Genealogy News Bytes - 14 November 2017

Some of the genealogy news items across my desktop the last four days include:

1)  News Articles:

*  Disney Pixar and Ancestry Team Up!

*  Press Release - APG Announces New Officers, Board and Committee Members

2)  Record Databases:

*  Added or Updated Record Collections at FamilySearch.org - Week of 5 to 11 November 2017

*  Added or Updated Ancestry.com Databases - Week of 5 to 11 November 2017

*  Updates to Ships Passenger Lists to New Netherland (New York) 1624-1664

3)  Genealogy Education:

*  GeneaWebinars Calendar

*  Free Family History Library Classes and Webinars for November 2017

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Wednesday, 15 November, 11 a.m. PST:  British and Irish research: the differences, by Brian Donovan

* Upcoming  FREE Webinar From SCGS: November 15, 2017: Ancestral Hunting Grounds: Doing On-Site Research, by Jean Wilcox Hibben, PhD, MA

*  Upcoming Utah Genealogical Association (UGA) Virtual Chapter Webinar - 16 November 2017:  "More Evidence and Less Inference" by Karen Clifford, AG®

*  Upcoming  FGS Webinar - November 16, 2017 (5 p.m. PST): Building Bridges Between Societies, by Rorey Cathcart

*  Extreme Genes Radio Show/Podcast:  Episode 214 – Chromosome Mapping 101 / The “Hipster Historian” Shares Stores

*  Genealogy Journeys Podcast:  #41: Education Week

*  Ancestral Findings Podcast:  AF-152: How to Get the Most Out of a Trip to Your Ancestral Homeland

*  Ancestry.com YouTube Channel:  Genealogy Research Tools: Pre-1800 British Research

*  DearMYRTLE's YouTube Channel:  Mondays with Myrt - 13 Nov 2017

*  Family History Fanatics YouTube Channel:  AncestryDNA Test Review: Pros and Cons

*  MyHeritage YouTube Channel:  Discover Your Ethnic Roots This Holiday Season with MyHeritage DNA

4)  Bargains:

*  Genealogy Bargains for Tuesday, November 14,  2017

*  FREE TRIAL at Findmypast with COMPLETE ACCESS

*  RootsTech 2018 Registration Giveaway Contests

5)  Neat Stuff:

*  Adopted woman whose birth family thought she had died finally meets them at 66 years old

*  He died without finding his lost little brother. 95 years later, a Utah DNA database helped their children finally connect.

*  Humans didn’t outsmart the Neanderthals. We just outlasted them

Did you miss the last Genealogy News Bytes - 10 November 2017?

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Treasure Chest Tuesday -- 1798 Marriage Record of Robert Bury and Jane Haslam in Bolton-le-Moors, Lancashire

This week's Tuesday's Treasure is the 1798 marriage record for Robert Bury and Jane Haslam  in Bolton-le-Moors, Lancashire, England:

The Bury-Haslam marriage record:

The transcription of this record is (handwritten entries in italics):

No 1332: Robert Bury of th is Parish        Weaver     
and Jane Haslam of this parish   Spinster      were
Married in this  Church by                           banns                          
this  twentyeighth  Day of  Nov.  in the Year One Thousand   seven  Hundred
and  ninety eight       By me    F. Foldlds

This Marriage was solemnized between Us {    Robert Bury          
                                                                      {   the mark + of Jane Haslam
in the Presence of    {   Ralph Harrison
                                 {   Will^m Orrell

The source citation for this record is:

"Parish Records for St. Peter's, Bolton-le-Moors (Lancashire)," on 12 FHL BRITISH Microfilms, citing originals filmed by Manchester Public Libraries, 1958, Marriages, 1792-1816 - FHL BRITISH Film [559,180]; Year 1798, Page 333, No. 1332, Jane Haslam and Robert Bury marriage record.

Jane Haslam (1780-1834) was the daughter of James Haslam and Betty Harrison, and was christened 20 August 1780 in St. Peter's church in Bolton-le-Moors in Lancashire.

