Evidentia - Evidence Evaluation Software

Evidentia - a new genealogical evidence evaluation software program - was released on Monday, 17 December 2012.  The website is at http://evidentia.ed4becky.net/.  The site describes the software as:

"Evidentia is the genealogy software that supports your research by guiding you through the Genealogical Proof Standard, the standard by which acceptable genealogical conclusions are judged."

You can read more about the breadth and capabilities of the software by clicking through the links on the home page.  The links include: FAQ, News (lots of blog-like posts here), Screen Shots, Help, Sample Evidence Reports, About, What is Evidentia? and Evidentia and the GPS.

In order to see how it works, there are six YouTube videos available now:

*  Evidentia introduction:



*  Evidentia - Getting Started Part 1 (Source Documentation)

*  Evidentia - Getting Started Part 2 (Catalogue Claims screen)

*  Evidentia - Getting Started Part 3 (Catalogue Claims screen)

*   Evidentia - Getting Started Part 4 (Evidence Analysis)

*  Evidentia Template Creation

The program has been in beta testing for several months now, and some reviews from beta testers are appearing, for example:

*  Software Review: Evidentia by Jenny Lanctot on the Are My Roots Showing? blog.

*  I know there was one more blog post about it, but I can't find it.  Any help?  John knew:
*  New Software Release by Shannon Bennett on the Trials and Tribulations of a Self-Taught Family Historian blog.

I have not obtained the software or tried it out due to my holiday and travel plans.  Based on what I saw on the videos (I watched all of them - they took less than 60 minutes total), I think that this software is very well thought out, seems practical, and seems to be fairly easy to use.  I think that it serves the cause of "source-centered" genealogy very well.  It covers all of the Genealogical Proof Standard bases.  I especially like the source citation templates, which are based on Evidence! Explained.  

I did see one disturbing thing in the videos.  The software currently has a quality screen for primary and secondary sources, rather than primary and secondary information, and no screen for original and derivative source evaluation (although different source quality choices are offered).  Hopefully, this will be corrected in a future release of the software.

The software is stand-alone, meaning that it is not integrated into any other genealogical software program or website.  However, the user could copy and paste the source citations, the evidence analysis, or the proof argument into a document or into genealogical software fields.  As a stand-alone program, I think that I would use it for those thorny research problems that need to be analyzed in some detail - due to a wealth of evidence, or due to conflicting evidence - rather than be used for every claim in a genealogy database.

The URL for this post is:  http://www.geneamusings.com/2012/12/evidentia-evidence-evaluation-software.html

Copyright (c) 2012, Randall J. Seaver

Tools on the RootsMagic App

I posted First Look at RootsMagic App for iOS Devices on Monday, and went through the highlights of the "Views" menu on the app on my iPhone.  On Tuesday, I posted Lists on the RootsMagic App and showed the different lists that the App can provide.

Today is "Tools" day - the Tools offered on the RootsMagic App.  Tapping on the "Tools" item on the menu at the bottom of the screen opens the list of Tools:

The "Date Calendar" is very useful - you input information into two of the three fields and tap the keyboard icon to get the information in the third field:

In the screen above, I entered two dates and found out how old I am.  If I had entered, say, a death date and an age at death, the tool would calculate a birth date.  

The "Relationship Calculator" is also very useful.  You select two persons from the list of names in the database and tap the "Calculate" button and see the relationship:

On the screen above, I picked a person at random and myself, and saw:

It took awhile (at least a minute) for the App to tell me that we weren't related.  Still, it is useful.

The "Soundex Calculator" is also useful if you need the information.  You put a surname in the field, and tap "Calculate" and the Soundex code is calculated (true Soundex, plus an alternate Soundex code):

The last Tool is the "Calendar."  The user select the month and year and see the calendar for that month:

This is also useful; for instance, if you have a newspaper article dated 5 May 1890 and the article says the person died, say, "last Friday," you can determine the date they died. 

For a video explanation of how to add the App to your iOS device, add your RootsMagic database (any RootsMagic 4, 5 or 6 database will work) to your device, and go through the Views, Lists and Tools menu items, watch the RootsMagic App webinar at http://www.rootsmagic.com/Webinars/ (when it becomes available).

