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The New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS) is polling its members each week on a survey question. I thought it might be interesting to compare the survey results of Genea-Musings readers with NEHGS Members.
This week the question is:
Genealogists today use websites all the time for their research. Rank the following websites in the order of their importance to you in your research:
o http://www.ancestry.com/
o http://www.familysearch.org/
o http://www.newenglandancestors.org/
o http://www.rootsweb.com/
o http://www.usgenweb.org/
o http://www.footnote.com/
o http://www.worldvitalrecords.com/
o http://www.google.com/
Would you please rank those in the order of importance to you in your research, and list them in a comment to this post, in a note on Facebook, or in a post on your own blog (but please leave a link to this post so I can easily find it).
If you want to, please list other websites that are more important to you than one site on the list above.
My own list is:
1) http://www.ancestry.com/ - $$, still the biggest, best search engine, well worth it
2) http://www.familysearch.org/ - free, adding record content monthly, Wiki, FHLC
3) http://www.google.com/ - free, searching websites, books, maps, Blogger, etc.
4) http://www.footnote.com/ - $$, NARA records, Footnote pages, well worth it
5) http://www.usgenweb.org/ - state and county data, all user contributed
6) http://www.rootsweb.com/ - free, WorldConnect, message boards, mailing lists, databases
7) http://www.newenglandancestors.org/ - $$, databases, periodicals, articles/videos
8) http://www.worldvitalrecords.com/ - $$, databases
I think that I would list http://www.findagrave.com/ above the bottom two, and http://www.cyndislist.com/ above #8.
In my list above, I'm assuming that the FamilySearch Beta site and Pilot Record Search are part of http://www.familysearch.org/, that the http://www.usgwarchives.net/ are part of http://www.usgenweb.org/, and that the message boards, mailing lists and WorldConnect family tree is part of http://www.rootsweb.com/.
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Steve Morse Speaking at CGSSD Meeting on Saturday, 17 July
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The next meeting of the Computer Genealogy Society of San Diego (CGSSD) is Saturday, July 17, 2010, and features two presentations by Steve Morse about his One-Step Website at this meeting.
User Groups will not meet at this meeting.
This meeting will be in the large auditorium across the walk way from the usual meeting rooms at the student center. The meeting details are:
9:00 a.m. - A Potpourri of Genealogy Research Tools, by Steve Morse
10:50 a.m. - Break, refreshments (note change in time, this meeting only)
11:10 a.m. - A Hodgepodge of Lesser-Known Gems, by Steve Morse.
Stephen Morse is an electrical engineer and computer professional known for being the architect of the Intel 8086 chip which set the stage for personal computing as we know it; he is also an amateur genealogist who began researching his Russian-Jewish origins and wound up devising some wonderful tools for all genealogists to use in their own research on the internet. These web-based searching aids and his websites have made him a household name within the genealogical community, and garnered him a number of awards (2003 IAJGS Award for Outstanding Contribution to Jewish Genealogy, 2007 NGS Award of Merit, 2007 Association of Professional Genealogists Excellence Award, etc.).
Morse has developed at his site, http://www.stevemorse.org, more than 100 portals to other Internet sites that are superior to those offered by the host sites. He began his efforts in 2001 when the Ellis Island database was made available online. The Morse portal, the One-Step site, searches numerous other sites containing immigration records, census, and vital records, and genetic genealogy sites. He also developed a number of utilities such as those that transliterate Hebrew or Russian to the Latin alphabet and vice versa, and has searches for various Holocaust and Eastern European records.
Charge: Free for CGSSD members; $10 for all non-members; should you join within three months following the event, the $10 will be credited toward your dues. You may pay at the door.
We meet at the Robinson Auditorium complex on the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) campus in La Jolla. From North Torrey Pine Road turn at Pangea Drive into UCSD. Free parking is available in the parking garage on the left; use any A, B, or S space. Signs will mark directions to our meeting room. Please refer to our website www.cgssd.org; or the Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies website http://irps.ucsd.edu/about/how-to-find-us.htm for driving directions and a map.
PARKING NOTICE: Parking for this meeting will be free. The previously announced change in parking will not take place until August 1.
Thank you to Linda Hervig for passing this notice to CGSSD members. I plan to attend this meeting and will report on the presentations, although I probably won't do a live Twitter feed.
The next meeting of the Computer Genealogy Society of San Diego (CGSSD) is Saturday, July 17, 2010, and features two presentations by Steve Morse about his One-Step Website at this meeting.
