Thursday, January 25, 2018

3 FREE Online Irish Courses

Al details here http://www.irishgenealogynews.com/2018/01/three-free-online-courses-from.html


Cheers,
Pat

Massive Database for Enslaved

http://www.openculture.com/2018/01/massive-new-slave-trade-database-will-finally-allow-us-to-identify-african-american-slaves-and-their-descendants.html

Massive New Database Will Finally Allow Us to Identify Enslaved Peoples and Their Descendants in the Americas. Awesome!!


Cheers,
Pat

And Where Did YOUR Ancestors Come From?

This is really cool - this amatuer genealogist has followed several of Trump's Immigration advisers own immigrant histories. And guess what she found???? https://forward.com/news/national/392625/she-confronts-trumps-immigration-advisers-with-their-own-immigrant-historie/


Cheers,
Pat

Hints - Online Photographs

This is a good post about non-copyright issues dealing with online photographs. https://www.evidenceexplained.com/quicktips/other-non-copyright-issue-online-photographs-nobody-talks-about


Cheers,
Pat

What's New: FamilySearch Places

https://www.familysearch.org/blog/en/whats-familysearch-places/

"FamilySearch has a new tool called FamilySearch Places, which makes learning about places easier. Although the development of this tool is ongoing, some great features are already available, so you can start using it now."


Cheers,
Pat

Tuesday, January 23, 2018

Burned Irish Records

So on several FB and Twitter feeds I follow there has been a big flurry of folks talking about alllll those burned Irish records - hmmmmm ... this usually happens when there is a whole lot of new genealogists joining in ... and that's GREAT!! BUT. They need to be educated, gently. haha So Claire Santry has written and still runs her magnificent Irish blog and she has addressed this here https://www.irish-genealogy-toolkit.com/irish-records-burned.html

And don't just read that one article. Look around. Press some new buttons. Learn. ENJOY!!


Cheers,
Pat

NEW Interactive Catholic Baptism Maps

Thanks again to John Grenham, our Irish expert. https://www.johngrenham.com/blog/

As always, poke around the website as there is LOTS there!


Cheers,
Pat

Tips For Writing Your Family Stories

https://www.familysearch.org/blog/en/18-writing-tips-tell-stories/

From our friends at familysearch.org, here are 18 tips to help us write and tell our own stories. Great FREE ideas!! Who's gonna do it?


Cheers,
Pat