This is Jane Haslam's first marriage, to Robert Bury (1775-1806), on 28 November 1798 in St. Peter's church in Bolton-le-Moors. 

Jane (Haslam) (Bury) Morley is my wife's third great-grandmother, who was the mother of Rachel Morley (1821-1861) who married Alexander Whittle (1818-1853) in 1840.

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Monday Genea-Pourri

Here are some of my genealogy-related activities over the past week or so:

1)  I was tasked to do the RootsMagic class at the San Diego Genealogical Society 9 a.m. hour on Saturday.  I do it in November since we can't have our monthly RootsMagic User Group meeting at the FamilySearch Library on the 4th Saturday - it's Thanksgiving weekend.   We had 9 in attendance for the class, 4 of whom were beginners, four who were intermediate users, and myself.  They told me what they were concerned about, so we touched on GEDCOM files, the Views, editing persons, adding sources, adding media, the menus, file and program options, TreeShare and WebHints.  I didn't get to the Help file and FamilySearch Family Tree operations.  I probably forgot some other important tasks too.  50 minutes is not enough time!

(photo courtesy of J. Paul Hawthorne)

2)  We had our monthly Chula Vista Genealogical Society Research Group meeting last Wednesday, and had 18 members in attendance.  I couldn't use my laptop because the Wireless Adapter crapped out, so I tried to use John's laptop, but it wouldn't connect the screen to the projector.  So I used Gary's laptop and that worked fine.  We wasted 20 minutes.  In what was left of my hour, I discussed the A.J. Jacobs book, MyHeritage passenger lists, the English GRO PDFs, the AncestryDNA Story feature, the new Find A Grave look, RootsMagic TreeShare issues, and my Genealogy News Bytes posts.  In the second hour, the attendees discussed the DNA test bargains, different user DNA experiences, the Finding Your Roots episode, Mexican church records on FamilySearch, a Historical Society visit, and lessons learned at society meetings - write everything down, share it with others, and work to solve the brick wall problems.

3)  I checked my autosomal DNA matches on FamilyTreeDNA and used the "In Common With" tool for the first time.  Not every FTDNA tester has a tree on FTDNA, and not every tree has a lot of leaves, unfortunately.  I figured out that I need to download my matches and try to identify the common ancestors if possible.

4)  The number of my AncestryDNA matches with "Shared Ancestor Hints" has decreased from 245 to 231, probably due to people selecting more privacy.  I'm guessing that most of them are those without Ancestry Member Trees who only want to know their ethnicity.  I check this weekly, and make notes on the new matches and add the common ancestors to the notes if possible.  For those matches without trees, I check the "Shared Matches" list to try to identify the probably ancestor lines from the known "Shared Ancestor" lines. .  For most of them, I cannot identify a common line.  I need to make a spreadsheet for these matches also.

5)  An email came in which had a photograph of a relatively young (age 30-40?) Cornelius Feather.  I have three in my RootsMagic database, all in Pennsylvania.  My 4th grandfather died in 1853, so it's probably not him. Another died at age 18 in the Civil War.  The third one was born in 1836 and died in 1873, and had several children.  The owner of the photo had other photos in the same "batch" for "Uncle John" and "Uncle Jim."  I found one family with grandchildren of  Cornelius A. Feather named John and Jim.  I think the original owners of the photos were one of the other children of this Cornelius, because her husband died where the emailer resides.  I need to do more research here.

6)  Another emailer has Seaver ancestry, and would like a report to provide to her descendants.  I created a 50 page PDF for her ancestors, but haven't sent it yet pending more information from her about the descendants.

7)  We had a lively Mondays With Myrt hangout today - see the video at http://hangouts.dearmyrtle.com/13nov2017mwm.html.   We discussed Find A Grave, GenealogyBank, marriage banns, online newspapers, Facebook genealogy, one-name studies, message boards, Mayflower passengers, and more.  It will be on DearMYRTLE's YouTube Channel soon.

8)  Mixed in with all of the above is blogging, reading and working on my RootsMagic database.  I added quite a few descendants of my 5th grandparents to the database, doing a TreeShare, getting Ancestry WebHints, and adding sources and notes to those entries in RootsMagic.  I then add the updated content to FamilySearch Family Tree.

