For immediate release BCG OFFERS FREE WEBINAR Tuesday, 17 January, 8:00 p.m. Eastern *“Writing up your Research” by Michael J. Leclerc, CG* Writing up our research is the best way to preserve it. This presentation will examine different ways of writing and publishing, from blogs to books. The Board for Certification of Genealogists (BCG) will present “Writing up your Research” by Michael J. Leclerc, CG, free to the public at 8:00 p.m. EDT, 17 January 2017. Michael J. Leclerc, CG, is an internationally renowned genealogist. He has authored numerous articles for genealogy magazines and scholarly journals, and is a popular presenter at conferences and seminars around the world. Michael worked in a variety of capacities at the New England Historic Genealogical Society for 17 years prior to joining Mocavo as Chief Genealogist in 2012. He left there in 2015 to start Genealogy Professor ( www.genprof.net), where he helps to provide genealogy education opportunities to family historians. He has edited several books, including Genealogical Writing in the 21st Century: A Guide to Register Style and More, Second Edition, with Henry Hoff, and the fifth edition of the seminal guidebook Genealogist's Handbook for New England Research. He was a contributing editor for American Ancestors magazine, and a consulting editor for The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Michael has served on the boards of the Association of Professional Genealogists and the Federation of Genealogical Societies. You can reach him at www.mjleclerc.com and Facebook.com/michaeljleclerc. President Jeanne Larzalere Bloom, CG, says, “The Board for Certification of Genealogists is proud to offer this new webinar as part of an ongoing series that supports our mission to provide education for family historians. This webinar will address genealogy standards for research. By promoting a uniform standard of competence and ethics BCG endeavors to foster public confidence in genealogy.” Register for “Writing up your Research” by Michael J. Leclerc, CG, before 17 January 2017 at: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/7771888423857682691. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. For more information contact: office@BCGcertification.org. View BCG’s past Legacy webinars at http://familytreewebinars.com/bcg and http://bcgcertification.org/blog/bcg-webinars. For more information on educational opportunities, please visit: http://www.BCGcertification.org/certification/educ.html <http://www.bcgcertification.org/certification/educ.html>. The words Certified Genealogist are a registered certification mark, and the designations CG, CGL and Certified Genealogical Lecturer are service marks of the Board for Certification of Genealogists®, used under license by board certificants after periodic evaluation. # Sincerely, Cari A. Taplin, CG℠ BCG News Release Coordinator Pflugerville, Texas cat.taplin@gmail.com www.genealogypants.com The words Certified Genealogist are a registered certification mark, and the designation CG a proprietary service mark, of the Board for Certification of Genealogists®, used under license by authorized associates following peer-reviewed competency evaluations. Certificate No. 1058, expires 24 February 2020.

Lo Schiavo Genealogica has an Opening for an Italian Dual Citizenship Specialist Position Description: Applicant will work directly with clients in preparing their applications for dual citizenship, after a period of training within this specialty. Much of the work involves ordering U.S. records in the appropriate format, resolving discrepancies within the records, communicating with clients and Italian consulates around the world, as well as sending documents for apostille and/or translation. The position will begin as part-time, subcontracting work on an as-needed basis. The initial hourly rate is $25.00 an hour, with a reevaluation (and likely increase in hourly rate) in twelve months. Experience Requirements: Seeking a detail-oriented person with experience in dual citizenship work and/or the willingness to learn this type of work. Full training will be given to the right individual. No skills in the Italian language are necessary. Chosen individual will work remotely from their office and must be able to communicate promptly with our main office when needed. Experience in genealogical research and a willingness to learn the intricacies of Italian nationality law are a must. Applicant must be available to make and receive phone calls/emails between 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Eastern (and occasionally during other times, as needed) and have the ability to work on multiple, complicated applications at the same time. Contact Information: If interested, please contact Melanie D. Holtz, CG by 18 November 2016 at Melanie@holtzresearch.com. Please also submit details of your experience to this same email address. Sincerely, Melanie D. Holtz, CG Lo Schiavo Genealogica 7283-102 NC Hwy 42 W, #402 Raleigh, NC 27603 Melanie@holtzresearch.com<mailto:Melanie@holtzresearch.com> www.italyancestry.com<http://www.italyancestry.com> Specializing in Italian Genealogical Research and Dual Citizenship Subscribe to Newsletter<http://www.holtzresearch.com/subscribe-to-newsletter/>