User Groups will not meet at this meeting.
This meeting will be in the large auditorium across the walk way from the usual meeting rooms at the student center. The meeting details are:
9:00 a.m. - A Potpourri of Genealogy Research Tools, by Steve Morse
10:50 a.m. - Break, refreshments (note change in time, this meeting only)
11:10 a.m. - A Hodgepodge of Lesser-Known Gems, by Steve Morse.
Stephen Morse is an electrical engineer and computer professional known for being the architect of the Intel 8086 chip which set the stage for personal computing as we know it; he is also an amateur genealogist who began researching his Russian-Jewish origins and wound up devising some wonderful tools for all genealogists to use in their own research on the internet. These web-based searching aids and his websites have made him a household name within the genealogical community, and garnered him a number of awards (2003 IAJGS Award for Outstanding Contribution to Jewish Genealogy, 2007 NGS Award of Merit, 2007 Association of Professional Genealogists Excellence Award, etc.).
Morse has developed at his site, http://www.stevemorse.org, more than 100 portals to other Internet sites that are superior to those offered by the host sites. He began his efforts in 2001 when the Ellis Island database was made available online. The Morse portal, the One-Step site, searches numerous other sites containing immigration records, census, and vital records, and genetic genealogy sites. He also developed a number of utilities such as those that transliterate Hebrew or Russian to the Latin alphabet and vice versa, and has searches for various Holocaust and Eastern European records.
Charge: Free for CGSSD members; $10 for all non-members; should you join within three months following the event, the $10 will be credited toward your dues. You may pay at the door.
We meet at the Robinson Auditorium complex on the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) campus in La Jolla. From North Torrey Pine Road turn at Pangea Drive into UCSD. Free parking is available in the parking garage on the left; use any A, B, or S space. Signs will mark directions to our meeting room. Please refer to our website www.cgssd.org; or the Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies website http://irps.ucsd.edu/about/how-to-find-us.htm for driving directions and a map.
PARKING NOTICE: Parking for this meeting will be free. The previously announced change in parking will not take place until August 1.
Thank you to Linda Hervig for passing this notice to CGSSD members. I plan to attend this meeting and will report on the presentations, although I probably won't do a live Twitter feed.
(Not So) Wordless Wednesday - Post 111: Unknown Ontario Family
I'm posting family photographs from my collection on Wednesdays, but they won't be wordless Wednesday posts like others do - I simply am incapable of having a wordless post.
I managed to scan about 100 family photographs in the Scanfest in January, and have converted the scanned TIF files to smaller JPGs, cropped and rotated as best I can. Many of these were "new" to my digital photograph collection.
Here is a photograph from the Carringer family collection handed down by my mother in the 1988 to 2002 time period:
I checked my genealogy database, and found no Kemp families that resided in Simcoe. Perhaps Simcoe was the place in Norfolk County that had a photo studio when the photo was taken.
Another clue from the photograph is a family composed of a father (perhaps aged 40 to 50), a mother (perhaps aged 35 to 45), two sons (perhaps aged 15-20 and 5-10) and a daughter (perhaps aged 10-15). Unfortunately, I cannot find a sibling of Georgianna's that fits this profile, or a Kemp cousin of Georgianna's that fits this profile. Unfortunately, I don't have complete family information for all of the Kemp's in Ontario, nor for the collateral families surnamed Sovereen (Georgianna's mother was Mary Jane Sovereen (1841-1874)) or Putman (Georgianna's grandmother was Eliza Putman (1820-1895), daughter of John Putman and Sarah Martin, who married Alexander Sovereen (1814-1907)).
I'm hoping that by dropping some names here that someone will search for those names and will recognize one or more persons in this photograph. If you know who is in this photograph, please tell me!
I managed to scan about 100 family photographs in the Scanfest in January, and have converted the scanned TIF files to smaller JPGs, cropped and rotated as best I can. Many of these were "new" to my digital photograph collection.
Here is a photograph from the Carringer family collection handed down by my mother in the 1988 to 2002 time period:
The only clue that I have about the family in this photograph is that it was taken by a photographer in Simcoe, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada. Since my great-grandmother, Georgianna (Kemp) Auble was born in Ontario, it is very likely that this is a photograph of the family of one of her siblings or cousins - perhaps not with the Kemp surname.
