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The following are a few recommendations for inclusion on your reading list this weekend.
1. Thanks to a link provided by NEHGS in The Weekly Genealogist, you can learn about the real life inspiration for "Uncle Sam" and the search for his descendants by going here. 2. Speaking of NEHGS . . . the Early New England Families Study Project of NEHGS has added five new sketches. The new sketches are for the families of: Nathaniel Bacon (m. 1642); Joshua Holgrave (m. 1640); Jane [Conant] [Holgrave] Mason (m. 1640, 1647); Robert Moulton, Jr. (m. 1640); and Thomas Stowe (m. 1639). You can get links at The Weekly Genealogist, Vol. 18, No. 27, Whole #747, July 8, 2015 or by going to the Ongoing Study Projects page at American Ancestors.org if you are a member.
3. James Tanner at Genealogy's Star blog alerts us to a new technology called "Global Name Translation" that ". . . automatically translates names found in historical records and family trees from one language into another, in very high accuracy, generating all the plausible translations, to facilitate matches between names in different languages. In addition, a manual search in one language will also provide results in other languages, translated back to the user's language for convenience." Read more about it here.
4. I missed it last week, but for a little history lesson on "Horribles Parades" in New England and some photos that are sure to make you smile or even break out in laughter, have a look at Heather Rojo's post on the subject here at Nutfield Genealogy blog.
5. If you have ever been faced with sorting through piles of old family photos, then you might want to consider the approach used by Denise Levenick of The Family Curator blog. Denise describes her "Parking Lot" method of sorting through boxes of family photographs here.
6. Diane Boumenot of One Rhode Island Family blog continues the story of her relative who died at the Battle of Antietam almost 153 years ago. Of particular interest is Diane's pursuit of some footnotes in some military histories that indicated the Antietam National Battlefield might have some letters from her relative that died in that battle. Diane emailed the Battlefield to inquire and a few weeks later a package arrived that contained copies of the letters and other materials that have provided Diane with "a way to find [her] gggg-grandparents' life story." Read Diane's story here.
7. For anyone with Catholic roots in Ireland, UpFront With NGS blog brings the news that the National Library of Ireland has released its entire collection of Roman Catholic parish registers. Read more about the availability this important research material and get links here.
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Copyright 2015, John D. Tew
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It was indeed an excellent week - all of the above were helpful to me this week! Diane's website is a constant lesson in detailed determined research. Thanks for posting these, John. So helpful.
ReplyDeleteHi Celia! Always good to hear from you and I am especially glad when you find some of the suggested reading helpful. ;-) Thank you for commenting and for your kind words.
DeleteThanks for mentioning the Horribles Parade. I found some photos of a 1960s Horribles Parade in Maine, and I'll have to wait until next 4th of July to share them!
ReplyDeleteMy pleasure Heather! As I said, it brought back memories of 4th of July parades at Arnold Mills in RI when I was young.
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