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Saturday Night Genealogy Fun — Five Reference Books For Beginning Genealogy Researchers

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Randy’s challenge this week, suggested by Linda Stufflebean, forces us to narrow down our list of reference books for beginners to only 5! Your mission, should you decide to accept it (cue the Mission Impossible! music) is to:   1)  What five reference books (and only 5) would you recommend to a beginning genealogy  researcher to… Continue reading Saturday Night Genealogy Fun — Five Reference Books For Beginning Genealogy Researchers

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Sunday Evening Genealogy Fun – Collections I’d love to see digitized…

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We’ve had a rough weekend here with a difficult diagnosis for one of our much-loved cats (she’s 20), so Randy Seaver’s weekly challenge is a welcome diversion: 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… Continue reading Sunday Evening Genealogy Fun – Collections I’d love to see digitized…

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Midweek Genealogy Fun…Genealogy Resources…

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My Lawson family correlation post is taking longer to write than I had hoped (combination of factors), so this week I’m going to have some Genealogy Fun, courtesy of Randy Seaver. Here’s his latest writing prompt: 1)  What genealogy resources are you currently using? Books, periodicals, manuscripts, ephemera, websites, software, or ??? 2) Tell us about… Continue reading Midweek Genealogy Fun…Genealogy Resources…

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FindMyPast…definitely not “rubbish”…

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Recently I read a comment on a Facebook genealogy group stating that FindMyPast “is rubbish”. This remark angered me, however, I tempered my ire and merely pointed out that while the site might not have helped her with her family tree, it has value for many other researchers. The same can be said for any… Continue reading FindMyPast…definitely not “rubbish”…

Parish Chest Records source and citation - Family Historian 7 Parish Chest Records – a rich resource…
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Parish Chest Records – a rich resource…

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For the past few years, one of my genealogy objectives has been to go beyond the basic record types we use to research our ancestors. While birth/marriage/death, baptism/marriage/burial, and census records are the first and often the easiest sources of investigation, they’re not the only ones by far. When first starting out those record sets… Continue reading Parish Chest Records – a rich resource…

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Teresa’s Genealogy Essentials…

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Earlier this week, Linda Stufflebean over at Empty Branches on the Family Tree, published a post detailing her Genealogy Essentials. I loved her list so much I decided to make my own, based on hers. It’s by no means exhaustive, but highlights some of the tools, resources, and websites I regularly use to research my… Continue reading Teresa’s Genealogy Essentials…

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52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks…Favourite free resource…

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A short post this week as we have family visiting. As luck would have it, Amy’s 52 Ancestors prompt for this week is “Free” and one of her suggested topics was “favourite free resource”. One of the free sites I rely on the most is FreeBMD, part of the Free UK Genealogy suite of resources.… Continue reading 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks…Favourite free resource…

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Genealogy fun – favourite free resources…

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Discovering a new resource…

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I had a busy, busy week, my first full one back in the library after 2½ months working from home, so yesterday morning I spent some time just cruising the Internet, with genealogy (surprise, surprise!) in mind. A question on a Facebook genealogy group (can’t remember which one at this point – I belong to… Continue reading Discovering a new resource…

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Learning from home…videos, webinars, blogs, podcasts, and more!

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During these strange times, we can at least not feel so guilty about spending hours at our computer. As genealogists and family historians, we love to learn almost as much as we love finding new details and records about our ancestors and right now, learning from home has never been so easy! Over the last… Continue reading Learning from home…videos, webinars, blogs, podcasts, and more!