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GenealogyBank Changes Their Look and Content

Recently, www.GenealogyBank.com, a subscription website that features historical newspapers, government documents, the Social Security Death Index and more, changed its' look and content presentation.

Here is the top of the revised home page:

At the top of the page are links for:

*  Search
*  Browse (by state, content, recent collections)
*  Collections (list of major collections)
*  Help (FAQ, Learning Center, Contact)
*  My Folder (things I've saved)
*  Randy (my account information)

Further down the home page is the "Recent Activity" section and the "Search by Collection" sections:

The "Recent Activity" section has these headings:

*  Saved Articles
*  Saved Clippings
*  Saved Searches
*  Search History
*  Go to My Folder

The "Search by Collection" section describes these major collections:

*  Newspaper Articles, 1690-2016
*  Recent Newspaper Obituaries, 1977-Today
*  Social Security Death Index
*  Government Publications, 1789-1994
*  Historical Books, 1749-1900

Further down the home page is a map of the USA, and the user can click on a State to see resources from that state:

At the bottom of the home page, there are links for the content and for Genealogy Resources:

I wanted to Search for Seaver persons in the records.  I clicked on the "Collections" link and saw the major collection headings, along with sub-headings:

I chose the "Newspaper Obituaries > Historical, 1704-1977" sub-heading, and entered "seaver" in the "Last name" search field:

After clicking the green "Search" button on the screen above, I received search results:

The screen showed that I had:

*  17,598 matches in "Newspaper Archives" collection
*  1,149 matches in "Recent Newspaper Obituaries
*  1,436 in Social Security Death Index
*  1,209 in Government Publications
*  26 in Historical Books

Below the list, the screen shows that the matches shown are in "Historical Newspapers."  

On the left side of the screen, I can add further search criteria - first name, exact name search, Keywords, keywords to exclude, a date range, and a specific date.  If I change anything, I need to click on the blue "Update results" button.

Further down the screen I can select a specific state in the search options on the left-hand side of the screen:

At the bottom of the left side search fields, I can "Include Articles Tagged As" and "Articles Added Within" a certain time frame.  Again, I have to click the blue button to "Update results."

Looking through the search results that I requested in "Historical Obituaries, 1704-1977" I saw many articles that were not obituaries, and there were some that were after 1977.

Now that the "Recent Activity" is more prominent, I will start using it more - I had only two saved from about five years of subscribing to GenealogyBank.

All in all, this is a change to how GenealogyBank looks and feels to a user.  I haven't done enough searching yet to assess all of the bells and whistles.  

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Disclosure:  I currently have a paid yearly subscription to GenealogyBank, and have for three years.  Earlier, I had a complimentary subscription courtesy of GenealogyBank.  

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Amanuensis Monday - Probate Records for Estate of John Plimpton (1708-1756) of Medfield, Mass. - Part 3

This week's documents for Amanuensis Monday are from the Suffolk County, Massachusetts Probate Court records for John Plimpton (1708-1756) of Medfield, Massachusetts:

a)  Volume 55, pages 160-161:

The transcription of this division and appraisal is:


[page 160]
{In margin]

Plimpton

Jn^os ReEst^e

divided &

appraised

[body of the division and appraisal]

We the Subscribers being Directed & Impowered by

the Hon^ble Thomas Hutchinson Esq^r Judge of Probate

for the County of Suffolk. to make Just & equal

Division of the Estate in Housing & Lands of John

Plimpton late of Medfield deceast. died seized of in

fee between his Widow Abigail, & his four Children

[page 161]

Provided the same Will admit of a division without

Prejudice thereto, hasving viewed said Estate, are of opinion

that it will accommodate but one, we have set to the Widow

Abigail her thirds as follows – one third part of the dwelling

house the North Side, lately Set up with the Cellar

under it, with a third part of the yard Room & well, and

Liberty through the other part to go to the Bedroom & well,

with a third part of the barn, the East end, with Yard

Room, with an acre & half of land, lying from the yard

to the brook, being Six Rods wide, next the land of Joseph

Clark, with four acres & a half of plow land, lying by the

land of Simon Plimpton, with two Acres of Pasture land

in the Claypit pasture, next the Land of Joseph Clark,

with that piece of Meadow land Joyning to the long Cause-

way, being four Acres & a half, with Seven Acres of wood

Lands, on the South Side of Stop River, the North end

of the Lott with thirty one acres of land in Sturbridge

lying on the East End of that Lott.

