Friday Finds – 11/11/11

Weekly column sharing genealogy-related things that I’ve found.

New-to-Me Blogs

• Discovering Yesterday, Marion Woodfirk Simmons
• Deb’s Delvings, Debbie Parker Wayne

Online Articles/Posts

• 2011 FGS Awards – Distinguished Service Award: Oriene Springstroh, FGS (Congrats, Oriene!!)
• The Big Genealogy Blog Book, Amy Coffin
• Flip-Pal Simple Gifts Blog Hop ~ Story Jar, Caroline Pointer

Websites

• New Illinois Adoption Law (I’ve written posts about this before, but since November 15th is right around the corner, I figured I’d post it again.  On November 15th, adult adoptees born after January 1, 1946 can now request the original copy of their birth certificates.  Those born prior to January 1, 1946 have been able to do this for about a year.)