Friday Finds – 06/14/13

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

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New-to-Me Blogs

• The New England House Historian, Marian Pierre-Louis
• Geneartistry, Sarah Ashley

Online Articles

• Announcing the “Getting Started Stories” Contest, Treelines
• Legacy Family Tree 8 Revealed, Legacy News
• Mapping With Google Course for Genealogy, The We Tree Genealogy Blog
• Tuesday’s Tip: The Ten-Minute Genealogist, Climbing My Family Tree
• MA Vital Records Project Website Changes the Historical View of Mass. Towns and Families, AncestryInk

Websites & Resources

• Early Vital Records of Massachusetts – Transcriptions of over 1,500,000 records from over 150 Massachusetts towns, from 1600-1850.
• Genealogical Records of the War of 1812 – Article written by Stuart L. Butler for the Winter 1991 edition of Prologue Magazine (published by NARA).

Upcoming FREE Webinars

Date / Time	Webinar / Presenter / Host
6/17 7 PM Central	Research at the Atlanta History Center Sue VerHeof Georgia Genealogical Society
6/18 7 PM Central	The Area Research Network Josh Ranger Wisconsin State Genealogical Society
6/19 8 PM Central	Interest in Pinterest: Pinning Your Family History Valerie Elkins Southern California Genealogical Society
6/20 8 PM Central	Finding Your Family Stories Valerie Elkins Utah Genealogical Association
6/26 1 PM Central	How Knowing the Law Makes Us Better Genealogists Judy G. Russell Legacy Family Tree
7/6 12 PM Central	Transform Your Note-Taking and Remember Everything With Evernote Tonia Kendrick Southern California Genealogical Society
7/9 8 PM Central	Common Surnames: Ways to Identify Your Ancestors in a Crowd Juliana Smith Illinois State Genealogical Society
7/9 1 PM Central	DNA and Genetic Genealogy in 2013 Debbie Parker Wayne Friends of the National Archives Southeast Region
7/10 1 PM Central	Canadian Ports of Entry: Ship Passenger Lists, Immigration Records, and Border Crossing Records Kathryn Lake Hogan Legacy Family Tree