GenBlog Has a New Home!

GenBlog now shares a home with my other two genealogy blogs (Writing Your Way to the Past and Who Will Tell Their Story?) over at Julie’s Genealogy & History Hub.  This change allows my readers the option to continue to follow one, two, or all three of the original blogs, while allowing me to manage just one space.  Think of Julie’s Genealogy & History Hub as three portals, each with a different target, where you get to choose what you want to follow. 

Because I use Feedburner, most subscribers will be automatically switched and no action is required.  However, there was a time when I was not using Feedburner for GenBlog, so if you subscribed during that time, you will need to take action (see below).

If you are seeing this post in a reader, you will need to update your reader subscription.  Again, since GenBlog has now been combined with Writing Your Way to the Past and Who Will Tell Their Story?, you have the option to subscribe to one, two, or all three blogs.  For more information on each blog, refer to the home page of the new blog; you can make your subscription selections from there. Note:  If you currently subscribe to either of the other blogs, those subscriptions may already be updated, so no action may be necessary with those blogs.  Basically, if you see a post in your reader similar to this one for either of the other blogs, you will need to update your reader, otherwise, it’s already been transferred.

I sincerely apologize for the inconvenience and I do hope that you will continue to follow GenBlog at its new home.

GenBlog Named a “Need to Read” Blog by Inside History Magazine

What a nice surprise I found waiting for me on Facebook when I logged on a little bit ago.  Thomas MacEntee of GeneaBloggers tagged me in a post revealing Inside History Magazine’s 50 Genealogy Blogs You Need to Read in 2013.

I’m quite honored to be among these top blogs, especially since Inside History Magazine focuses on Australia and New Zealand.  Congratulations to all of the blogs selected, I am certainly in great company!  A special thank you to Jill Ball of Geniaus and Inside History Magazine for this wonderful honor.

To learn more about the award and see all of the blogs, see Inside History Magazine’s blog post 50 Genealogy Blogs You Need to Read in 2013.

To learn more about Inside History Magazine or to subscribe, visit their website.

Friday Finds – 07/12/13

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

New-to-Me Blogs

• Haplogroup, Rebekah Canada
• Poland or Prussia, Dedra Wolff

Online Articles

• Adoptee Resources and Genetic Genealogy, DNAeXplained
• Evernote for Genealogy: Quick Tip #1, Tonia’s Roots
• Search for Images Online by Usage Rights, GenealogyBlog
• Putting a Book Together About the Darlings, One Rhode Island Family
• 1926 [Irish] Census to be Opened for Research, The In-Depth Genealogist
• The Brick Wall Stories: A Theory on Hannah Andrews, One Rhode Island Family
• This Might Be a New Record, Are My Roots Showing?
• The Lives of the Governors of New Plymouth, Family History with the Lineagekeeper
• Tuesday’s Tip: Elephind.com, AnceStories

Websites & Resources

• The Parke Society – "Ongoing Research on all Park/e/s Immigrants from the British Isles. Promoting Fellowship, Genealogical Research, and the Preservation of our Heritage."
• Florida Digital Newspaper Library – "The Florida Digital Newspaper Library exists to provide access to the news and history of Florida. All of the over 1,376,000 pages of historic through current Florida newspapers in the Florida Digital Newspaper Library are openly and freely available with zoomable page images and full text. The Florida Digital Newspaper Library builds on the work done in microfilm within the Florida Newspaper Project."
• Lives of the Governors of New Plymouth, and Massachusetts Bay – Book via Internet Archive.
• Elephind.com – "With Elephind.com it is now possible to search digital newspaper collections from around the globe in the aggregate. Elephind.com is much like Google, Bing, or other search engines but focused on only historical, digitized newspapers. By clicking on the Elephind.com search result that interests you, you'll go directly to the newspaper collection which hosts that story."

Upcoming FREE Webinars

Date / Time	Webinar / Presenter / Host
7/15 7 PM Central	Photography and Genealogy Karen Molohon Georgia Genealogical Society
7/16 7 PM Central	Genealogy Orienteering: Using Maps to Find the Right Place George Morgan Wisconsin State Genealogical Society
7/16 7 PM Central	Discovering Local & State Militia Records J. Mark Lowe Federation of Genealogical Societies
7/17 1 PM Central	Research in the Old Line State: An Overview of Maryland Genealogy Michael Hait Legacy Family Tree
7/17 8 PM Central	Path to Organizational Bliss Nancy Lauer Southern California Genealogical Society
7/18 8 PM Central	Can I Use That in My Genealogy? What You Should Know About Copyright. Thomas MacEntee Utah Genealogical Association
7/19 1 PM Central	Top Ten Techniques for Finding More in Library Catalogs Barbara Renick Legacy Family Tree
07/24 1 PM Central	Top 21st Century Genealogy Resources Tom Kemp Legacy Family Tree
07/31 1 PM Central	Direct Your Research With City Directories Maureen Taylor Legacy Family Tree

Genealogy By the States – Week 27 – Florida

Not much going on in Florida for me, but I have collected some resources that might be of help to others.  You can check them out in my Diigo bookmark collection for Florida.

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Genealogy By the States is a theme created by Jim Sanders over at the Hidden Genealogy Nuggets blog.

Approaching Fast – FGS 2013 Conference

It’s hard to believe that the Federation of Genealogical Societies 2013 Conference is just a little over a month away.  I can’t wait!  This is my one conference for the year and I’m looking forward to some wonderful educational opportunities, researching at the Allen County Public Library, and getting together with my colleagues and friends (and hopefully meet some new ones!)

Below is some information I received today from the FGS conference chairs that I thought I’d pass along to my readers.

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This is a special genealogy conference you won't want to miss!

It's getting closer! The 2013 FGS conference takes place in Fort Wayne, Indiana on August 21-24 with pre-conference activities on August 20th and a Farewell Brunch on August 25th. Fort Wayne is the home of the renowned Genealogy Center which is giving us generous extended research hours during the conference.

• Of course, you may still register online or by regular mail for the FGS 2013 Conference in Fort Wayne!
• Register soon so that in early August you gain access to the online conference syllabus with an expanded subject index.
• We tweaked room arrangements and have ample room for more people to sign up for the luncheons that take place each day.
• Rooms are available at the two added hotels. They will run periodic shuttles to the Grand Wayne Convention Center. Fort Wayne has thousands of hotel rooms so there is space for all of us.
• Ample parking is available near the convention center.
• Don't forget about the wonderful quilt that will be awarded during the Friday evening festivities at the Allen County Public Library. That's an evening to benefit the War of 1812 Preserve the Pensions Project with lots of fun activities.  A dessert buffet will be sponsored by FamilySearch. If you have registered for that evening, you get access to the Genealogy Center from 6:00 p.m. till Midnight!

Want more details on these points and to keep up with breaking news? Follow us on:

• The conference website: https://www.fgsconference.org/
• FGS Conference News Blog: http://www.fgsconferenceblog.org/
• Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/FGSconference
• Twitter: @FGSconference, #FGS2013

We hope you join us for this great educational and fun week.