& have Appraised the Remainder as followeth:

To two thirds of the house with y^e yard Room & Well	£ 8 : 00 : 00
To two thirds of the barn with the Yard Room	3 : 00 : 00
To two Acres of Land on the North side of the house	3 : 00 : 00
To the home lott on the South Side of the Country Road	36 : 00 : 00
To five acres of Meadow in harbour Island Meadows	17 : 10 : 00
To two acres & a half of land in the Clay pit pasture	15 : 00 : 00
To five acres of meadow lying on Stop River	27 : 00 : 00
To four acres & a half of Woodland in the Rocky woods	4 : 16 : 00
To Nine Acres of Woodland on the South Side of Stop river	16 : 00 : 00
To Five acres of Pasture on the South side of Stop River	10 : 00 : 00
To Sixty two acres of Land in Sturbridge	34 : 02 : 08
Medfield Jan^y 16 1759	£189 : 02 : 08

Timothy Hamant, Ezek^l Adams, Simon Plimpton Noah Allen
Boston Nov^r 23 1759 I Accept of the above division
                                                              T Hutchinson Jud Pro
                                    Ex^d Jn^o Cotton Reg^r

The source citation for this document is:

"Suffolk County (Massachusetts) Probate Records, 1636-1899," on 439 FHL US/CAN microfilm reels, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org), : accessed 19 October 2017),"Probate records v. 54-55 1758-1759," FHL US/CAN film 493,876, Volume 55, pages 160-161 (image 396 of 473), John Plimpton division and appraisal, 1759; citing original records in the Suffolk County, Mass. courthouse.

John Plimpton (1708-1756) died 8 May 1756, and his widow, Abigail (Fisher) Plimpton, and eldest son, Amos Plimpton, were appointed administrators of his intestate estate on 2 July 1756.

In Part 1, three appraisers were appointed to make a true and just inventory of the estate, which they did on 20 October 1656.  The estate was valued by the appraisers at £375 : 4s : 3d.  It included real estate valued at £ 264 : 16s.   The personal estate was £ 110 : 8s : 3d.

In Part 2, the administrators, widow Abigail Plimpton and son Amos Plimpton, declared their account, which totaled £70 : 4s, on 22 October 1758.  This included fees and charges for the probate court documents, notes and money owed to creditors.  

In this document, the appraisers divided the real property and set off one third of it to the widow, Abigail (Fisher) Plimpton.  They appraised the remaining two thirds of the real property at £189 2s 8d.  However, they did not divide the property between the children of John and Abigail Plimpton because it would "prejudice" the division.  Apparently, they did nothing until all of the real estate could  be divided after Abigail died and her thirds reverted to the rest of the estate.

John and Abigail (Fisher) Plimpton are my 6th great-grandparents, through their son, Amos Plimpton (1735-1808), who married Mary Guild (1735-1800) in 1756.

Note that these records are on FHL Microfilm, and are on FHL digital microfilm on FamilySearch.org, but they are not indexed.  The Suffolk County Probate Packets have not been filmed to my knowledge,so I used the Suffolk County Probate Court Clerk volumes because I found them first.  A researcher has to search the Probate Index for the person's probate packet number, then find the Probate Docket files with the list of papers that are in the probate packet, along with the volume and page numbers, and then find the individual volumes and pages with the documents listed in the Probate Docket.

This set of court clerk volume records are not indexed on Ancestry.com in the "Massachusetts, Will and Probate Records, 1635-1991" collection.  They are available in the Ancestry collection, but you have to use the Probate Index and Probate Docket files to find the volumes and page numbers (similar to the process on FamilySearch).  They just are not indexed with the correct decedent's name.

