BYU Family History Books Now at FamilySearch

Digital books in the Family History Archives at BYU  are now available at Family History Books.  http://books.familysearch.org/

Need Historical Weather Data?

If you are needing historical weather data for a project or just out of curiosity, try this site from the National Climatic Data Center:

http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cdo-web/search

Summer Genealogy Class-Researching Female Ancestors

Summer Class-Researching Female Ancestors

Female ancestors present special challenges for the American researcher. Consider taking our homework-optional class! To keep this post short, we've linked to the more detailed post here. 

Have You Tried Elephind?

Elephind.com (http://www.elephind.com/) claims to have indexed 45,285,868 items from 1,034 newspaper titles.
Only free sites are included.

Free Databases in Scott County, Iowa (Davenport)

If you have family in the Scott County, Iowa, area (which includes the City of Davenport) consider looking into these free databases on a website sponsored by the Davenport Public Library (http://www.qcmemory.org/genealogy-and-history/). You'll have to get clever with your searching as Soundex-based searches are not allowed.

Personal Digital Archiving

The Library of Congress has an excellent set of guide materials to assist individuals in "personal digital archiving" at http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/personalarchiving/. Check it out for ideas on preserving your own materials.

Last Names of Spouses At FamilySearch

This trick will not work when both husband and wife have common surnames, but if at least one of the last names is slightly unusual, consider searching at FamilySearch using just the last name of the "main person" and their "spouse."

You might be surprised at what you find.