Updates on our latest content additions.

Weekly Blog Update - 12 August 2016
Summary of new content on our blogs--with a few additional features thrown in.


Includes:
  • New  Rootdig Content
  • New  Genealogy Tip of the Day Content
  • New  Search Tip of the Day Content
  • Letter of the Week
  • Join Michael in Ft. Wayne!
  • Tombstone of the Week
  • Casefile Clues Update
  • Citation of the Week
  • How to keep getting this newsletter
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30% off Webinar Before Hiatus
   

We are taking some time off from webinar sales starting 29 July, so I can complete my trip to Ft. Wayne, Indiana, and some other projects. 

We'll still support issues with presentations, but the order page will be unavailable for some time. 


Photograph of the week
   

When taking digital photographs of books,do not forget to take a picture of the table of contents. 

Otherwise you might not know exactly what was in that section of which you took pictures. 
Citation of the Week

Hancock County, Illinois, Probate Court, Probate of Wills A, p 201; digital images, FamilySearch (http://www.familysearch.org [Illinois, Probate Records, 1819-1970, Hancock, Order probating wills v. A 1899- 1910] : accessed 1 November 2010).
Genealogy Tip of the Day
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X is for "X" does not guarantee illiteracy

On some records, particularly in the United States before the 18th century, individuals would be literally told to "make their mark." If you only have one document your ancestor "signed" and they made an "x" on that document, don't conclude they could not read or write.
Genealogy Search Tip

Can You Read It?

This signature appeared recently in our Genealogy Transcriber Blog .

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Casefile Clues Update

The latest issue of  Casefile Clues  analyzes an 1889 will from a German immigrant, focusing on what the will says, what it does not, and where research should go next. 

You can learn more about Casefile Clues on our website or our blog.

Casefile Clues discusses genealogy methodology in clear, organized, and to-the-point prose. 

If you'd like to learn methods and sources without the long winded academic prose, give us a try!

Tombstone of the Week

Being able to edit and write on pictures right after you take them is a wonderful advantage of using modern technology to take digital pictures of tombstones. 

My daughter stopped at the Blue Ridge Cemetery in Shelby County, Indiana, to take pictures for me. In addition to several closeups and panoramic shots of the area, she included this marked up photograph which made the location of the stone in question clear.