There will be several more posts for this set of estate records.

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NOTE:  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."

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Added or Updated Record Collections at FamilySearch.org - Week of 5 to 11 November 2017

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

As of 11 November 2017, there were 2,267 record collections on FamilySearch (an increase of 1 from last week):

The added or updated collections are (as Marshall provided them):

--- Collections Added   ---

*  British Newspaper Archive, Family Notices       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2562514); 2,635,047 indexed records with 2,635,047 record images, ADDED 6 Nov 2017

--- Collections Updated ---

*  Honduras, Civil Registration, 1841-1968 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2135627); 377,510 indexed records with 337,976 record images (was 286,208 records with 337,976 images), Updated 6 Nov 2017

*  France, Saône-et-Loire, Census, 1856    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2721037); 577,784 indexed records with 11,493 record images (was 577,964 records with 11,493 images), Updated 9 Nov 2017

*  Brazil, Paraíba, Civil Registration, 1879-2007  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2015754); Browse 852,268 Images only, no index (was 0 records with 852,268 images), Updated 9 Nov 2017

*  Mexico, Chihuahua, Civil Registration, 1861-1997        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1922462); 136,986 indexed records with 1,561,583 record images (was 136,986 records with 1,561,583 images), Updated 10 Nov 2017

*  Denmark Census, 1925    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2718007); 3,627,893 indexed records with 887 record images (was 3,627,893 records with 134,037 images), Updated 9 Nov 2017

*  Germany, Mecklenburg-Schwerin Census, 1900      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1607939); 1,249,431 indexed records with 761,656 record images (was 1,249,431 records with 761,656 images), Updated 9 Nov 2017

*  Denmark Church Records, 1484-1941       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2078555); 18,657,995 indexed records with 2,399,826 record images (was 0 records with 2,399,826 images), Updated 9 Nov 2017

*  Italy, Padova, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1621-1914    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2120751); 43,158 indexed records with 43,028 record images (was 42,282 records with 43,028 images), Updated 6 Nov 2017

--- Collections with images removed ---

*  Netherlands, Archival Indexes, Vital Records    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2704829); 36,643,950 indexed records with 36,643,950 record images (was 39,655,331 records with 39,655,331 images),  13 Oct 2017

*  Mexico, Puebla, Civil Registration, 1861-1930   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1918287); Browse 1,459,438 Images only, no index (was 0 records with 1,459,441 images),  29 Nov 2011

--- Collections with new records ---

*  England and Wales Census, 1851  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2563939); 18,369,674 indexed records with 1,174,633 record images (was 4,444,618 records with 1,174,633 images),  3 Aug 2016

*  United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2333694); 34,168,494 indexed records with 45,512,634 record images (was 33,042,884 records with 45,512,634 images),  17 Nov 2016

*  California Marriage Index, 1960-1985    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1949339); Index only (4,879,216 records), no images (was 402,817 records with 0 images),  6 Dec 2011

--- Collections with records removed ---

*  Peru, Cusco, Civil Registration, 1889-1997      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1987564); 651,675 indexed records with 942,817 record images (was 651,676 records with 942,817 images),  28 Sep 2017

*  United States Public Records, 1970-2009 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2199956); Index only (875,611,174 records), no images (was 875,611,180 records with 0 images),  17 Jun 2015

*  California Birth Index, 1905-1995       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2001879); Index only (24,589,549 records), no images (was 24,589,557 records with 0 images),  1 Mar 2012

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The over 31 million indexed 1930 U.S. Census entries that disappeared four weeks ago are still not in the collection.  

The California Marriage Index is back with the full 4,879,216 records

The 1851 England and Wales Census has returned to the full complement of 18,369,674 records.

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

My friend, Marshall, has come up with a way to determine which collections are ADDED, DELETED or UPDATED.  Thanks to Marshall for helping me out here!

