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Scottish Genealogy
From Angus Tourist Guide
Here's a YouTube slide show of the county of Angus with illustrations of many of its tourist attractions, including Arbroath Abbey, Brechin Cathedral and Tower, castles at Glamis, Broughty Ferry, Edzell, House of Dun, Montrose, Kirriemuir, Monikie Park, Pictavia and Pictish carved stones at Aberlemno and Meigle. See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnXtx0LAJaI
Genealogy
I was originally prompted to start researching my own family tree over 30 years ago after seeing an initial attempt by a genealogist who had been engaged by an uncle who emigrated to Cleveland, Ohio. Once I'd caught the "bug" for genealogy I spent many days in New Register House in Edinburgh wading through the paper records and the "high tech" (for those days) of microfilm records. I've now got around 400 entries on my tree going back to the 17th century. I recently installed a new program to record the tree and am hoping to use the amazing online facilities that are now available and so add to the collection. Not surprisingly, my starting point is my own page of links to genealogical sources and an article I wrote many years ago on "Researching your Scottish family tree." I've revised both of those pages and thought some readers might find them useful. See http://www.rampantscotland.com/features/familytree.htm and http://www.rampantscotland.com/genealogy.htm Be sure to check these sites for a host of genealogy links
From the Online Newsletter http://www.RampantScotland.com/letter.htm
http://blog.eogn.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/2011/05/ancestrycom-announces-new-web-search.html
Last October we launched Ancestry Labs to test a few new ideas, and we’d like to thank all those members who contributed a lot of great feedback and discussion around these. Today we’re excited to announce the introduction of one of the ideas, Web Search, into the main Ancestry.com search.
http://blog.eogn.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/2011/05/deceased-online-adds-54000-online-burial-records-for-rural-southwest-england.html
Over 36,000 burial records from seven cemeteries in the County of Wiltshire head a range of new data for Southwest England now available on Deceased Online. The cemeteries are: Bradford-on-Avon, Hilperton (near Trowbridge), Holt (near Bradford-on-Avon), Melksham, Trowbridge*, Warminster and Westbury, with records back to 1856 and all including burial...
Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter
Dick Eastman has studied genealogy for over thirty years and his daily newsletter, Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter, is fifteen years strong. Having used one of the first computers available to the public forty years ago, it is no surprise that Eastman’s blog would meld is two passions together. His posts range from genealogical news to all things tech. So if you’re wondering when the newest and latest family tree generating app for your smart phone is coming out, this would be the blog to follow.
http://blog.eogn.com/
http://www.genhound.co.uk/school.php
British School Records for Family Historians.
A useful history of schooling in Britain for family historians, with a section on locating school records and a list of education records available on the Genhound website. Genhound is a pay per view site with a free search that offers a value for money alternative to subscription sites or CDs.
http://www.hist.uib.no/gotisk/
On-line kurs i gotisk handskrift
This learning package is a collaboration between the Department of History at the University of Bergen and the State Archive in Bergen. Norwegian only, but easily followed to handwriting examples to help with decifering texts and manuscripts.This course is a self-help course. This means that we can not provide assistance or technical guidance in the interpretation of Gothic handwriting beyond what is possible in this learning package.If you want to know more about handwriting history and development in Norway, so please take a look at the National Archives exhibition (Scripture for 1000 years.).
http://familyhistory101.com/maps.html
US. State & County Boundary, Highway and Atlases Maps
U.S. State and County Boundary Maps, D.O.T. Highway Maps and Atlas Map Images of old American atlases during the years 1750 to 1900.
http://www.familyhistory101.com/kentucky.html
Genealogy and County Records Resources
Site includes lists for Kentucky Counties, Extinct Counties, Archives, Museums and Libraries, Historical & Genealogical Societies, Libraries, Genealogy Periodicals, County Government Links, County GenWeb Links, Genealogy Links.
Site includes Links to all US States.
About.com Guide May 6, 2011
11 Essential Genealogy Blogs
By Kimberly Powell,
This was a big surprise and honour to me to be included in this list of 11 Essential Genealogy Blogs from the Indian Country Today Media Network, which they selected after exploring blogs from lists such as the 2011 Family Tree 40 (my blog wasn't eligible as it is associated with a corporate entity) and ProGenealogist's 25 Most Popular Genealogy Blogs 2009.
Scottish Census
1911 Scottish Census Released
The 1911 Scottish Census, the last one taken before the First World War, was released this morning on ScotlandsPeople with the names and details of more than 4.7 people present in Scotland the night of April 2, 1911.
10 Top Search Tips for Census Success
We all have ancestors we would swear were somehow skipped or overlooked by the census taker. It's more than likely that some of them were. More often, however, it's an indexing error that has us running in circles. When online census indexes leave you pulling out your hair in frustration, try these census search tips for locating your 'misplaced' ancestor.
Tips for Finding Your Ancestors in Genealogy Databases
http://genealogy.about.com/od/search_tips/tp/database_search.htm
How many of you have ancestors that you just can't find in a census, newspaper, or other online database when you just know they must be there? Before you assume they were just missed somehow, try these tips for locating stubborn ancestors in a variety of online databases.
About.com Genealogy Blog by Kimberly Powell
Kimberly Powell has been the genealogy guide for About.com since 2000, which makes her one of the elder statesmen of online ancestry experts. Her posts can be about resources specific to her own research (for example, “Civil War Era Letters of the Stoner Family”), but as an 11-year veteran she knows the landscape of internet genealogy better than anyone.
If, say, you’re an Ancestry.com reader, don’t miss “Dig into Ancestry’s Card Catalog.” She’s also the author of About.com’s “Learn How” genealogy pages.
http://genealogy.about.com/
The Genetic Genealogist
DNA-based genealogical research is the hottest topic in genealogy. It’s also way confusing, drawing as it does on biology, chemistry, sociology, history, ethnography, and a bunch of other fields you probably haven’t mastered. The Genetic Genealogist knows his or her stuff, and although this isn’t the most frequently-updated blog, the material is instructive and if you read it carefully you just might get the hang of haplogroups and admixtures. Two recent posts also caught our eye: “Sequencing the Genome of Sitting Bull and Other Famous People” and “Additional Native American Haplogroup Discovered by Genetic Genealogists”.
http://www.thegeneticgenealogist.com/
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