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For me, Noteworthy Reads are articles, websites, or blog posts 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 & blog posts will be written that week – just that I found them that week. When I can, 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.
Note: Just because I list an article does not mean I endorse its contents. It just means I want to be able to find it easily in the future when I may want to consider the issue in more depth.
CANADA
Canadian Resources I Use from the Life from the Roots blog - gathered over the course of her 19 years of research in the Eastern Townships in Quebec
Baptist Churches in Québec 1794-1967 from the Genealogy Ensemble blog - this will be helpful for me.
DNA
DNA Research Links Irish and Scots to Northwestern Spain from Celt-Iberia Traders blog – well, that would most likely explain how the Iberian Peninsula got into my DNA
DNA Testing Finally Proves Its Value in Finding 16th-Century Documents from the Lost Russian & Ukrainian Family blog - delayed payoff, but how cool!
The Wonders of DNA from The Huffington Post (Now, I understand What those DNA Circles are meant to be used for)
ENGLAND
The Basics of Tracing Your English Ancestry from the blog at Legacy Tree Genealogists
GERMANY
GREAT STORIES
Ghosts of a Colonial Past from Borders Ancestry blog – a great story built from "junk room" treasures.
How I Traced My Grandfather’s Life from a Famous Photographer’s Image from IrishCentral.com - terrific story!
Switched at Birth: Unraveling a Century-Old Mystery with DNA from Your Genetic Genealogist – absolutely fascinating!
HISTORY
Faces of the Men Who Won America’s Independence: Amazing Early Photos of Heroes of the Revolutionary War in Their Old Age from The Daily Mail. -Cool!
Find: War Dogs of World War II at the Fold3.com blog - I can't imagine voluntarily sending my pet to war
IMAGES – FOR BLOGGING
INTERESTING ARTICLE
Teaching Your Genealogical Dog a New Trick: Research Plans from The Advancing Genealogist blog – a fun analogy and good explanation of why and how
Chasing That Probate from The Legal Genealogist’s blog – the best records may not always be where you expect them to be.
Mystery Monday – Beware of Those Bible Pages! from The Sum of All My Research blog – oh what a twisted trail that led her on!
Why You Should Consider Applying to a Lineage Society from AmyJohnsonCrow.com – it’s not elitism, it’s research, Mom.
And here are four variations on a necessary theme. All worth the read.
[By the way, if/when I ever do hire a genealogist to help me when I'm stuck, or just too far away to get to the sources, it will be someone who is nice to beginners.]
TIPS
Potential Problems with Records from genealogy.com – points out the potential problems associated with various sorts of records that we must keep in mind when evaluating the information therein
Any Tips for Tracing in Ancestor with a Common Name? from theroot.com – lots of helpful ideas
Genealogy 101: Genealogical Assumptions from colonialroots.com – some incorrect genealogical assumptions to beware of.
Five Things Learned from a Delayed Birth Certificate from Lisa Lisson’s Are You My Cousin? Blog
How to Decode a World War II US Army Serial Number from AmyJohnsonCrow.com - ah, this will be helpful!
TOOLS
Using a Semantic Engine for Better Understanding from Many-roads.com – he explains it better than I can, just read it
USA
NEW YORK
New York Heritage Digital Collections from NewYorkHeritage.org an absolutely amazing list of links to a wide variety of digitized historical collections for New York State, from libraries, from museums, from businesses, from law schools, from colleges, historical societies, hospitals, etc.
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