{"id":4725,"date":"2017-06-16T15:28:07","date_gmt":"2017-06-16T14:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/martinroe.com\/blog\/?p=4725"},"modified":"2017-06-16T16:19:57","modified_gmt":"2017-06-16T15:19:57","slug":"friday-finds-week-24-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/martinroe.com\/blog\/friday-finds-week-24-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday finds: Week 24 – 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here are a few websites I have read this week<\/p>\n

After a couple of weeks where I have not had the time to put together my “Friday finds” segment, I am back with some websites I have read this week<\/p>\n

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\"\"Genealogy Tip of the Day with Michael John Neill\u00a0<\/strong>asks “Did Your Ancestor Get Federal Land?”<\/a> “Many Americans obtained federal land, either through military warrants, homesteading, outright purchase, or several less-popular options”.\u00a0<\/em>Read his advice on how to look into this.<\/p>\n

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\"\"\u00a0In her blog Genealogy With Valerie\u00a0<\/strong>genealogist\u00a0Valerie Hughes\u00a0<\/strong>states “Anyone who has been researching their Family History for many years knows and understands the importance of Lineage Societies or Family Groups. However, I have come across many Genealogists who never heard of them”.\u00a0<\/em>Read her article\u00a0Lineage Societies or Family Groups \u2013 A Great\u00a0Resource.<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"Kenneth R Marks\u00a0<\/strong>in the blog\u00a0The ancestor hunt<\/strong>\u00a0writes about searching old newspapers and asks\u00a0\u201cHave I really tried to learn about successful search techniques, or am I just winging it? Do I have unreal expectations of the software vendor? “Am I searching really old newspapers where the quality is most assuredly sub optimal? Have I really tried to overcome the likely less than optimal search index by trying the many search tips that are available for me to learn about?\u201d\u00a0<\/em> Mareks adresses these questions in his article \u00a0Want Better Newspaper Search Results? Get an Attitude<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"If you have developed an attitude you might want to go on with this article from the blog Fortify your family tree\u00a0<\/strong>and read about \u00a0Where to Find Free Historical City Directories and Newspapers.<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"I always find it interesting to read about other genealogists and their work. Here is an article by\u00a0Amy B. Cohen\u00a0<\/strong>in the\u00a0Brotmanblog: A Family Journey\u00a0<\/strong>where she tells about her visit to Germany and\u00a0Sielen: The Tiny Ancestral Home of the\u00a0Schoenthals<\/a><\/p>\n

Photo by Lucy Thiergart (Own work Original text: eigenes Werk der Urheberin) [Copyrighted free use], via Wikimedia Commons<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"\"I often visits\u00a0Darlene Steffen’s\u00a0<\/strong>blog\u00a0Home folk tales<\/strong>. Her Norwegian ancestry makes it exspecially interesting. In the linked article she tells about\u00a0A Young Inger Tobine Tallachsdatter (1836-1918)<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"“Have you tried using PERSI in your genealogy research? If not, you are missing out on a valuable genealogical information resource”.\u00a0<\/em>States the\u00a0Ancestral Findings.com\u00a0<\/strong>blog. Read their article\u00a0What is PERSI and How Can You Use it to Improve Your Genealogy Research?<\/a><\/p>\n

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Here are some other blogs that presents links under the \u201cfinds\u201d meme:<\/p>\n