by Lisa Cooke | Jul 21, 2013 | 01 What's New, British, Maps
Booth Poverty Maps key
There is a fantastic blog posting on Mad About Genealogy about the Booth Poverty Maps, which look like a riveting way to understand your ancestor’s 1880s London neighborhood.
According to blogger Linda Elliott, “Booth employed a team of social investigators who walked around the London streets often in the company of the local policeman and recorded what they saw and heard. The notebooks that they filled out can be viewed online and make for fascinating reading with amongst other findings they record what the policeman thought of each street and sometime each building and its inhabitants.”
I’ve shown the map key here (right), clipped from The Charles Booth Online Archive. Linda describes each category in greater detail in her blog post, along with everything a genealogist needs to know to use the maps.
by Lisa Cooke | Jul 20, 2013 | 01 What's New, Ancestry, Military, Records & databases, Technology
Now when you discover an ancestor’s record on Fold3.com, you can save it to your online tree at Ancestry.com.
According to Fold3.com’s press release: “Whenever you see a green ‘Save to Ancestry’ button above a document or on a Fold3 memorial page, you can link that document or page directly to someone’s profile on Ancestry.”
“You’ll be asked to log into your Ancestry.com account, and then you’ll see a drop-down list of your trees. Locate the tree you wish to save the document to, begin typing the name of the person to whom the record should be attached, choose the correct name from the list that appears, and then press save.”
Watch a tutorial video to learn more and see how it’s done.
by Lisa Cooke | Jul 19, 2013 | 01 What's New, British
…that is the answer that Oliver Morley, the Chief Executive and Keeper of the National Archives (UK) will give during his first-ever webinar on July 23, 2013.
“This is your opportunity to ask about the management and future direction of The National Archives, and raise any views that you may have,” says The National Archives website. Oliver has been at the Archives since 2008. Among other tasks of interest to genealogists, he led the team to launch the 1911 census.
Register for the webinar here.
by Lisa Cooke | Jul 17, 2013 | 01 What's New, FamilySearch, RootsMagic, Technology
Now you can find short training videos in addition to free full-length webinars on RootsMagic’s new YouTube Channel, RootsMagicTV.
If you’re a RootsMagic user (or may be interested in becoming one), FamilySearch Family Tree or PAF user , you’ll love these helpful tutorials.
And let your voice be heard: They are even taking suggestions for topics to cover in future short videos, too! email them at support@rootsmagic.com.
by Lisa Cooke | Jul 16, 2013 | 01 What's New, Who Do You Think You Are?
Just can’t wait for the new season of the genealogy-themed television series Who Do You Think You Are? which premieres on the TLC channel on July 23? Well, you don’t have to!
If you are a faithful listener of the Genealogy Gems Podcast then you are probably familiar with using the free iTunes program. The good news is that you can now download the premiere episode featuring Kelly Clarkson for free from iTunes! Click this link to get your copy now: Kelly Clarkson – Who Do You Think You Are?, Season 4) I recommend doing this right away, as sometimes iTunes free offers are for a limited time.
I’d love to hear what you think of the revived series, and first episode. Post your comments below.
