Friday, 6 April 2018

High Fives - April 6, 2018




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.









Cluster for Success
By Donna Moughty at Donna’s Irish Genealogy Resources
I started a file, not only for wrong certificates, but also for newspaper clippings and book mentions of same surname, as I may find down the road that they are related!


Fair use and terms of use
~by Judy G Russell at The Legal Genealogist
The best is to just ask!


Pre-Confederation Land Patents issued bythe Registrar General
~by Rebecca Murray at Library and Archives Canada Blog
Finding Canada land patents before 1867


Domesday: on the record and on the road
~by Dr Jessica Nelson at The National Archives Blog (UK)
I did a write up on searching the Doomsday book you might find helpful. Also shows how you can use the information in your ancestor stories

10 Signs You Need a Research Plan
~by Lynn Palermo at the Armchair Genealogist
I am all of the above… I guess I need to tune in on Tuesday!
Catch up on my Blogging A to Z challenge.


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
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