? In my personal experience, if you blog it, eventually you're found. Sometimes sooner, sometimes later.] 
   
3. On the Transylvanian Dutch blog, John gives a word of caution about obituaries.
   
4. Researchers tend to read and deal with PDFs on-the-go. Here are some iPad apps for highlighting and reviewing PDFs from makeuseof.com.
   
5. Also from makeuseof.com, here is a handy app to watermark your photos with.
6. For Memorial Day, MyHeritage is making their US military records free to access from May 23rd to May 26th.
7. Have "photo clutter?" The Practical Archivist advises to PLEASE DELETE: De-Clutter Your Digital Photos. [I need to do this again.]
8. Have Australian roots? The New South Wales Public Library reports they are well on their way to the largest collection of digitized newspapers in Australia. 
9. USGenWeb Archives volunteer contributors uploaded various types of records yesterday of various counties in the following US states: Florida, Louisiana, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Washington.

• Did you miss the 6 genealogy things you needed to know yesterday?
• Here are 9 family tree apps for your iPad.
• Get your genealogy research organized with OneNote

Happy Researching!
~Caroline
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1. Check out: The Very First Color Photographs of the United States from mymodernmet.com.
2. James Tanner has a very helpful article on Genealogy's Star about digital maps: What I Learned from the Digital Map List. (h/t: Kenneth Marks, The Ancestor Hunt)
3. Find upcoming genealogy and family history conferences near you on Jen Baldwin's Conference Keeper.
   
4. Explore and plan your online family history learning opportunities for the upcoming week on Dear Myrtle's Geneawebinars Calendar.
5. USGenWeb Archives volunteer contributors uploaded various types of records yesterday of various counties in the following US states: Florida, Georgia, Michigan, Mississippi, Ohio, Texas, and Virginia.
6. Have piles of "stuff" you've been meaning to scan and digitally organize? Join us in the Sunday ScanDay Facebook Group and let's get it done together virtually today at 3pm CT. Together, we got this.

• Yesterday's Need to Know mentioned a link to Ancestry's new Kentucky research guide and 6 other things.
• Friday's Need to Know had a link to a great lesson about cloud storage and 8 other things.
• Thursday's Need to Know listed a link to FGS's upcoming events for 2015 & 2016 and 9 other things.
• Wednesday's Need to Know mentioned the new awesome Evernote feature and 13 other things.
• Tuesday's Need to Know mentioned free access to fold3.com for a limited time and 9 other things.
• Monday's Need to Know listed a link to some free Android camera apps and 6 other things.
• Last Sunday's Need to Know mentioned a list of 10 Amazing Untold Stories from WWII and 5 other things.

Happy Researching!
~Caroline
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• On Ancestoring, Michele mentions some of Findagrave's newer features.
• Family Tree Maker has a much-needed new plugin -- Family Book Creator. (Russ on Family Tree Maker User)
• Have Kentucky roots? Ancestry.com has just released their Kentucky research guide.
• 8 million newspaper pages are now fully searchable on The British Newspaper Archive.

• Yesterday, FamilySearch.org added record indexes and record images for the US states of Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Texas.
• As part of their 100 in 100 Campaign, findmypast.com has released record set 40, British Red Cross Register of Overseas Volunteers, 1914-1918.
• USGenWeb Archives volunteer contributors uploaded various types of records yesterday of various counties in the following US states: Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Texas, Virginia, and Washington.

• Did you miss the 9 genealogy things you needed to know yesterday?
  
• Use the Internet as a tech tool to find offline information about your ancestors.
• Here are 9 family tree apps for your iPad.

Happy Researching!
~Caroline
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• It's time to put your hands together and Welcome the University of British Columbia Library Digitization Centre to the Flickr Commons! This collection is brimming with photos, manuscripts, letters, glass plate negatives, and the like.
• For Evernote users: Livescribe adds Evernote auto-send for handwritten digital notes and Publish Great Content from Evernote with Postach.io.
• So, here's a great example of why you can't do everything in the cloud. A good lesson to keep in mind when deciding on where to put all your research as well. Should you put it up all in the cloud and not have it anywhere else? Further, should you rely on web-based applications only?

• On Fishwrap, Taraya introduces the historical Women's Army Nurse Corps and shows you how to learn more about it on Newspapers.com.
• On GenealogyBank, Mary shows you Where to Find Passenger Lists to Trace Your Immigrant Ancestors.
• Yesterday, FamilySearch.org added record indexes and record images for Brazil, the Netherlands, and the US states of Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Washington. They also added to the US General Index to Pension Files and the US WWI Draft Registration Cards databases.
• Ancestry.com added a record index and record images for the 1905 New York State Census.
• Recently, Genealogy Trails volunteer contributors uploaded various types of records for various counties in the following US states: Connecticut, Nevada, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, and West Virginia.
• USGenWeb Archives volunteer contributors uploaded various types of records yesterday of various counties in the following US states: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Michigan, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas, Virginia, Washington, and Wyoming.