I'm not smart enough to figure out the clues from the apparel or hair styles. My best guess is that this photograph was taken between 1890 and 1910.
I checked my genealogy database, and found no Kemp families that resided in Simcoe. Perhaps Simcoe was the place in Norfolk County that had a photo studio when the photo was taken.
Another clue from the photograph is a family composed of a father (perhaps aged 40 to 50), a mother (perhaps aged 35 to 45), two sons (perhaps aged 15-20 and 5-10) and a daughter (perhaps aged 10-15). Unfortunately, I cannot find a sibling of Georgianna's that fits this profile, or a Kemp cousin of Georgianna's that fits this profile. Unfortunately, I don't have complete family information for all of the Kemp's in Ontario, nor for the collateral families surnamed Sovereen (Georgianna's mother was Mary Jane Sovereen (1841-1874)) or Putman (Georgianna's grandmother was Eliza Putman (1820-1895), daughter of John Putman and Sarah Martin, who married Alexander Sovereen (1814-1907)).
I'm hoping that by dropping some names here that someone will search for those names and will recognize one or more persons in this photograph. If you know who is in this photograph, please tell me!
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
The Dot-Con Video - Genealogy Scam Revealed?
Ray Beere Johnson (on the APG Public List) pointed to a Microsoft advertisement that demonstrates a potential scam involving genealogy and family history. As far as I can tell, this was created by an advertising company and carried off as sort of a "Candid Camera" type event.
The YouTube video is here:
The genealogy scam part of it is around the one minute mark, and is very telling. It's amazing what information that people will provide in response to questions posed by a seemingly legitimate company.
Thankfully, this hasn't happened to anybody, yet. Or has it? We all need to be careful about the information we are asked to provide to obtain goods and services.
The YouTube video is here:
The genealogy scam part of it is around the one minute mark, and is very telling. It's amazing what information that people will provide in response to questions posed by a seemingly legitimate company.
Thankfully, this hasn't happened to anybody, yet. Or has it? We all need to be careful about the information we are asked to provide to obtain goods and services.
NGS Magazine - April-June 2010 Issue
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The April-June 2010 issue of the NGS Magazine (Volume 36, Number 2), published by the National Genealogical Society (NGS), came recently, and I enjoyed reading it cover-to-cover.
The Table of Contents for this issue includes:
FEATURES
* page 8 - NGS Statement of Financial Position
* page 11 - 2009 NGS donations
* page 12 - 2009 NGS volunteers
* page 14 - Thomas Adams, winner of the 2009 NGS Rubincam Youth Award, by Lynda Suffridge
* page 16 - Making voter registration records count, by Sharon B. Hodges
* page 18 - A guide to voter registration records, by Richard Camaur, JD, CG
* page 22 - Occupation: it's not just a job, it's a finding aid, by J.H. Fonkert, CG
* page 27 - Researching your Japanese-American ancestors, by Pamela Loos-Noji, PhD
* page 31 - Living historian, family historian, by Mike Gillett
* page 34 - Notes from a librarian's corner, by Kim V. Garvey, MLIS
* page 36 - How to narrow your search criteria, by Elizabeth Doherty Herzfeld
* page 52 - Case study: Where in the world was John Nelson Kin g? by Harold E. Hinds, Jr., PhD
COLUMNS
* page 42 - National Archives: Irish immigrants on the Vermont, June-July 1812, by Claire Prechtel-Kluskens
* page 48 - Beginning genealogy: Discovering land records, by Gary M. and Diana Crisman Smith
* page 56 - Software review: Review of Family Tree Maker 2010, by Barbara Schenck
* page 59 - Technology: How trends in technology will affect genealogy, by Jordan Jones
* page 62 - Writing family history: When stuck, try reading history, by Harold E. Hinds, PhD.
The NGS Statement of Financial Position (for year ended 30 September 2009) was interesting to me. For instance, some observations:
* FY 2009 had $1,055,481 in total revenue and support. Of that, $377,184 was from Conferences and meetings, and $496,001 was from Membership dues.
* FY 2009 had $1,090,861 in Expenses, of which $320,514 was from Conferences and meetings, $228,945 was for NGS Quarterly and NGS Magazine publication, and $310,747 was Management and general expenses. [Note, there is an error of $80 in the number in the Total Expense line for 2009.]
* The NGS lost $35,348 in FY 2009 (about 3% of Net Assets).
