Here are a few recomended reads for this weekend.
1. Randy Seaver, of Genea-Musings blog, provides a number of regular features (among which is his "Genealogy News Bytes" on Tuesdays and Fridays). He also posts record collection updates that are well worth scanning to see if there might be some new records for you to explore for your genealogy research. For example, this week Randy posted record collection updates at Ancestry.com here and at FamilySearch.org here. Randy's record collection updates provide an easy, convenient way of checking for likely new sources for your research.
2. And speaking of record collections . . . James Tanner, of Genealogy's Star blog, posted this week about daily free record collection access during this month of June (which shockingly only has 11 days left). You can read the remaining schedule for free access here. The collections include documents from countries outside the U.S. such as Germany, Spain, the U.K., Greece, Italy, Netherlands, etc.
3. Jacqi Stevens, of A Family Tapestry blog, posted an interesting piece this week titled "The Trouble With Strategies." She walks the reader through her strategy for researching into an Irish family using baptismal records and the traditional method of selecting godparents. You can read Jacqi's post here.
4. Lately there have been many blog posts about the photo enhancment tool on MyHeritage. This week Marian Wood, of Climbing My Family Tree blog, posted a wonderful step-by-step use of MyHeritage and other photo tools to reveal "Who's Hidden in That Tintype." Read the post and see the reveal here.
5. Heather Rojo, of Nutfield Genealogy blog, wrote again this week about her 3rd great grandfather who left for California during the Gold Rush and became a 49er. You can read about New England 49ers here and you can read a long list of other 49ers from New England to see if any of your family member might possibly be listed.
6. And finally, on a somewhat lighter side, Peter Muise, of NEW ENGLAND FOLKLORE blog, posted this week about the importance of social distancing during this pandemic . . . and the all-time distancing champion for modeling the necessary behavior is revealed. Read his timely post here.
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