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