Friday Finds – 09/28/12

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

New-to-Me Blogs

• My Past Whispers, Lauren Bavin
• The Root Digger,  Yvette Porter Moore (Yvette recently moved her blogs, this is her new home)

Online Articles/Posts

• A Blog Needs a Voice, Jacqui Stevens
• $5M Irish Library Opens in Arizona, Claire Santry
• 10 Tips for Managing Information Overload, Karyn Greenstreet [Although it’s written from a business point-of-view, most of the tips can apply to our lives as genealogists.]
• Ireland’s RC [Roman Catholic] Register to Be Digitised, Claire Santry
• New Book -- Becoming an Excellent Genealogist: Essays on Professional Research Skills, Angela McGhie
• Unanswered Questions, James Tanner
• Eighty Bodies From Onondaga County Poorhouse Reburied as Part of OCC Renovation, Douglass Dowty (The Post-Standard)

Print Articles

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

Websites & Resources

• Fraternalism in America

Upcoming Webinars

Date	Webinar	Presenter	Host
October 1	Online Photo Editing Workshop	DearMYRTLE	DearMYRTLE
October 3	Privacy and Our Ancestors	Thomas MacEntee	Legacy Family Tree
October 3	MyHeritage – Introducing Record Matches		MyHeritage
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
October 31	Breaking Down Your Irish Brick Wall	Judith Eccles Wight	Legacy Family Tree