Tuesday's Tip: Attend, Online, the National Archives Virtual Genealogy Fair on October 21-22

This week's Tuesday's Tip is:  Attend, online, the National Archives Virtual Genealogy Fair on October 21-22.

The website for the National Archives (USA version) Virtual Genealogy Fair is  https://www.archives.gov/calendar/genealogy-fair/2015/.  The list of topics is:

The site says:

This will be a live broadcast via YouTube so you can ask our genealogy experts questions at the end of their talks.  Speakers will include genealogy experts from National Archives locations across the nation.  Lectures will feature tips and techniques for using Federal records at the National Archives for genealogy research. Lectures are designed for experienced genealogists and novices. Recorded sessions will remain available online after the event.  There will be handouts available for the sessions at  https://www.archives.gov/calendar/genealogy-fair/2015/schedule-handouts.html (but they are not there now).

1)  Day 1: Wednesday, October 21 (Eastern Time)

Watch live video stream on YouTube 

Session 1 at 10 a.m. ET
Introduction to Genealogy at the National Archives by Claire Kluskens. Session 1 Captioning

Session 2 at 11 a.m. ET
Preserving Your Family Records:  Conversation and Questions by Mary Lynn Ritzenthaler. Session 2 Captioning

Session 3 at 12 p.m. ET
Personnel Records of the National Archives– St. Louis. By Bryan K. McGraw. Session 3 Captioning

Session 4 at 1 p.m. ET
It’s in the Cards: Finding Family Members in National Archives–St. Louis’ Card Series by Daria Labinsky & David Hardin. Session 4 Captioning

Session 5 at 2 p.m. ET
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Personnel Records by Ashley Mattingly. Session 5 Captioning

Day 2: Thursday, October 22 (Eastern Time)

Watch live video stream on YouTube 

Session 6 at 10 a.m. ET
Where’d They Go?  Finding Ancestral Migration Routes by Jean Nudd. Session 6 Captioning

Session 7 at 11 a.m. ET
Access to Archival Databases (AAD): Looking Down, From Above, to Look it Up!  by John LeGloahec.Session 7 Captioning

Session 8 at 12 p.m. ET
Finding Your World War I Veteran at the National Archives at St. Louis by Theresa Fitzgerald. Session 8 Captioning

Session 9 at 1 p.m. ET
Women in War Time Civilian Government Employment by Cara Moore. Session 9 Captioning

Session 10 at 2 p.m. ET
Broke, But Not Out of Luck: Exploring Bankruptcy Records for Genealogy Research by Jessica Hopkins. Session 10 Captioning

Note that the times are in U.S. Eastern Daylight Time, so subtract 3 hours for Pacific time, 2 hours for Mountain time, and one hour for Central time.

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Found: 1919 Obituary of Celia (Vaux) Munger and 1929 Obituary of Francis N. Munger

After I wrote Found: 1906 Death of Charles Woodward in Topeka, Kansas last week, I decided to open a 14-day free subscription to NewspaperARCHIVE.com to see if I could find some of the newspaper articles for my relatives that I saw in the list of MyHeritage Record Matches (which access NewspaperARCHIVES, but don't always show the actual newspaper page for some reason).  

Today, I found obituaries for my second great-grandaunt Celia Ann (Vaux) Munger (1842-1919) and her husband, Francis N. Munger (1845-1929), both of Belleville, Kansas.  Celia Ann (Vaux) Munger was the sister of my second great-grandmother, Abigail A. (Vaux) Smith (1844-1931).  The children of Francis and Celia (Vaux) Munger are my first cousins, three times removed, and their grandchildren are my second cousins, twice removed.  If one of their descendants takes an autosomal DNA test, I should match them with a measurable amount of DNA.

On NewspaperARCHIVE, I found the obituary of Francis N. Munger;  here are the search terms I used (knowing that he died in 1929):

*  First name = francis
*  Last name = munger
*  Key word = belleville 
*  start year = 1929
*  End year = 1929

There were 7 search results:

And further down the page are two entries for the same date and newspaper:

One of the matches would not open for some reason, but the other one did.

I clicked on the title of the newspaper and saw:

The page told me that this was Page 1 of the Belleville [Kansas] Telescope newspaper, dated 13 June 1929.  I could go full screen, save the page, zoom in or out, go to the previous page, go to the next page, etc. using the toolbar with the red background.  The top of the page is shown in the window, with the keywords with a yellow overlay.