After working with the App for three days now, and writing three blog posts to try to explain it to my readers, my opinion is that this is an excellent "family tree viewing" app that can be used anywhere in the world (since it doesn't rely on n Internet connection) to inform me about my research to date, and can be used to show my family tree information to family, friends and colleagues.  

The URL for this post is:  http://www.geneamusings.com/2012/12/tools-on-rootsmagic-app.html

Copyright (c) 2012, Randall J. Seaver

(Not So) Wordless Wednesday - Post 236: Marion and Betty at Cabrillo Monument

 I am posting photographs from my family collections for (Not So) Wordless Wednesday (you know me, I can't go wordless!).

Here is a photograph from the Marion (Seaver) (Braithwaite) Hemphill family collection passed to me by Aunt Marion's daughter in 2000 after her passing. 

This picture was taken in the summer of 1982 at Cabrillo National Monument on the southern tip of Point Loma, overlooking San Diego Bay.  

The subjects here are Marion (Seaver) (Braithwaite) Hemphill (my father's oldest sister) and Betty (Carringer) Seaver (my mother).  I'm pretty sure that my father took this photograph.

Cabrillo National Monument is one of the favorite photo spots in all of San Diego - you can see the San Bernardino Mountains to the north, the Cuyamaca and Laguna mountains to the east, and Table Mountain in Mexico to the south, plus the Los Coronados Islands off the coast of Mexico to the southwest.  

The view above is to the north or northeast, I reckon.  The dock behind Marion and Betty is at Ballast Point, it's now a submarine base.  The large, flat body of land protruding into the bay just above Betty's head and to the right is North Island, a U.S. Naval Air Station.  Downtown San Diego is in the haze at the top of the picture in the center-right.

This photo spot is on my list of "don't miss this place" whenever we have guests visiting San Diego, not only for the views but also for the historical context - Juan Rodrigues Cabrillo sailed into San Diego Bay and claimed it for Spain in 1542.

The URL for this post is:  http://www.geneamusings.com/2012/12/not-so-wordless-wednesday-post-236.html

Copyright (c) 2012, Randall J. Seaver

Whew, Multi-tasking Sometimes Creates Problems

I had a close call today ... I was doing too many tasks at once and didn't pay attention to my clickstrokes.  Fortunately, the Recycle Bin was still present...but hard to find!

The tasks I was doing were (pretty typical for me every day):

*  Checking my email
*  Checking Google Reader occasionally
*  Checking Google + and Facebook occasionally
*  Adding media and sources to RootsMagic database
*  Trying to listen to the RootsMagic webinar but they were having audio problems

Because the webinar was having problems, I decided to do more adding media and sources to RootsMagic.

The media files I was working with were in the Ancestor Files > Family History - Leland-McKnew > McKnew > 01-Elijah McKnew + Jane Whittle > Documents file folder.

Somehow I managed to move this whole set of the Family History - Leland-McKnew file folders (260 mb of them!) into the Family History - Lincoln - Lowell file folder.  I have no memory of doing it but I know how it happened - I probably dragged the folder and released the mouse button.

Okay, I used the Windows 7 "Search" utility to find it and decided to put it back in the Ancestor Files file folder.  So I clicked on the file folder, did an Organize > Cut and then did an Organize > Delete!!!

Oops... it disappeared!  I realized what happened immediately after I did it.  But I was distracted momentarily by the webinar problems.  It wasn't the webinar's fault - I wasn't paying attention to what my fingers were doing at 3:15 p.m. in the afternoon.

First thought:  Was that backed up on the external hard drive?  When did I last back it up?  Did I put it on the flash drive to transfer to the laptop?  Did I put that folder in Dropbox recently?

Quick Conclusion:  No, I created most of the entries in the file folder in the last week or two, since the last backup, transfer, and cloud storage.

Second thought:  You don't want to know!!!

Third thought:  Check the Recycle Bin!  After changing the Detail list to list by date entered, I easily found it and recovered it back to where it belongs!

Whew.  I had a panicky 10 minutes there.  Dodged that bullet...

Note to self:  Time to backup these Ancestor Files to Dropbox and to the external hard drive!!  Tonight.

I'm sure that none of my readers have done something similar in the recent past, right?  Have you recently backed up your important files?

The URL for this post is:  http://www.geneamusings.com/2012/12/whew-multi-tasking-sometimes-creates.html

Copyright (c) 2012, Randall J. Seaver

Lists on the RootsMagic App

I posted First Look at RootsMagic App for iOS Devices yesterday and went through the highlights of the "Views" menu on the app on my iPhone.

