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On May 3rd I was honored to be given the Lloyd DeWitt Bockstruck Distinguished Service by the Dallas Genealogical Society. Thank you to everyone at DGS for this award in Lloyd's name. It means so much to me.
The clip from their meeting starts at about 13:33:
youtu.be/Dn91s4bRPbo?...
New on CL today: The Branching Out Genealogy Podcast is your go-to guide to family history news, tips, tech, and โtea.โ Hosted by Elizabeth Swanay OโNeal, CGยฎ, and Tami Osmer Mize.
branchingout.show
Join me tomorrow as part of the free Legacy Family Tree Webinars Marathon! I will be on April 3. 2025 at 11pm Eastern, "Links That Last: Managing and Understanding URLs," familytreewebinars.com/webinar/link...
02.04.2025 22:34 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Today Cyndi's List is officially 29 years old! Still your FREE starting point for genealogical research. Please be sure to stop by and BROWSE the categories. Browsing helps prod your thinking and point you in new directions. Thank you for all your support all these years! cyndislist.com/categories
04.03.2025 21:58 โ ๐ 23 ๐ 6 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
Registration is open for our GRIP ccourse, The Spirit of the Inland Seas: Research in the Great Lakes Region, 22-27 June 2025. Read all about it in Cari's blog,
genealogypants.com/2025/02/27/a...
An important discussion - free from APG and open to everyone:
Saving A Nationโs Stories: The US National Archives and Why Advocacy Matters
Sunday 2 March 2025, 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM Eastern
Open to all; registration required
members.apgen.org/Calendar/mor...
An important discussion - free from APG and open to everyone:
Saving A Nationโs Stories: The US National Archives and Why Advocacy Matters
Sunday 2 March 2025, 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM Eastern
Open to all; registration required
members.apgen.org/Calendar/mor...
We are busy preparing all new materials for this summer's virtual GRIP Course, coordinated by Paula Stuart-Warren, Beyond Digging Deeper: Sources, Methods, and Practices. Registration is open and we hope to see you in class! grip.ngsgenealogy.org/courses/beyo...
26.02.2025 22:39 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Today on CL: A new category with 74 links - Anglican & Episcopal, cyndislist.com/anglican/. It's ready for more new links, so please send me what you have (if I don't already have it!). To submit new links: cyndislist.com/submit/
26.02.2025 22:30 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Cari Taplin (Genealogy Pants) and I have developed a new study group, based on Evidence Explained 4th edition. Please join us! Check out her blog post for more information.
genealogypants.com/2025/02/24/n...
Today on CL: new and updated links to the One-Room Schoolhouse Center, including this directory of America's One-Room Schools
oneroomschoolhousecenter.weebly.com/americas-one...
Today on CL: Do you explore collections on university library sites enough? PennState Libraries, Digital Newspapers, includes so much including Civil War era newspapers, libraries.psu.edu/about/collec...
12.02.2025 23:36 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 1
Hit a brick wall? Ready to learn about sources, information, & evidence & to analyze & correlate to solve research problems? Register for the Mastering Genealogical Proof Study Group. Saturdays, 2pm Pacific, Feb 15-Mar 29, 2025. $95. Study the book by Thomas W. Jones. square.link/u/SPKZqVbx
27.01.2025 21:40 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Today on CL: updated 72 links to The Knowles Collection -- six free databases on FamilySearch with more than 1.2 million Jewish people. Read more: knowlescollection.blogspot.com/2022/03/acce...
24.01.2025 02:03 โ ๐ 11 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
New on CL today because David Rencher is excited about it! From the Registry of Deeds Ireland: Ireland, Properties, from 1298 to 1975, www.familysearch.org/search/full-...