I zoomed in (using my mouse wheel), scrolled down a bit, and found the obituary for Francis N. Munger:

I transcribed the obituary as:

"F.N. MUNGER, PIONEER, DEAD

"Civil War Veteran, Pioneer and Former Mayor, He Played Part in Growth of Belleville

"Francis (Frank) N. Munger, Civil war veteran and pioneer of Republic county, died here Sunday, June 9, at the age of nearly 84 years.

"Coming to Republic county he located at the west edge of what is now Belleville and played an important part in the early life of Belleville and Republic county, serving as the third mayor of this city in 1882.  For some years he was jailor and later bailiff in the district court.  He was a past commander of the local post of the G.A.R.

"Francis N. Munger was born in Wisconsin, July 14, 1845, and died at the home of his son George, on his old home farm, near Belleville, Kansas on Sunday, June 9, 1929, after an illness of some months at the age of 83 years, 10 months and 15 days.

"He moved with his parents to Missouri when a child and later came to Kansas at an early day, locating on the farm where he died.  He was married to Celia Vaux Redfield, April 27, 1872, who precede him in death ten years ago.  To this union was born three children, George F. Munger, and Lou Munger Doctor, of Belleville, and Amy Munger Doctor, of Olathe, Kansas, who with 12 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren and one brother, Henry Munger, of Woodrow, Colo., are left to mourn his deqath.

"Mr. Munger came to Belleville in 1876, being among the early settlers, where he engaged in business and later moved on a farm near town.  He later lived for a number of years at Lansing, Kansas, and then for three years in Colorado.  He enlisted at Springfield, Mo., and served in the cavalry in the Civil war for three years.  For a number of years Mr. Munger served as commander of the Belleville G.A.R. post and attended every decoration and memorial day service except this year when failing health would not permit.

"He obeyed the Gospel when a young man and became a member of the Christian church of Belleville.  The funeral was conducted from his late home Monday afternoon by Rev. Robertson with burial beside his wife in the Belleville cemetery.


"Mr. Munger was always kind in ministering to the sick before the time of nurses and up to the time he was unable to do so because of failing health.  He will be greatly missed by many old time friends and acquaintances."

The source citation for this obituary is:

"F.N. Munger, Pioneer, Dead," obituary, The Belleville (Kansas) Telescope, 13 June 1929, Page 1, column 3, Francis N. Munger obituary; digital image, NewspaperARCHIVE (http://www.NewspaperARCHIVE.com : accessed 5 October 2015).

I also found and transcribed the obituary for Celia Ann (Vaux) Munger:

"MRS. FRANK N. MUNGER

"Celia Anne Vaux was born at Buffalo, N.Y. May 23, 1844, and died at Belleville, Kansas, November 4, 1919, at the age of 75 years, 5 months and 10 days.

"She moved with her parents to the state of Wisconsin when about 12 years of age, where at Burnet, on January 1, 1861, she was married to Miles Redfield, and to this union two children were born, Nellie B. and Ada A., both have, with their father, preceded her in death.  Mr. Redfield dieing in 1867.  Then she moved to Empire Prairie, Mo., at which place she was united in marriage to Frank N. Munger on April 27, 1872, and to this union were born Geo. F., Amy M., and Lou M., who with their father and fourteen grandchildren, are left to mourn her death.  Mr. and Mrs. Munger came to Kansas in 1873, locating in Belleville and being among the early settlers, where he engaged in business and later moved to a farm near town.  They lived a number of years at Lansing, Kansas, an d then for three years in Colorado, returning to Belleville about three years ago.

"She gave herself to God when but a child and served him through the many years of her life.

"Funeral services at the Christian church Wednesday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock, burial in the Belleville cemetery."

These obituaries are fairly consistent as far as names, dates, and places.  I had most of the information in them previously, but added the two marriage dates provided.  There are some errors - "Miles"Redfield should be "Milo" Redfield, and Celia was born in 1842 and not in 1844.

Frank Munger was one of the early residents and the third Mayor of Belleville, and a Civil War veteran.  I wish he was my ancestor because he probably had a Civil War pension file.

