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:

Thomas MacEntee offers a list of free online resources.  Wow!  What a find!: http://www.geneabloggers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/RESOURCE-Free-Online-Genealogy-Education-Resources.pdf

By including more information this blogger got the results she was looking for: http://researching-relatives.blogspot.com/2015/03/genealogy-research-requests.html

Looking for history in older books online?  Here is information about google books and archives.org that may be of interest http://blog.eogn.com/2015/03/28/google-books-reduces-its-digitizing-and-preservation-of-old-books-while-internet-archive-increases-its-efforts-at-the-same-thing/

A history of the different types of photography and how it can help you identify a photo:

http://crestleaf.com/blog/8-common-types-vintage-photos-help-identify-past/

Randy Seaver gives great information on a survey about various family tree databases, both online and software program we use to keep our information.  I was surprised by the results: http://www.geneamusings.com/2015/03/what-family-tree-program-do-you-use-for.html

A two part series titled: 11 Things I would do Differently and A Dozen Things I got Right.  What would be on your list?: http://dna-explained.com/2015/03/18/eleven-things-i-would-do-differently/ and http://dna-explained.com/2015/03/19/and-a-dozen-things-i-got-right/

Good advice for beginning genealogists: http://www.geneamusings.com/2015/03/advice-for-beginning-genealogists.html

 If you had one thing you would have done differently when you started researching, what would it have been?  Here’s some answers from other genealogists: http://www.thearmchairgenealogist.com/2015/03/if-i-had-to-start-again-this-is-what-i.html

Have you looked for a webpage to find that it’s no longer available?  Here’s one way to recover it: http://lisalouisecooke.com/2015/03/how-to-make-google-cache-pay-off-in-your-genealogy-research/

Lots of good tips on researching Russian and Ukrainian records:  https://lostrussianfamily.wordpress.com/2015/04/02/secrets-of-searching-the-internet-in-russian-and-ukrainian-like-a-native-speaker/

Immigrants come to ports other than New York.  Read about experiences in other cities: http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2015/04/06/destination-america-your-immigrant-ancestors-arrival-in-u-s-ports/?utm_

Why genealogy websites charge for their service: http://blog.eogn.com/2015/04/04/i-have-a-complaint-concerning-many-genealogists/

 Here’s what happens when you visit a small town where family lived, if you are lucky and willing to walk away from online only research. http://lisalisson.com/2015/03/26/genealogy-uplugged-getting-local-perspective/