{"id":6369,"date":"2018-03-23T13:09:02","date_gmt":"2018-03-23T12:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/martinroe.com\/blog\/?p=6369"},"modified":"2018-03-23T13:09:02","modified_gmt":"2018-03-23T12:09:02","slug":"friday-finds-week-12-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/martinroe.com\/blog\/friday-finds-week-12-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday finds: Week 12 -2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here are some websites I have visited the last week<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"The convention RootsTec that takes place in Utah, USA every year get a lot of attention in the genealogy world. As not all Norwegian went to North America, I try to keep an eye on what is happening other places in the world. The\u00a015th Australasian Congress on Genealogy and Heraldry\u00a0<\/strong>took place in Sydney, Australia this month.\u00a0Ruth\u00a0<\/strong>in the blog\u00a0Family Fractals<\/strong> shares her experience from this congress in the article\u00a0#Congress_2018 \u2013 Bridging Past and\u00a0Future<\/a>.

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\"\"The reason I am spending so much time helping old and newfound friends finding their ancestors in Norway is that I want them to have the opportunity to finding their roots and sometimes get answers.\u00a0 That is the reason why I was so moved by this story from\u00a0BBC News:\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0Who were my parents – and why was I left on a hillside to die?<\/a>

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\"\"Great tips for beginning genealogists. It won’t hurt to be repeated for us who have been at it for a while.\u00a0\u00a0Lauren Jonik\u00a0<\/strong>in the blog\u00a0The Refresh\u00a0<\/strong>writes about\u00a0The stories we become; Tips for tracing your genealogical roots.<\/a>

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Marriage between cousins and second cousins have been regulated by law. Nevertheless, it has been conventional wisdom that Europeans and North Americans married more outside their families.\u00a0 This article from\u00a0The New York Times <\/strong>looks at\u00a0When Did Americans Stop\u00a0Marrying Their Cousins? Ask\u00a0the World\u2019s Largest Family Tree.<\/a>\u00a0

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\"\"“Why is it so meaningful to return to your roots?\u00a0To where your ancestors are from? To visit places you only know from stories and pictures?”<\/em> asks Anette Gendler<\/strong> in her article\u00a0Why Returning to Our Roots is so Meaningful<\/a>\u00a0

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In this era of fake news, all of\u00a0us are becoming more alert\u00a0to the importance of evidence in supporting our assertions. Not least important in genealogy\u00a0In the blog\u00a0Family Tree\u00a0<\/strong>I found this article that we all need to take to heart\u00a0How to cite sources: create family history research worth keeping.<\/a>

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\"\"Marian B. Wood<\/strong>\u00a0in the blog\u00a0Climbing My Family Tree\u00a0<\/strong>reminds us that the two most important words in writing family history is “Start writing”\u00a0The “Write” Way to Write Family History<\/a><\/p>\n

If or when you writes your family stories and would like to share it, I am happy to publish it here on my blog. I am not looking for “Pulitzer prize material”. My own writings sure are far from it. All who are contributing to this blog are amateur writers. If you have a few pictures to go along, you may not need to write all that much to tell your story.

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\"\"I would like to remind you that you can win a free book about Norway by subscribing to this blog. Go to the\u00a0first page<\/a>\u00a0and find the subscription link. The winner of the book will be drawn April 1.<\/p>\n

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