Bride Linda and the Moms -- Post 355 of (Not So) Wordless Wednesday

I'm posting old family photographs from my collection on Wednesdays, but they won't be wordless posts like others do - I simply am incapable of having a wordless post.

Here is one of the most precious (to me) images from my Seaver/Carringer/Leland family collection:

This photograph was taken on 21 March 1970, the occasion was my wedding to Linda Leland.  The setting was the Bride's Room in the Chula Vista Presbyterian Church in Chula Vista, California.

From left to right:

*  Betty Virginia (Carringer) Seaver - my mother
*  Linda Joan Leland - my bride-to-be
*  Edna May (Schaffner) Leland - Linda's mother

I did not recall seeing the flowers in my mother's hair, or whatever was in Edna's hair, before I saw this photograph today.  

I don't know who took this picture - I'm guessing that it was one of the bridesmaids using their own camera, or my mother's camera.  There are several similar photographs of groups in the Bride's Room.

The URL for this post is:  http://www.geneamusings.com/2015/04/bride-linda-and-moms-post-355-of-not-so.html

Copyright (c) 2015, Randall J. Seaver

And Now We Are 9

                      It's Genea-Musings 9th Blogiversary!!!!!!!

It seems like just yesterday that I started my Randy's Musings blog - here is the first post on 15 April 2006. I explained the name change to Genea-Musings in my first anniversary post on 15 April 2007. In my two-year anniversary post, I showed a screen shot of the early blog page. 

I like to spout some numbers on my blogiversary, so please bear with me:

1)  After nine years of Randy's Musings and Genea-Musings, this is post number 8,632. Over 3,287 days, that averages out to be 2.63 posts per day. In the past year, I've written 965 posts, or 2.64 posts per day (that is a little higher than last year, 2.60). I think that the most over the nine years was 8 posts in one day and I've had days with zero posts (usually when on vacation).

2)  My known readership has increased each year until recently. Since I started this blog, I have had over 1,699,000 unique visitors (these include multiple visits per day by the same reader) and over 2,274,000 page views over seven years, and over 430,000 page views and over 285,000 unique visitors in the past year. Those numbers (from SiteMeter) are somewhat lower than last year.  

3)  My SiteMeter statistics indicate that in April 2015 this blog had about 849 unique visitors a day, with an average of about 1,304 page views a day.  I also use Google Statistics to look at statistics, and the page view numbers are a lot higher for some reason (about 3,530 per day over the past month).  I still don't know if those numbers include RSS reader visits and views - I do think the Google Statistics numbers include RSS reader views.

4)  In addition, about 1,685 persons subscribe via email using Feedburner, and about 1,200 persons subscribe via Feedly.  I don't have a count for other feeds, blog readers and Facebook readers. If I had to guess, I would say that about 4,200 persons read Genea-Musings on an average day. A significant number of the readers (probably over 40%) on the actual website come via a search engine - you wouldn't believe what some of the search parameters are!

Please permit me to genea-muse for a bit here:

1)  I really appreciate the Genea-bloggers community and all of my Genea-Musings readers. Without all of you, we would not have as much genealogy information (news, research experiences, family history, photographs, etc.) online. Blogging and then social networking, has brought democratization to the world of genealogy writing - anybody can do it (and many do it very well) and the genealogy community has more information, provided faster and more up-to-date, than it ever has had before.

2)  The genea-blogger community is overwhelmingly friendly and supportive of each other and their readers.  There is very little overt competition, back-biting or flame wars.  This reflects the genealogy community as a whole, I believe - almost everyone believes in, and works at, collaborating with, educating, and helping others - from the most famous (e.g., the genea-rock stars like Elizabeth Mills, Tom Jones, Megan Smolenyak, etc.) to the beginners (new society members, new blog readers, etc.).

3)  The genea-bloggers community as a whole has garnered the respect of the genealogy industry - the database companies, the software companies, website owners, and genealogical societies.  We have been treated and recognized as legitimate media outlets for the genealogy community.  They understand that genealogy blogs are a significant way to announce and publicize their products or services, and to create genea-buzz at conferences.  This could not happen without the commitment of genea-bloggers to objectivity and collaboration.  Not to mention time, energy and lifelong learning.

4)  I'm really proud to be a member of the genea-blogger community and to enjoy the camaraderie online and in person.  At a genealogy conference or seminar, genea-bloggers tend to flock together - it's an instant brother/sisterhood - many of us read each other's blogs.  Facebook and other social media sites have enabled us to "know" and rejoice, or commiserate, with the life and research experiences of our colleagues.

