What I’ve Been Reading This Week:

• 40 Maps They Didn’t Teach You In School
• Dating Family Photos from Clothing — Follow Friday from SassyJane Genealogy
• Ending the Poll Tax from The Legal Genealogist
• Searching for a Real Name from A Family Tapestry
• Writing Challenges and Prompts from Trials and Tribulations of a Self Taught Historian
• It’s a Southern Thing from A Southern Sleuth

What I’ve Been Writing This Week:

• The Land of Enchantment: New Mexico State Guide

Conference Talks

• RootsTech2014: Salt Lake City, Utah : Feb 4-8
  • My Presentations and Panels
    • Learning How to Tune Your Ancestry.com Search RT1386 : Friday 2:30pm
    • Online Trees: The Root of All Evil? RT 1082 : Thursday 2:30pm
    • Putting Your Ancestors in Historical Perspective: Extracting Stories from Military Records on Ancestry.com and Fold3 RT 1389 : Saturday 10:30am
  • Articles of Interest
    • What’s in My Roots Tech Bag? from The We Tree Genealogy Blog
• NGS 2014: Richmond, Virginia : May 7-10
  • I will be presenting once:
    • F320 Searching Successfully to Reveal Your Ancestor’s Story on Ancestry.com:  Friday 9:30am
• Articles of Interest:
  • Virginia Repositories: Southwest Virginia

52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks

• 52 Ancestors: Week 3 Recap from No Story Too Small
• 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks #3: John Jones from Rooted in Foods
• 52 Ancestors: #2 — It Began with C.W. Ruth from Adventures in Genealogy
• A Farmer, Dad and Hero. Week 3 of 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks from Bowling for Ancestors