Webtember: Walsh and Griffins of Winona County, Minnesota.

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If you attended my presentation yesterday (Friday, 13 September) as part of Legacy Family Tree’s Webtember, you learned a little about a maternal Great Grandaunt Johanna (Walsh) Healy Griffin. My session was titled “The Neighbors Knew: Strategies for Finding YOUR Ancestral Details in THEIR Records.” A slide toward the end of the hour showed an 1881 newspaper article about a neighbor accusing her of “using indecent and improper language.” Johanna countersued her with the same charge. I already had done additional follow up on the family to see what else might be in the Winona, Minnesota newspapers. Then, I used the United States Newspapers from OldNews.com™ which is part of MyHeritage.com. Thank you MyHeritage! I learned several new but unhappy things about this part of the family. I’ve been fortunate that several Winona newspapers are digitized on other websites, but had not looked in the St. Charles, Minnesota newspapers. I already knew that several lawsuits involved Johanna, her second husband David Griffin, and a challenge to his will by David’s son, also named David Griffin. The clip below provides another unsettling detail.

 

 

St. Charles Union, (Winona County, Minnesota), 4 September 1878, third page, column 7, bottom of column. OldNews is definitely worthwhile.

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Watch or rewatch (free!) any of the recorded Webtember Friday presentations at any time through the end of September. Two more September Fridays of live presentations left! The syllabus materials for each of the Webtember presentations and others on Legacy Family Tree Webinars requires an annual membership. 

 

 

 

MyHeritage adds French Canadian genealogy service

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News Release for today. MyHeritage has just acquired MesAieux.com, a popular family history service that specializes in French Canadian genealogy. Founded in 2004, MesAieux.com has grown to become Quebec’s most popular family history service, with over one million users. The website offers an online family tree builder with automated features to add ancestors and is also home to approximately 15 million historical records from Canada, primarily from Quebec, and several exclusive collections. I hear my French Canadians calling!

“We are delighted to welcome MesAieux.com to the MyHeritage family,” said Gilad Japhet, Founder and CEO of MyHeritage. “Canadian genealogists will have much to gain from the combination of the two companies. We’ve been impressed with MesAieux.com’s accomplishments, and this acquisition reinforces our commitment to expanding the resources for French-speaking genealogists. Together we remain committed to the mission of helping everyone discover and preserve their family history for the benefit of future generations.” 

As a MyHeritage company, MesAieux.com will soon benefit from MyHeritage’s resources and technological expertise, which will facilitate the publication of new historical record collections and provide greater value to MesAieux.com users, who will be introduced to the wide array of MyHeritage services. All historical record content from MesAieux.com will soon be published on MyHeritage, and its users will benefit from the capabilities of MyHeritage’s innovative tree-to-tree and tree-to-record matching technologies. 

Read more on the MyHeritage blog.

 

 

It’s Webtember again. 4 Fridays of free Legacy Family Tree webinars!

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20 free webinars over the four Fridays of September 2024. A great variety of topics and speakers. I will be presenting on Friday, 13 September at 10:30 a.m. CDT about “The Neighbors Knew: Strategies for Finding YOUR Ancestral Details in THEIR Records.”

My affiliate link for registration for this and the other ones is http://legacy.familytreewebinars.com/?aid=9276



 

Ancestry.com special offers this Labor Day weekend

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Labor Day weekend in the U.S. means more special prices from online genealogy companies. . Ancestry has announced a sale on 6-month subscriptions, DNA testing, and the new Pro Tools. Check the details https://www.ancestry.com/. Ancestry has been posting on major social media platforms about this. These offers expire on Monday, 3 September 2024.



 

Chronicling America Historic Newspapers adds maps showing nearby newspapers

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Chronicling America, which includes fantastic and free access to digitized newspapers, grows constantly and is gearing up for a whole new website. It includes newspapers that are digitized by the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP) which works with newspaper repositories around the United States. It operates under The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the Library of Congress (LOC). https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov and https://www.loc.gov/ndnp/migration/?loclr=eacam

 

 

MyHeritage updates the DNA Theory of Family Relativity™

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I see a press release and tell myself I need to keep on with my work before checking out new genealogy things. That lasts about ten minutes. Today I spent some time looking at my new updates from MyHeritage’s Theory of Family Relativity™. From the press release “adding millions of new theories to help you uncover how you’re related to your DNA Matches.” Then it told of more numbers. Read more on the MyHeritage Blog. While there, be sure to check out the DNA test sale!

 

 

 


Upcoming webinar about developing genealogical Research Plans

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This Wednesday, August 28, at 10:00 a.m. EDT, I will be presenting “What’s Next? Developing Step by Step Research Plans.” It is an online event hosted by the The Villages Genealogical Society. I love doing this presentation because it involves the participants, sound advice, and methodology. It shows many reasons why we need the assistance of others to analyze a record, draft the Research Plan, and then ways to put it to work. One vital reminder will make an impression on everyone. https://www.vgsfl.org/eventListings.php?nm=117

 

 

Railroad workers in the family? Join me 17 August to learn about genealogical and historical resurces

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Join me online this Saturday morning, 17 August 2024. Learn about general resources for locating the correct railroad, where records might be located, how to find “buried away” records, with some added touches for Irish railroad workers. A six-page handout with tips, resources, links, and more accompanies my presentation. https://irishgenealogical.org/

 

 

 

More 2025 GRIP Genealogy Institute Initial Details

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It’s been a busy summer of work for me, and blogging has fallen behind. It’s been a week since the courses for the 2025 GRIP Genealogy Institute (GRIP) were announced. Here’s a quick timeline for some GRIP details including dates you can place on your own calendar. Thank you to the National Genealogical Society for including GRIP in its educational offerings. In the next few days, I will tell more about the “Beyond Digging Deeper” course I am coordinating in 2025.

2024 August 2: Announcement was made on Facebook Live about the 2025 Virtual GRIP courses.

2024 August 2: Announcement was made on Facebook Live about the 2025 In-Person GRIP courses.

2024 September: Around mid-month, the GRIP website will have more information about each course, sessions, and faculty. That’s the time to think about which course(s) you will take.

2025 Early Year: Registration opens for both weeks of GRIP.

2025 June 23-27: GRIP Virtual courses take place online. The syllabus for your course will be available about a week before.

2025 July 13-18: GRIP in-person courses take place at LaRoche University in Pittsburgh. The syllabus for your course will be available about a week before. 

 

 

2025 GRIP Genealogy Institute Courses To Be Announced Friday, Aug 2

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I’m excited. I only know about two of the courses. What are the others? Join live on Facebook at Noon EDT, 11:00 CDT, 10:00 MDT, and 9:00 PDT for the announcement. No registration open yet but at least you will know the course titles and the dates when each will be offered. One week virtual again. facebook.com/GRIPGenealogyInstitute