5) Life is good in the genea-cave, and it's even better when family history is made with our daughters and the five grandchildren (we added grandson Charlie last September), or when we travel to a genealogy seminar, conference or society talk (we were on the Heritage Books cruise last December, at RootsTech in February, in Palm Springs 3 months ago, and we're going to Genealogy Jamboree in seven weeks in Burbank). 

6)  Lastly, thank you to my faithful readers.  I do this to help the genealogy community pursue their hobb obsession, and to document my own family history.  I appreciate your feedback to my posts and learn a lot from the collected wisdom and experience of my readers.  

The URL for this post is:  http://www.geneamusings.com/2015/04/and-now-we-are-9.html

Copyright (c) 2015, Randall J. Seaver

Book Announcement: "How to Archive Family Photos," by Denise May Levenick

I received this NEW book notice from Denise May Levenick, author at The Family Curator blog:

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Hello Fellow Genealogist!

I love old photos. I get lost imagining the stories of my ancestors pictured in my grandparents' albums and snapshots. But it's not the old photos that give me the biggest challenge-it's managing my growing digital photo collection.

I know I'm not alone. My young daughters-in-law provided the spark for a book about archiving digital photos. After seeing my first book, How to Archive Family Keepsakes , both young mothers remarked that they didn't have many family keepsakes (yet!), but they sure would like some tips for organizing and preserving their growing digital photo collections. So, here it is: How to Archive Family Photos: A Step-by-Step Guide to Organize and Share Your Photos Digitally. 

To really understand what kind of guidebook would be most useful, I talked with young parents snapping hundreds of photos each month, and with family historians grappling with huge heirloom photos collections. And I spoke with genealogists who manage thousands of research images. Different situations demanded slightly different strategies, but one theme ran through every scenario: Start setting up a system now to archive the digital photos on your smartphone, your computer, and your camera. Specific step-by-step workflows grew out of these conversations, each one adaptable to individual needs. In this book, you'll discover that digital photo management actually is manageable-it doesn't have to be difficult or overwhelming. 

And because family photos are really about family memories, the book features 25 easy keepsake projects to get your digital images into the hands of your family and friends. After all, what good are memories buried in the depths of a hard drive?

If you've been looking for a digital photo management solution that's simple and suitable for your needs, you'll find inspiration and strategies in How to Archive Family Photos. Join me in cutting the digital clutter to preserve and share your family photos and stories! 

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The URL for this post is:  http://www.geneamusings.com/2015/04/book-announcement-how-to-archive-family.html

One Document, Four Database Providers, and Four Different Source Citations (or not)

On the April 13th Mondays With Myrt Hangout On Air, we had a discussion about a record for one of DearMYRTLE's ancestors.

1)  On MyHeritage, Pat had found a record for her ancestor, Thomas Wasden (1821-1891) on the list of her Record Matches.  She appreciated that MyHeritage found this record for her since she had never seen it.  The record on MyHeritage is shown below (two screens):

The record is from the database for "Utah Veterans With Federal Service Buried in Utah, Territorial to 1966."  The record summary contains indexed information on the first screen above, and the index card image with the information is shown in the second screen.

Pat could save this record to her ancestor using the "Save record" button, and when she did, she could then add the indexed record details to her person in her MyHeritage tree.  She could also see the source citation crafted by MyHeritage for this record.  Here is an image of the source citation:

As you can see, it is a summary of the indexed information, followed by the title of the database as the "Source" and a link to the record on MyHeritage.

Pat thought, as do I and others, that this is not a source citation to use in a genealogical database - it's missing many elements of a quality source citation.

2)  Having noted on the second screen above, that this record image and indexed information had been provided by FamilySearch (through the partnership agreements between MyHeritage and FamilySearch), Pat clicked on the link to the image on FamilySearch:

FamilySearch provides a source citation at the bottom of the screen for this record (I clicked on the "Show citation" tab to make it show up).  The record summary can be attached to a person in the FamilySearch Family Tree.  The source citation is:

"Utah, Veterans with Federal Service Buried in Utah, Territorial to 1966," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-11844-111251-69?cc=1542862 : accessed 14 April 2015), W > Wasden, Thomas, 1891 > image 1 of 1; State Archives, Capitol Building, Salt Lake City.

That is a very specific source citation for this document, and is, I think, an Evidence Explained-quality citation.  Except for the long URL.