There are two other useful menu items - the "List" item and the "Tools" item.  I will go through the "Lists" menu item today, and do the "Tools" menu item tomorrow.

From any screen, the user can tap on the "Lists" menu item (on the bottom of the screen) and see the list of Lists available to the user:

All of these Lists are available in the RootsMagic software on the "Lists" menu.

The Source List provides the Master Sources in alphabetical order:

If you tap on one of them, you see the master source portion of the "Footnote," plus any Source comments for that master source.  You can navigate to a section of the Source list by tapping on the small letters on the right of the screen, then swipe to scroll up and down. You do not see any source citations - those are in the source citations for the persons and events in the "Views" menu.

The "ToDo" item in the "Lists" provides some selections for what to show, the priority level, and the status filters, plus the list of To-Do list items:

You swipe to scroll down the ToDo list.  Tapping on one of the items on the list opens the item for review.  You cannot add to the list or edit an item on the list - this is "view" only.

The "Research" List opens the list of Research Logs:

To view a specific Research Log, tap on the specific research log on the list.  The log opens and you can see the objective and research log items.  You can navigate to a section of the Research list by tapping on the small letters on the right of the screen, then swipe to scroll up and down. Again - this is "view" only - you cannot edit the items or add to the list.

The "Media" List item provides a list of the media items in the RootsMagic database:

Tapping on one of the items opens the thumbnail image of the media (which the user cannot enlarge), the media caption, the File folder name, and the Description text.  You can navigate to a section of the Media list by tapping on the small letters on the right of the screen, then swipe to scroll up and down.

I did not take pictures of the Address, Repository or Correspondence items on the "List" menu list.

The "Place" list is an alphabetical list of places in the database:

Tapping on one of the places on the list brings up the Standardized place name, the Abbreviated place name, the Geocode (latitude and longitude), Notes and Place details.  You can navigate to a section of the Place list by tapping on the small letters on the right of the screen, then swipe to scroll up and down.

As noted, these are "view" only lists - you cannot add items or edit items on the list.

The value of these lists is great if you are at a repository, or at a friend's place, and want to see your source citations, research log, to-do list, place list, etc.  Now I have this information, along with my database information (names, dates, places, relationships, events, source citations, media), hiding in my pocket to use when I need it.  Great job, RootsMagic!

I will show the Tools menu items tomorrow.  Don't forget the RootsMagic webinar on the RootsMagic app today  6 PM (EST), 5 PM (CST) 4 PM (MST), 3 PM PDT, 11 PM GMT.  Register at - https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/419532118.

The URL for this post is:  http://www.geneamusings.com/2012/12/lists-on-rootsmagic-app.html

Copyright (c) 2012, Randall J. Seaver

Tuesday's Tip - Copyright Issues Presentation

This week's Tuesday's Tip is:  Review Cath Madden Trindle's presentation on "Copyright Issues for the 21st Century Genealogical Community."

On the CSGScopyright (Copyright Issues for the 21st Century Genealogical Community) blog, Cath Madden Trindle posted "Educational Materials" today with links to her PowerPoint presentation, titled "But It's My Family ..." and her syllabus.  The links to the two documents are at http://csgacopyright.wordpress.com/educational-materials/.

While reading the presentation, and the handout, is not the same as "being there" to hear what Cath has to say, it's better than not having the information at all.

Cath's blog post said:

" I would like to make my presentation materials available to anyone that would like to do so or to any society that would like to share with it’s members.  Feel free to download, change, enhance, share or anything else that would be useful in helping the genealogical community understand the issues of copyright."

I encourage readers to do that and to share this information with their genealogical society members.

My thanks to Cath for making these materials available to read and to share.

The URL for this post is:  http://www.geneamusings.com/2012/12/tuesdays-tip-copyright-issues.html

Copyright (c) 2012, Randall J. Seaver

How Can I Obtain Massachusetts Probate Records?

A question was asked last week on the MAWORCES mailing list (Worcester County, Massachusetts):

"How do I get the probate records from the 19th century?"

There has been one answer so far, which offered information about an index on Ancestry, and links to several websites with more information.  The question was specific to Worcester County, Massachusetts, but the answers below apply to the other counties in Massachusetts (and to Maine, Vermont and New Hampshire counties also, but not to Rhode Island and Connecticut).

