Here area few recommended reads for this weekend.
1. I have always enjoyed the writing and musings of Jacqi Stevens at A Family Tapestry blog. She is informative, entertaining, and a good writer. Today she posted about embarking on a new experience in her piece, "Diving In: Can't Swim Without Risking Sinking." You can read her musings here.
2. An Gorta Mor -- The Great Hunger and discoveries using mtDNA . . . Janice A. Brown, of Cow Hampshire blog, writes an engaging piece about both this week. You can read her post and learn what An Gorta Mor is by going here.
3. James Tanner, of Genealogy's Star blog, links us to this article "Billions of Digital Images and Associated Text Metadata Created Through the United States National Archives and Records Administration's Digitization Partnership Program" and he suggests we all read it. You can read his introductory post and get a link to the suggested article by going here.
4. If you are incorporating DNA research and data into your genealogy, then you should read Judy Russell's take on recent modifications to the Board for Certification of Genealogists (BCG) view of ethical use of DNA evidence. Read the 2018 BCG standard and the new October 2020 modification, along with Judy's personal take on the changes here at The Legal Genealogist blog.
5. Nancy Messier, of My Ancestors and Me blog, does the service of bringing to our attention and reviewing the FamilySearch Campaigns that can offer links for further information or documents to consider in your research. Nancy lists and provides the links for the currently available campaigns, and she emphasizes that the campaigns change over time and might not be available in the future. You can read her post here.
6. Do you or your friends and relatives think you are obsessed with Genealogy? This week The Weekly Genealogist of American Ancestors/NEHGS linked to the article "Why Are Americans Obsessed With Genealogy?" in Psychology Today. You can find out the reasons for your obsession by going here. And if you have Mayflower ancestors, you will be interested to read another linked article in The Weekly Genealogist–"Do the Pilgrims Still Matter?" is in the November issue of Yankee magazine and you can read it here.
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Copyright 2020, John D. Tew
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Thank you for including my post in your list, John. I appreciate it.
ReplyDeleteI found the post informative and was happy to suggest others read it too. Thank you!
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