Sunday, August 27, 2017

Best of the Genea-Blogs - 20 to 26 August 2017

Dozens of genealogy and family history bloggers write thousands of posts every week about their research, their families, and their interests. I appreciate each one of them and their efforts.


My criteria for "Best of ..." are pretty simple - I pick posts that advance knowledge about genealogy and family history, address current genealogy issues, provide personal family history, are funny or are poignant. I don't list posts destined for daily blog prompts or meme submissions (but I do include summaries of them), or my own posts.


Here are my picks for great reads from the genealogy blogs for this past week:


*  Which DNA Test Should I Buy? A Comprehensive DNA Buying Guide by History Chick on the Genealogical Musings blog.

*  Find Your Family Online With Digital Books by Elizabeth O'Neal on the Legacy News blog.

*  Special Episode: The End of FamilySearch Microfilm Lending Program by Lisa Louise Cooke on the Lisa Louise Cooke's Genealogy Gems Podcast blog.

*  Genealogy 101: School Yearbooks by Gena Philibert-Ortega on the GenealogyBank Blog.

*  5 Alternative Sources for Death Information by Michael Leclerc on the Genealogy Professor blog.

*  Some Ideas on Where to Donate My Genealogy by Christine Manczuk on the Ancestry Island blog.

*  The Great American Eclipse by Mary Kircher Roddy on the Searching For Stories blog.

*  Ethical Guidance by Judy G. Russell on The Legal Genealogist blog.

*  The Archive Lady: Preserving a Civil War Family Heirloom by Melissa Barker on the Abundant Genealogy blog.

*  Quick Tip -- Making Your DNA Results More Clickable by Roberta Estes on the DNAeXplained - Genetic Genealogy blog.

*  It Never Hurts To Go Looking: Courthouse Treasures by Mary Perkinson Nelson on the Celebrating Family Stories blog.

*  User Changes to the FamilySearch Family Tree: A Touchy Subject by James Tanner on the Rejoice, and be exceeding glad... blog.

*  Keep Your Family and Family History Safe by Denise Levenick on The Family Curator blog.

*  Observations About the New Ancestry API by Russ Worthington on the Family Tree Maker User blog.

*  August 2017 Update to the Shared cM Project by Blaine Bettinger on The Genetic Genealogist blog.

Here are pick posts by other geneabloggers this week:

* Friday Fossicking 25th August 2017 by Crissouli on the That Moment In Time blog.

*  Friday's Family History Finds by Linda Stufflebean on the Empty Branches on the Family Tree blog.

*  High Fives - August 25, 2017 by Dianne Nolin on the Genealogy: Beyond the BMD blog.

*  Friday Finds -- Week 34 -- 2017 by Martin Roe Eidhammer on the Norwegian Genealogy and then some blog.

*  Friday Finds, 25 August 2017 by Lois Willis on the Lois Willis - Genealogy and Family History blog.


* Friday Finds 25 Aug 2017 by Nichelle Barra on the Copper Leaf Genealogy blog.

This Week's Creme de la Creme -- August 26, 2017 by Gail Dever on the Genealogy a la Carte blog.

*  5 In the News by Michael Leclerc on the Genealogy Professor blog.

Readers are encouraged to go to the blogs listed above and read their articles, and add their blogs to your Favorites, Feedly, another RSS feed, or email if you like what you read. Please make a comment to them also - all bloggers appreciate feedback on what they write.

Did I miss a great genealogy blog post? Tell me! I am currently reading posts from over 1600 genealogy bloggers using Feedly, but I still miss quite a few it seems.


Read past Best of the Genea-Blogs posts here.



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2 comments:

Elizabeth O'Neal said...

Thanks for the mentioning my article, Randy! :-)

Mary Perkinson Nelson said...

I appreciate your mentioning my Courthouse post.