Having done quite a bit of this type of research over the last 20 years, I want to offer three possible  solutions:

1)  Go to the Massachusetts Courthouse of interest and gain access to the probate packets for the persons you want to see.  You should contact them ahead of time for hours, parking availability, rules for access, and restrictions on photographing or copying documents.  

2)  Use the LDS Family History Catalog to identify and then order microfilms to be read at a local FamilySearch Center or participating library (this option costs money for microfilm rental, and takes significant time).  

The process to identify, order and find probate records using the Family History Library microfilms is a multi-step process:

a)  You need to find an index of probate records for the state and county in question. The LDS Family History Library Catalog (online at https://www.familysearch.org/catalog-search) can help you determine which film to order for the indexes. Order the film (you can do this online at https://familysearch.org/films/) that might have the name of your target ancestor (the index is usually alphabetic) in the county where you think he resided and might have left an estate.

b) When the film comes into the FamilySearch Center, you can find your target ancestor and determine the probate packet number. Be sure to check for alternate spellings. Be aware that there may be no probate record for your target ancestor.  Some indexes may have specialized indexes and the entries may not be in alphabetical order.

c) Go back to the Family History Library Catalog and find the film number for that probate packet. Order that film.  In some counties (Middlesex, Massachusetts is one), the films will contain the actual probate record packet papers - you can skip the rest of this list!).  Go directly to g) below!

d) When the probate packet index microfilm comes into the FamilySearch Center, you can search the probate packet film for your target ancestor and write down (or copy) the entries for the different papers on the list - the administration, will, inventory, etc. These will be in terms of Volume and Page number for each item.  These different papers are usually the clerk's copy of the records, entered into record books as they were filed with the Probate Court.  They may be in more than one volume of the records.

e) Go back to the Family History Library Catalog and find the microfilm number(s) for the  volume(s) and page(s) on the probate packet index.  Order those microfilm(s).

f) When the probate volume microfilm(s) comes into the FamilySearch Center, you can search the microfilm(s) for the specific records, using the Volume number and Page number as finding aids.  

g)  Use whatever options are available at the FamilySearch Center to obtain a copy - digital image, photocopy, digital photograph, transcribe them, or abstract them.  I always obtain a digital image of them, preferably on a flash drive.

3)  Wait for FamilySearch to add the name indexes, the probate packet indexes and the probate record volumes to their historical record collections.  There are already large probate record collections for many states (search for "probate" at https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/list).  However, the only Massachusetts probate records available are for Plymouth County.  

When you find the records by volume and page, note that these are usually transcriptions of the original documents entered into the court record by a clerk, and therefore are not the original documents (they are record copies) - the originals are still in the probate packets at the Probate Court or other repository.

Some of the Massachusetts county probate name indexes are online at www.ancestry.com and perhaps other web sites. Some of the probate packet indexes may be available to view, on microfilm, at New England Historic Genealogical Society and other repositories. 

The process for other states is similar - but the court names may be different and the detailed process may be different.

That seems pretty complicated, but if you are not in Massachusetts with access to the Probate court records, it is the easiest and cheapest way to access these great records.

Further information about Massachusetts Probate Records can be found at:

*  FamilySearch Wiki:  Massachusetts Probate Records

*  Ancestry.com Wiki:  Massachusetts Probate Records

*  Massachusetts Genealogy Website:  Massachusetts Probate Records (links to FHL microfilms or online databases)

*  Mass-docs Website:  Massachusetts Probate Records (service to retrieve probate records in Bristol, Essex, Middlesex and Worcester Counties)

Needless to say, probate records are some of the very best records to find for your ancestors since they are usually primary information in original sources that is direct evidence of relationships - pretty much a gold standard on the Genealogical Proof Standard scale.

The URL for this post is:  http://www.geneamusings.com/2012/12/how-can-i-obtain-massachusetts-probate.html

Copyright (c) 2012, Randall J. Seaver

First Look at RootsMagic App for iOS Devices

The big news (for me, anyway) this Monday is that RootsMagic has released the FREE RootsMagic app for iOS devices (iPhone, iPad, iPod).  You can see the announcement at RootsMagic App for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch on the RootsMagic blog.  The directions for how to download the app, and upload your database using iTunes or Dropbox are at RootsMagic for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch - Frequently Asked Questions.

