Friday Finds – 10/12/12

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

New-to-Me Blogs

• Technology Tamers, Pattie and Pam [this blog is centered on technology tips for genealogists] 
• Rambling Along the Ancestral Trail, Deborah A. Carder Mayes

Online Articles/Posts

• Big Win for Hathi Trust, Judy G. Russell
• There Are Times When I Think I'm Pretty Good at This Genealogy Thing, Marti
• Up In Flames, Judy G. Russell
• How To Curate & Download Your Own Wikipedia Ebook – PDF, EPUB & More, Justin Pot

Print Articles

• “History of the Fletchers, McElvains, and Dixons,” by Daniel Wayne Dixon, ISGS Quarterly, Fall 2012.

Websites & Resources

• Library of Congress Magazine – New digital magazine from the Library of Congress.  Thanks for the tip, Thomas!
• History of Germany, 1780-1918: The Long Nineteenth Century – Book by David Blackbourn.  I’ve been looking for a good history book on Germany for this period and am going to give this one a try. 
• US History Images – Public  Domain image collection related to US history.

Upcoming Webinars

Date	Webinar	Presenter	Host
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 18	The Secret Lives of Women: Research Female Ancestors Using the Sources They Left Behind	Gena Philibert-Ortega	Utah Genealogical Association
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
November 3	Immigrant Voices – Angel Island Immigrants	Roy Chan	Southern California Genealogical Society
November 5	YouTube for Archiving Interviews	DearMYRTLE	DearMYRTLE
November 7	Researching Your Canadian Ancestors—An Overview	Claire V. Brisson-Banks	Legacy Family Tree
November 13	Sidestep Genealogy	George G. Morgan	Illinois State Genealogical Society
November 14	Genealogy For Novices: Where Do We Begin?	Linda Woodward Geiger	Legacy Family Tree
November 15	The Basics of DNA Testing for Genealogy	Diahan Southard	Utah Genealogical Association