Hello folks I am looking to hire someone to do some research at PRONI. Does anyone have experience with genealogists there? I realize some records may be available through the LDS as well but I am just looking into the possibility of hiring someone to pull and scan those records that may only be available in Belfast. Any guidance much appreciated Anna Du Pen

Ah, OK. I really only know that it's a complete run based on the years listed. There may be gaps in the months or days. That's just not as common in newspapers this late. On Mon, Nov 7, 2016 at 8:50 AM, Dee Dee King, Certified Genealogist < king@forensicgenealogyservices.com> wrote: > Thanks, Patti. We either have some gaps in the editions we need or some > other hiccup as there is some evidence the obits are available at the > library, but not online. Thanks for checking for me! > > best regards, > > Dee > > > > On November 7, 2016 at 8:41 AM Patricia Hobbs <plhgenealogy@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Dee Dee, > More modern editions of the Detroit newspaper are available with an > extended subscription to Newspapers.com. I just checked and the Detroit > Free Press is a complete run during the desired time period with the > extended subscription. > > Patti > > >

Thanks, Patti. We either have some gaps in the editions we need or some other hiccup as there is some evidence the obits are available at the library, but not online. Thanks for checking for me! best regards, Dee > On November 7, 2016 at 8:41 AM Patricia Hobbs <plhgenealogy@gmail.com> wrote: > > Dee Dee, > More modern editions of the Detroit newspaper are available with an extended > subscription to Newspapers.com. I just checked and the Detroit Free Press is a > complete run during the desired time period with the extended subscription. > > Patti >

Dee Dee, More modern editions of the Detroit newspaper are available with an extended subscription to Newspapers.com. I just checked and the Detroit Free Press is a complete run during the desired time period with the extended subscription. Patti On Mon, Nov 7, 2016 at 8:22 AM, Dee Dee King, Certified Genealogist < king@forensicgenealogyservices.com> wrote: > Anyone have contacts who could pull some obits from the Detroit Library > for a > Navy POW/MIA case? These are 1929-1950. A really difficult case and we > could use > a little help. > > -- > Dee Dee King, Certified Genealogist > Forensic Genealogy Services LLC > and Contract Genealogist, US Navy Casualty, POW/MIA Branch > > Mail address - PO Box 1085, Manvel TX 77578 > Telephone/fax 281-595-3090 > www.forensicgenealogyservices.com > www.facebook.com/forensicgenealogist > > CG is a service mark and Certified Genealogist is a registered > certification mark of the Board for Certification of Genealogists, > used under license by board certificants after periodic competency > evaluations, and the board name is registered in the US Patent & > Trademark Office. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TRANSITIONAL-GENEALOGISTS-FORUM-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Anyone have contacts who could pull some obits from the Detroit Library for a Navy POW/MIA case? These are 1929-1950. A really difficult case and we could use a little help. -- Dee Dee King, Certified Genealogist Forensic Genealogy Services LLC and Contract Genealogist, US Navy Casualty, POW/MIA Branch Mail address - PO Box 1085, Manvel TX 77578 Telephone/fax 281-595-3090 www.forensicgenealogyservices.com www.facebook.com/forensicgenealogist CG is a service mark and Certified Genealogist is a registered certification mark of the Board for Certification of Genealogists, used under license by board certificants after periodic competency evaluations, and the board name is registered in the US Patent & Trademark Office.

Thank you Rondina! Sheri Fenley Stockton, California *Registrar* *El Toyon Chapter, NSDAR* *The Educated Genealogist - Research Services* http://sherifenley.webs.com/ *The Educated Genealogist - The Blog* www.sherifenley.blogspot.com On Sat, Oct 1, 2016 at 8:49 AM, Rondina Muncy <rondina.muncy@gmail.com> wrote: > I have published a *free *book, *Automatically Numbering Your Genealogy in > Microsoft® Word.* This allows the reader to renumber genealogies using both > the Register and NGSQ styles without manually going back and correcting > their numbers. It works in MS Word on Macs and PCs. The publication can be > found at my website AncestralAnalysis.com. It is the first item under > "Articles" and can be downloaded. > > Many years ago, Marsha Hoffman Rising CG, FASG taught me how to do this. > I'm happy to pass the information onto other genealogists. > > Again, this is a free publication. > > Thank you. > > Rondina > __________________________________ > Rondina P. Muncy, Certified Genealogist ® > Ancestral Analysis > 4008 Linden Avenue > Fort Worth, Texas 76107 > 682.224.6584 > rondina@ancestralanalysis.com <rondina.muncy@gmail.com> > www.ancestralanalysis.com > > CG is a service mark and Certified Genealogist is a trademark of the Board > for Certification of Genealogists, used under license by the > Board-certificants after periodic competency evaluations. The board name is > registered with the US Patent and Trademark Office. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TRANSITIONAL-GENEALOGISTS-FORUM-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

