My Memorable Monthly Mentions (AKA My Favorite Blogs this Month)

I admit, I love reading genealogy blogs...daily. AND...I keep a list of my favorites. Each month, I am happy to share my favorites with you. I'll be calling them my monthly mentions. I hope you enjoy them too. Blogs I've liked in the past month are:

Organization ideas – something everyone wants:  http://worldwidegenealogy.blogspot.com/2015/03/finding-your-desk-another-take-on.html.

I like this author’s methods of finding information using local organizations:  https://msualumni.wordpress.com/2015/03/06/are-you-using-genealogical-and-historical-societies-in-your-research/.

Randy Seaver’s Top 10 Educational Resources, and you’ll find more in the comments: http://www.geneamusings.com/2015/03/my-top-10-genealogy-education-resources.html.

Old Chicago maps starting in the 1830s until the 1920s. My favorite might be the 1926 map of the distribution of licensed automobile drivers:  http://lisalouisecooke.com/2015/02/old-maps-chicago-now-online/.

The Abraham Lincoln Museum and Library in Springfield, IL, has photos of Illinois Civil War soldiers here: http://cdm16447.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/landingpage/collection/p15414coll1.

A new website for genealogical books: http://blog.eogn.com/2015/03/03/a-new-genealogy-website-went-online-today-genealogy-gophers/.

Protecting your genealogy from disasters: http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2015/03/11/plan-ahead-protect-your-genealogy-from-disaster.

How to use historical maps in your research:  http://blog.familytreemagazine.com/insider/2015/03/03/TipsForUsingTheFreeDavidRumseyHistoricalMapsWebsite.aspx.

Did you know you can purchase supporting documents from the DAR?  Here’s how: http://beginwithcraft.blogspot.com/2015/03/supporting-documents-dar-resource.html.

An 8-year-old from Australia researches her family for a history report in school. She has an ancestor convict and this is what she wrote – and remember she is only 8: https://tstclairhoney.wordpress.com/2015/02/25/overview-of-a-convicts-life-by-an-8-year-old/.

Do you have Germany ancestors?  Here are four lists of German genealogical resources part 1,2,3 and part 4.

http://ortburg.blogspot.com/2015/03/lost-in-homeland-part-1-researching.html

http://ortburg.blogspot.com/2015/03/lost-in-homeland-part-2-researching.html

http://ortburg.blogspot.com/2015/03/lost-in-homeland-part-3-researching.html

http://ortburg.blogspot.com/2015/03/lost-in-homeland-part-4-researching.html

Facebook genealogy ideas here: http://www.copperleafgenealogy.com/genealogy-on-facebook/.

And if you are looking for more, here is a place to find a list of over 4,000 (yikes!) Facebook links: http://socialmediagenealogy.com/genealogy-on-facebook-list/.

An interview with D. Joshua Taylor, rock star of genealogy: http://crestleaf.com/blog/breaking-genealogical-stereotypes-interview-d-joshua-taylor/.

After Ancestry purchased Heritage Quest, it was pretty much unchanged – until recently Here is a list of the changes: http://www.newberry.org/heritagequestonline-now-powered-ancestry.