Best of the Genea-Blogs - Week of 28 March to 3 April 2021

   Scores 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:

*  4 Steps To Writing Your Family Story by DiAnn Iamarino on Fortify Your Family Tree.

*  My March Through the FamilySearch Family Tree: Day 30 (What I've Learned) by Drew Smith on The Genealogy Guys Blog.

*  Horace Seaver, Boston News Editor (1810-1889) by Heather Wilkinson Rojo on Nutfield Genealogy.

*  New: View the Genetic Groups of Your Matches by Esther on MyHeritage Blog.

*  When I Die Important Documents by Ellen Thompson-Jennings on Hound on the Hunt.

*  Genealogy: Ethics, Ownership, Work Product, Plagiarism, and Privacy, Part Four: Plagiarism; and Part Five: Privacy by James Tanner on Genealogy's Star.

*  How to Download Your DNA Matching Segment Data and Why You Should by Roberta Estes on DNAeXplained - Genetic Genealogy.

*  Finding Margaret by Ann Raymont on DNAsleuth.

*  Understanding more about the Census Search Forms and Church of Ireland Parish Search Forms by Laura Gibson on the Ancestry UK Blog.

*  Compare DNA With Relatives Who Tested Elsewhere by Diahan Southard on Your DNA Guide.

*  What Is Once, Twice, Three Times Removed, and Why Should I Care? by Robin Wirthlin on Family Locket.

*  In Praise of Maiden Aunts by Andrew Searle Pang on Vita Brevis.

Here are pick posts by other geneabloggers this week:

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

*  Friday Fossicking 2nd Apr 2021 by Crissouli on That Moment in Time.

* This Week's Creme de la Creme - April 3, 2021  by Gail Dever on Genealogy a la Carte,

Readers are encouraged to go to the blogs listed above and  read their articles, and add the 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 currently am reading posts from over 900 genealogy bloggers using Feedly, but I still miss quite a few it seems.

Read past Best of the Genea-Blogs posts here.

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GFO Presents - APRIL 16-18 Genealogy Zoomboree - Making the Invisible Visible

 I received this from the Genealogical Forum of Oregon (GFO) recently:

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APRIL 16-18 Genealogy Zoomboree - Making the Invisible Visible

The Genealogical Forum of Oregon celebrates its 75th Anniversary with a multicultural Genealogy Zoomboree, April 16-18.

Four nationally known experts bring us 8 lessons to help you tap online resources from home as you trace your family roots. 

Registration for one, two, three or all four speakers is online at https://gfo.org/zoomboree.

Rebecca Whitman Koford, CG, CGL, Board for Certification of Genealogists - 

• Courthouse Research & Indexes - Find critical genealogical information from your local courthouse.

• Land Records: Rich Sources for Your Research - Even non-landowners can end up in land and deed records. 

Linda Harms Okazaki, Nikkei Genealogical Society

• Introduction to Japanese American Research - Japanese American research provides lessons in genealogical research that benefits all genealogists. Custom information for Oregon included.

• WWII Internment Camps: Japanese, Germans & Italians - Japanese Americans and their families, as well as Americans of other heritage, were considered “enemy aliens,” and imprisoned by the U.S. Government. Learn about internment sites and the records created. 

Sherri Camp, MLS, Past PresidentAfro-American Historical & Genealogical Society 

• African American Research Strategies - Learn key strategies to locate resources and records for information about African American ancestors and family members.

• A Treasure Trove of Free Websites - Learn how to access free genealogical information while we stay safe at home doing research at our computers.

Michael Lacopo, DVM, Professional Genealogist - 

• Medical Genealogy: A primer of diseases that killed our ancestors and the epidemics they lived through - Many researchers barely understand the cause of death listed. Know what afflicted your ancestors’ communities, the common diseases, and you’ll learn how they lived.

• "I am poor, obscure, plain, and little."  Researching Invisible Ancestors - If your ancestors had little money, did not buy and sell land, did not leave wills, and did not purchase gravestones, how do you find them? This lecture will show you how!

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Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - Google Maps of Ancestral Homes

 Calling all Genea-Musings Fans: 

 It's Saturday Night again - 

Time for some more Genealogy Fun!!

Here is your assignment, should you decide to accept it (you ARE reading this, so I assume that you really want to play along - cue the Mission Impossible music!):

1)  Identify an ancestral home address ( preferably one with a street address...) for one of your ancestral families (You do know where they lived, don't you?  If not, consult the 1900 to 1940 US Census records, or City Directories).

2)  Go to Google Maps (http://maps.google.com) and enter the street address (and city/town if necessary - usually you can pick from a list) for your selected ancestral home.

