My criteria for The Best of the Blogs is this: I look for blogs that highlight genealogy methodology, new records, social and historical context, current events, and educational and volunteer opportunities. I try especially to focus on blogs that document the Irish and the Irish diaspora and may be of interest to TIARA members. Compiled by Kathleen Sullivan
Culture Context & Background
Did I Find a Genealogy Clue From The Address Book? Will You? on Life From The Roots by Barbara Poole
Current Issues
Before and After: The Incredible Real-Life Stories of Orphans Who Survived the Tennessee Children's Home Society on Family Locket by Diana Elder
DNA
New: Theory of Family Relativity - Confirm or Reject Theories on My Heritage Blog Esther
Don't Be Like My DNA Cousin on Hound on the Hunt by Ellen Thompson-Jennings
Educational Opportunities
Big News! Rootstch 2022 Announced! on Empty Branches on the Family Tree Linda Stufflebean
Public Record Office of Northern Ireland: Free on line talks, Aug-Oct on Irish Genealogy News by Claire Santry
Family History
Writing the difficult chapters of your story: An Overview on Treasure Chest of Memories by Laura Hedgecock
Coffin ships on Vita Brevis by Maureen Carey
Creating a Family Photo Memory Book on Olive Tree Genealogy by Lorine McGinnis Schulze
Irish in America
Book Review: "We Have Them On Their Own Ground" on Irish in the American Civil War by Damian Shiels
Irish in Canada
Finding an Ancestor on Canadian Ships Passenger Lists on Olive Tree Genealogy by Lorine McGinnis Schulze
Dedication of Toronto's Grasett Park to honour healthcare workers who cared for Irish famine victims on Genealogy a la carte by Gail Dever
Methodology
Researching in Newspapers on Irish Family Roots by Donna Moughty
Prepping for 1950 US Census: Address Details Matter! on Climbing My Family Tree by Marian B. Wood
Organizing
Should you color code your files? on Organize Your Family History by Janine Adams
Building A Locality Guide: More on Records, Newspapers on Genealogy Pants by Cari Taplin
Organizing and Storing Family History on Climbing My Family Tree by Marian B. Wood
Building A Locality Guide: More on Records, Vital Records & Probate/Court Records on Genealogy Pants by Cari Taplin
Building a Locality Guide: Published Sources on Genealogy Pants by Cari Taplin
The Genie Journal is Coming to Amazon on Hound on the Hunt by Ellen Thompson-Jennings
Records and Databases
New volumes: Boston, MA: Provident Institution for Savings 1817-1882 on American Ancestors Database News by Molly Rogers
St Augustine Cemetery: resources for research on Vita Brevis by Diana Beltrao
Archdiocese of Boston: new records from Lawrence, Lowell and Marblehead on American Ancestors Database News by Molly Rogers
Nova Scotia Archives releases 1970 death records on Genealogy a la carte by Gail Dever
Plenty of potential for Irish genealogists in UK Criminal collection on Irish Genealogy News by Claire Santry
Half a million Irish recorded in New York Almshouses ledgers index on Irish Genealogy News by Claire Santry
Research Resources
Cork Archive releases headstone inscription recorded in 1957 on Irish Genealogy News by Claire Santry
The Genealogist expands its Irish collection with RC parish registers on Irish Genealogy News by Claire Santry
1879 rate collection book for Eliogarty, Co Tipperary makes debut on Irish Genealogy News by Claire Santry
A Deep Dive Into the Digital Public Library of America on Legacy News by Gena Philibert-Ortega
Writing
Anatomy of a Bite-Sized Ancestor Bio on Climbing My Family Tree by Marian B. Wood
Here are some other bloggers who write about weekly posts that may be of interest:
Friday's Family History Finds by Linda Stufflebean, on her blog Empty Branches of the Family Tree blog click here and here and here
Best of the Genea-Blogs and Genealogy News and Education Bytes by Randy Seaver on his Genea-Musings blog click here and here and here
This Week's creme de la creme by Gail Dever on her Genealogy A La Carte blog click here and here and here
Did you see a great genealogy blog post I missed? Let me know!
Copyright 2021 by Kathleen Sullivan
Thank you so much for including my blog posts in your "best of" listing!
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