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7 Genealogy Things You Need to Know This Morning, Monday, 12 May 2014

5/12/2014

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7 #Genealogy Things You Need to Know This Morning, Monday, 12 May 2014, via 4YourFamilyStory.com. #needtoknow #familytree

Are you backing up all your wonderful family history research? On his Tech Blog, Terry White is giving away a year of CrashPlan to one lucky reader.
The Suzanne Winsor Freeman Memorial Student Genealogy Grant Committee has announced the recipient of its annual grant.
Have an Android Smartphone or Tablet? Here is a list of 5 free Android Camera Apps from Techlomedia.
FamilySearch.org has free online family history webinars in Spanish.

From Chris on The British GENES Blog: Parish Records Added to IrishGenealogy.ie; BBC Scotland's Second World War Casualties Database; and Children's Homes Website Launches.
Recently, Genealogy Trails volunteer contributors uploaded various types of records for various counties in the following US states: Illinois, Nevada, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Virginia.
USGenWeb Archives volunteer contributors uploaded various types of records yesterday of various counties in the following US states: Florida, Michigan, Nevada, New York, Virginia, Washington, and West Virginia.

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

Happy Researching!
~Caroline
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6 Genealogy Things You Need to Know This Morning, Sunday, 11 May 2014

5/11/2014

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6 #Genealogy Things You Need to Know This Morning, Sunday, 11 May 2014, via 4YourFamilyStory.com. #needtoknow #familytree

Are your World War II ancestors' stories untold as well? What are you waiting for? 10 Amazing Untold Stories from World War II. (Listverse.com)
Have roots in Minnesota? Ancestry.com just released their Minnesota Research Guide. Also? Don't forget to check out the FamilySearch.org Wiki Page for Minnesota.
Find upcoming genealogy and family history conferences near you on Jen Baldwin's Conference Keeper.

Explore and plan your online family history learning opportunities for the upcoming week on Dear Myrt's Geneawebinars Calendar.
USGenWeb Archives volunteer contributors uploaded various types of records yesterday of various counties in the following US states: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Michigan, New York, Oklahoma, Virginia, Washington, and West Virginia.
Have 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 and digitally organize our "stuff" today at 3pm CT. Together, we got this.

Did you miss a day this past week? Maybe?

Yesterday's Need to Know mentioned an awesome video full of advice from 100-year-old Moms and 6 other things.
Friday's Need to Know mentioned a Mother's Day discount from MyHeritage and 7 other things.
Thursday's Need to Know mentioned how best to find out what happened at the NGS conference and 6 other things.
Wednesday's Need to Know mentioned Myrt's AmbushCam at the NGS Conference and 7 other things.
Tuesday's Need to Know mentioned a great example of a personal digital archiving program and 8 other things.
Monday's Need to Know mentioned several tech articles researchers might find helpful and 6 other genealogy things.
And last Sunday's Need to Know shared a video of the world's largest photo archive and 5 other genealogy things.

Happy Researching!
~Caroline
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7 Genealogy Things You Need to Know This Morning, Saturday, 10 May 2014

5/10/2014

Today's Things

7 #Genealogy Things You Need to Know This Morning, Saturday, 10 May 2014, via 4YourFamilyStory.com. #needtoknow #familytree

Words of wisdom and stories from 100-Year-Old Moms. (Mashable) [This is an absolutely lovely video...makes me miss my Mom...even more.]
Here are some fabulous add-ons for Google Drive users to get y'all more productive -- great for researchers. (Next Big What)
To celebrate Mother's Day, Mocavo is having a free access weekend.
The Library of Congress launched their Civil Rights History Project Portal.
Ah, summer and summer camps are around the corner...did your ancestor attend a camp? Or did you? Don't forget your own story of summer camps. Check out what Heather found while walking down her own Summer Camp Memory Lane. (Nutfield Genealogy)

Yesterday, FamilySearch.org added record indexes and record images for Belgium, British Columbia, India, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine, and the US states of Georgia, Michigan, and South Carolina.
USGenWeb Archives volunteer contributors uploaded various types of records yesterday of various counties in the following US states: Florida, Georgia, Michigan, Ohio, Texas, and Virginia.