3)  Look at the street map, the satellite map, and the street view.  Zoom in or out, or manipulate the image as you wish.

4)  Tell us or show us your map images in your own blog post, in a comment to this post, or in a Facebook Status post.  Please leave a link in a comment to this post.

5)  Do you have maps and street view pictures for all of your known ancestral homes?

Here's mine:

1)  I picked my wife's mother's home at 46 Rivoli Street in San Francisco.  Edna May Schaffner was born there in 1913, daughter of Paul and Edna (McKnew) Schaffner, and lived there until she married Leo Leland in 1937.

2)  I did this (there were five entries on the dropdown menu for "46 Rivoli").

3)  and 4) The street Map view is:

This address is in the Cole Valley neighborhood of San Francisco, just northeast of Mount Sutro.

The Satellite view shows the surrounding area with vegetation, and you can get some idea of the terrain:

A zoomed in view of the house on the Satellite view shows that this house is on a street going uphill from left to right:

The Street View picture shows the front of the house:

Of course, the Street view is canted to the right because the Google vehicle was going uphill when it took the picture!  One interesting note - they blurred out the license plate on the car in the driveway!

5)  I have Google Map images for many of my ancestral homes (at least for those after 1900 where I know the street address), but not for all of my homes, and certainly not for all of my wife's ancestral homes.  Another project!

That was fun!

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Added and Updated Ancestry.com Record Collections - Week of 27 March to 2 April 2021

 The following record collections were listed on the Recently Added and Updated List on Ancestry.com during the period from  27 March to 2 April 2021:

The ADDED and Updated record collections are:

*  U.S., Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current; indexed database without record images, Updated 3/31/2021

*  Canada, Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current; indexed database without record images, Updated 3/31/2021

*  Tabasco, Mexico, Catholic Church Records, 1803-1970; indexed database with record images, Updated 3/29/2021

*  South Carolina, U.S., Death Records, 1821-1969; indexed database with record images, Updated 3/29/2021

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

By my count, there were 0 NEW collections ADDED this past week, per the list above.  There are now 32,943 collections available as of 2 April, an increase of  0 from last week.   

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Disclosure: I have a complimentary all-access subscription from Ancestry.com, for which I am thankful. 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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Added and Updated FamilySearch.org Record Collections - Week of 27 March to 2 April 2021

 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 2 April 2021, there are 2,974 historical record collections on FamilySearch (an increase of 2 from last week):

New and updated collections this week from FamilySearch are:

Brazil, Minas Gerais, Civil Registration, 1879-1949448,813Apr 2, 2021

Illinois, Cook County, Birth Certificates, 1871-19493,369,839Apr 2, 2021

Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, 1921-19245,369,695Apr 2, 2021

Uruguay Civil Registration, 1879-1930249,898Apr 2, 2021

Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1771-1943415,705Apr 2, 2021

England, Herefordshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1583-18981,342,352Apr 2, 2021

Papua New Guinea, Vital Records, 1867-200071,747Apr 2, 2021

El Salvador Catholic Church Records, 1655-1977857,296Apr 2, 2021

England, Middlesex Parish Registers, 1539-19881,680,896Apr 2, 2021

South Africa, KwaZulu Natal, Vital Records, 1868-1976262,389Apr 2, 2021

England, Northumberland Non-Conformist Church Records, 1613-1920299,624Apr 2, 2021

England, Lincolnshire, Marriage Bonds and Allegations, 1574-188570,248Apr 2, 2021

South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1970416,709Apr 2, 2021

England, Gloucestershire Non-Conformist Church Records, 1642-1996130,299Apr 2, 2021

Zambia, Archdiocese of Lusaka, Church Records, 1950-2015149,420Apr 2, 2021

Washington, County Divorce Records, 1852-195076,570Apr 2, 2021

Samoa, Vital Records, 1846-199613,063Apr 2, 2021

Brazil, Santa Catarina, Civil Registration, 1850-1999443,409Apr 2, 2021

Mexico, Distrito Federal, Catholic Church Records, 1514-19702,887,860Apr 2, 2021

Czech Republic, Church Books, 1552-1981207,999Apr 2, 2021

South Africa, Civil Death Registration, 1955-19661,226,521Apr 2, 2021

England, Lancashire, Marriage Bonds and Allegations, 1746-17991,213Apr 2, 2021

England, Essex Non-Conformist Church Records, 1613-197198,608Apr 2, 2021

South Africa, Church of the Province of South Africa, Parish Registers, 1801-2004656,281Apr 2, 2021

Finland, Tax Lists, 1809-1915462,610Apr 2, 2021

California, Los Angeles, Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery/Crematory Records, 1884-2002332,733Apr 2, 2021