* The Net Assets at the end of FY 2009 are $1,165,889.
* Membership revenue in FY 2009 was down from $543,841 to $496,001. This likely means an approximate drop in membership by about 9%. No membership number was quoted. $496,001 is the equivalent of 8,266 members at $60 annual dues.
* Conferences and meetings had higher revenue than expenses for FY 2009 ($56,670)
* Educational services had lower revenue than expenses for FY 2009 ($39,970)
The NGS looks to me to be financially healthy and stable, with Net assets somewhat higher than one year's worth of revenue and expenses. I'm happy to see that, and it's a credit to the Board of directors and Administrative Staff of NGS.
The April-June 2010 issue of the NGS Magazine (Volume 36, Number 2), published by the National Genealogical Society (NGS), came recently, and I enjoyed reading it cover-to-cover.
The Table of Contents for this issue includes:
FEATURES
* page 8 - NGS Statement of Financial Position
* page 11 - 2009 NGS donations
* page 12 - 2009 NGS volunteers
* page 14 - Thomas Adams, winner of the 2009 NGS Rubincam Youth Award, by Lynda Suffridge
* page 16 - Making voter registration records count, by Sharon B. Hodges
* page 18 - A guide to voter registration records, by Richard Camaur, JD, CG
* page 22 - Occupation: it's not just a job, it's a finding aid, by J.H. Fonkert, CG
* page 27 - Researching your Japanese-American ancestors, by Pamela Loos-Noji, PhD
* page 31 - Living historian, family historian, by Mike Gillett
* page 34 - Notes from a librarian's corner, by Kim V. Garvey, MLIS
* page 36 - How to narrow your search criteria, by Elizabeth Doherty Herzfeld
* page 52 - Case study: Where in the world was John Nelson Kin g? by Harold E. Hinds, Jr., PhD
COLUMNS
* page 42 - National Archives: Irish immigrants on the Vermont, June-July 1812, by Claire Prechtel-Kluskens
* page 48 - Beginning genealogy: Discovering land records, by Gary M. and Diana Crisman Smith
* page 56 - Software review: Review of Family Tree Maker 2010, by Barbara Schenck
* page 59 - Technology: How trends in technology will affect genealogy, by Jordan Jones
* page 62 - Writing family history: When stuck, try reading history, by Harold E. Hinds, PhD.
The NGS Statement of Financial Position (for year ended 30 September 2009) was interesting to me. For instance, some observations:
* FY 2009 had $1,055,481 in total revenue and support. Of that, $377,184 was from Conferences and meetings, and $496,001 was from Membership dues.
* FY 2009 had $1,090,861 in Expenses, of which $320,514 was from Conferences and meetings, $228,945 was for NGS Quarterly and NGS Magazine publication, and $310,747 was Management and general expenses. [Note, there is an error of $80 in the number in the Total Expense line for 2009.]
* The NGS lost $35,348 in FY 2009 (about 3% of Net Assets).
* The Net Assets at the end of FY 2009 are $1,165,889.
* Membership revenue in FY 2009 was down from $543,841 to $496,001. This likely means an approximate drop in membership by about 9%. No membership number was quoted. $496,001 is the equivalent of 8,266 members at $60 annual dues.
* Conferences and meetings had higher revenue than expenses for FY 2009 ($56,670)
* Educational services had lower revenue than expenses for FY 2009 ($39,970)
The NGS looks to me to be financially healthy and stable, with Net assets somewhat higher than one year's worth of revenue and expenses. I'm happy to see that, and it's a credit to the Board of directors and Administrative Staff of NGS.
Tombstone Tuesday - Deadman
It's Tombstone Tuesday, and I've run out of my own photographs of ancestral gravestones.
Therefore, I'm posting pictures from my archive of "different" gravestones collected over the years.
Therefore, I'm posting pictures from my archive of "different" gravestones collected over the years.
The only marking on this gravestone photo is the surname "Deadman." I searched on Google for [deadman gravestone] and [deadman tombstone] and found no matches that provide the name of the person or the location of this stone.
There are 150 entries on www.FindAGrave.com for the surname "Deadman" but I found no photos that match the one above.
Does anybody know where this gravestone is located, and who it commemorates?
Monday, July 12, 2010
NGS Quarterly - June 2010 Issue
The June 2010 issue (Volume 98, Number 2) of the National Genealogical Society Quarterly (NGSQ) came recently, and I read it cover-to-cover.
