Friday Finds – 09/21/12

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

New-to-Me Blog

• Preserving Heritage, Michelina Hall
• Forget-Me-Not Ancestry, Jane E. Wilcox
• Ah Ha! Moments for Genealogists, Beth Foulk

Online Articles/Posts

• Was Your Ancestor a Mason?, Heather Rojo
• Irish Newspaper Images New at Ancestry, John D. Reid
• Cite That Case!,  Judy G. Russell
• List of Links: Digitized Books for Genealogy, Gena Philibert-Ortega
• Top 10 Most Haunted Restaurants in Illinois, Michael Kleen
• Style for Writers: You Can Look It Up!, Biff Barnes
• Portfolio Choices for BCG Certification, Harold Henderson
  • Part 1 of 5
  • Part 2 of 5: The Document
  • Part 3 of 5: Client Report
  • Part 4 of 5: Case Study
  • Part 5 of 5: Kinship Determination Project
• Announcing GenerousGenealogists.com, Dick Eastman
• Who Am I? New Gale Genealogy Connect Resource Provides the ‘How To’ to Answer that Question, Lorine McGinnis Schulze

Print Articles

• Nothing this week, still too busy reading Annie’s Ghosts: A Journey Into a Family Secret, by Steve Luxenberg.

Websites & Resources

• GenerousGenealogists (similar to now-defunct RAOGK)
• Ancestry.com LiveStream Channel (how-to videos, presented live and also archived)

Upcoming Webinars

Date	Webinar	Presenter	Host
September 24	Avoiding Misunderstandings, Part 2: Communication Skills for Professional Genealogists	Jean Wilcox-Hibben	Association of Professional Genealogists
September 25	Family Tree Maker 2012 – Reports	Crista Cowen	Ancestry.com
September 26	Digital Research Guidance, Research Logs, and To Do Lists: FamilySearch, Research Wiki, and Legacy FamilyTree	Geoff Rasmussen	Legacy Family Tree
September 27	Family Tree Maker 2012 – Places	Crista Cowen	Ancestry.com
September 28	Getting Started with Heritage Collector Software (last part)	Kathleen Bitter	Legacy Family Tree
October 1	Online Photo Editing Workshop	DearMYRTLE	DearMYRTLE
October 3	Privacy and Our Ancestors	Thomas MacEntee	Legacy Family Tree
October 6	Hark! That Tombstone is Talking	Linda Woodward Geiger	Southern California Genealogical Society
October 8	Is Social Media a Genealogist’s Tool?	DearMYRTLE	DearMYRTLE
October 9	Jumping Over Hurdles in German Research	Leslie Albrecht Huber	Illinois State Genealogical Society
October 15	I Have an iPad and I’m Not Afraid to Use It	DearMYRTLE	DearMYRTLE
October 17	Online Colonial Records	Josh Taylor	Southern California Genealogical Society
October 17	Ten Brick Wall Tips for Intermediate Researchers	Marian Pierre-Louis	Legacy Family Tree
October 22	TNG of Genealogy Sitebuilding Series Workshop – Part 1	DearMYRTLE	DearMYRTLE
October 24	Your Civil War Ancestors:  Beginning Your Research	Michael Hait	Legacy Family Tree
October 29	TNG of Genealogy Sitebuilding Series Workshop – Part 2	DearMYRTLE	DearMYRTLE