Massachusetts, Births, 1636-1924354,076Apr 2, 2021

England, Hertfordshire, Marriage Bonds, 1682-18371,784Apr 2, 2021

Germany, Saxony-Anhalt, Diocese of Magdeburg, Catholic Church Records, 1608-1945267,218Apr 2, 2021

Nova Scotia Church Records, 1720-2001212,592Apr 2, 2021

Mexico, Durango, Catholic Church Records, 1604-1985127,796Apr 2, 2021

France, Saône-et-Loire, Parish and Civil Registration, 1530-18927,212,822Apr 2, 2021

New Jersey, County Naturalization Records, 1749-1986708,339Apr 2, 2021

Washington, County Birth Registers, 1873-1965681,875Apr 1, 2021

Ontario, Roman Catholic Church Records, 1760-1923Browse ImagesApr 1, 2021

Canada Births and Baptisms, 1661-1959177,418Apr 1, 2021

Canada Deaths and Burials, 1664-195543,249Apr 1, 2021

Canada Marriages, 1661-1949228,597Apr 1, 2021

Manitoba Church Records, 1800-1959Browse ImagesApr 1, 2021

Minnesota Births and Christenings, 1840-1980925,816Apr 1, 2021

Minnesota Marriages, 1849-1950340,746Apr 1, 2021

Newfoundland Church Records, 1793-1945Browse ImagesApr 1, 2021

Ontario Births and Baptisms, 1779-18991,324,019Apr 1, 2021

Ontario Marriages, 1800-191027,357Apr 1, 2021

Saskatchewan, Catholic Church Records, 1846-195733,137Apr 1, 2021

Manitoba Census Indexes, 1831-1870Browse ImagesApr 1, 2021

Denmark, Århus Municipal Census, 191871,316Apr 1, 2021

NEW  France, Eure, Census, 187612,163Apr 1, 2021

Sweden, Västerbotten Church Records, 1619-1896; index, 1688-1860262,256Apr 1, 2021

United States Bureau of Land Management Tract Books, 1800-c. 1955193,449Apr 1, 2021

Mexico, Chiapas, Catholic Church Records, 1557-1978448,875Apr 1, 2021

Mexico, Coahuila, Catholic Church Records, 1627-1978371,085Mar 31, 2021

Michigan, Saginaw County, Biographical Card File, ca. 1830-20001,941Mar 31, 2021

Norway, Probate Index Cards, 1640-1903355,836Mar 31, 2021

New Zealand, Electoral Rolls, 1865-19574,394,651Mar 31, 2021

Mexico, Campeche, Catholic Church Records, 1638-194411,627Mar 31, 2021

NEW  France, Eure, Census, 185635,517Mar 31, 2021

Mexico, Colima, Catholic Church Records, 1707-1969106,392Mar 31, 2021

England, Lancashire, Parish Registers 1538-19101,188,827Mar 31, 2021

England, Hampshire Bishop's Transcripts 1680-1892849,707Mar 31, 2021

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-19608,280,934Mar 31, 2021

United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-201430,047,340Mar 31, 2021

Mexico, Puebla, Catholic Church Records, 1545-19772,189,865Mar 31, 2021

Mexico, Chihuahua, Catholic Church Records, 1632-195889,204Mar 30, 2021

Montana, County Voting Records, 1884-1992596,952Mar 30, 2021

Germany Births and Baptisms, 1558-189815,078,956Mar 30, 2021

Germany Marriages, 1558-19293,364,777Mar 30, 2021

Germany Deaths and Burials, 1582-19581,059,494Mar 30, 2021

Mexico, Aguascalientes, Catholic Church Records, 1601-1962181,548Mar 30, 2021

Mexico, San Luis Potosí, Catholic Church Records, 1586-1977310,388Mar 30, 2021

Croatia, Delnice Deanery Catholic Church Books, 1571-1926208,272Mar 30, 2021

Mexico, Jalisco, Catholic Church Records, 1590-19791,712,729Mar 30, 2021

Puerto Rico, Catholic Church Records, 1645-1969424,891Mar 29, 2021

Mexico, Sinaloa, Civil Registration, 1861-1929881,785Mar 29, 2021

Brazil, Bahia, Civil Registration, 1877-1976159,035Mar 29, 2021

New Jersey, Death Index, 1901-1903; 1916-1929255,889Mar 29, 2021

Hawaii, Various Islands, Circuit Court Divorce Records, 1849-191527,596Mar 29, 2021

France, Rhône, Military Registration Cards, 1865-1932332,001Mar 29, 2021

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My friend and SDGS colleague, Marshall, provides this list to me from a program he wrote that compares the current FamlySearch record collections list to the previous week's list.

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 and use keywords (e.g. "church england") to find collections with those keywords.

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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