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The following are a few recommendations for inclusion on your reading list this weekend.
1. Do you have any family members who served onboard the USS Sheridan or the USS Eldorado during WWII? If so, then you should check out the annotated map done by Navy signalman Bluford Clonts at The Vault. Mr. Clonts, who passed away in 1999, plots the tracks of the Sheridan and the Eldorado and provides notes on the back of his map.
2. Also from The Vault is a piece about the discovery of the notes of William Still, a Philadelphian who documented and preserved his records of assistance rendered to runaway slaves on the Underground Railway. If you have any ancestors who made their way to freedom using the Underground Railway, then you should check out The Vault post here.
3. Canada's History magazine has a very interesting article by Paul Jones about the publication of fake genealogies. Read here about the case of Gustave Anjou who authored some 300 ostensible genealogical works with false information about 2,000 different surnames.
4. Upfront With NGS blog provides information and links about an Index for 1855 Valuation Rolls of Scotland. If you have Scottish roots, you might find this information of use to your research. Read about the Index here.
5. James Tanner at Genealogy's Star blog posted an informative piece about spam appearing as bogus comments on blog posts. Have a read here.
6. Think you have a witch in your genealogy? If so, you should check out Heather Rojo's post at Nutfield Genealogy blog Ten Things to Know About Researching a Witch in Your Family Tree. Read Heather's timely post here.
7. And finally, last week I recommended the book Leviathan, Eric Jay Dolin's 2007 history of whaling in America. Quite to my surprise and delight, Mr. Dolin posted a comment to the recommendation and in so doing shared the news of his forthcoming new book about lighthouses in America. If you have any family connections to keepers of lighthouses (or just a general interest in lighthouses), you will want to get Mr. Dolin's new book, BRILLIANT BEACONS: A HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN LIGHTHOUSE this coming April. Since I have a relative who was Assistant Keeper at Beavertail Lighthouse in Rhode Island in 1862, BRILLIANT BEACONS is already on my purchase list.
1. Do you have any family members who served onboard the USS Sheridan or the USS Eldorado during WWII? If so, then you should check out the annotated map done by Navy signalman Bluford Clonts at The Vault. Mr. Clonts, who passed away in 1999, plots the tracks of the Sheridan and the Eldorado and provides notes on the back of his map.
2. Also from The Vault is a piece about the discovery of the notes of William Still, a Philadelphian who documented and preserved his records of assistance rendered to runaway slaves on the Underground Railway. If you have any ancestors who made their way to freedom using the Underground Railway, then you should check out The Vault post here.
3. Canada's History magazine has a very interesting article by Paul Jones about the publication of fake genealogies. Read here about the case of Gustave Anjou who authored some 300 ostensible genealogical works with false information about 2,000 different surnames.
4. Upfront With NGS blog provides information and links about an Index for 1855 Valuation Rolls of Scotland. If you have Scottish roots, you might find this information of use to your research. Read about the Index here.
5. James Tanner at Genealogy's Star blog posted an informative piece about spam appearing as bogus comments on blog posts. Have a read here.
6. Think you have a witch in your genealogy? If so, you should check out Heather Rojo's post at Nutfield Genealogy blog Ten Things to Know About Researching a Witch in Your Family Tree. Read Heather's timely post here.
7. And finally, last week I recommended the book Leviathan, Eric Jay Dolin's 2007 history of whaling in America. Quite to my surprise and delight, Mr. Dolin posted a comment to the recommendation and in so doing shared the news of his forthcoming new book about lighthouses in America. If you have any family connections to keepers of lighthouses (or just a general interest in lighthouses), you will want to get Mr. Dolin's new book, BRILLIANT BEACONS: A HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN LIGHTHOUSE this coming April. Since I have a relative who was Assistant Keeper at Beavertail Lighthouse in Rhode Island in 1862, BRILLIANT BEACONS is already on my purchase list.
Copyright 2015, John D. Tew
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Thanks for the mention, John. Its near Halloween, and people are always interested in the 1692 witch trail this time of the year!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the mention, John. Its near Halloween, and people are always interested in the 1692 witch trail this time of the year!
ReplyDeleteMy pleasure Heather. I enjoyed the post and it is perfectly timed for Halloween.
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