One of the issues with the 14-day free trial of NewspaperARCHIVE is that you are allowed only 25 views of the actual newspaper pages.  I don't know if the number of views is limited if you have a paid subscription or not.

MyHeritage has a much better search of the NewspaperARCHIVE collection, but the OCR is usually badly mangled and you're lucky if the name is OCRed correctly.  Some of the newspaper page images on MyHeritage don't load in the image window.

Ancestry.com has some, but not all, of the newspapers in the NewspaperARCHIVE collection - they don't have the Belleville, Kansas papers, for instance.

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Copyright (c) 2015, Randall J. Seaver

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New or Updated Record Collections at FamilySearch.org - September 28 to October 4, 2015

I'm trying to keep up with the new and updated record collections at FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/list).  

As of 4 October 2015, there were 2,040 record collections on FamilySearch (an increase of 1 from last week):

The new or updated collections are:

*  New Zealand, Archives New Zealand, Probate Records, 1843-1998; 329,554 indexed records with record images, added or updated 02 Oct 2015

*  United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942; 19,970,480 indexed records with record images, added or updated 02 Oct 2015

*  Massachusetts, Boston, Crew Lists, 1811-1921; Browse Images only, no index, added or updated 02 Oct 2015

*  United States Headstone Applications for U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1949; 997,064 indexed records with record images, added or updated 02 Oct 2015

*  Virginia, Richmond City Birth Index, 1870-1912; 53,488 indexed records with record images, added or updated 02 Oct 2015

*  Peru, Cusco, Civil Registration, 1889-1997; 416,434 indexed records with record images, added or updated 02 Oct 2015

*  Maryland, Baltimore Passenger Lists, 1820-1948; 1,672,834 indexed records with record images, added or updated 01 Oct 2015

*  Brazil, São Paulo, Immigration Cards, 1902-1980; 3,677,129 indexed records with record images, added or updated 01 Oct 2015

*  California, San Diego, Airplane Passenger and Crew Lists, 1929-1954; 47,380 indexed records with record images, added or updated 01 Oct 2015

*  Italy, Asti, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1803-1814, 1911-1935; Browse Images indexed records with record images, added or updated 01 Oct 2015

*  Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991; 515,186 indexed records with record images, added or updated 30 Sep 2015

*  Colombia, Catholic Church Records, 1576-2014; 55,554 indexed records with record images, added or updated 29 Sep 2015

*  Nicaragua, Civil Registration, 1809-2013; 970,466 indexed records with record images, added or updated 28 Sep 2015

*  Montana, Teton County Records, 1881-2012; 11,394 indexed records with record images, added or updated 28 Sep 2015

*  Montana, Cascade County Records, 1880-2009; 540,988 indexed records with record images, added or updated 28 Sep 2015

*  Kentucky Confederate Pension Applications, 1912-1950; 29,978 indexed records with record images, added or updated 28 Sep 2015

*  Idaho, County Birth and Death Records, 1883-1929; 33,063 indexed records with record images, added or updated 28 Sep 2015

*  Utah, Weber County Marriages, 1887-1939; 94,859  indexed records with record images, added or updated 28 Sep 2015

*  Peru, Cajamarca, Civil Registration, 1938-1996; Browse Images only, no index, added or updated 28 Sep 2015

*  Peru, Áncash, Civil Registration, 1888-2005; Browse Images only, no index, added or updated 28 Sep 2015

*  Honduras, Civil Registration, 1841-1968; 178,391 indexed records with record images, added or updated 28 Sep 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.

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Amanuensis Monday - Post #288: 1731 Will of John Smalley (1644-1732) of Piscataway, N.J.

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 1731 will of John Smalley (1644-1732) of Piscataway, Middlesex County, New Jersey:

[page 408, image 437, right-hand page of image]

[page 409, image 438, left-hand page of image]

The transcription of the will and accompanying probate records is (transcribed line by line):

 [page 408]

