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Family Tree Connection - Update (19/Jul/2009)

Family Tree Connection has added the following genealogy items to its database:

Philadelphia College of Pharmacy 1913 Catalogue - Bulletin of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, and Alumni Report, Vol. VI, No. 2, May, 1913, Catalogue Number. Published Bi-monthly by the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, 145 North Tenth Street, Philadelphia.…

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Added by Illya Daddezio on July 19, 2009 at 5:44pm — No Comments

Book: An Ashkenazi given name handbook

Tracing the Tribe: The Jewish Genealogy blog

Avotaynu has announced the publication of Alexander Beider's "Handbook of Ashkenazic Given Names and Their Variants."

This softcover book is the dictionary section of his previously published and… Continue

Added by Schelly Talalay Dardashti on July 19, 2009 at 5:30pm — No Comments

How to create a Family Site on MyHeritage

Family Sites help you manage and organize the different groups you belong to. For example, you can create one related to your immediate family and a few others related to your extended family, to your in-law's family and to a certain community you are part of. Learn more about the advantages of creating a Family Site here.

If you are new to MyHeritage and sign up for an account, you will automatically be creating a Family… Continue

Added by Daniel Horowitz on July 18, 2009 at 5:30am — No Comments

Genealogy Wise: My New Home

When you first get the keys to a new home you are overcome with cognitive dissonance. The uncomfortable tension of feeling elated that you have purchased a house, but overcome with fear regarding the enormity of the responsibility. On a smaller scale, signing up for a new social networking site can have the same feelings of cognitive dissonance. A new member is excited about the possibilities of meeting new people, networking and learning with and from other members, and excited to share their… Continue

Added by Jennifer Eklund, PLCGS on July 17, 2009 at 1:59pm — 3 Comments

What I Wish Someone had Told My Southern Ancestors

This blog post is entirely my opinion, and I mean no disrespect to southerners. I love the south, and the people who make it a great place. I have spent all my adult life here in the south, but I come from a long line of yankees, and all of my research until recently has been in the north (mostly Ohio). Records have been plentiful, and easy to access, and I didn't realize how fortunate I was! I am now working on my husband's and my daughter-in-law's southern genealogies, and it is a totally… Continue

Added by Dawn Evans Stringer on July 16, 2009 at 9:56pm — 6 Comments

An Under-Utilized Resource: The Godfrey Memorial Library

The Godfrey Memorial Library is a private genealogy library in Connecticut, that has an online subscription website full of great databases and useful links. Memberships are quite reasonable, and if you want to "test drive" the website, you can get full access for free at any LDS Family History Center. The website can be just a bit confusing, but with a brief "tour", you can figure out the resources quite easily, and be navigating with ease in no time.

I'd like to start by… Continue

Added by tami osmer glatz on July 15, 2009 at 1:30pm — No Comments

My passion to join the DAR

My paternal grandmother loved to tell stories about our ancestors. She loved history and she loved genealogy. She did not live long enough to know what the Internet is or the amount of resources now available over said Internet to conduct family research. She didn't know what the genealogical proof standard was or what methodology meant or own one book on genealogy. She just loved to tell the stories that had been past down to her and tell the stories she had lived through. Like my maternal… Continue

Added by Jennifer Eklund, PLCGS on July 15, 2009 at 12:04pm — 1 Comment

My Genealogy Heartbreak

Every genealogist knows that pictures of our ancestors are like treasure. No amount of money could ever make us hand over the very souls of our ancestors. Pictures help our stories of our ancestors come to life. Pictures make us feel as though we actually knew our ancestors. Through pictures we can see through the descendants what physical features stand out down a line. Pictures also tell us about the times our ancestors lived in through their clothing or the background of the picture. Having… Continue

Added by Jennifer Eklund, PLCGS on July 15, 2009 at 9:30am — 2 Comments

What is a blog meme?

As a follow-up to my recent post - What is a blog carnival? - I received several inquires about events such as Madness Monday and… Continue

Added by Thomas MacEntee on July 14, 2009 at 3:30pm — No Comments

Genealogy Simple & Fun

I have been in the Genealogy field for over 11 years now. Here are Articles to help you in your research, News information plus Items to make your Genealogy Adventure Fun! Check back often for up-dates!

Added by Tammy Evans on July 14, 2009 at 1:20pm — No Comments

What is a blog carnival?

