Friday Finds – 03/30/12

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

New-to-Me Blogs

• SassyGenealogist, Carla Lee
• NEHGS Question of the Day, David Allen Lambert  (thanks, for sharing on Facebook, Marian, I didn’t know this existed!)

Online Articles/Posts

• My Start at Wikitree, Sheri Bush
• The 3 Best Places to Find Free Historical Maps Online, MakeUseOf
• Taking a Creative Approach to Research:  Holy Family Tuition Records, Cynthia Richardson
• Extracting Data From German Church Records – Part 1, Bart Brenner
• Extracting Data From German Church Records – Part 2, Bart Brenner
• Copyright & The News Reprint, Judy G. Russell
• Local Volunteers Needed for 1940 Census Project, Aurora (IL) Beacon
• Chicago – The Missing City Directories, Newberry Library Blog
• 1921 Canadian Census to be Released in 2013, Dick Eastman
• The Genealogist’s Guide to Researching Tax Records (a review), Leland Meitzler

Print Articles

• “Serendipity or Luck?  Sometimes It’s Both,” by Gordon Lynn Hufford, Family Chronicle, Jan/Feb 2012.
• “Who Was Theodocia’s Mother?,” by Emily A. Croom, Family Chronicle, Jan/Feb 2012.

Website

• Illinois State Archives Online Databases (new URL and site redesigned)
• RootsTech 2012 Videos (individual videos of select lectures)
• Chicago Tribune Archives (search the archives from 1852 to present; there is a cost for a copy of the actual article)