Yes, really, free is free Every so often, The Legal Genealogist is confident, the planets align, the stars twinkle just so, the sun kicks off solar flares of some intensity — and the internet goes complete crazy. You’ve seen this, I’m sure, at one time or another, with some piece of utter misinformation that just…
http://www.legalgenealogist.com/blog/2016/01/21/fold3-and-the-1812-pensions/
The following announcement was written by the folks at Forces War Records: Forces War Records WO417 War Office casualty lists reaches half a million! On 11th December 2015 specialist military genealogy website Forces War Records’ WO417 collection reached a milestone half a million records released. ‘War Office: Army Casualty Lists, 1939-45 War’ from the National…
The following announcement was written by the folks at TheGenealogist.co.uk. Click on any of the images to view a larger version: TheGenealogist.co.uk has now completed the launch of searchable Tithe Maps and Schedules for England and Wales with the release of more maps covering 40 counties. This means you can now view a map of…
Need a better understanding of how to print merged Images in Evernote? Here’s a Q&A from a reader. Recently I heard from Joe, who was trying to merge screen clips into a single image and note. He found that after he merged the screen clips, “the merged clips appear as one note on the screen.…
http://lisalouisecooke.com/2015/12/how-to-print-merged-images-in-evernote/
First of all, let me say I’m a fan of Facebook. Yes, it has warts and there are aspects I dislike, but overall, I feel it gives us a sense of connection that is otherwise impossible to have in our geographically dispersed world. In our hectic world today, most of us no longer live down […]
http://dna-explained.com/2015/11/28/facebook-a-sense-of-connectionand-betrayal/
The following teaser is from a very interesting article, written by Carrie Kirby and posted in the November 11, 2015 online edition of the Christian Science Monitor. Check it out! Thinking about Shakespeare’s seemingly odd bequests made me realize that what people list in their wills says a lot about what they value. So when…
When you have a difficult genealogy research case, creating a mind map of your ancestor’s evidence just might be the tool you need to get you beyond the problem. Ron Arons, who has a history of using mind maps to solve genealogy brick walls, and is the author of the new book Mind Maps for Genealogy, attended Warren Bittner’s…
http://news.legacyfamilytree.com/legacy_news/2015/11/mind-maps-for-genealogy.html
When I moved to Provo, Utah, I envisioned traveling to the Family History Library (FHL) in Salt Lake City, Utah once a week to do research. The reality is that I have spent one to three days a month there. I have been reflecting on the reasons why my perspective has changed and find that…
