Friday, November 30, 2012
Hyphens in OCR Searches
If you are looking for a search term that could be hypenated, determine how the site handles words that end up being hyphenated on the printed page. Some sites "catch" the hypen, delete it, so that searches are not impacted. Others don't as in this illustration on my Rootdig blog.
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Directory Of Online Newspapers
This site has links to free and not-so-free online newspapers in the United States--United States Online Historical Newspapers.
Don't forget about the online newspapers at the Library of Congress.
Don't forget about the online newspapers at the Library of Congress.
Organizing Genealogical Information: Short Course-January 2013
I was asked to give people a little advance notice about our next offering of "Organizing Your Genealogical Information."
Our next series of classes and follow up sessions will begin in January 2013. More details are here.
Our next series of classes and follow up sessions will begin in January 2013. More details are here.
Monday, November 26, 2012
Decimal Problems at Ancestry's Illinois Land Database
If you've got Illinois ancestors, you might want to look at this blog post on the Illinois Public Land Sales 1800-1990 database at Ancestry.com .
http://rootdig.blogspot.com/2012/11/does-ancestrycom-know-about-decimals.html
http://rootdig.blogspot.com/2012/11/does-ancestrycom-know-about-decimals.html
Online Historical Newspapers
Looking to see if there are online historical newspapers for your area or city of interest?
This blog ("Online Historical Newspapers) has links to quite a few. Be certain to check out the Library of Congress site ("Chronicling America") as well.
This blog ("Online Historical Newspapers) has links to quite a few. Be certain to check out the Library of Congress site ("Chronicling America") as well.
Digital Copies of Out Of Print Books
Try these sites in your search for a free digital copy of that out-of-copyright book:
- FamilySearch--may have links to online versions
- Archive.org
- GoogleBooks
- HathiTrust
- WorldCat--may have links to online versions
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Happy Thanksgiving
Here is wishing a "Happy Thanksgiving" to our readers regardless of their location. Don't neglect your living relatives while searching for the deceased ones.
When you need a break from your holiday activities, check out some of the blogs and posts:
When you need a break from your holiday activities, check out some of the blogs and posts:
- Michael's Mayflower ancestors
- Michael's recorded webinars
- Genealogy Tip of the Day Blog
- Rootdig Blog
- Genealogy Search Tip Blog
- Preliminary Chart on Rufus Stephens
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
War of 1812 Service Records on Archive.org
National Archives Publication M602 contains compiled service records from the War of 1812--234 rolls of film. These rolls have been digitized and are available on Archive.org at no charge. This chart lists the roll numbers, what range of names they contain and has a direct link to the digital film on Archive.org
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