3)  I wondered if this record was also on Findmypast, which also has a partnership with FamilySearch.  It is, here is the record summary on Findmypast for this record:

Findmypast provides only the record transcription for this record, describes the record collection in words, and notes that the information was used by permission of FamilySearch Intl.

I found no way to see a source citation for this record on Findmypast.  Hopefully, Findmypast will provide quality source citations in the future.

4)  Lastly, I knew that Ancestry.com had a partnership with FamilySearch - was this record also found on Ancestry.com?  Yes -- here's the record summary:

The indexed information is provided, and a link to the image on FamilySearch.

The source citation for this record on Ancestry.com is:

Ancestry.com. Utah, Veterans with Federal Service Buried in Utah, Territorial to 1966 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.

Original data: Veterans with Federal Service Buried in Utah, Territorial to 1966. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.

This is not a quality source citation IMHO because it does not refer to the subject, Thomas Wasden, or to the actual original source of the data in the Utah State Archives in Salt Lake City.    If a user attached this record to a person in their Ancestry Member Tree, the source information above would be included.

5)  From this little escapade into one record and sources for that record on four websites, we see that:

*  MyHeritage provides an indexed transcription and a record image, but lists only the database title as a source, with no information about the subject of the record, and no information about the source of the original record.

*  FamilySearch provides an indexed transcription and a record image, plus a complete source citation, including the original source of the image.

*  Findmypast provides an indexed transcription and a record image, but has no actual source citation, but does provide the title of the database.

*  Ancestry.com provides an indexed transcription and a link to the record image, and a source that does not provide information about the subject of the record, and credits FamilySearch with the original record rather than the Utah State Archives.

6)  During the discussion on the Mondays With Myrt, Pat said that she would cite the FamilySearch record image, since that was the source for the other three websites, and also cite the original data in the Utah State Archives.

She also hoped that MyHeritage would improve their source citation quality to include information about the subject of the record, the record provider, and the source of the source.

I hope that MyHeritage, Findmypast and Ancestry.com, and other record providers, will improve their source citations to the point where researchers are confident that they provide quality information (in my view, similar to Evidence Explained citations).

7)  My own source citation for this record would be something like this:

"Utah, Veterans with Federal Service Buried in Utah, Territorial to 1966," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ : accessed 14 April 2015), W > Wasden, Thomas, 1891 > image 1 of 1; citing State Archives, Capitol Building, Salt Lake City.

The URL for this post is:  http://www.geneamusings.com/2015/04/one-document-four-databases-and-four.html

Copyright (c) 2015) Randall J. Seaver

Tuesday's Tip - The National Genealogical Society's Monthly Email Newsletter - NGS Monthly

This week's Tuesday's Tip is:  Sign up - for FREE - for the NGS Monthly newsletter provided by the National Genealogical Society.

You can sign up for NGS Monthly on the NGS website - see  http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/cs/ngs_monthly.  This comes by email every month with information about NGS activities.  Here's the top of the email:

And a little further down:

The contents of this month's NGS Monthly newsletter includes:

*  President's Message
*  Editor's Message
*  Article: "The Importance of Genealogical Analysis and Correlation" - requires NGS membership
*  Article:  "Finding and Using Alien Records" - requires NGS membership.
*  NGS Conference Pre-Registration and Ticket Sales Close April 29
*  Live Streaming for NGS Conference
*  NGS Conference App Now Available
*  New NGS Publications
*  Genealogy and the Law and Mastering Genealogical Proof Available on Kindle
*  NGS 2015 Family History Conference Events
*  NGSQ and NGS Magazine links (requires membership)
*  Upfront With NGS - blog article links

The real valuable features in this newsletter are the two articles, which can be read online or downloaded to a PDF format or into Evernote.  Here is the top of the page for the first article:

The URL for this page is:  http://www.geneamusings.com/2015/04/tuesdays-tip-national-genealogical.html

Copyright (c) 2015, Randall J. Seaver

MyHeritage Adds "Discoveries" to Your Family Tree

It looks like MyHeritage has redesigned their screen a bit, with more icons, more dropdown menus and a larger menu font.  Here is a screenshot of the top of my MyHeritage site:

I clicked on the "Discoveries" tab above, and there are three items - Smart Matches, Record Matches, and Discoveries (New!).  I didn't see anything new on the other tabs, but I may have missed it.

I clicked on the "Discoveries" link and saw:

The screen above tells me that this Instant Discovery is for my ancestor John Underhill (1745-1816) and is in C. Scott's tree on MyHeritage.  But it also says that 0 people can be added to my tree. [The first time I went through this, it said 50 people.]