In the name of God Amen the thirteenth

Day of September in the year of our Lord God One thousand

Seven hundred and thirty one I John Smaley of Piscatuoque in

the County of Middlesex and Province of East New Jersey Yeo=

man being weak in body but of Sound and perfect mind and

memory thanks be given unto God therefor Calling unto mind the

Mortality of my body and knowing that it is appointed for all men

once to Die do make and Ordain this my last Will and Testament

that is to say Principally and first of all I give and Recomend

my Soul into the hands of God that gave it and as for my Body

I Recommend it to the Earth to be buried in a Christian like and

Decent manner at the Decretion of my Executors hereafter to be men-

tioned nothing Doubting but at the general Resurrection I Shall

receive the Same again by the mighty power of God and as touching

such worldly Estate wherewith it hath Blessed God to bless me in

this life I give Devise and Dispose of the Same in the following

manner and form. Imprimus my will and pleasure is that

all my Just and lawful Debts Should be payed that Shall by

me be owen at the time of my Disceas out of my moveable

Estate. Item I give to my Son Jonathan Smaley his heirs &

assigns for Ever all that Tract of Land whereon he now liveth

and five acres of Salt meadow which I bought of Hezekiah

Bonham. Item I give to my Son Jonathan all my

Wearing Apparel and one Trammel and my Hilyards the great

Chair and bolt. Item I give to my Son Elisha Smaley his heirs

and assigns for Ever all that Tract of Land which I bought

formerly of Joseph Gilmon whereon he now lives and that tract

of Salt meadow which formerly I bought and took up by Pattent.

Item I give unto my Son Elisha my Gun one broad ho one

Ring and Steaple and my hallow ads and All my Coopers tools

and froo. Item I give and bequeath unto my Son Benjamin

Smaley his heirs and assigns for Ever my house and home

Plantation whereon I now Dweel together with all my lands

adjoyning thereunto Also all that Tract of meadow which I

bought of Benjamin Cull and now known by the name of Dotyes

Point. Item I give unto my Son Benj'n Smaley my Cart & my

Plow and all my plow tacking and all the rest of my tools.

[page 409]

Item I give and bequeath unto my Dear beloved Wife Liddia

Smaley the rest of my personal Estate after my Debts and

funeral Charges be paid But it is my Will and pleasure for

Sundry good Causes ??? thereunto moveing that what what I give

to my Wife Should remain in the hands of my Executors & that

they Should hand it to my Wife as they should Se her have Ocation

for the Same and if any be left after my Wife's Decease my

Will and pleasure that it Should be eqally Divided amongst

all my Daughters and Daughtering Laws And Lastly I make

ordain Constitute and Appoint my Son Jonathan Smalley &

my Friend Benja'n Stelle Executors of this my last Will &

Testament and I do hereby Revoke make Void and Null

all former Wills and Testaments made by me and I do Declare

this to be my last Will and Testament. In Wittness whereof

I have hereunto Set my hand and fixed my Seal the Day &

Date above written.                                             His

Signed Sealed Declared & Published  }      John Js Smally {seal}

by the Testator to be his last Will and }            mark

Testament in the presents of us           }             her

       William Hooks Samul Slater      Eliesebeth + Garner

                                                                         mark

Perth Amboy May 25'th 1733 Then personally Came &

appeared before me Thomas Bartow Surrogate duly Delegated

William Hooks and Samul Slater two of the Subscribing Evidences

to the within Written will who being Sworn on the holy Evangelists

of Allmighty God did Depose that they were present and saw

the withing named John Smalley Sign and Seal and heard him

publish pronounce and Declare the within Writeing to be his

last Will and Testament and that he was at the same time

of Soun mind and memory as far as they know or believed

and that the other Evidence Signed it as Such in the presence

of them and of the Testator. Sworn before Tho's Bartow

Perth Amboy May 25'th 1733 Then personally Came

before me Thomas Bartow Surr Jonathan Smalley & Ben=

jamin Stelle the Executors in the within Will named and

Appointed who quallifyed themselves being duly Sworn to

the performance thereof before Tho's Bartow Surr.

The source citation for this record is:

New Jersey Surrogate's Court, Middlesex County, Wills, Liber B, pages 408-409, John Smaley will, 1731; "New Jersey, Wills and Probate Records, 1656-1999," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com: accessed 7 September 2015, images no longer available); citing original data from New Jersey County, District and Probate Courts.

John and Lydia (Martin) Smalley had 10 children, and at least four of them (Lydia, John, John, Lydia) died before 1700, and another (Martin) probably died before 1731.  Jonathan, Elisha and Benjamin  outlived their father, as did two married daughters, Martha (married Caleb Balding) and Phebe (married Ephraim Dunham).  

