{"id":4915,"date":"2017-08-18T17:00:02","date_gmt":"2017-08-18T16:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/martinroe.com\/blog\/?p=4915"},"modified":"2017-08-17T15:22:34","modified_gmt":"2017-08-17T14:22:34","slug":"friday-finds-week-33-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/martinroe.com\/blog\/friday-finds-week-33-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday finds: Week 33 – 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here are some websites I have visited this week<\/p>\n

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\"\"Here is an interesting article by Lynn Serafinn\u00a0<\/strong>in the\u00a0Trentino Genealogy blog<\/strong> where she\u00a0explains how and why to cite genealogy sources, and how good research habits can help you fill in the gaps when records do not exist. GENEALOGICAL BREADCRUMBS: NOTES, SOURCES & REVIEWING RESEARCH<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"In the\u00a0mother nature network, Lloyd Alter’s\u00a0<\/strong>article\u00a0\u00a0How will we bequeath our digital memories?<\/a>\u00a0 tells about how to store digital photos in a safe way.<\/p>\n

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Amy Johnson Crow\u00a0<\/strong> writes about\u00a0How to Browse the Census by Location.<\/a>\u00a0This technique can be valuable if you don’t find the person you ae looking fr through a search.\u00a0Even though the examples \u00a0shown are from the U.S. federal census, the same technique can be applied to other censuses collections on Ancestry and FamilySearch (as long as they have the images)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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\"\"Here is an interesting article found in\u00a0The GENES blog<\/strong> where\u00a0Chris Paton<\/strong> tells about a\u00a0Visit to the Society of Australian Genealogists<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"I see the world as a good place, however there are some sad things going on. Some of those have been on the news lately. Forest Gump said\u00a0\u201cMy mom always said life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get.\u201d\u00a0<\/em>I guess you can say that about DNA testing too.\u00a0White nationalists are flocking to genetic ancestry tests \u2014 but many don’t like their results<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"James Tanner\u00a0<\/strong>in the\u00a0Genealogy’s Star\u00a0<\/strong>blog has written what he calls “The rules of genealogy” These are\u00a0humorous views on some genealogy problems. Here is his original article from 2014 Six of the Basic Rules of Genealogy<\/a>\u00a0and here is his recent update \u00a0New Rules Added to the Old: The Rules of Genealogy Revisited<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"I have visited Darlene Steffens\u00a0<\/strong>blog\u00a0HomeFolk tales\u00a0<\/strong>before. I truly enjoy reading her stories about her Norwegian ancestors and their experiences when settling in the USA. This time it’s \u00a0Life in America for Peder C. Nilson (1827-1888) –\u00a0Ed’s Day Wednesday<\/a><\/p>\n

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