It's not too late yet...but the October 15th deadline to submit a webinar proposal to the Wisconsin State Genealogical Society's 2017 series of monthly webinars is coming up quickly. For more information and the submission form see http://wsgs.org/cpage.php?pt=206 <http://wsgs.org/cpage.php?pt=206> If you have problems with the submission form, please let me know. Anne Kasuboski NE District Representative Wisconsin State Genealogical Society kasubosa@gmail.com

I would recommend Robert Charles Anderson's book *Elements of Genealogical Analysis* (Boston: NEHGR, 2014). It discusses a methodology that might be very helpful for a project of this nature. Michael Hait, CGSM, CGLSM michael.hait@hotmail.com haitfamilyresearch.com Certified Genealogist is a registered trademark and the designations CG, CGL, and Certified Genealogical Lecturer are service marks of the Board for Certification of Genealogists®, used under license by Board certificants who meet competency standards. On 10/1/2016 9:18:49 AM, Shannon Green <shangreen@gmail.com> wrote: I am working on a surname study for a particular family in Brooke County, [West] Virginia 1800-1840. My goal is to place everyone in the correct family by analyzing census, tax, land, probate, marriage and court records. It is proving to more difficult than I had hoped. As with may families, they all named their children with the same set of given names. My questions is this: 1) Does anyone have a good example of a project like this? I would love to read how someone else did this. 2) I am looking for a source for typical ages. For example, if someone is noted as being appointed Deputy Constable, can I infer an age? I am assuming they would be closer to 25 than 65, but I would love a source to cite rather than my own gut feel. Or JP? Is there a typical age? Road reviewer? Overseer of Poor? Magistrate? Without vital records and limited census records, I am trying to use other ways to infer ages. Thank you in advance for any suggestions. Shannon Shannon Green | Genealogist 203-502-9584 www.greenwichgenealogy.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TRANSITIONAL-GENEALOGISTS-FORUM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I didn't know the acronym "PLSS" until I did a web search. You can purchase a subscription to Earthpoint (very cheap for Option 2) to enable overlays on Google Earth. http://www.earthpoint.us/ So you have to download Google Earth to be able to use the overlay. It maps out the township, range, and section grids. It is up to you, however, to specifically locate the property or to insert the township, range, and section numbers into Earthpoint's "Fly to" application which is free http://www.earthpoint.us/TownshipsSearchByDescription.aspx Of course it does more than just homesteads (which have a narrowly defined definition based upon the 1862 Homestead Act), so maybe it's not what you are looking for. Patti On Sat, Oct 1, 2016 at 8:00 PM, A Staley <astaley@comcast.net> wrote: > Are you thinking about historygeo.com? > > AnnS > > Sent from my iPad > > > On Oct 1, 2016, at 4:48 PM, Kim C. Ostermyer <kimostermyer@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > Hi everyone, > > A few days ago, I found a discussion somewhere about a website that maps > > original homestead patents filed under the PLSS. I'm not sure what forum > or > > website this may have happened. This isn't the BLM-GLO site but one that > is > > a subscription site that shows maps of the land patents. > > > > Any help would be most appreciated. > > > > Warmest regards, > > Kim Ostermyer > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TRANSITIONAL-GENEALOGISTS-FORUM-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TRANSITIONAL-GENEALOGISTS-FORUM-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Are you thinking about historygeo.com? AnnS Sent from my iPad > On Oct 1, 2016, at 4:48 PM, Kim C. Ostermyer <kimostermyer@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi everyone, > A few days ago, I found a discussion somewhere about a website that maps > original homestead patents filed under the PLSS. I'm not sure what forum or > website this may have happened. This isn't the BLM-GLO site but one that is > a subscription site that shows maps of the land patents. > > Any help would be most appreciated. > > Warmest regards, > Kim Ostermyer > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TRANSITIONAL-GENEALOGISTS-FORUM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi everyone, A few days ago, I found a discussion somewhere about a website that maps original homestead patents filed under the PLSS. I'm not sure what forum or website this may have happened. This isn't the BLM-GLO site but one that is a subscription site that shows maps of the land patents. Any help would be most appreciated. Warmest regards, Kim Ostermyer