Anyone who has been following me or my group GeneaBloggers here on Genealogy Wise will know that I post several events each month including blog carnivals.

I often need to be reminded that - just because I've been blogging about my genealogy research and family history for almost three years now - not everyone is familiar with the concept of a blog carnival. So here is my attempt at an… Continue

Added by Thomas MacEntee on July 14, 2009 at 9:00am — 5 Comments

Over 1700 new items added to Family History Archives

Read about the new additions to the Family History Archive on

Genealogy's Star

Added by James Tanner on July 14, 2009 at 8:54am — No Comments

Genealogy - The Perfect Avocation for an Armchair Detective

I have wondered many times what it is about genealogy research that is so appealing to me. It's more than just knowing the names of ancestors, more even than finding out their individual stories. There's something in the thrill of the hunt, of piecing together all the pieces, reading between lines, following the slightest clue and having it pan out, and the elation that follows when your search is finally culminated and your answer is found.

Except that every answer only open new… Continue

Added by Katrina Haney on July 14, 2009 at 2:30am — No Comments

Now That's Art!!!

I found this cool website, where you can purchase your own DNA art.

Paste the following into your browser:

http://www.mygeneimage.com

Added by CHASTITY on July 13, 2009 at 9:00pm — 2 Comments

Ancestors Lost.

Whenever I introduce myself for Genealogical purposes, I always say "I am Luckie Daniels, a descendant of emancipated slaves from Washington-Wilkes Georgia".

It’s not spoken with any inkling of shame {to the contrary, great pride!}, nor is it intended to spur guilt. It is just who I am.

While I am not defined by Slavery, I would be remiss to ignore the impacts of the Chattel System upon myself personally, my Family and African-American Culture, as a… Continue

Added by Luckie Daniels on July 13, 2009 at 12:02pm — 9 Comments

Who will continue your research?

Every genealogist wonders who will continue their research when they were gone. My paternal grandmother died knowing that her oldest granddaughter and oldest daughter were serious genealogy hobbists. However, once my cousin had a family of her own, her genealogy obsession waivered. My aunt has not done any serious research in years. And neither of them are the generous types in sharing the research they have. Information they collected on a trip to England three decades ago is something they… Continue

Added by Jennifer Eklund, PLCGS on July 13, 2009 at 9:26am — 1 Comment

Your Genealogy Blog - Content Theft and Guarding Your Internet Reputation

Just a heads up that many genealogy bloggers are seeing their recent blog content reused at splogs (spam blogs). Just like spam and every other scam that seems to invade the Net, periodically blog content theft rears its ugly head and hits even genealogy blogs.

I've written about this extensively over at the GeneaBloggers.com website and you can read more… Continue

Added by Thomas MacEntee on July 12, 2009 at 12:00pm — 2 Comments

Understanding the Use of Sources

Not having sources to document where you found information on your ancestors in genealogy is like Superman wearing his alter ego Clark Kent's glasses, useless. Without the use of sources, information in a genealogical report is nothing more than hearsay. The more sources a genealogy report presents, the more credible the report. Many beginning genealogists do not understand sources though. The more a genealogist understands the differences between sources and the information derived from… Continue

Added by Jennifer Eklund, PLCGS on July 12, 2009 at 9:47am — 3 Comments

Family Tree Connection - Update (12/Jul/2009)

Family Tree Connection has added the following genealogy items to its database:

Packer Collegiate Institute 1908-1909 Catalogue - The Fifty-Sixth Annual Catalogue of the Packer Collegiate Institute, Joralemon and Livingston Streets, Between Clinton and Court Streets, Brooklyn, New York, 1909. The Packer Collegiate Institute was opened for the admission of students on the 9th day of November, 1854.…

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Added by Illya Daddezio on July 12, 2009 at 9:33am — No Comments

My Genealogy Hero

“This search is starting to sound familiar.” I read the words again. Could it be possible that the genealogist I hired had researched this family before?

My genealogy hero, Marianne, entered my life when I was brand new to genealogy. I was in the middle of an adoption search to find my mom’s biological mother and needed someone to photocopy various city directories. I feared I was already wearing out my welcome with the library staff, so I asked for researcher recommendations.… Continue

Added by Corey Oiesen on July 11, 2009 at 10:36pm — No Comments