Scrolling down on the screen above, there are right and left arrows for other Instant Discoveries - here is my second one:

I had a total of four, but none of them would add any new profiles.

For my John Underhill, I clicked on the orange "View Discovery" button and saw a comparison between my tree person and the John Underhill in C. Scott's tree:

I didn't see that the other MyHeritage tree had anything I didn't have - it had the same birth information, death information, parents names, and siblings (I have two more), but did not have a spouse or children like mine did.

I would have clicked on the "Yes" button in the middle under the "Is this the same John Underhill?" but it is not active.  I also tried the orange "Adds one person" button and that didn't work either.  I could find no way to go to the other MyHeritage tree to see if that tree has better information (relationships, dates, places, sources, images, etc.) than I have.  Perhaps the other person clicked Yes before I tried to.  On another Discovery, I did click "Yes," accepted the combined person, and my tree person gained some information from the other person's tree.

MyHeritage introduced "Instant Discoveries" back in December - see my posts MyHeritage Blog in Introducing Instant Discoveries and Another Try at MyHeritage "Instant Discoveries" Feature - but that was targeted to new subscribers, the "man on the street."  

I'm happy to see that they are providing it for subscribers now.  This may be a very useful addition.  I wonder if MyHeritage will soon send me an email notice about these Instant Discoveries.  It will be interesting to see if it finds thousands at once or provides a small number each week or month.

The URL for this post is:  http://www.geneamusings.com/2015/04/myheritage-adds-discoveries-to-your.html

Copyright (c) 2015, Randall J. Seaver

New or Updated Record Collections at FamilySearch.org - April 6 to 12, 2015

I'm trying to keep up with the new and updated record collections at FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/list).  As of 12 April 2015, there were 1,952 record collections on FamilySearch (an increase of 1 from last week).

*  Philippines, La Union, Diocese of San Fernando de La Union, 1801-1984; Browse Images only, no index, added or updated 09 Apr 2015

*  Italy, Napoli, Serrara Fontana, Civil Registration (Comune), 1809-1929; 13,052 indexed records with images, added or updated 09 Apr 2015

*  Philippines, Civil Registration (Local), 1888-1984; 11,684 indexed records with images, added or updated 09 Apr 2015

*  California, San Francisco Passenger Lists, 1893-1953; 1,188,641 indexed records with images, added or updated 09 Apr 2015

*  Alabama, County Marriages, 1809-1950; 1,592,030 indexed records with images, added or updated 09 Apr 2015

*  China Collection of Genealogies, 1239-2014; Browse Images only, no index, added or updated 09 Apr 2015

*  Maryland, Probate Estate and Guardianship Files, 1796-1940; 89,727 indexed records with images, added or updated 08 Apr 2015

*  Montana, Cascade County Records, 1880-2009; 461,167 indexed records with images, added or updated 08 Apr 2015

*  Texas, Indexes and Manifests of Arrivals at the Port of Del Rio, 1906-1953; 104,679 indexed records with images, added or updated 08 Apr 2015

*  Texas, El Paso Manifests of Arrivals at the Port of El Paso, 1905-1927; 294,100 indexed records with images, added or updated 08 Apr 2015

*  England, Derbyshire, Church of England Parish Registers, 1537-1918; 1,474,822 indexed records with images, added or updated 07 Apr 2015

*  Belgium, East Flanders, Civil Registration, 1541-1912; 212,210 indexed records with images, added or updated 07 Apr 2015

*  Montana, Sanders County Records, 1866-2010; 6,943 indexed records with images, added or updated 06 Apr 2015

Unfortunately, it is difficult to tell which collections are brand new and which ones are updated.  The asterisk they use is for "Recently added or updated."  I am particularly interested in new collections, for the obvious reasons.

In order to select a specific collection, go to https://familysearch.org/search/collection/list and use the "Filter by collection name" feature in the upper left-hand corner.

Each one of the collections listed above has a Research Wiki page (use the "Learn more" link).  It would be very useful if the Wiki page for each collection listed the dates for when the collection was added as a new collection and the dates for major updates also.

The URL for this post is:  http://www.geneamusings.com/2015/04/new-or-updated-record-collections-at_13.html

Copyright (c) 2015, Randall J. Seaver

Amanuensis Monday - Post 263: Will of Christopher Bartlett (1623-1670) of Newbury, Mass.