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

Happy Researching!
~Caroline
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8 Genealogy Things You Need to Know This Morning, Friday, 9 May 2014

5/9/2014

Today's Things

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On CNet, Dara shares Bitly users' account credentials were possibly compromised.
Last minute Mother's Day shopping? MyHeritage has a Mother's Day 30% off coupon code on their annual subscription. [You have to hunt for it. Scroll down for the code at the bottom of the post.]
On The Ancestor Hunt, Kenneth has started a new series of helpful posts about online historical photos research. So far he has California, South Carolina, Iowa, and Connecticut done.
From Chris on The British GENES Blog: Findmypast creates customer participation group and Integrated Census Microdata Project now online.
Have Irish roots? On Irish Genealogy News, Claire has thelatest catalogue updates for the National Archives of Ireland.
Yesterday, FamilySearch.org added record indexes and record images for Belgium and the US states of Illinois (Northern District Petitions for Naturalization) and Wisconsin (Probate Estate Files).

Ancestry.com added a new database for Poland and updated an existing database for Germany yesterday.
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.

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, 8 May 2014

5/8/2014

Today's Things

7 #Genealogy Things You Need to Know This Morning, Thursday, 8 May 2014, via 4YourFamilyStory.com. #needtoknow #familytree

Keep up with the NGS 2014 Conference news with Randy's Blog Compendium on Genea-Musings.
Tell your story with the Adobe Voice app for the iPad. (MacWorld)
Yesterday, Mocavo added 1000 New Navy Cruise Books to their online collections.
Have a Loyalist in the family tree? On Genealogy Canada, Elizabeth reveals the Library and Archives of Canada's finding aids for United Empire Loyalist Records at the LAC.

Yesterday, Ancestry.com added a whole slew of indexing for FamilySearch collections, some 3rd party web-based indexing, and new records for Utah (birth, death).
Yesterday, FamilySearch.org added record indexes and record images for Belgium, Italy, Spain, and the US states of Minnesota and Wisconsin.
USGenWeb Archives volunteer contributors uploaded various types of records yesterday of various counties in the following US states: Florida, Michigan, Ohio, Texas, Virginia, and Washington.

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

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

5/7/2014

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8 #Genealogy Things You Need to Know This Morning, Wednesday, 7 May 2014, via 4YourFamilyStory.com. #needtoknow #familytree

Read some of the updates from the NGS Conference on Ancestry Insider: What's new at FamilySearch from the Blogger Dinner; Notes from the Opening Session; and about Newspapers.com.
WATCH Myrt's AmbushCam on her YouTube Channel from the NGS Conference in Richmond, VA. She has some really awesome short clips with new info...like Rootsmagic for Mac, new FamilySearch Indexing campaign, and more!
FamilySearch has announced its International Day of Spanish Indexing. Can you help?

Google Docs has added basic image editing. (Makeuseof.com)
As part of their 100 in 100 Campaign, findmypast.com added record sets 32 and 33 yesterday -- US, New York City Marriage Notices and Death Notices.
Ancestry.com added several databases yesterday -- new indexes for FamilySearch databases for South Africa, Ghana, and the US state of North Carolina. They also added 1 new database and updated 1 database for the US.
Yesterday, FamilySearch.org added record indexes and record images for Belgium, England, South Africa, and the US states of Minnesota and New York.
USGenWeb Archives volunteer contributors uploaded various types of records yesterday of various counties in the following US states: Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Louisiana, Michigan, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas, Virginia, and Washington.

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

Happy Researching!
~Caroline
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9 Genealogy Things You Need to Know This Morning, Tuesday, 6 May 2014

5/6/2014

Today's Things

9 #Genealogy Things You Need to Know This Morning, Tuesday, 6 May 2014, via 4YourFamilyStory.com. #needtoknow #familytree

On The Signal, Samantha Thomason shares how a librarian in Virginia set up a personal digital archiving program for her library patrons.
Check out this browser add-on that can highlight, copy, and translate text in any image: Project Naptha. (h/t to reader John H. for bringing it to my attention.)
DuckDuckGo, a Google Search competitor is being "reimagined and redesigned." [I've written previously about how DuckDuckGo has some advantages over Google Search for researchers, but I wonder how these new changes will affect function....]

From Makeuseof.com: 3 Better Ways to Store Your Files Than On a Desktop. [Personally, I don't rely on the cloud...solely. But that's just me. I use it, but not exclusively.]
HistoryGeo has added to its Antique Maps Collection for Alabama, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana/Mississippi, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Virginia.
As part of their 100 in 100 Campaign, findmypast.com has released record set number 31 -- Malayan Emergency - Commonwealth Deaths 1948-1960.
Yesterday, FamilySearch.org updated its BillionGraves Index.
Ancestry.com had several additions and updates yesterday. They added BMD databases for New Zealand; updated existing baptism, marriage, & burial databases for Warwickshire, England; and updated an existing database for Virginia.
USGenWeb Archives volunteer contributors uploaded various types of records of various counties yesterday in the following US states: Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Michigan, Nevada, Oklahoma, Texas, Virginia, and Washington.

