Friday’s Five at Five for April 20, 2018

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Five links: It’s Friday and tomorrow starts the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books. Nearly a decade ago I attended my first Festival of Books and came across a tent for the Southern California Genealogical Society. Genealogical society? I’d been alone in my fascination of searching for my ancestors. They were promoting their Jamboree. Jamboree?! […]

Friday (the 13th)’s Five at Five for April 13, 2018

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Happy Friday fellow family finders! I recently enjoyed reading these five blogposts: “Buried in Woolen” – What? Why? – This is the kind of information that isn’t a fact, but provides context to the facts, enriching your family’s story. How I Solved It: Death Investigation: Was it a Railroad Accident? – Searching for evidence of a passed […]

Friday’s Five at Five for April 6, 2018

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This week’s five favorite blogposts include: Deciphering Place Names Just Got Easier – How to use Google and Meyer’s Gazetteer to try to determine a German town name. Finding Cemetery Records in an Archive – A post about the different cemetery records you might find in an archive. Women’s History Month 2018: A P.S. to Asylums […]

Friday’s Five at Five for March 30, 2018

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Welcome to another Friday’s Five at Five! Here’s five blogposts/articles I think you might find helpful: My genealogical and genetic trees have Australians on them, but I haven’t done too much research in the country. Gail Dever’s Did your elusive ancestor end up in an Australian gaol? You may find their mug shot is an intriguing place […]

Friday’s Five at Five for March 23, 2018

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Friday is here. Here are five fellow bloggers’ posts I found fascinating this week: I love case studies and the case of the missing Tews is a great read. Oxford Ancestors is closing down. Debbie Kennett gives a rundown on the historical significance of the company, while Roberta Estes reminds us why and how we […]

Friday’s Five at Five for March 16, 2018

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Another week, another five blogposts I found particularly intriguing: A call to RootsTech from Roberta Estes on how to make the conference better; at the root (yes, pun) of the conference’s problem is actually just how successful it is! From the Ancestor Hunt blog, comes 19 Reasons to Research Passport Applications for Genealogy and 45 Reasons to Research […]

Friday’s Five at Five for March 9, 2018

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After last week’s Five at Five focusing on RootsTech, I’ve gone back to before RootsTech to find some excellent blogposts that still need mentioning. Judy Russell in Where from Pinellas talks about boundary changes and a software program called Animap. If you have Michigan ancestors, you must give Seeking Michigan a try. Brenda Leyndyke explains […]

Friday’s Five at Five for March 2, 2018: RootsTech Edition

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Today’s roundup of fascinating blogs focuses on RootsTech. I’ve never attended RootsTech in person, but have followed RootsTech’s livestream and the Twitter hashtags #RootsTech and #NotAtRootsTech for a few years now. The following blogposts provide me with a better understanding of what RootsTech is like: From the blog Empty Branches on the Family Tree is […]

Friday’s Five at Five for February 23, 2018

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Here are five genealogy-related articles or blog posts I found helpful this week: The Fix Is In – Ancestry briefly(!) made it far more harder to work as a professional genealogist. How I Tracked Down My 4th Great Grandmother’s Parents – Great example of how understanding the cultural norms of a time and place can […]

Recent Reads that Might Meet Your Genealogy Needs

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I follow a lot of blogs, genealogy or otherwise. Sometimes the other blogs I follow bring up a topic related to genealogy and family history.  Below are links to articles that you might find relevant to your research or maybe its just a fun read: 5th c. skeleton may have brought leprosy to Britain – From […]

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