Images of Prairie Towns

This is a GREAT service!! FREE!! http://www.prairie-towns.com/


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Pat

Don't Reshelve Books in Library or Archive

So this is an interesting article, and might be quite a surprise!! http://www.amyjohnsoncrow.com/2017/01/26/real-reason-shouldnt-reshelve-genealogy-books/


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Pat

Hungary Civil Registration, 1895-1980

https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1452460


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Pat

Some Great Genealogy Hints

This applies to everyone http://genealogysstar.blogspot.mx/2017/01/there-was-old-woman-who-lived-in-shoe.html


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Pat

Dating Ireland's Griffith's Valuation

And coming to our aid is our Irish hero John Grenham https://www.johngrenham.com/blog/

This is one I'll certainly be spending some time on. Thanks John Grenham!!


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Pat

RootsTech Streaming Sessions

So thanks again to the Legal Genealogist for this "There are a variety of sessions from the RootsTech conference that will be livestreamed starting at 9 a.m. tomorrow, Wednesday, February 8th, that will let you check in on a lot of the fun from the comfort of your own computer screen. And recordings of the livestreamed sessions will be posted on the RootsTech website afterwards so you can catch up on anything you missed.
To tune in to any streamed session, just point your browser to the RootsTech home page at the scheduled time. The stream should automatically refresh at the beginning of each session. If it doesn’t, then you’ll need to refresh the page manually by clicking the Refresh button on your browser."

For the list https://www.legalgenealogist.com/2017/02/07/down-the-stream-at-rootstech/

I hate to look a gift horse in the mouth [wow, where did THAT come from? haha] BUT it seems to me there just has to be a better way to do this. Anyway, good luck. Hope you get into whatever session(s) you want.


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Pat

Arkansas Land Records

This is an extensive list of links, so anyone interested in this area - Thanks again to the Legal Genealogist https://www.legalgenealogist.com/2017/02/06/landing-the-records/


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Pat

RootsTech

So the largest genealogy conference begins this Wednesday, Feb 8th, 2017 at Salt Lake City. I have never been, and I to never attend [haha] because I just don't care for crowds like that. Thankfully, for those of us not attending, they have live streamed many sessions and then archived them for a while. The same as in years gone by, the website and the streaming information is really NOT user-friendly. I'll do what I can to help you find them, but after an hour of looking this morning there is still nothing clickable. Hopefully the streamed sessions will become available ... soon. You can watch for yourself, and I could use the help, at https://www.rootstech.org/schedule?date=2017-02-08&pass=rootstech; the list http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865672361/RootsTech-2017-live-streaming-schedule.html; and the home page https://www.rootstech.org/ which is where I expect the streaming sessions to show up, but who knows.


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Pat

Sask Archives Events

Lots of events happening around the province!! http://www.scaa.sk.ca/public-awareness/archives-week/

NOTE: apparently there may be cancellations to these event(s) due to a Saskatoon election. Probably best to phone first. Thanks to Eleanor R. for the update. Nice to know there are people following, and helping!!


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Pat

Finding Your Canadian Story

I can't remember seeing this site before. After a quick look it seems interesting. This link will take you to Part 3 Quebec & Ontario, but the first two parts can be linked to along the left side. https://findingyourcanadianstory.blogspot.mx/


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Pat
- just one little weather report [it's +36C today and not a cloud in the sky, but the saving grace is the humidity is always under 70% so it's totally liveable]

Scottish FREE Presentation

Thanks to Christine Woodcock for making her one hour presentation available, FREE, on her YouTube channel titled 'Researching Scottish criminals, lunatics and paupers' http://scottishgenealogytipsntricks.blogspot.mx/2017_02_01_archive.html


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Pat
And here ends today's posts. I was very far behind on things I'd saved to post, and had no time, so pardon the abbreviated information. It was either do it this way, or never get it done at all. Like I keep saying, you get what you pay for? Lol Lol Lol Sure hope there is something in here for someone!!

Drone Video of Auschwitz

This must NEVER be forgotten
Apparently the first link I posted does not work for some, so try this one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=449ZOWbUkf0

Also if this is of additional interest, Google "drone flies over auschwitz" and you'll find nine or ten videos. Hope this helps!



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Pat

Why Do You Love Genealogy?

WHAT a question!! haha So here is one expert genealogists opinion - and as usual John Grenham is funny and accurate. https://www.johngrenham.com/blog/


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Pat

Corrected: Jewish Surnames Explained

You can get to the original article, but this is the second, corrected article http://www.slate.com/blogs/lexicon_valley/2014/01/30/jewish_names_the_etymology_and_meaning_of_ashkenazi_jewish_surnames.html


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Pat

My First Job - Corner Stores

So this article from North Battleford Saskatchewan Archives really caught my eye https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=921457737930314&id=122162064526556&substory_index=0

... because ... my first paying job was in a small Saskatchewan grocery store when I was 11 years old. This article brought back smells, sounds, and memories, most of which were good. The only part not so good was my pay. I worked every night after school and all day Saturday - for one month - and then Mr. Brown gave me a $10.00 bill. Even I knew that was not right, so I said so! Next month he gave me a 20 dollar bill. Next month I quit. HaHa.

