Friday Finds – 08/03/12

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

New-to-Me Blogs

• Finding My Family, Daniel Zappala (This is a neat idea for presenting genealogy research.)
• Twigs and Trees, Celia Lewis

Online Articles/Posts

• Quick Lesson 10:  Original Records, Image Copies, and Derivatives, Elizabeth Shown Mills
• Scribd Collections, Denise Barrett Olson
• Fitting Genealogy Into Your Busy Life: Ten Tips to Maximize Your Research Time, Lisa Alzo
• uencounter.me – A Way to Plot Cluster Genealogy Research, Thomas MacEntee
• Oakland County (Michigan) Genealogical Society Adds to the 1890 Census Substitute Project
• Organize a Scrivener Writing Project, Denise Barrett Olson
• Is an Obituary an Original Source? Does it Matter?, Harold Henderson

Websites & Resources

• uencounter.me
• Tillotson’s Pocket Map & Street Guide of Chicago (1900), via Internet Archive
• Oakland County (Michigan) 1890 Census Substitute Project, via Oakland County Genealogical Society

Upcoming Webinars

• Instagram for Genealogists, Carrie Keele, August 6 (DearMYTRLE)
• Wikis for Genealogists, Thomas MacEntee, August 8 (Legacy Family Tree)
• Major Midwestern Archives & Their Records, Paula Stuart-Warren, August 14 (Illinois State Genealogical Society)
• Women’s Work, Gena Philibert-Ortega, August 15 (Southern California Genealogical Society)
• Research With Geoff – LIVE!, Geoff Rasmussen, August 17 (Legacy Family Tree)
• The 5 C’s for Success in Genealogy Today, Barbara Renick, August 22 (Legacy Family Tree)
• Here I Am!  Marketing Your Professional Services, Diana Crisman Smith, August 22 (Association of Professional Genealogists)
• Building a Family From Circumstantial Evidence, Judy G. Russel, August 29 (Legacy Family Tree)