I had to do a little shopping at RootsTech. The new Genealogy Standards Manual is out! ¹

What I Was Reading This Week:

• A 1779 Slave Petition finally passes in the New Hampshire Legislature, 233 years late from Nutfield Genealogy
• Just Go Do It. Now.  from No Story Too Small
• Records of Rights from The National Archives
• Why You Can’t Do All Your Research Online from Michael J Leclerc
• Why Coca-Cola wins with “America is Beautiful’ from Rooted in Foods
• Nels Oleson [Richard Bull] closes the Mercantile from Keeping the Story Alive
• Everyone an “expert”? From Midwestern Microhistory: A Genealogy Blog
• What’s With That Middle Name, Anyhow? From A Family Tapestry
• Books for Scholarly Genealogist from List Challenges
• Wordless Wednesday: Up on the Roof from Jollett Etc.
• NGS Announces New Course: Guide to Documentation and Source Citation from Adventures in Genealogy Education
• Sherman Heads from the Poore Homeland from Poore Boys in Gray
• Finding Moms and Grandmoms in the Family Tree from Juliana Smith at Ancestry.com

RootsTech 2014 Recap

• Slides from RootsTech Presentations — Motivation Monday (My slides from my 2 presentations from RootsTech)
• I Go Shopping at RootsTech from Ancestry.com
• Ancestry.com Exhibit at RootsTech 2014 from Genea-Musings

What I Was Writing This Week:

• Early Research. Sloppy Research. Lots of Questions. 52 Ancestors #5: Mary Elizabeth Gillespie
• Ask Ancestry Anne: I’m Having a Hard Time Researching my African American Ancestors
• Five Minute Finds: Favorite Genealogy Myths Debunked

Conference Talks

• 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

52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks

• 52 Ancestors Challenge: Week 6 Recap from Amy Johnson Crow
• 52 Ancestors Challenge: Week 5 Recap from Amy Johnson Crow

• The Grandfather I Barely Knew: Ralph F. Ramsey, 1907-1984 (52 Ancestors #6) from No Story Too Small
• #52Ancestors No. 6 — “Malicious Abandonment” WHAT???? From Barbara Schmidt
• She Didn’t Shy Away From Hard Tasks #52Ancestors from Genealogy Circle
• #52Ancestors #6 Rosanna Jane Johnston Herring: Living in a Rented Store Building from Remember Me — Heritage from the Past
• 52 Ancestors: #6 ~ The Photo Album of a Civil War Veteran’s Wife — Cynthia Maria Waterman — Part 1 from Jana’s Genealogy and Family History Blog
• 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks: #6 Marian Veronica Essler from Rooted in Foods
• 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks: Stefan Papp, Csendőrs from Nolichucky Roots
• The Inventor 52 Ancestors: #6 Jules Frost from The eLuceydator