Polish Diminutives

A short article packed with some great assistance if you've struggled with first name 'nicknames' or variant names, and who hasn't? https://blogs.transparent.com/polish/diminutives-of-proper-names/

It's an old article, but the information is still 100% valid and might help break down a brick wall, or more. And it's not only the Poles who did this! Every single nationality has their own forms of diminutive names, so we must learn them.


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Pat

Finding Lulu

For most I suspect this will be a story they are not familiar with. It takes place in Edmonton Alberta Canada, 1922, and tells the story of one very brave young woman. It's a short read, but an important one I think. http://theyardsyeg.ca/finding-lulu


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The Spanish Flu 100 Years Ago

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/winnipeg-spanish-flu-100-years-1.4843940


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Pat

Cadastral Maps of Galicia

Don't know what a cadastral is? https://fromshepherdsandshoemakers.com/2018/09/26/using-cadastral-maps-of-galicia/


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Pat

Swedish American Newspapers etc

Another great site with lots more than just newspapers http://www.mnhs.org/newspapers/swedishamerican


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Pat

Newspapers Online FREE

https://www.google.ca/search?q=google+newspaper+archives&oq=google+newspaper&aqs=chrome.1.69i57j0l5.7982j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

Just take a few minutes, read, and poke around. There is a ton of great info here for those patient enough to learn.


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Pat

Critical Thinking & Powers of Reasoning

And now for something completely different [as they say haha].

Post your answers ON this blog. Under my
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to the right you'll see Comments or No comments - click on it and type your answer. I'll give you the correct answer Wednesday 02 October 2018. It's just for fun folks. Play along? Do NOT send your answers to me via email or I'll be buried in a few hours.


Here's your question:
"Can you answer this? There are 5 people in a room, you go in and kill 4 of those 5, how many people actually remain in that room?"

ANSWER
So not one person got it right!! We're still in such a hurry to get to the 'important stuff' haha, that we miss the details. Read the first question!!

Perhaps it's time to start a review of your genealogy documents ... reading more carefully? I'm betting you are still sitting on answers. Every single time I do a review, I find answers I'd missed first time round.

And if you still didn't get it, the answer is "Yes".



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Pat

Find A Grave

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/112155241/melvina-shields_/_mcgruder

Be sure to enlarge and read the inscription.


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Flour Sack Clothes. 1939

"1939. Kansas Wheat. When they realized women were using their [flour] sacks to make clothes for their children, the mills started using flowered fabric for their sacks so the kids would have pretty clothes. Pure kindness. The label would wash out."

I remember my Mom talking about doing this during the 1930s in Saskatchewan. Now this link will take you to Pinterest - one more social media outlet you may not be using? Give it a whirl too. https://www.pinterest.ca/pin/358880664027872837/?lp=true Click on the picture to enlarge it.


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Pat

Using YouTube for Genealogy

I just did a Google search for "video Carpathian Mountains". Pretty amazing what you can learn and see through YouTube!! And it's FREE!! and SAFE!! Give it a whirl for whatever interests you.


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Pat

During and After the Famine - Ireland

This is a good way to use facebook. RootsIreland https://www.facebook.com/rootsireland.ie/


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4 Things You Should Do With Every Genealogy Source

Perfect timing from Amy Johnson Crow as my new class will be tackling this tomorrow evening. Here's a good reminder for all of us!! https://www.amyjohnsoncrow.com/4-things-every-genealogy-source/

Thanks Amy.


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Germans from Russia

This is a neat old newspaper clipping from North Dakota with some interesting information. https://library.ndsu.edu/grhc/articles/newspapers/news/lubenow.html


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PAS Magazines FREE

"Provincial Archives of Saskatchwean is happy to announce that all of our back issues of Saskatchewan History magazine (1948-2017) are now available as free PDF downloads. Visit our website at http://www.saskarchives.com/sask-history-magazine to access all 182 available issues."

WOW!!! Enjoy your weekend everyone!!


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Pat

FREE Online Videos

From RootsTec 2018 - the site is slow loading becuase of the GREAT, and heavy content, so be a bit patient. This is pretty amazing as it looks like ost, if not all, presentations are available! WOW!! So as the weather turns cool/cold it's great timing - stay inside, watch, learn, be entertained FREE. Y'er welcome. haha https://www.rootstech.org/rootstech-2018-videos


Just chose a day, click on it, and then choose which presentation you want.



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Pat

AncestryDNA Match Labelling

I've read about this several places, but Thanks to Shop the Hound blog for this http://blog.familyhistoryhound.com/

Soooooooooo much going on in the DNA world it's super hard to keep up!


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Wiki Help

Don't know what a Wiki is, or how it can help? Again our friends from the LDS have written an excellent Wiki and put it up FREE. For anywhere, and everywhere, on any subject. Help awaits here https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Main_Page


OK that's enough for today. I've been at this for several hours so hope someone finds something helpful. Nice to be back.


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Pat

Manitoba Online FREE Digital Collections

This is amazing and continues to grow. THANK YOU University of Manitoba!! Maps, newspapers and more. Did I mention FREE?? http://digitalcollections.lib.umanitoba.ca/islandora/object/uofm%3A1243378


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Pat

A New Google Search Engine

Thanks to my old friend, Lisa Louise Cooke for this one. It's in Beta for now, but read about it here https://www.facebook.com/LisaLouiseCooke/posts/10155972478748512


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Pat

Help Index 1926 Census of Prairies

Ever complain cause the indexing isn't being done fast enough for you? Well then here's your chance to step up and help make historical records available, free and online!! Think how satisfying it would be to know YOU played a major part - and add it your own history!