The Table of Contents includes:
FEATURE ARTICLES
* page 85 - A Blue Ridge Family for Alsaph Briggs Barker, by Paul K. Graham, CG
* page 101 - The Man Who Wasn't There: Harold Bion Wiltse (1896-1972) and the World War I "Lost Battalion," by Harold E. Hinds, Jr., PhD
* page 111 - Johann Henrich Klocke of Lippe-Detmold: An Identity Hidden by a German Farm Name, by Carolyn L. Whitton, CG
* page 121 - Leaving No Stone Unturned: A Father for Thomas Stone (d. 1791) of Prince William County, Virginia, by Pamela Stone Eagleson, CG
* page 139 - Developing Historical Context: Pierre Montarras, Soldier of France, by David Kendall Martin, FASG.
page 83 - EDITOR's CORNER: Working together
page 147 - REVIEWS
As always, the feature articles demonstrate scholarly and persistent research work. Each highlights one or several methodologies used to solve seemingly impossible elusive ancestor problems. These are excellent examples for researchers who may have similar research problems for their own ancestral families.
The Table of Contents includes:
FEATURE ARTICLES
* page 85 - A Blue Ridge Family for Alsaph Briggs Barker, by Paul K. Graham, CG
* page 101 - The Man Who Wasn't There: Harold Bion Wiltse (1896-1972) and the World War I "Lost Battalion," by Harold E. Hinds, Jr., PhD
* page 111 - Johann Henrich Klocke of Lippe-Detmold: An Identity Hidden by a German Farm Name, by Carolyn L. Whitton, CG
* page 121 - Leaving No Stone Unturned: A Father for Thomas Stone (d. 1791) of Prince William County, Virginia, by Pamela Stone Eagleson, CG
* page 139 - Developing Historical Context: Pierre Montarras, Soldier of France, by David Kendall Martin, FASG.
page 83 - EDITOR's CORNER: Working together
page 147 - REVIEWS
As always, the feature articles demonstrate scholarly and persistent research work. Each highlights one or several methodologies used to solve seemingly impossible elusive ancestor problems. These are excellent examples for researchers who may have similar research problems for their own ancestral families.
Copyright Fundamentals for Genealogists
Gena Ortega made two excellent presentations on Saturday, 10 July at the San Diego Genealogical Society meeting - the subjects were "Copyright, Plagiarism and Privacy."
One of my takeaways from the meeting and the handout was a website for Copyright Fundamentals for Genealogy by Mike Goad. The situations and examples in this article are excellent.
There are a number of excellent other articles on this site (see the right-hand sidebar), including:
* What is Copyright
* My Copyright Infringement - information in family tree databases
* What is NOT Protected by Copyright?
* Public Domain
* Fair Use
I encourage all geneabloggers and writers to read the articles on these web pages.
Thank you, Gena, for the useful information and links. We enjoyed Gena, genealogy and ice cream at SDGS on Saturday, and a great time was had by all!
One of my takeaways from the meeting and the handout was a website for Copyright Fundamentals for Genealogy by Mike Goad. The situations and examples in this article are excellent.
There are a number of excellent other articles on this site (see the right-hand sidebar), including:
* What is Copyright
* My Copyright Infringement - information in family tree databases
* What is NOT Protected by Copyright?
* Public Domain
* Fair Use
I encourage all geneabloggers and writers to read the articles on these web pages.
Thank you, Gena, for the useful information and links. We enjoyed Gena, genealogy and ice cream at SDGS on Saturday, and a great time was had by all!
Amanuensis Monday - Sarah Putman's RevWar Pension Affidavit
Genea-blogger John Newmark (who writes the excellent TransylvanianDutch blog) started his own Monday blog theme many months ago called Amanuensis Monday. What does "amanuensis" mean? John offers this definition:
"A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another."
My subject today is an affidavit written by Sarah (Kinnan) Putman (1761-1841) included in the Revolutionary War Pension File (W 7,501) for her husband, Peter Putman (1760-1835), who served in the Revolutionary War in the state of New Jersey (obtained from http://www.footnote.com/).
"State of New York
County of Yates.
