Friday Finds – 06/15/12

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

New-To-Me Blogs

• Finding Our Italian Roots, Melanie Holtz
• Finding Forgotten Stories, Anne Gillespie Mitchell
• My Blog…My Life…My Ancestry, Kelly Cornett-Vial
• Found Lost Treasure, Yvette Porter Moore
• Tripping Over My Roots, Anna
• The Webtrees Genealogist, Jeff
• ‘On a flesh and bone foundations’: An Irish History, Jennifer Geraghty-Gorman

Online Articles/Posts

• Finding Historical Maps for Genealogy, Shelley Bishop
• War of 1812 Bicentennial: Genealogy Resources, Diane Haddad
• Researching War Of 1812 Veterans, Kathleen Brandt
• Follow Friday: Useful websites for Luxembourg - American Research, Bryna O'Sullivan
• Untangling a Blog Post Mistake, Heather Rojo
• Iowa Vital Records,  Leslie Brinkley Lawson
• Iowa Genealogy Links, Leslie Brinkley Lawson
• Society Evernote, Denise Barrett Olson
• New Online Exhibition of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence, Merry Ann T. Wright
• QuickLesson 2: Sources vs. Information vs. Evidence vs. Proof, Elizabeth Shown Mills
• QuickLesson 5: Analyzing Records, Elizabeth Shown Mills
• Wayne County (Michigan) Death Record Index Now Online, Dick Eastman
• New York Emigrants Savings Bank Records – A Resource for Irish American Research, Carolyn L. Barkley
• Genealogy: A Letter Reveals Memories from Two Lifetimes Ago, Ryan W. Owen
• Using ‘GermanRoots’ Web Site
• Connecticut Historical Society Unveils New Digital Resources for Historians & Genealogists, Dick Eastman
•  Dating a Cabinet Card, Kimberly Powell
• One Billion Graves, Brian Zalewski
• Mind Mapping for Genealogists, Lynn Palermo
• Small Town Papers Now FREE to Access, Randy Seaver

Print Articles

• “Finding a Man’s Past Through his Children: Four Wives of John C. Fawkner of Kentucky and Indiana,” by J. H. Fonkert, NGS Quarterly, September 2011.
• “Wedding Bells,” by David A. Fryxell, Family Tree Magazine, Jul/Aug 2012.
• “Star-Spangled Genealogy,” by David Allen Lambert, Family Tree Magazine, Jul/Aug 2012.
• “Researching Lutheran Ancestors,” by James M. Beidler, Family Tree Magazine, Jul/Aug 2012.

Websites

• The Genealogy Center
• Bobbie’s Genealogy Classroom
• Rowell’s & Ayer’s American Newspaper Directory PDFs (via Library of Congess, PDF versions of the directories from 1869-1920)