The will of John Smalley names his wife "Liddia" and his three sons, Jonathan, Elisha and Benjamin, and grants real property to each of them.  The surviving daughters of John Smalley are not named.

My ancestry is through Phebe Smalley (1695-????) who married Ephraim Dunham (1696-????) in 1715 in Piscataway, New Jersey.

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Added or Updated Databases at Ancestry.com - Week of September 27-October 3, 2015

The following databases were added or updated on Ancestry.com during the period from 27 September to 3 October 2015:

The databases added or updated include:


*  U.S., Cemetery Index from Selected States, 1847-2010; indexed database with no images, ADDED 10/1/2015

*  Iowa, Divorce Index, 1992-2008; indexed database with no images, ADDED 10/1/2015

*  Utah, Select Marriage Index, 1887-1985; indexed database with no images, ADDED 10/1/2015

*  Arizona, Birth Records, 1835-1915; indexed database with images, ADDED 10/1/2015

*  Carson City, Nevada, Marriage Index, 1855-1985; indexed database with no images, ADDED 10/1/2015

*  Illinois, Marriage Index, 1860-1920; indexed database with no images, ADDED 10/1/2015

*  Worms, Germany, Deaths, 1876-1950; indexed database with images, UPDATED 9/30/2015

*  Hamburg, Germany, Selected Marriages, 1874-1920;  indexed database with images, ADDED 9/30/2015

*  Berlin, Germany, Marriages, 1874-1920; indexed database with images, UPDATED 9/30/2015

*  Berlin, Germany, Deaths, 1874-1920; indexed database with images, UPDATED 9/30/2015

*  Romania, Vital Records from Selected Regions, 1607-1914; indexed database with images, UPDATED 9/30/2015

*  Hamburg, Germany, Selected Deaths, 1876-1950; indexed database with images, UPDATED 9/30/2015

*  Ludwigshafen, Germany, Marriages, 1876-1924; indexed database with images, ADDED 9/29/2015

*  Speyer, Germany, Marriages, 1876-1918; indexed database with images, ADDED 9/29/2015

*  Berlin, Germany, Births, 1874-1899; indexed database with images, UPDATED 9/29/2015

*  Rostock, Germany, Births, 1876-1902; indexed database with images, ADDED 9/29/2015

*  Speyer, Germany, Deaths, 1876-1918; indexed database with images, ADDED 9/29/2015

*  German Phone Directories, 1915-1981; indexed database with images, ADDED 9/29/2015

*  East Frisia, Germany, Fire Insurance Registration, 1768-1937; indexed database with images, ADDED 9/29/2015

*  Ludwigshafen, Germany, Deaths, 1875-1950; indexed database with images, ADDED 9/29/2015

*  Rostock, Germany, Parish Register Transcripts, 1580-1945; indexed database with images, ADDED 9/29/2015

*  Mainz, Germany, Births, Marriages and Deaths, 1798-1875; indexed database with images, ADDED 9/29/2015

*  Minnesota, Wills and Probate Records, 1801-1925; indexed database with images, UPDATED 9/29/2015

*  Rostock, Germany, Marriages, 1876-1923; indexed database with images, ADDED 9/29/2015

*  Speyer, Germany, Civil Registry Vital Records, 1798-1875; indexed database with images, ADDED 9/29/2015

*  Conquerors of the West: Stalwart Mormon Pioneers, Vols. 1-2; indexed database with no images, UPDATED 9/29/2015

*  Hamburg, Germany, Selected Births, 1874-1899; indexed database with images, ADDED 9/29/2015

*  Worms, Germany, Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1798-1875; indexed database with images, ADDED 9/29/2015

*  Mainz, Germany, Deaths, 1876-1950; indexed database with images, ADDED 9/29/2015

*  Speyer, Germany, Births, 1876-1902; indexed database with images, ADDED 9/29/2015

*  Germany & Austria, Directories of Military and Marine Officers, 1600-1918; indexed database with images. ADDED 9/29/2015

*  Worms, Germany, Births, 1876-1902; indexed database with images, ADDED 9/29/2015

*  Web: Madeira, Portugal, Marriage Index, 1539-1997; indexed database with no images, ADDED 9/28/2015