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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Added or Updated Ancestry.com Databases - Week of 5 to 11 November 2017

The following databases were listed on the Recently Added or Updated Collections list on Ancestry.com during the period from 5 to 11 November 2017:  

The databases added or updated include:

*  UK, Absent Voter Lists, 1918-1925, 1939; indexed database with record images, ADDED 11/8/2017

*  Suffolk, England, Extracted Church of England Parish Records, 1538-1850; indexed database without record images, ADDED 11/8/2017

*  Berkshire, England, Electoral Registers, 1840-1965; indexed database with record images, ADDED 11/7/2017

*  U.S., Railroad Retirement Pension Index, 1934-1987; indexed database without record images, ADDED 11/7/2017

*  Boston, Massachusetts, Catholic Sacramental Records, 1789-1900; indexed database without record images, ADDED 11/7/2017

*  England, Dreadnought Seamen's Hospital Admissions and Discharges, 1826-1930; indexed database with record images, ADDED 11/7/2017

*  New Jersey, State Census, 1875; indexed database with record images, ADDED 11/6/2017

*  New Jersey, State Census, 1885; indexed database with record images, ADDED 11/6/2017

*  New Jersey, State Census, 1915; indexed database with record images, ADDED 11/6/2017

*  Romania, Vital Records from Selected Regions, 1607-1914; indexed database with record images, Updated 11/6/2017

*  New Jersey, State Census, 1905; indexed database with record images, ADDED 11/6/2017

*  New Jersey, State Census, 1855; indexed database with record images, ADDED 11/6/2017

*  New Jersey, State Census, 1865; indexed database with record images, ADDED 11/6/2017

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

By my count, there were 12 NEW databases ADDED this past week, per the list above.  There are now 32,878 databases available as of 11 November, an increase of  8 from last week.  That indicates that 4 databases were eliminated last week for some reason (32,870 + 12 - 4 = 32,878).

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Disclosure:  I have always had a fully paid Ancestry.com subscription.  Ancestry.com has provided material considerations for travel expenses to meetings, and has hosted events and meals that I have attended in Salt Lake City, in past years.

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Best of the Genea-Blogs - 5 to 11 November 2017

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

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

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

*  Ellis Island: Was Your Name Changed? by Schelly Talalay Dardashti on the MyHeritage Blog.

*  Substitute Birth Records for Genealogy by Amie Bowser Tennant on The Genealogy Reporter blog.

*  The Online Trap by Michelle Lewis on the Legacy News blog.

*  Telling Your Family Stories: A List of Resources by Linda Stufflebean on the Empty Branches on the Family Tree blog.

*  How They Do It:  Kitty Cooper by Janine Adams on Organize Your Family History blog.

*  Is Reading Facebook a Royal Waste of Time? by James Tanner on the Genealogy's Star blog.

*  The Genealogy Do-Over: The Value of a BSO by Thomas MacEntee on the Abundant Genealogy blog.

*  Infoglut by Larry Naukum on The In-Depth Genealogist blog.

*  Along the Pilgrim Trail ~ William Bradford and St. Helena's Church in Austerfield, Yorkshire, England by Heather Wilkinson Rojo on the Nutfield Genealogy blog.

* Ready-Made Citations by Elizabeth Shown Mills on the Evidence Explained QuickTips blog.

*  What's New: Map Your Ancestors by Alison Ensign on the FamilySearch Blog.

Here are pick posts by other geneabloggers this week:

*  Friday Fossicking - Nov 10, 2017 by Crissouli on the That Moment In Time blog.

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

*  Friday Finds, 10 Nov 2017 by Lois Willis on the Lois Willis - Genealogy and Family History blog.

*  Friday Finds 10 Nov 2017 by Nichelle Barra on the Copper Leaf Genealogy blog.

*  Friday Finds: Week 45 - 2017 by Martin Roe Eidhammer on the Norwegian Genealogy and then some blog.

* This Week's Creme de la Creme -- November 11, 2017 by Gail Dever on the Genealogy a la Carte blog.

*  Saturday Serendipity (November 11, 2017) by John D. Tew on the Filiopietism Prism blog.

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

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

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