• Did you miss the 10 genealogy things you needed to know yesterday?
  
• GoodReader & GeniusScan+ Makes Researchers Smile.
• 7 Suggestions for Solving Your Genealogy Research Problem

Happy Researching!
~Caroline
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• 911 Memorial Museum App for iPhone has debuted and 9to5mac.com has all the details and screenshots of it.
• FGS announced its upcoming events for 2015 and 2016 -- including a cruise, a regional conference, and a 40th Anniversary National Conference.
• On Discovering Latvian Roots, Antra asks, "Struggling with German Script?" and suggests a handy tool to help you out.
• Have prisoners and convicts Down Under in the family tree? Try this resource.

• Good read on Brandt's Rants: Treasure Chest Thursday: My First Foray into Norway.
• As part of their 100 in 100 Campaign, findmypast.com has added record set 39, British Army Service Records, 1914-1920.
• Ancestry.com updated databases for Pennsylvania and England (Surrey) yesterday.
• Yesterday, FamilySearch.org added record indexes and record images for Brazil and the US state of Pennsylvania.
• The Indiana Genealogical Society (IGS) added the Taylor University Database to the members-only portion of their website.
• USGenWeb Archives volunteer contributors uploaded various types of records yesterday of various counties for the US state of Florida.

• Did you miss the 14 genealogy things you needed to know yesterday?
  
• Be more productive on your iPad with one of these 39 apps.
• The Best Family Photo Sharing Option (for me)

Happy Researching!
~Caroline
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• For Evernote Users: This is so awesome. The presentation mode is now available for Windows, Mac, iPhone, and iPad.
• Learn how to research your female lines in this webinar on May 15th with Lisa Alzo and FamilyTreeDNA.
• On AK's Genealogy Research, Annette asks about DNA, "What is provable?" Very good question...and answer.
• Have North Carolina roots? Here are North Carolina Land Grant Images and Data.

• Tonight at 7pm ET on Ustream NARA will be livestreaming "A Nation of Immigrants: How They Have Shaped America."
• From Angela on Adventures in Genealogy Education: Two New Gen Proof Study Groups in June and Early Bird Registration for GRIP Ends Tomorrow.
• As part of their 100 in 100 Campaign, findmypast.com has added record sets 36, 37, and 38 for New Zealand and New York (marriages and deaths).
• Ancestry.com has added new records for England (Surrey) and Australia (NSW).
• Yesterday, FamilySearch.org added record indexes and record images for England, France, and Peru.
• The Indiana Genealogical Society (IGS) recently added Indiana Teachers Database to the members-only portion of their website.
• From Claire on Irish Genealogy News: More PRONI lecture videos have been added to their YouTube channel.
• From Chris on The British GENES Blog: Origins adds 1881 English and Welsh census; Additions to Perth and Kinross Archives catalogue; and the latest additions to the British Newspaper Archive.
• Recently, Genealogy Trails volunteer contributors uploaded various types of records for various counties in the following US states: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Illinois, Louisiana, Michigan, New York, Tennessee, and Virginia.
• USGenWeb Archives volunteer contributors uploaded various types of records yesterday of various counties in the following US states: Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Michigan, North Carolina, and Virginia.

• Did you miss the 10 genealogy things you needed to know yesterday?
  
• Here are 9 family tree apps for your iPad.
• Are you listening to genealogy and history podcasts?

Happy Researching!
~Caroline
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• From The Genetic Genealogist: A draft of the Genetic Genealogy Standards, drafted by a completely independent group of genealogists and scientists, is up for review by and input from you.
• Now through May 31st access the World War II Collection for free on fold3.com.
• Writing your family history? It's time to "power up" your writing with Scrivener. (Makeuseof.com)
• Are you using iWork? Here's how to password protect it from OSXDaily.

• From Andrew on History Repeating: the Lives of the First World War website launched.
• From their Endangered Archives Blog, the British Library has added 4 new collections online for Africa (2), India, and Mexico.
• As part of their 100 in 100 Campaign, findmypast.com has added record sets 34 and 35 for New Zealand.
• Ancestry.com added indexing for 8 FamilySearch databases to their online collections.
• Yesterday, FamilySearch.org added record indexes and record images for Brazil, Portugal, Spain, and the US states of California, Illinois, and North Carolina. They also updated their US Public Records database.
• USGenWeb Archives volunteer contributors uploaded various types of records yesterday of various counties in the following US states: Florida, Georgia, Michigan, North Carolina, Texas, Vermont, and Washington.

• Did you miss the 7 genealogy things you needed to know yesterday?
  
• Here are 15 iPad apps for genealogy and family history.
• Don't forget this while looking at FamilySearch collections on Ancestry.

Happy Researching!
~Caroline
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