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NoteWorthy Reads Week ending 2/14/15
(It's still last week if I haven't gone to bed yet, right? Sorry this post is late, it's been a busy week.)
For me, Noteworthy Reads are articles, websites, or blogposts
I found this week which are fascinating, interesting and/or helpful, and
occasionally “wacky” or “wonderful” will likely sneak in as well. It’s not
going to be a “best of” post because I don’t have the knowledge to make that
determination. I don’t even promise that the articles & blogposts will be
written that week – just that I found them that week. At the end of each quarter I’ll review the posts to determine which entries should be put in my Resource pages; the rest will still be available through the blog's search function.
I've had a busy week so the crop is a little thin in number this week but they are all very worthwhile reads.
I've had a busy week so the crop is a little thin in number this week but they are all very worthwhile reads.
CANADA
Upper Canada Genealogy - Offers "professional research services, indexes to hard-to-access
records, free reference resources with information about Upper Canada history,
geography and resource centres, and links to other useful sites."
Great Find on the Web: Extract of the Official Book of Reference of the Parish of Montreal (1872) from the Genealogy on my Mind blog
IRELAND
Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum Collection database at Quinnipiac University - Free database contains about 1,500 articles and illustrations related to Ireland
and the Great Famine. The museum
website is here: Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum
NATIVE AMERICAN
Native American Encyclopedia – Articles on Native American History, Biographies, Tribes, Facts, Statistics. Really quite interesting. (I think the
storied Native American heritage in my family is a myth as I’ve not found it
yet, but this might help someone.)
TOOLS
5 Genealogy Data Backup Tools You Can’t Afford to LiveWithout - I need to get one of these to prevent a
re-occurrence of the disaster I ended last year with.
The Ancestoring Blog has
done a series of posts on how to use Legacy 8 (which I just bought). I’m just posting the first one here: Legacy but when I plugged the word “legacy” into the blog's search box it turned
up about 25 very helpful posts. I’ll be reading them all in the near future.
Hi Jo, I'm delighted you're back blogging. Your new resources pages are a fab idea - my last week's comment disappeared. I'd problems with my cookie settings, causing difficulties with commenting, even on my own blog.
ReplyDeleteBut I got your comment on the resource page post and replied to it, Dana -- still want you to do yours so it will be easier for me when I get back to my Irish ancestors again. ;-) And thanks. I like blogging. It helps me organize my head, you know?
DeleteSo it's a cookies issue when the computer won't let me post? Good to know. It looks like you got yours sorted. I hope it stays that way.