Because I got a new job, next door, at the drug store which was also the switchboard office. Yessiree, I operated the old switchboard [one ringie dingie], sold Greyhound bus tickets, packets of cigarettes for 35 cents, candy, camera film, and things like 'Wild Strawberry' from the 'drug' part of the store. Lol Don't remember my wage, but I was happy enough to stay there all through high school until we moved to the big city for Grade XII in 1965. Now this was a stroll down memory lane and you probably learned stuff you couldn't care less about. haha


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Pat

FREE Black History Records Feb 2017

Fold3, an arm of Ancestry, is making their collection of Black History Records FREE for the month of February 2017. https://go.fold3.com/blackhistory/?xid=2089


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Pat

Surname Mapping

"Surname mapping is a useful technique for a surname DNA project. Many surnames have regional distribution patterns. Mapping the distribution of a surname at different points in time will often reveal the origin of the family name and will thus provide a narrower focus for further research and for recruitment efforts. Surname maps are generally created using information from censuses, electoral registers and telephone directories."

Lots of countries http://isogg.org/wiki/Surname_mapping


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Pat

Autosomal DNA for Absolute Beginners

Here is part 1 and part 2 http://www.martinebrennan.com/kerry-snippets

If you want more info, just Google something like the title above and you'll get buckets of matches.


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Pat

Ukranian Cemeteries in Western Canada

Great!
http://www.canadashistory.ca/Destinations/Travel-Stories/Articles/SK/Prairie-icons


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Pat

Legacy Tip

For those using the Legacy genealogy software, there are tons of tips - this one is on 'Ages', but also leads you to find where all the tips are located - FREE. http://news.legacyfamilytree.com/legacy_news/2017/01/legacy-tip-ages.html


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Pat

Read REAL Facts - not Alternative Facts

Who knows what to believe anymore? Here are 10 you can trust.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/berlinschoolofcreativeleadership/2017/02/01/10-journalism-brands-where-you-will-find-real-facts-rather-than-alternative-facts/#45f457c529c1


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Pat

Ukraine's Dark 20th Century

I'm falling behind on posting, sooooooooo won't say much on each - probably just a title and the link. Sorry, just not enough hours in the day - and you get what you pay for? hahahahahahaha http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-news-and-politics/214470/six-cups


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Pat

2016 Best Genealogy WebSites

Thanks to Family Tree Magazine for this http://www.familytreemagazine.com/article/best-british-irish-genealogy-websites-2016


People tell me, often, about how they are not researching here 'cause they plan to go to [insert your overseas home country] to do their family history research aka genealogy. So I ask a couple simple questions, and then I ALWAYS think "What a waste". Why? Well, unless you have done a tremendous amount of research to know EXACTLY which record types you will need to find in EXACTLY which archive/library/church, in EXACTLY which physical location city/town/farm, and EXACTLY which days and times each is open/closed and EXACTLY who is allowed to research there, and HOW to use each set of records - which one should be looked at first, what you are looking for, what you might find because records are all used in tandem, right? We use one record to lead us to the next, but do you know EXACTLY what each record is even named, and ... on and on and on. You should know that there is not that one spot that has the book with your family history in it!!!

Now this doesn't even take into consideration your travel, meal, accomodation costs. You know how long it can take to find the answer needed for each question. So do you really want to spend your whole vacation time in the musty, cold basement of an old building, alone, desperately wishing you could just wander around the town your family lived in - looking through cemeteries, walking in the footsteps of your ancestors confident in the knowledge you've got the right street, house, church. Maybe you see this differently, and that's your perogative.

For me I did as much research as possible while still at my home in Canada. I gathered BMDs, census reports for every available census, I found church records, court records, guardianship records, parish records, newspaper clippings, buckets of maps, and on and on until I had re-created the lives of my ancestors - as complete as possible at the time. THEN I planned my trip, and only included research in a couple record types only available 'there'. Seeing as I'm first generation Canadian I had a lot of 'away' locations to visit and I've done most of them - from areas of eastern Canada, to various US States, to Scotland, to Ireland, to Germany, to Czech Republic. I have photographs of me at specific homes, beside ancestors tombstones, inside the churches named on documents and in newspapers, and a whole lot more ... so you get the idea.

My advice? Do your research from home. Travel later. That's my advice. Can you tell I had an 'interesting' conversation with a new genealogist last night? Lol


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Pat

List of Loyalists

The New York Public Library recently digitized a manuscript List of loyalists against whom judgments were given under the Confiscation Act, which documents judgments made against loyalists between 1780 and 1783…but research shows these judgments were actually made in 1802. Why was New York State dealing with seizures of loyalist property two decades after the Revolution ended? https://www.nypl.org/blog/2016/09/19/loyalist-property-confiscation

List of loyalists against whom judgments were given under the Confiscation Act
Search the database https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/92a14bb0-0e2f-0134-a08b-00505686a51c


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Pat

Not Really Genealogy

And this really is not genealogy - I just thought it was so well done I'd like to share it. It's a short video, safe, and has a wonderful message, especially in these days of such troubled vision https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0cfygJrABs


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Pat

Facebook Finds Father

Social media has so much power - and some people are learning how to use it for GOOD reasons.

The title is "Mystery solved: Belgian woman finds 'new family in Canada in search for soldier father" and it's a nice, happy story http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/florence-heene-finds-canadian-soldier-father-vancouver-1.3958594


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Pat