Friday 1 December 2017

High Fives - December 1, 2017



High Fives are articles or blog posts I have read during the week that I find interesting, and perhaps are pertinent to my research. Sometimes there are only a couple and sometimes there are quite a few.


AncestryDNA Opt-Out Options for DNA Matches: What This Means for You
~by Diahan Southard at Genealogy Gems
The ins and outs of opting in or out. 


How to Find Errors in Your Family Tree
~by DiAnn Iamarino Ohama at Fortify Your Family Tree
Follow the links to DiAnn's previous posts whew she explains about it, then download this cool piece of software for windows, where it says windows download:  
I was able to download it here and here. A new family tree toy!

Saint Mary's University historian creating Halifax Explosion database
~by Meghan Groff at Halifax Today
Dr. Halstead will build on available data to tell the stories of the victims and their families.

For more exciting weekend reading, see what posts these bloggers liked...

Saturday – Gail Dever, Crème de la Crème

Sunday – Randy Seaver, Best of the Genea-Blogs






Labels:

No comments:

Post a Comment

Leave me a note to tell me you were here! Thanks for visiting.

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)

By joining our Facebook Group you get other genealogy news from time to time, and you can download pages of links that go with the posts.

Popular Posts

  • Serendipity Sunday - Irish Names and a two-fer!
    Like many, I have hard-to-find ancestors whose children immigrated from Ireland. I have a story handed down that my 3x great grandmother w...
  • Getting more from the Dictionary of Canadian Families
    Researching Quebec ancestors you undoubtedly use the "Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Canadiennes" (in seven volumes) by ...
  • All Aboard!
    The railways played a major role in our history, as did the people who worked for them. I always loved going on the train . Growing...
  • Notes and Comments on Ancestry
    NOTES On your tree at a person’s profile you can click Tools, View Notes, and you can write anything you want there. Only you can view the n...
  • WWI Casualty Clearing Stations
    My great uncle Alexander George Mavor was wounded at "The Bluff" at Ypres, Belguim in the First World War. He was in the trench...
  • It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World!
    Protestant Hospital for The Insane, Verdun My great-grand uncle Horace Melvin Porter was 26 years old, full of life and part of ...
  • Quebec and New France Resources
    In the past few months there have been lots of beginners researching their ancestors who came to New France in the early years, or like m...
  • Scotland Genealogy Resources
    Both sides of my family have roots in Scotland, so it is no wonder I have amassed a list of resources from the areas my ancestors lived. ...
  • Cleaning Up Your Family Tree
    If you are like me, you like your tree to be clean and, above all, accurate. I have seen many trees on Ancestry with BMD, census or other ...
  • Pier 2 - NOT Pier 21
    It is a common mistake people make, thinking their early immigrant family arrived in Canada at Pier 21 in Halifax. I did so myself!! ...