What a great thing to do!  Thanks, Rondina! Honey Ryan, Research Librarian Savannah, GA 31406 -----Original Message----- From: Rondina Muncy <rondina.muncy@gmail.com> To: Transitional Genealogists <TRANSITIONAL-GENEALOGISTS-FORUM@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sat, Oct 1, 2016 11:50 am Subject: [TGF] Free book, Numbering Your Genealogy in Microsoft Word I have published a *free *book, *Automatically Numbering Your Genealogy in Microsoft® Word.* This allows the reader to renumber genealogies using both the Register and NGSQ styles without manually going back and correcting their numbers. It works in MS Word on Macs and PCs. The publication can be found at my website AncestralAnalysis.com. It is the first item under "Articles" and can be downloaded. Many years ago, Marsha Hoffman Rising CG, FASG taught me how to do this. I'm happy to pass the information onto other genealogists. Again, this is a free publication. Thank you. Rondina __________________________________ Rondina P. Muncy, Certified Genealogist ® Ancestral Analysis 4008 Linden Avenue Fort Worth, Texas 76107 682.224.6584 rondina@ancestralanalysis.com <rondina.muncy@gmail.com> www.ancestralanalysis.com CG is a service mark and Certified Genealogist is a trademark of the Board for Certification of Genealogists, used under license by the Board-certificants after periodic competency evaluations. The board name is registered with the US Patent and Trademark Office. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TRANSITIONAL-GENEALOGISTS-FORUM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I have published a *free *book, *Automatically Numbering Your Genealogy in Microsoft® Word.* This allows the reader to renumber genealogies using both the Register and NGSQ styles without manually going back and correcting their numbers. It works in MS Word on Macs and PCs. The publication can be found at my website AncestralAnalysis.com. It is the first item under "Articles" and can be downloaded. Many years ago, Marsha Hoffman Rising CG, FASG taught me how to do this. I'm happy to pass the information onto other genealogists. Again, this is a free publication. Thank you. Rondina __________________________________ Rondina P. Muncy, Certified Genealogist ® Ancestral Analysis 4008 Linden Avenue Fort Worth, Texas 76107 682.224.6584 rondina@ancestralanalysis.com <rondina.muncy@gmail.com> www.ancestralanalysis.com CG is a service mark and Certified Genealogist is a trademark of the Board for Certification of Genealogists, used under license by the Board-certificants after periodic competency evaluations. The board name is registered with the US Patent and Trademark Office.

I am working on a surname study for a particular family in Brooke County, [West] Virginia 1800-1840. My goal is to place everyone in the correct family by analyzing census, tax, land, probate, marriage and court records. It is proving to more difficult than I had hoped. As with may families, they all named their children with the same set of given names. My questions is this: 1) Does anyone have a good example of a project like this? I would love to read how someone else did this. 2) I am looking for a source for typical ages. For example, if someone is noted as being appointed Deputy Constable, can I infer an age? I am assuming they would be closer to 25 than 65, but I would love a source to cite rather than my own gut feel. Or JP? Is there a typical age? Road reviewer? Overseer of Poor? Magistrate? Without vital records and limited census records, I am trying to use other ways to infer ages. Thank you in advance for any suggestions. Shannon Shannon Green | Genealogist 203-502-9584 www.greenwichgenealogy.com