Genea-blogger John Newmark (who writes the excellent  TransylvanianDutch blog) started a Monday blog theme years ago called "Amanuensis Monday."  John offers this definition for "amanuensis:" 

"A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another."

The subject today is the 1669/70 will of Christopher Bartlett (1623-1670) of Newbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony:

The transcription of the will is:

March the 14^th day in ^yr^ of our Lord god 1669

In the name of god amen I Cristopher Bartlet of newborow in the

County of Essex new England beinge Sick & weake of body but of per-

fect memory doe make this my Last will and testament in

maner & forme as followeth

Imp[rimus] I bequeath my soule to the Almighty god who gave it in

hope of my resurection in my Lord & Saviour Jesus Christ at

the Last day and I bequeath my body to the ground from whence

it was taken to be buried at the burying place at newborow

with Cristian buriall.

Item I give my son Cristopher Bartlet twenty Ackers of Land in the plaine

from henery Tewxberys houselot alonge to the river & that meadow

that is mine in the bogy meadow reservinge my wife mary to have

the thirds during her life & I soe give my son likewise half the dweling

house & halfe the orchet when he Comes to age.

Item I give to my wife mary half the dwelinge house & halfe the

orchet as Longe as she have in my name and afterwards to remain

to my son Cristopher.

Item I give my wife mary one Cow which she please to chuse.

Item I make my brother Richard & my brother Titcomb my Executors

to see this my will do be performed & to satisfie & pay my debts &

to devide the over????? to my thre daughters mary ann & marthah

& my son Francis by equall portions but then if nether of them shall

require it till you are ???able to pay it.

Item it is my will that my wife shall have a third part more than

the other three when it is devided for the ???dings of the ????.

in witness heirof I have                             the C mark of

hereunto set my hand                        Cristopher   Bartlet

witnessed by us                              Wm Tittcombe renouncd his executorship

Thomas Tewxbery                         and joyned as a witness with Tho: ???????

the marke of                                 This will was proved in court held at

henery H Tewxbery                      Ipswich the 29 of March 1699 1670

                                                      by the oaths of Thomas Tewksbery

                                                      & William Titcombe to the last

                                                    will and testament of Christopher

                                                    Bartlett to the best of there knowledge

                                                    As attest Robert Lord clerk

The source citation for this document is:

Essex County, Massachusetts, Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881, Probate Packet 1848 will of Christopher Bartlett, proved 1670; digital images, New England Historic Genealogical Society, American Ancestors (http://www.americanancestors.org: accessed 2 September 2014); original estate papers in Essex County Probate Court.

Christopher Bartlett and his first wife Mary (--?--) Bartlett (1625-1660) had five children, but only four (Mary born 1647, Anne born 1650, Martha born 1653, and Christopher born 1655) were alive when Christopher Bartlett wrote his will.  All were named in the will of their father. 

Christopher Bartlett married (2) Mary (Hoyt) Martin in 1663, and they had two children (John born 1665, died young) and Francis born 1667, named in the will).  It is the second wife Mary who is named in the will.  

The executor of the will was Richard Bartlett, the brother of Christiopher Bartlett.  The other named executor was William Titcomb (1613-1676), who is the husband of Christopher's deceased sister, Joane (Bartlett) Titcomb (1610-1653).  

I struggled to decipher some of the words in this handwritten will, since it is in one of the early colonial hands.  I think that someone other than Christopher Bartlett wrote it since he signed it with a mark.  

Christopher Bartlett (1523-1670)  is my 9th great-grandfather.  I descend through his son Christopher (1655-1711) who married Deborah Weed (1659-1726) in 1677.  Their daughter, Anne Bartlett (1684-1721), married Joseph Colby (1684-1754).

The URL for this post is:  http://www.geneamusings.com/2015/04/amanuensis-monday-post-263-will-of.html

Copyright (c) 2015, Randall J. Seaver

Added or Updated Databases at Ancestry.com - Week of April 5 to 11, 2015

The following databases were added or updated on Ancestry.com during the period from 5 April to 11 April 2015 (Note: not all new or updated databases are indexed or have images).

