{"id":5206,"date":"2017-09-29T17:00:40","date_gmt":"2017-09-29T16:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/martinroe.com\/blog\/?p=5206"},"modified":"2017-09-29T15:01:26","modified_gmt":"2017-09-29T14:01:26","slug":"friday-finds-week-39-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/martinroe.com\/blog\/friday-finds-week-39-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday finds Week 39 -2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

Websites I have read this week<\/p>\n

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\"\"Often a simple internet search can yield valuable information about your ancestors. Maybe you will, like Patricia Greber<\/strong>, in the blog\u00a0My Genealogy Life<\/strong> find\u00a0A Family Court Dispute Found in Google\u00a0Books<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"Recognising that many of you not only have Norwegian ancestors, I share this article by Anne Gillespie Mitchell\u00a0<\/strong>in the\u00a0Ancestry blog.\u00a0<\/strong>Migration to America in the 1700’s<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"“Have you ever had a conversation with a relative about a family story and you assumed that they had the same perspective as you? Midway through the conversation you find out that they remember the incident completely differently?”<\/em> This is the question raised by\u00a0Jessica<\/strong> at\u00a0Storied Genealogy.\u00a0<\/strong>Read her article\u00a0Another Perspective<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\"\"We should never underestimate the help we can get from our fellow genealogists. This is the topic of\u00a0Gettin’ By With Help from Our Friends<\/a>\u00a0by\u00a0Eileen Souza. <\/strong>Linked from\u00a0Cheri Hudson Passey’s blog Carolina Girl Genealogy.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"\"I have earlier visited the blog HomeFolk Tales<\/strong> by Darlene Steffens. <\/strong>This time she tells about her ancestor Ommund Ommundsen Ostrem (1820-1895)\u00a0<\/a>He lived in in Moi, Rogaland, Norway.<\/p>\n

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\"\"In Ann Marie Bryant’s\u00a0<\/strong>blog Tales of a Family, <\/strong>I found a charming history about Uncle Walter<\/a>\u00a0Her other\u00a0genealogy writings\u00a0are also well worth a look.<\/p>\n

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\"\"Facebook can be a great way to connect with fellow genealogists. Steven J. Hanley<\/strong> in The Psychogenealogist blog <\/strong>tells about How to Use Facebook to Boost Your Genealogy Research: A Case Study<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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