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, Monday, 5 May 2014

5/5/2014

Today's Things

7 #Genealogy Things You Need to Know This Morning, Monday, 5 May 2014, via 4YourFamilyStory.com. #needtoknow #familytree

Don't miss this webinar that Gena Philibert-Ortega will be doing on budget-friendly research ideas.
Trying to decide between using the free Google Docs/Sheets and iWork and Office? Readwrite.com has a great comparison.
Like having a ton of tabs open in your browser while chasing your wayward ancestors online? Get those tabs organized with this. (PCWorld)
Need to turn your iPad into a desktop? Gigaom discusses some remote access apps to help you out with that.

Need to move photos from your smartphone to your computer...easily? PCWorld has 5 apps to help you out with that.
As part of their 100 in 100 Campaign, findmypast.com has released record set number 30 -- Welsh Guards, 1914-1918.
USGenWeb Archives volunteer contributors uploaded various types of records of various counties yesterday in the following US states: Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, North Carolina, Nevada, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, and Washington.

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

Happy Researching!
~Caroline
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6 Genealogy Things You Need to Know This Morning, Sunday, 4 May 2014

5/4/2014

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6 #Genealogy Things You Need to Know This Morning, Sunday 4 May 2014. #needtoknow #familytree

This video of the world's largest photo archive is fabulous. [And? Clearly, I need to buy a mountain or at least what's underneath it for my every-growing-I'm-SO-not-gonna-throw-this-away-after-I-digitize-it collection. Or, am I the only one with one of those?]
Now this trick is handy: How To Archive a Site You Don't Have Access To. (WP Tavern)
Find upcoming genealogy and family history conferences near you on Jen Baldwin's Conference Keeper.

Explore and plan your online family history learning opportunities for the upcoming week on Dear Myrt's Geneawebinars Calendar.
USGenWeb Archives volunteer contributors uploaded various types of records of various counties yesterday in the following US states: Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Michigan, Missouri, Nevada, Ohio, Texas, Virginia, and Washington.
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 and digitally organize our "stuff" today at 3pm CT. Together, we got this.

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

Yesterday's Need to Know mentioned a ton of non-US newspaper research resources from The Ancestor Hunt and 9 other genealogy things.
Friday's Need to Know has a link to The Family Curator's #1 Secret to Scanning and 8 other genealogy things.
Thursday's Need to Know mentioned a fantastic add-on for OneNote and 7 other genealogy things.
Wednesday's Need to Know revealed some new tech news that researchers might find helpful and 8 other genealogy things.
Tuesday's Need to Know mentioned an article by the History Interpreter that gives great ideas on how to foster the next generation of historians and 10 other genealogy things.
Monday's Need to Know mentioned a reveal of a very handy family history research resource and 8 other genealogy things.
And last Sunday's Need to Know asked if your ancestor(s) had been affected by a frigid historical business deal and 5 other genealogy things.

Happy Researching!
~Caroline
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10 Genealogy Things You Need to Know This Morning, Saturday, 3 May 2014

5/3/2014

Today's Things

10 #Genealogy Things You Need to Know This Morning, Saturday, 3 May 2014, via 4YourFamilyStory.com. #needtoknow #familytree

On Twigs of Yore, Shelley begins a series to show you step-by-step how to Map Family Locations with Google Maps.
On Family Tree Maker User, Russ shows you how to Upload and Link a New Ancestry Member Tree.
Skype brings more choices for those using collaboration tools (like for research projects with your loved ones so you can figure out those pesky and very elusive ancestors and their secrets).
Google Docs Users: Are you using these awesome Google Docs features? (Lifehacker)

On Atcherley.org.uk, here is a great review of findmypast.com's recently added Shropshire Parish Registers as well as findmypast.com's new search system.
Have Irish roots? From Claire on Irish Genealogy News: Origins offers 20% discount until May 6th and 1908-1910 Dublin City electoral lists are now online.
From Kenneth on The Ancestor Hunt: Europeana Newspapers - The Historical Newspapers Project; Canada Online Historical Newspaper Links; and Research Free Austria Historical Newspapers.
Yesterday, FamilySearch.org added record indexes and record images for England (London Electoral Registers); Spain (Prov. of Barcelona Municipal Records); and the US states of Iowa (County Births), New Hampshire (Marriage Certificates), and New York (Naturalization Index).
Recently, Genealogy Trails volunteer contributors uploaded various types of records for various counties in the following US states: Alabama, Georgia, Illinois, Nevada, New York, Oklahoma, Virginia, and Washington.
And USGenWeb Archives volunteer contributors uploaded various types of records for various counties in the following US states: Florida and Georgia.

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

Happy Researching!
~Caroline
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