Ruth’s Recommendations

It has been a very busy few weeks. So this is two weeks of my favourite blog posts.

There has been a lot of news lately about the government’s view of Canadian history and the cut backs at Library and Archives Canada. The ActiveHistory.ca blog has two posts that relate to this topic and make for interesting reading. “Seizing Canada’s Past: Politics and the Reinvention of Canadian History” and “The Smokescreen of “Modernization” at Library and Archives Canada.”

On the topic of Irish research there is a post at the findmypast.ie blog called “The Petty Sessions order books” which looks at their value to the researcher. The other is Irish Genealogy News with a post called “Database updates its list of registers” which looks at IrishGenealogy.ie and their quiet updates.

The FamilySearch blog has two posts regarding new features on their website. They are “New FamilySearch Feature – IGI” and “New FamilySearch Feature – My Source Box.”

The National Archives Blog has updated the status of the swan family on the grounds of the Archives with a post called “Very fine swans indeed.” They also have a post called “Information management through music” which looks at usability in records management.

On Marian’s Roots and Rambles there is a post called “Just the Hint of a Smile” where she shares her experiences in collecting the oral history of her community.

The Family Recorder is providing a bit of history to go along with the Olympic torch relay in her posts called “Olympic torch route.” She has a new post for each day of the relay.

The In-Depth Genealogist has a post called “Genealogical Journaling” and it provides some good insights into using journaling to help with your research.

What were your favourite blog posts this past week?

Let me know in the comments below.

Other bloggers that write their own lists are:

Genea-Musings – Best of the Genea-Blogs

British & Irish Genealogy

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Last week I was at the National Genealogical Society conference in Cincinnati Ohio. I had a great time but was so busy it was hard to keep up with the blogs that I read on a regular basis. Despite all that I did manage to find a few that caught my eye this week.

Irish Genealogy News had two this week. The first is “A Friday miscellany” which covers several news items. There is one about the World War One Family History Roadshow at the National Library of Ireland last March. Some of the stories are now available online.

The other post was “Military records for release this month” which looks at records relating to the Irish Volunteers from 1913-1921 and the availability of these records online in the near future.

The last post has a personal connection to me. Fiona Fitzsimons wrote a post on the findmypast.ie blog called “The Landed Estate Court Rentals” where she looks at the valuable information to be found in these records. She researched President Obama’s family history in Tipperary and uses some examples in the post.

Fiona references land in Moneygall County Tipperary where the Kearney’s were tenants and it was owned by Rev. William Minchin. The Minchin family in County Tipperary is connected to my family tree. Humphrey Charles Minchin of County Tipperary is my Great Great Great Grandfather.

What were your favourite blog posts this past week?

Let me know in the comments below.

Other bloggers that write their own lists are:

Genea-Musings – Best of the Genea-Blogs

British & Irish Genealogy

©2012 – Blair Archival Research All Rights Reserved

Here are my favourite blog posts from this past week.

The National Archives Blog had a post called “Dastardly Digital Dilemmas: 2) Shaping our tools” which looks at the way they organize their data both physically and digitally. He ends with a quote from Canadian Marshall McLuhan.

CanadaGenWeb’s Blog has a post called “Help save Library & Archives Canada!” The Conservative government’s budget cuts are decimating an already troubled Canadian institution. How they are going to survive and continue with their mandate is in question. They are already talking about discontinuing Inter-Library loans from LAC and this would stop the access to Canada’s historic records by anyone outside of the Capital.

The blog for Australia & New Zealand Inside History magazine has a post called “Another grave tale from the Klondike by Robin McLachlan” which looks at the life of Australian Norman Nicholas Graeber in the Klondike. Norman made an enormous lifestyle change going from Australia to Canada’s far north.

What were your favourite blog posts this past week?

Let me know in the comments below.

Other bloggers that write their own lists are:

Genea-Musings – Best of the Genea-Blogs

British & Irish Genealogy

©2012 – Blair Archival Research All Rights Reserved