I just had to try it out...since my tree is also online at http://my.rootsmagic.com/rjseaver/.  I downloaded the FREE RootsMagic app to my iPhone.  After reading the directions (it was hard because of the small screen - I used my magnifying glass!), I selected the Dropbox option.  Once I did that, an Apps file folder appeared in Dropbox, and I copied my whole RootsMagic 6 database into the RootsMagic file folder in the Apps file folder on Dropbox.  All 45 mb of it.

I followed the directions to upload the database to the iPhone.  This took about two minutes for my database.  Once it was saved to my device, I saw the home screen:

As you can see, I'm in the "View" screen.  The other screen options at the bottom of the screen are "Files," "Lists" and "Tools."  Up at the top left of the screen is a "Search" icon (the three horizontal bars) that take you to a list of persons and offers a search field.  I'm only going to deal with the "View" screen..

If you tap a  right arrow on the right side of the screen, then the pedigree chart advances one generation to the right:

From this screen, I tapped on Frank Walton Seaver's name to see what information is available:

It shows his name, picture, and birth, marriage and death information.  There are buttons below his name for "Set Primary," "Parents" and "Spouses."  Those can be used for navigation.  There is a "See Full Details" button below the vital records.  I tapped on that and saw:

It takes about 10 seconds to bring up the Fact list.  The "View" icon at the bottom of the screen can be used for navigation.  I tapped on it and saw:

I can navigate back to the Pedigree view, to the "Family" view, to the "Descendants" view or the "Individual" view.  Here is a picture of the "Family" View:

On this view, I can navigate to the spouse, to the parents or to any one of the children.

I tapped on Frank's name, and was back on his "Fact" view (three screens above). I tapped on the top item on the list "Click to view notes, media and sources" and the information on the "Notes" tab for the person appeared:

That's great!  Now I have access to my Notes!  I tapped on the "Sources"  tab and the list of sources for the person appeared (if there is more than one, use the list below the first one):

Note that this is a Source for the person, not for a Fact.  You have to tap on a specific Fact to get the Sources for that Fact.

I tapped on the "Media" button and saw the first media item and the list of Media items for the person appeared:

I went "Back" to the "Fact" list and tapped on the Birth Fact and on the "Media" button and he thumbnail view of the first document appeared:

I could tap the second item on the list above and see the second document, again in a thumbnail view.  Unfortunately, the document images can not be expanded to see details of the document.  RootsMagic stores the thumbnail image of the document or photo, not the actual document or photo image.  The actual images are in my file folder on my computer, and they were not transferred into the Dropbox folder - only the thumbnail images were.  

There are many more features to explore in this FREE RootsMagic app for iOS devices.  I'll take a look at some of them in future posts.

Suffice it to say that having ALL of this information in my pocket available wherever I am, with about a 10 second wait time, is fantastic.  

There will be a FREE RootsMagic webinar about the RootsMagic app on Tuesday, 18 December 2012  at 6 PM (EST), 5 PM (CST) 4 PM (MST), 3 PM PDT, 11 PM GMT.  Register at - https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/419532118.

My first judgment of this FREE app is that it is easy to acquire, is cheap, is easy to download your database, and easy to use once you master the navigation tools.  I rate it a 9 on a scale of 10 of genealogy Apps for usefulness on my iPhone, recognizing the size limitations of the screen.  RootsMagic has a winner here the first time out of the box.  Just in time for the holidays.  Thanks, Bruce and the RootsMagic team.

The URL for this post is:  http://www.geneamusings.com/2012/12/first-look-at-rootsmagic-app-for-ios.html

Copyright (c) 2012, Randall J. Seaver

Disclosure:  I was not paid to write this review.  Although I have received free stuff from RootsMagic in the past, that has not influenced this review.  I paid the retail price for my RootsMagic 6 upgrade in November.

Amanuensis Monday - Martin Carringer's Revolutionary War Pension File: Post 3 - the Widow's Declaration

Genea-blogger John Newmark (who writes the excellent TransylvanianDutch blog) started his own Monday blog theme several years 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."