*  Web: Missouri, Death Certificates, 1910-1962; indexed database with link to images, ADDED 9/28/2015

*  Victoria, Australia, Rate Books, 1855-1963; indexed database with images, ADDED 9/28/2015

*  1840 United States Federal Census; indexed database with images, ADDED 9/28/2015

*  Web: Rapid City, South Dakota, Obituary Index, 1968-2012; indexed database with no images, ADDED 9/28/2015

*  Camberwell and Waverley, Australia, Rate Books, 1857-1927; indexed database with images, ADDED 9/28/2015

*  Western Australia, Public Service Lists, 1871-1905; indexed database with images, ADDED 9/28/2015

*  Web: Multnomah County, Oregon Marriage Index, 1855-1911; indexed database with no images, ADDED 9/28/2015

*  Web: Menands, New York, St Agnes Cemetery Index, 1868-1912; indexed database with no images, ADDED 9/28/2015

The recently added and updated page on Ancestry.com is at http://www.ancestry.com/cs/recent-collections.

The complete Ancestry.com Card Catalog is at  http://search.ancestry.com/search/CardCatalog.aspx.  

There were 32 NEW databases ADDED this past week. There are now 32,262 databases available as of 3 October, up 31 from last week.  Did Ancestry eliminate at least one database?

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Copyright (c) 2015, Randall J. Seaver

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Best of the Genea-Blogs - 27 September to 3 October 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:

*  The Living Legacy of Pamela Weisberger Z"l by Tammy Hepps on the Avotaynu Online blog.  Genealogy has lost a wonderful advocate and worker.  Tammy's eulogy is stunning.

*  FamilySearch Partner Search by Amy Archibald on the Revealing Roots and Branches blog.  Amy discusses the options available to search partner sites on the FamilySearch Family Tree.

*  Connecting With Cousins Abroad Part 2: Epic Day for a Genealogist by Eric Stroschein on the Legacy News blog.  Eric writes about meeting Swedish cousins.

*  Learning From the Other Side of the Fence by Jacqi Stevens on the A Family Tapestry blog.  Jacqi has challenging questions for genealogical societies.

*  When the Digital Age Hinders my Tony Proctor on the Parallax View blog.  Tony finds that the newspaper search on Findmypast is not accurate or satisfactory.

*  Anatomy of a Probate File by Claudia C. Breland on the Claudia C. Breland Genealogy and Online Research blog.  This is an excellent idea.

*  How to Navigate Around the Internet Archive Search Bug by the writer of The Ancestry Insider blog.  Well, who knew how to do this?

*  Fire and Devastation!  Reconstructing World War II Service by Jennifer Holik on the Ancestry.com Blog.  Jennifer describes how to start finding World War II records.

*  Brooke-ing No Denial: Reclaim the Records Pursues NYC Marriage Affidavits/Licenses by Emily Garber on the (going) the Extra Yad blog.  Emily's article reviews Brooke Ganz's success to date and future plans.

*  Online Trees and Sifting Through It All by Dave McDonald on the Thinking Genealogically blog.  Dave got his DNA test results, uploaded a tree, and is overwhelmed by it all.

*  Who Was Buried in the Grave, and Where Did the Body Go? by Lorine McGinnis Schulze on the Olive Tree Genealogy Blog.  Lorine has a mystery, can you help?

Here are pick posts by other geneabloggers this week:

*  GAGs - GeniAus' Gems - 2 October 2015 by Jill Ball on the GeniAus blog.

*  Friday Finds! September 26 - October 2 by Nichelle Barra on the Copper Leaf Genealogy blog.

*  Follow Friday ~ Fab Finds for October 2, 2015 by Jana Last on Jana's Genealogy and Family History Blog.

*  Best  Bytes for the Week of 2 Oct 2015 by Elizabeth O'Neal on the Little Bytes of Life blog.

*  Friday Finds - 10/02/15 by Julie Cahill Tarr on Julie's Genealogy & History Hub blog.

*  This Week's Creme de la Creme -- October 3, 2015 by Gail Dever on the Genealogy a la Carte blog.

*  Saturday Serendipity (October 3, 2015) by John D. Tew on the Filiopietism Prism blog.

*  NoteWorthy Reads #22 by Jo Henn on the Climbing My Family Tree blog.

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