*  New Mexico, World War II Records, 1941-1945; indexed database with images, ADDED 4/9/2015

*  West Yorkshire, England, Select Rate Books, Accounts and Censuses, 1705–1893; indexed database with images, UPDATED 4/9/2015

*  U.S., Lists of Men Ordered to Report to Local Board for Military Duty, 1917–1918; indexed database with images, UPDATED 4/8/2015

*  Puerto Rico, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1901-1962; indexed database with images, UPDATED 4/7/2015

*  London, England, Workhouse Admission and Discharge Records, 1659-1930; indexed database with images, UPDATED 4/7/2015

*  Sweden, Selected Indexed Death Records, 1899-1941 (in Swedish); indexed database with images, ADDED 4/7/2015

*  U.S., Select Crew Lists and Manifests, 1890-1963; indexed database with images, UPDATED 4/6/2015

*  Web: Preble County, Ohio, Marriage Index, 1808-2000; indexed database, no images, UPDATED 4/6/2015

*  Web: Preble County, Ohio, Death Index, 1835-2010; indexed database, no images, UPDATED 4/6/2015

The recently added or updated page on Ancestry.com is at http://www.ancestry.com/cs/reccol/default.

The complete Ancestry.com Card Catalog is at  http://search.ancestry.com/search/CardCatalog.aspx.  There are 32,640 databases available as of 12 April, an increase of 2 over last week. 

The URL for this post is:   http://www.geneamusings.com/2015/04/added-or-updated-databases-at_12.html

Copyright (c) 2015, Randall J. Seaver

Best of the Genea-Blogs - April 5 to 11, 2015

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 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:

*  Linkpendium: The Best Genealogy Link Site That You're Not Using by Amy Johnson Crow on the No Story Too Small blog.  Try the search engine too.

*  Saying Goodbye Too Soon by Cheryl Hudson Passey on the Worldwide Genealogy ~ A Genealogical Collaboration blog.  We all need to pray for Cheri's family.

*  So Your Speaker Cancelled, Now What? by Rorey Cathcart on the FGS Voice blog.  This is every society's nightmare - Rorey offers suggestions.

*  Expanding Our View of What is Possible in Genealogical Research by James Tanner on the Genealogy's Star blog.  James thinks that the old way of doing genealogical research is gone.

*  Testing Ancestry's Amazing "New Ancestor" DNA Claim and Dissecting AncestryDNA Circles and New Ancestors by Roberta J. Estes on the DNAeXplained - Genetic Genealogy blog.  Roberta did something neat to test the claims.

*  The Future of Genealogy - 6 Predictions by Louis Kessler on Louis Kessler's Behold Genealogy blog.  Louis looks into his crystal ball - I like the visions.

*  Historical Newspaper Research - Lesson One - Where by Kenneth R. Marks on The Ancestor Hunt blog.  Kenneth explains how to find where a specific newspaper can be located.

*  FamilySearch's Discovery Center: My Family's Fun With Family History by Duncan Kuehn on the GenealogyBank Blog.  Duncan took her three kids to the Discovery Center and lived to tell us about it.

*  Introducing Thomas MacEntee, Guest Genealogist by Lorine McGinnis Schulze on the Olive Tree Genealogy Blog.  Lorine interviews Thomas.

*  Bringing Your Ancestors To Life by Janet Few on the Worldwide Genealogy ~ A Genealogical Collaboration blog.  Janet highlights several of the difficult tasks faced in past centuries.

*  3 Powerful Ways Obituaries Can Help You Expand Your Family Tree by Greg McMurdle on the FamilySearch Blog.  Randy, Lisa and Sunny offer opinions and examples on the value of obituaries to genealogical research.

Here are pick posts by other geneabloggers this week:

*  My Memorable Monthly Mentions (AKA My Favorite Blogs This Month) by Jacquie Schattner on the Seeds To Tree blog.

*  GAGs - GeniAus Gems - 10 April 2015 by Jill Ball on the GeniAus blog.

*  Recommended Reads by Linda Stufflebean on the Empty Branches on the Family Tree blog.

*  Friday Finds and Follows: 10 April 2015 by Miriam J. robbins on the Ancestories: The Stories of my Ancestors blog.

*  Follow Friday ~ Fab Finds for April 10, 2015 by Jana Last on Jana's Genealogy and Family History Blog.

*  Friday Finds - 4/10/15 by Julie Cahill Tarr on Julie's Genealogy & History Hub blog.

*  Genealogy News April 3rd - 10th 2015 by Nichelle Barra on the Copper Leaf Genealogy blog.

*  Best Bytes for the Week of 10 April 2015 by Elizabeth O'Neal on the Lttle Bytes of Life blog.

*  This Week's Creme de la Creme -- April 11, 2015 by Gail Dever on the Genealogy a la Carte blog.

*  Noteworthy Reads #9 by Jo Henn on the Climbing My Family Tree blog.

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