The subject today is a document from the Revolutionary War Pension File of Martin Carringer (1758-1835) of Mercer County, Pennsylvania (accessed on and digital image obtained from www.Fold3.com):

The transcription of this document is:

State of Pennsylvania
Mercer County Ss

On the Sixth day of February in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and thirty nine personally came before the subscriber a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County being a Court of Record of Pennsylvania, Molly Carringer a resident of Sandy Creek Township Mercer County and State aforesaid, age Seventy one years who having first duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions of the Act of congress passed July Seventh One thousand eight hundred and thirty Eight, entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain Widows."

That she is the widow of Martin Carringer who was a private in the regular Army of the United States in the Revolutionary War, that for some time before and up to his death he was on the pension roll of the United States drawing a Pension of Ninety Six Dollars per Annum.  She further declares that she was Married to the said Martin Carringer in the Month of May One thousand Seven hundred and eighty five, that her husband the said Martin Carringer died on the twenty fifth day of January One thousand eight hundred and thirty five that she was not Married to him prior to his having the service but that their Marriage took place prior to the first day of January 1794 and at the time above stated and that she still remains his widow.

Sworn to and Subscribed  ............................................ her
on the day above written ................................... Molly X Carringer
before ........................................................................... mark
James R. Wick

This document provides several pieces of vital information - the marriage date of Martin Carringer and Molly [Hoax] in May 1785 (but it doesn't say where they were married) and the death date of Martin Carringer on 7 January 1835 (again, it doesn't say where he died).  

Martin Carringer received a pension of $96 per year ($8 per month), and Molly is applying for half of that - $48 per year.

The URL for this post is:  http://www.geneamusings.com/2012/12/amanuensis-monday-martin-carringers.html

Copyright (c) 2012, Randall J. Seaver

Best of the Genea-Blogs - 9 to 15 December 2012

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:

*  A Photograph Crumbles a Brick Wall by Michael Leclerc on the Mocavo Genealogy Blog.  Here's an excellent example of using unusual resources, and waiting for the clue to appear, to solve a research problem.

*  Stepping Back Into the Past - Medical Records by James Tanner on the Genealogy's Star blog.  James put his hospital time to good use and provides some leads to find medical records.

*  Start Your Journey Right: 12 Books for Your Genealogy Journey by Lynn Palermo on The Armchair Genealogist blog.  Nice story, nice list.

*  What Does It Mean to be "Out of Date?" by Harold Henderson on the Midwestern Microhistory: A Genealogy Blog.   Harold discusses Val Greenwood's book - is it out of date?  There are diverging views - I'm in the second group.

*  Seismic Shift in Genetic Genealogy by Dave Dowell on the Dr. D. Digs Up Ancestors blog.  Dave summarizes the recent changes in the genetic genealogy world.

*  Let's Talk About Who's Stealing Blog Content by Kerry Scott on the Clue Wagon blog.  Kerry puts it out there... read the comments, too.

*  Public Access to Federal Records by Bill Dollarhide on Leland Meitzler's GenealogyBlog.  Bill discusses different types of federal records, and how to access them.

*  The Bloggers' Best Selections, Winter 2012 edited by Diane Beumenot on the One Rhode Island Family blog.  Fifteen geneabloggers submitted their own "Best Of ..." posts - great reads!  somehow I missed this opportunity.

These genea-bloggers wrote weekly pick posts and news summary posts this week: 

*  Monday Morning Mentions by Lynn Palermo on The Armchair Genealogist blog.

*  Monday Recap for December 10, 2012 by Amanda on the Geni Blog.

*  Ruth's Recommendations by Ruth Blair on The Passionate Genealogist blog.

*  Genealogy News Corral - Dec. 10-14 by Beth on the Genealogy Insider blog.

*  Follow Friday -- Favorites by Heather Kuhn Roelker on the Leaves for Trees blog.

*  Follow Friday - Fab Finds for December 14, 2012 by Jana Last on Jana's Genealogy and Family History Blog.

*  Friday Finds - 12/14/12 by Julie Cahill Tarr on the GenBlog blog.

*  Weekly Genealogy Picks - Dec 9 to Dec 15 by John Newmark on the TransylvanianDutch blog.

I encourage readers to go to the blogs listed above and read their articles, and add their blogs to your Favorites, Google Reader, 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 1300 genealogy bloggers using Google Reader, but I still miss quite a few it seems.

Read past Best of the Genea-Blogs posts here.

The URL for this post is:  http://www.geneamusings.com/2012/12/best-of-genea-blogs-9-to-15-december.html

Copyright(c) 2012, Randall J. Seaver