"Then this 3d day of August personally appeared before Court of Common Pleas of the county of Yates Sarah Putman, a resident of the town of Barrington in the county of Yates and State of New York, aged seventy six years and two months, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 4th 1836. That she is the widow of Peter Putman, who was draughted out of Hankinson Regiment about the year 1780 under Captain Joseph Horker and served in the New Jersey Militia for about six weeks. She further declared that she was married to the said Peter Putman on the 20th day of March in 1780 that her husband the aforesaid Peter Putman died on the 3 day of October in the year 1835 and that she has remained a widow ever since that period as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed.
"Sworn to and subscribed on ...................................... her
the day and year above written .......................... Sarah X Putman
before me ................................................................. mark
A.W. Woodworth Co. Ck."
This affidavit by Peter Putman's widow provides more biographical information, including the approximate month and year of her birth and the marriage date of Peter and Sarah (Kinnan) Putman. She recounts additional service by her husband in 1780 for some reason (probably related to the Act of Congress on 4 July 1836).
The full Revolutionary War Pension File is available on www.Footnote.com and now on www.Ancestry.com.
"A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another."
My subject today is an affidavit written by Sarah (Kinnan) Putman (1761-1841) included in the Revolutionary War Pension File (W 7,501) for her husband, Peter Putman (1760-1835), who served in the Revolutionary War in the state of New Jersey (obtained from http://www.footnote.com/).
"State of New York
County of Yates.
"Then this 3d day of August personally appeared before Court of Common Pleas of the county of Yates Sarah Putman, a resident of the town of Barrington in the county of Yates and State of New York, aged seventy six years and two months, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 4th 1836. That she is the widow of Peter Putman, who was draughted out of Hankinson Regiment about the year 1780 under Captain Joseph Horker and served in the New Jersey Militia for about six weeks. She further declared that she was married to the said Peter Putman on the 20th day of March in 1780 that her husband the aforesaid Peter Putman died on the 3 day of October in the year 1835 and that she has remained a widow ever since that period as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed.
"Sworn to and subscribed on ...................................... her
the day and year above written .......................... Sarah X Putman
before me ................................................................. mark
A.W. Woodworth Co. Ck."
This affidavit by Peter Putman's widow provides more biographical information, including the approximate month and year of her birth and the marriage date of Peter and Sarah (Kinnan) Putman. She recounts additional service by her husband in 1780 for some reason (probably related to the Act of Congress on 4 July 1836).
The full Revolutionary War Pension File is available on www.Footnote.com and now on www.Ancestry.com.
Sunday, July 11, 2010
Best of the Genea-Blogs - July 4-10, 2010
Hundreds 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 the genealogy carnivals, or other 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:
* Carnival of Genealogy, 95th Edition edited by Jasia on the Creative Gene blog. This was the "Swimsuit Edition" of this carnival, with 26 entries, and the featured post was Margie Rennick's The Old Fashioned Vacation and Bathing Suit posted at Ancestor Chase,
* Graveyard Rabbit Carnival - July 2010 edited by footnoteMaven (corrected from original!) on The Graveyard Rabbit blog. This was the "Scavenger Hunt" edition of this carnival, and there were 14 interesting entries.
* Involving Family by Cheri Hopkins on the The You Go Genealogy Girls blog. I missed this excellent post last week - Cheri has some excellent examples of ways to involve family in genealogy.
* It’s 10:00 PM – Do You Know Where Your Genealogy Data Is? by Thomas MacEntee on the High-Definition Genealogy blog. Thomas links to the article of the same title on the Archives.com site about digital preservation..
* Digital or Paper? by Pat Richley on the DearMYRTLE's Genealogy Blog. Pat answers Alec's question about how to keep records found with sage advice.
* Family Finder Testing Series: Expanding the matches; narrowing the search by Emily Aulicino on the DNA - Genealem 's Genetic Genealogy blog. Emily's advice about what to do after the autosomal test results come in.
* Follow Friday: Review of 5 of Family Tree Magazine's Best FREE web sites by Susan Petersen on the Long Lost Relatives.net blog. Susan did what all of should do once in awhile - check recommended websites and links. Nice and helpful report!
* Genealogy and Social Networking by Russ Worthington on the A Worthington Weblog. Russ continues his cousin finding saga - his feet hurt from the happy dance all week.
* Publishing a Genealogy Book by Martin Hollick on The Slovak Yankee blog. Martin tells us about his book publishing experience. I think that it's a great book that should be on every genealogical library shelf.
* Lift Off by Brenda Dougall Merriman on the Brenda Dougall Merriman blog. I laughed all the way through this post about planning ahead for a genealogy road trip.