This thread comes at a good time for me, as I'm giving a presentation near the end of October.  The idea about the lined paper is a great one and I believe I will include that.  It's funny how that little light bulb suddenly comes on (in the form of an idea.)  Thanks Karen for your help. Cheryl ProctorSouthern Indiana On Friday, September 30, 2016 10:29 PM, Karen Rhodes <bitbucket001@comcast.net> wrote: I have done a talk on Navigating the National Archives Website, which I like to present live, but, like you, I have concerns for internet connection and performance.  To cover that, I prepared a substitute consisting of screen shots with little in the way of other explanatory shots, giving the explanation verbally and on my handout -- the largest handout I have for any of my talks.  I found that the screen shots themselves contain a large amount of information, and it really isn't necessary to intersperse explanatory slides.  As you have guessed, going over it (and over it and over it) before presenting is a must, to avoid wasted steps during presentation.  I go slow, and pause frequently to ask for questions, because the National Archives website is extraordinarily complex, and so is my talk!  Breaking down the presentation into sections that are more manageable also helps not make it overwhelming for the audience.  I have had to completely re-do the presentation a time or two, because of changes NARA makes in the website. Another thing I might do if I ever present that particular talk again, is to provide a couple sheets of lined paper with the handout, for notes! Karen Packard Rhodes, Middleburg, Clay County, Florida On 9/26/2016 11:08 PM, Patricia Hobbs wrote: > I will be doing a presentation on the unindexed FamilySearch databases for > our local library. I've been really excited about doing this presentation, > but then I got to thinking about the jillions of screen shots I'll be doing > if I don't do it live. I'd love to do it live, but I know that I run the > risk of the internet either being out or being slow. Even if I did it live, > I would walk through every step beforehand to make sure that I could > minimize wasted steps in jumping around the images. > > Any words of wisdom from anyone who has done this before? My third thought > on the matter was that even though I would have to do a lot of screen shots > the verbiage to go with is pretty minimal. > > Patti > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TRANSITIONAL-GENEALOGISTS-FORUM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TRANSITIONAL-GENEALOGISTS-FORUM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I have done a talk on Navigating the National Archives Website, which I like to present live, but, like you, I have concerns for internet connection and performance. To cover that, I prepared a substitute consisting of screen shots with little in the way of other explanatory shots, giving the explanation verbally and on my handout -- the largest handout I have for any of my talks. I found that the screen shots themselves contain a large amount of information, and it really isn't necessary to intersperse explanatory slides. As you have guessed, going over it (and over it and over it) before presenting is a must, to avoid wasted steps during presentation. I go slow, and pause frequently to ask for questions, because the National Archives website is extraordinarily complex, and so is my talk! Breaking down the presentation into sections that are more manageable also helps not make it overwhelming for the audience. I have had to completely re-do the presentation a time or two, because of changes NARA makes in the website. Another thing I might do if I ever present that particular talk again, is to provide a couple sheets of lined paper with the handout, for notes! Karen Packard Rhodes, Middleburg, Clay County, Florida On 9/26/2016 11:08 PM, Patricia Hobbs wrote: > I will be doing a presentation on the unindexed FamilySearch databases for > our local library. I've been really excited about doing this presentation, > but then I got to thinking about the jillions of screen shots I'll be doing > if I don't do it live. I'd love to do it live, but I know that I run the > risk of the internet either being out or being slow. Even if I did it live, > I would walk through every step beforehand to make sure that I could > minimize wasted steps in jumping around the images. > > Any words of wisdom from anyone who has done this before? My third thought > on the matter was that even though I would have to do a lot of screen shots > the verbiage to go with is pretty minimal. > > Patti > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TRANSITIONAL-GENEALOGISTS-FORUM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

I attended this rendition of Gen-Fed and the institute was a great learning experience. I learned about several new types of records to use in genealogical research and highly recommend attendance. elaine stone-arthur “Over the top” and “an institute of unforgettable magnitude” are just a few of the participant reactions to the inaugural week of the newly-branded Genealogical Institute on Federal Records (Gen-Fed).... http://www.gen-fed.org/the-reviews-are-in-gen-fed-2016/ -- Malissa Ruffner, JD, MLS, CG℠ mruffner@gmail.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TRANSITIONAL-GENEALOGISTS-FORUM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

This is a good little blog I came across about how to handle friends requesting you help them in your professional field, but do it for free. The themes here echo advice I've heard from Tom Jones and others who work to professionalize this field. Well worth the 1 minute to read this. http://acuff.me/2016/09/say-no-friends-want-work-free/ Happy hunting, All! KC Reid www.FindDeeperRoots.com 703-300-0400 Oceanside, CA Sent from my iPhone