21.01.2025 21:33 โ ๐ 23 ๐ 5 ๐ฌ 4 ๐ 1Today on CL: Updated all my links to John Grenham's Irish Ancestors site, the companion site to his terrific book. This site is a must for anyone with Irish ancestral research. www.johngrenham.com
10.01.2025 07:31 โ ๐ 13 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 2Today on CL: Southern Campaigns Revolutionary War Pension Statements & Rosters, revwarapps.org.
Roster transcriptions & pension applications or bounty land claims, including transcripts of collections at LofV. Use your browser's Ctrl+F (Find) function to search the page for specific surnames.
Registration is open for the Mastering Genealogical Proof Study Group with Cyndi Ingle. Saturdays, 2pm Pacific, Feb 15-March 29, 2025. $95. We study the book by Thomas W. Jones. See: square.link/u/SPKZqVbx
07.01.2025 00:17 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1
Observation of the day: broken links are common (even on Google). I have links added just last year that are already broken & links from 1998 that still work. Please report a link when you find it broken. I truly appreciate your help in keeping this a useful genealogical research tool!
03.01.2025 22:54 โ ๐ 8 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Today on CL: a new sub-cat under Methodist and under Religion & Churches - Circuit Riders & Traveling Ministers. What new links can you submit for me to use in this unique category?
cyndislist.com/methodist/ci...
Today on CL: a digitized collection of British Columbia City Directories, 1860-1955. This is one example of how libraries and archives are bringing us valuable free sources for our research. What library collection online is your favorite? www.vpl.ca/digital-libr...
18.12.2024 23:02 โ ๐ 14 ๐ 8 ๐ฌ 4 ๐ 3Today on CL: when it's helpful, I replace broken links w/links to the Wayback Machine. Today's example was a site, OrphanFinder.com. It disappeared. But it lives on at Wayback. I label all such links with (Wayback Machine) in the title. See today's What's New page, www.cyndislist.com/whatsnew/12-...
17.12.2024 00:08 โ ๐ 31 ๐ 8 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 1
New on CL today: Northeast Slavery Records Index, an online searchable compilation of records that identify enslaved persons and enslavers in the states of New York, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. nesri.commons.gc.cuny.edu
12.12.2024 23:16 โ ๐ 20 ๐ 7 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Today on CL: An amazing example of what one person can do to make a difference in genealogy. They Had Names: African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia, by Stacy Ashmore Cole. She's sharing sources with more than 37,000 references to named African Americans. theyhadnames.net
12.12.2024 02:12 โ ๐ 26 ๐ 6 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1
Getting ready to be on Genealogy Quick Start TV tongiht at 8pm Eastern. I will be talking with @Shamele Jordon about interviewing your family members about their memories. Join us!
www.youtube.com/c/GenealogyQ...
New on CL today: Advantage Archives digitizes newspapers in small library collections free online. They put up a state by state directory: communityhistoryarchives.com/browse-by-st...
23.11.2024 23:37 โ ๐ 26 ๐ 11 ๐ฌ 4 ๐ 1New on CL today: History of Generations, historygenerations.life/search. Determine the birthplaces of residence of ancestors in Ukraine. Allows you to use two methods simultaneously: determining the birthplace area of the father's surname bearers; and of the mother's surname bearers.
22.11.2024 20:50 โ ๐ 9 ๐ 4 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0New on CL tonight, this beautiful site for Caribbean genealogy: Ancestors of Paradise, www.ancestorsofparadise.com
22.11.2024 00:46 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
New link just added to CL: "The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monument of Wales is attempting, for the first time, to map historical administrative boundaries in detail. Starting with the 19th century Ordnance Survey mapping..." historical-boundaries-of-wales-rcahmw.hub.arcgis.com
20.11.2024 23:47 โ ๐ 6 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Registration is open for our 2025 NGSQ Study Groups with Cari and Cyndi. See:
genealogypants.com/studygroups/...
There are some more spots open with Cyndi on Mondays at 3:30pm EST, Tues 1pm or 7pm EST w/Cari Taplin. $95 and you must have access to NGSQ articles as a member of NGS or at your library.