* Finding what I wasn’t looking for by Elizabeth on the Genealogy Geek blog. Elizabeth found more than she ever dreamed she'd find when she went looking through online historical newspapers.
* JGSLA 2010: Friday afternoon and JGSLA 2010: Saturday, July 10 by Schelly Talalay Dardashti on the Tracing the Tribe: The Jewish Genealogy Blog. Schelly is in Los Angeles at the JGSLA Conference - these are her first two daily reports.
Other "Best of ..." posts can be found at:
* Weekly Genealogy Picks by John Newmark on the TransylvanianDutch blog.
* Follow Friday - 9 July 2010 by Greta Koehl on Greta's Genealogy Bog.
I encourage you to go to the blogs listed above and read their articles, and add their blog to your Favorites, Bloglines, reader, 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 640 genealogy bloggers using Bloglines, but I still miss quite a few it seems.
Read past Best of the Genea-Blogs posts here.
UPDATED 7/12: footnoteMaven commented that she edits the Graveyard Rabbit Carnival posts and that I erroneously conflated Gail Wall and Diane Wright into Diane Wall as the editor of the Carnival. It is hard to keep those wonderful Wabbit Women straight! So much talent!
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 the genealogy carnivals, or other 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:
* Carnival of Genealogy, 95th Edition edited by Jasia on the Creative Gene blog. This was the "Swimsuit Edition" of this carnival, with 26 entries, and the featured post was Margie Rennick's The Old Fashioned Vacation and Bathing Suit posted at Ancestor Chase,
* Graveyard Rabbit Carnival - July 2010 edited by footnoteMaven (corrected from original!) on The Graveyard Rabbit blog. This was the "Scavenger Hunt" edition of this carnival, and there were 14 interesting entries.
* Involving Family by Cheri Hopkins on the The You Go Genealogy Girls blog. I missed this excellent post last week - Cheri has some excellent examples of ways to involve family in genealogy.
* It’s 10:00 PM – Do You Know Where Your Genealogy Data Is? by Thomas MacEntee on the High-Definition Genealogy blog. Thomas links to the article of the same title on the Archives.com site about digital preservation..
* Digital or Paper? by Pat Richley on the DearMYRTLE's Genealogy Blog. Pat answers Alec's question about how to keep records found with sage advice.
* Family Finder Testing Series: Expanding the matches; narrowing the search by Emily Aulicino on the DNA - Genealem 's Genetic Genealogy blog. Emily's advice about what to do after the autosomal test results come in.
* Follow Friday: Review of 5 of Family Tree Magazine's Best FREE web sites by Susan Petersen on the Long Lost Relatives.net blog. Susan did what all of should do once in awhile - check recommended websites and links. Nice and helpful report!
* Genealogy and Social Networking by Russ Worthington on the A Worthington Weblog. Russ continues his cousin finding saga - his feet hurt from the happy dance all week.
* Publishing a Genealogy Book by Martin Hollick on The Slovak Yankee blog. Martin tells us about his book publishing experience. I think that it's a great book that should be on every genealogical library shelf.
* Lift Off by Brenda Dougall Merriman on the Brenda Dougall Merriman blog. I laughed all the way through this post about planning ahead for a genealogy road trip.
* Finding what I wasn’t looking for by Elizabeth on the Genealogy Geek blog. Elizabeth found more than she ever dreamed she'd find when she went looking through online historical newspapers.
* JGSLA 2010: Friday afternoon and JGSLA 2010: Saturday, July 10 by Schelly Talalay Dardashti on the Tracing the Tribe: The Jewish Genealogy Blog. Schelly is in Los Angeles at the JGSLA Conference - these are her first two daily reports.
Other "Best of ..." posts can be found at:
* Weekly Genealogy Picks by John Newmark on the TransylvanianDutch blog.
* Follow Friday - 9 July 2010 by Greta Koehl on Greta's Genealogy Bog.
I encourage you to go to the blogs listed above and read their articles, and add their blog to your Favorites, Bloglines, reader, 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 640 genealogy bloggers using Bloglines, but I still miss quite a few it seems.
Read past Best of the Genea-Blogs posts here.
UPDATED 7/12: footnoteMaven commented that she edits the Graveyard Rabbit Carnival posts and that I erroneously conflated Gail Wall and Diane Wright into Diane Wall as the editor of the Carnival. It is hard to keep those wonderful Wabbit Women straight! So much talent!
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