Library and Archives Canada has turned over the census of 1926 taken of the Canadian Prairie Provinces to the fine folks at familysearch. And now they are asking for our help. They make their records available online and free so the more volunteers working on this census, or anything else available, obviously the faster it will be put online for us to use. Sign in to your account on www.familysearch.org , go to Indexing, click on Find a Project, and choose from there.

Sure hope some of you consider doing this! I've done lots of indexing and will do more once my plate clears a little.


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Pat

Irish Landed Estates Records

ALWAYS exciting to learn of any Irish records, obscure of otherwise. I've taken this one for a few test drives and now I REALLY REALLY want to go back to Ireland ... but this time for some serious research. Sigh. Suppose I can win the lottery, even if I don't buy tickets? haha Yeah. That's what I thought.

Here ya go and best of luck!! ANd thanks as always to John Grenham, my Irish hero. https://www.johngrenham.com/blog/2018/09/10/definitely-half-full/


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Pat

30% Off FindMyPast

Hurry as it expires 23 Sept 2018. Good for any one of their packages!
https://www.irishgenealogynews.com/2018/09/rare-opportunity-30-off-any-findmypast.html


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Pat

Galicia & Bukovina

A handbook in PDF so give it time to load https://ia801302.us.archive.org/24/items/galiciabukovinar00himk/galiciabukovinar00himk.pdf


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Undelivered Mail to Go Online

Massive trove of centuries-old undelivered mail seized by British warships going online. Prize Papers digitizes more than 160,000 letters, some unopened, sent between 1652 and 1815. https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-thursday-edition-1.4822216/massive-trove-of-centuries-old-undelivered-mail-seized-by-british-warships-going-online-1.4818817


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Pat

New DNA Tool on Ancestry

So Ancestry has been working on advances for their DNA test labelling and here's what they've come up with http://genealogyalacarte.ca/?p=25111


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Pat

Technology for Genealogy

An Excel program to map cemeteries is the focus of this site, and it's really good!! https://www.facebook.com/groups/techgen/permalink/1916388548453772/

And you thought Facebook was a waste of time? haha Thank you Dennis Allen.


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Online Historical Canadian Images

Again thanks to the Unwritten Histories blog, here is a beginners guide to online Canadian historical images http://www.unwrittenhistories.com/a-beginners-guide-to-online-canadian-historical-images/


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Canadian History Roundup

For the week of 09th September 2018 http://www.unwrittenhistories.com/canadian-history-roundup-week-of-september-9-2018/

Yes, I know I'm behind!! haha


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Pat

Ukrainian Genealogy

A beginners guide to Ukrainian genealogy, but the site could use be a bit more user friendly. So if you're staring at the book, not knowing what to do, just click on the cover and each subsequent - use the + button to enlarge once you've opened it. Good luck!! https://archive.org/details/UkrainianGenealogy


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Pat

FREE Scottish Indexes

"The aim of this website is to help you trace your Scottish family tree and find out more about the lives of your ancestors by helping you access historic documents that are here in Scotland.

We have a wide range of indexes from birth, marriage, death and census records to mental health and prison records. You can search all of our indexes from this page or you can go to our 'Record Sets' page and search by individual category. Find out exactly what we have indexed so far on our coverage page."


http://www.scottishindexes.com/default.aspx



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Pat

Genealogy Gophers

You're thinking "Whaaaaaaaatttt"? LOL

"How and Why to Use Genealogy Gophers
Posted March 10, 2015 by Amy Johnson Crow

There’s a problem with OCR (optical character recognition). Yes, it helps us find text that is buried deep in the pages of an unindexed book or newspaper. The problem is that OCR is literal. Search for “William” and it will look for “William,” but not “Wm.” (Did you just think of how many references to your “Wm.” you’ve missed over the years? Kinda scary, isn’t it?)

That’s where Genealogy Gophers (gengophers.com) comes in."

Continue reading here http://www.nostorytoosmall.com/posts/how-and-why-to-use-genealogy-gophers/

I've been trialing this and it's pretty cool!! Thanks to Dallan Quass for developing this and thanks to Amy Johnson Crow for telling us about it.


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Pat

Polish Records

Tutorial: Genealogia w Archiwach
The site features scans from 450 registry offices, mostly in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian area. http://www.lostshoebox.com/tutorial/genealogia-w-archiwach/


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Pat

Irish Records Online & FREE

This is massive news for those of us with Irish ancestry. Their government has allocated money to allow the Church of Ireland Parish Registers to be digitized and made available, ONLINE, FREE!!!! Read about it here https://www.irishgenealogynews.com/2018/09/church-of-ireland-parish-registers-to.html

I know, I know ... it will never be fast enough for us, but at least it's on it's way.


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Pat

Getting Children Involved

Thanks for your patience! I've not been able to post until I got my new course going for the Fall. We're all set now, so here we go with updates and new genealogy 'stuff'.

Getting children involved in our passion. Remember how most of us didn't become interested until there was no one left to answer our qustions? Perhaps we can help our little ones avoid that pain. Here's some pretty simple suggestions https://beckyvillareal.com/2018/09/19/how-to-engage-children-in-family-history-and-genealogy/


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Pat