Ruth’s Recommendations

Here are my favourite blog posts from this past week.

Geneabloggers is celebrating the first blogiversary of GeneaWebinars. You don’t know what a webinar is? Then check out this post and learn more. You will learn about upcoming webinars if you subscribe to the GeneaWebinars blog.

The National Archives of England blog has a post called “Hack off, Hack on.” It’s not what you might think so go and read the post to find out more. I wish I could be in Kew next month.

Create Your Life Story blog has a post called “Episode 67: Audio Snapshots of Your Life Story.” They look at recording your own life story in small segments which may make it easier to handle. They look at the different ways there are to record, save and share your story.

The Library and Archives Canada blog had a post called “How to Order Newspapers on Microfilm via Interlibrary Loan.” I think the title is self explanatory.

Marian’s Roots & Rambles had a post this past week called “Digging a Little Deeper – Digital Vs. Paper.” I agree with her on this one.

Irish Genealogy News had a post called “WDYTYA? No place for Smoothies!” Claire was one of the lucky ones who were able to attend the Who Do You Think You Are? Live show in London last weekend. Here she shares some Irish genealogy news from the event.

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

TransylvanianDutch – Week in Review

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Here are my favourite blog posts from this past week.

On the Mocavo Genealogy Blog Michael Leclerc wrote a post called “Getting the Most from Scholarly Journals” where he reminds us what we are missing if we don’t read the genealogical journals that come across our doorstep.

Claire Santry of the Irish Genealogy News blog had a post called “Some snippets of interest” where she tells us about a discount that is available for GenesReunited. This ends on February 26th.

The Enniskerry Local History blog has a post called “Taylor and Skinner Map of Ireland 1777” where they look at this wonderful resource.

The Family Recorder has a post this week called “Those Places Thursday – what do you mean by ‘London’?” This post looks at the growth of London, its changing boundaries and what this means to the researcher when someone says they are from London.

The ActiveHistory blog had a post called “A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words: Visualizing the Past.” They look at historical visualization and the different forms it can take. This type of information can be very useful to the genealogist.

Yesterday was Family Day in Ontario but Manitoba recognized it as Louis Riel Day. The Library and Archives Canada blog had a post called “Louis Riel Images Now On Flickr” so you can go in and view images relating to Louis Riel and the Northwest Rebellion.

James Tanner of the FamilySearch Tech Tips blog had a post called “Change Your Work Habits With Evernote, Dropbox and Mozy” where he looks at these programs and how they can help you with your research.

Fiona Fitzsimons wrote a post for the findmypast blog called “Search Tip – Class Systems” which reminds us to look at the society in which our ancestors lived and not the society in which we currently live. Fiona refers to it as “The “Downton Abbey” effect.”

Other bloggers that write their own lists are:

Genea-Musings – Best of the Genea-Blogs

TransylvanianDutch – Week in Review

British & Irish Genealogy

What were your favourite blog posts this past week?

Let me know in the comments below.

©2012 – Blair Archival Research All Rights Reserved

Here are my favourite blog posts from this past week.

The Ancestry Insider had two interesting posts this week. The first was called “What Does it Take to Get a Good Result from Ancestry.com” this is something everyone who uses Ancestry.com wants to know.

The other post is “A Monstrosity, Wonderful Thing” which looks at FamilySearch and the new product that they are working on called Family Tree.

The Irish Story had a post called “Book Review: Ireland’s Arctic Siege” which looks at the “Big Freeze of 1947.” I found this of interest as my parents were living in Ireland at that time. My Mum didn’t remember the big freeze but my Dad had a few recollections.

Help! The Faerie Folk Hid My Ancestors! Blog has a post about “Using EBooks For Your Genealogy Research” where they provide a link to a wonderful website and an interview with the person who set it up.

The Library and Archives Canada blog has an announcement about a new podcast series that will be released once a month. The first is “Discover Library and Archives Canada: Your History, Your Documentary Heritage.”

Other bloggers that write their own lists are:

Genea-Musings – Best of the Genea-Blogs

TransylvanianDutch – Week in Review

British & Irish Genealogy

What were your favourite blog posts this past week?

Let me know in the comments below.

©2012 – Blair Archival Research All Rights Reserved