Jan Murphy

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enthusiastic family historian since 2006; moderator pro tempore at Genealogy & Family History Stack Exchange. https://genealogy.stackexchange.com/help/how-to-ask

#genealogy #FamilyHistory #HouseHistory, #OnePlaceStudies #GenChat #AncestryHour, #OnePlaceWednesday #LocalHistory #Maps #Scrivener

Do You Have The Murder Gene?

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A digital tsunami is coming. The National Archives is in trouble.

The National Archives and Records Administration has been starved for resources for many years.

The Washington Post

#Genealogy #FamilyHistory #History #Archives
WaPoOpinion | A digital tsunami is coming. The National Archives is in trouble.

Please share with your elected officials and let them know that right-sizing NARA is important to you. Gift Link - please share. wapo.st/47AEERp

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From Genealogical Publishing Company's blog:
Evidence Explained’s New Tutorial: Chapter 3: Building a Citation

https://genealogical.com/2024/09/16/evidence-explaineds-new-tutorial-chapter-3-building-a-citation/

Evidence Explained’s New Tutorial: Chapter 3: Building a Citation

Reviewers have praised Elizabeth Shown Mills’s fourth edition of Evidence Explained for its new chapter: “Building a Citation.” Step by step, this tutorial explains the building blocks of a citation and how to layer those blocks to handle today’s complicated online sources.

Genealogical.com

Super-steep discount today ($0.75 USD!) at Google Play Books:
#genealogy #FamilyHistory

Common People: In Pursuit of My Ancestors by Alison Light (Sep 2015 · University of Chicago Press)

https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=9_hJCgAAQBAJ

Common People: In Pursuit of My Ancestors by Alison Light - Books on Google Play

Common People: In Pursuit of My Ancestors - Ebook written by Alison Light. Read this book using Google Play Books app on your PC, android, iOS devices. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read Common People: In Pursuit of My Ancestors.

Seen on Facebook: 'Ireland's Genealogical Gazette' (Iúil : Lipiec : July 2024) - the monthly newsletter of the Genealogical Society of Ireland is available on the link below. #genealogy

https://www.familyhistory.ie/docs/gazette/2024/Irelands_Genealogical_Gazette_(July_2024).pdf

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I correlate what I find in Ancesty's City Directories with MyHeritage's collection, with directories at FamilySearch, the Internet Archive, Google Books, and other digital collections to make sure I haven't missed a directory.

Happy hunting! 4/end

https://theancestorhunt.com/directories.html

Directories - The Ancestor Hunt

City and business directories are available online from all over the U.S. and Canada and are what I consider another important set of information that can assist you in advancing your family history and genealogy research. This activity of presenting links is a collaborative effort between The Ancestor Hunt and Miriam Robbins, who for years has […]

The Ancestor Hunt

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It's more difficult at MyHeritage than at Ancestry to see what directories are included in the collection.

Watch out for:
- bad OCR
- assumptions about marriages between people who may not be spouses
- directories which cover multiple towns. Check which section your person is in. /3

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MyHeritage aggregates results from multiple directories to show you quickly how long your person was listed in the directory at the same address. You can easily search for other people living at that address. Great tools but there are some pitfalls. /2