Genealogy Resources
(That I find useful)
Societies
This is the genealogy
society for
The Illiana Genealogical
& Historical Society
This society covers certain
counties in both
Northwest Territory Genealogical Society
I believe this is the
genealogical society for
Newsletters
The Butts Newsletter
I never knew there were so
many Butts! Started in 1977, the newsletter
continues to chug along releasing a paper issue every quarter (the newsletter
currently has no web presence). For more
information, you can email Bill Butts.
Books
Evidence!
Citation & Analysis for the Family Historian
I recently bought this
book. Most professional genealogists
consider this book the definitive guide for citing your genealogy sources.
The
Source: A Guidebook Of American Genealogy (Third
Edition)
I don’t own this (yet), but
it’s also touted as a great resource to help you with sourcing your research—I
consider it extremely important to source every bit of information you
can. That makes you more reliable as a
researcher.
Here’s a link
to my Amazon.com wishlist for genealogy books so you
can see the other books I’m interested in.
Periodicals
Everton’s Genealogical Helper
This is a huge magazine that
comes out every two months. Most times,
I haven’t finished the previous issue before the next issue has arrived. Their website’s kind of funky, but you can
get more information on the magazine here.
I don’t subscribe to this
one, but it looks promising.
I don’t subscribe to this
one, either, but am considering it. The
magazine goes out as a PDF—no hard copies in your mailbox.
Podcasts
I am addicted to podcasts. I listen
primarily in my car commuting to and from work.
I bought a refurbished RCA
Lyra from Ecost.com and a FM
transmitter that allows me to play my podcasts on
an open FM frequency. There are a few
genealogy podcasts out there and here are the active
ones that I know of:
The
definitive genealogy podcast with two professionals
giving news, reviews, interviews, tips, and more. You
definitely need to check this one out.
Another seasoned professional
genealogist with lots of useful information on tools and techniques for your
research.
Mr. Eastman only
sporadically puts out podcasts, but they’re still
worth looking in to. I would definitely
recommend taking a look at his blog or signing up on
his email distribution list.
Family Oral
History Using Digital Tools
I am very interested in the
problem this lady is trying to solve: how to make the best use of digital tools
and technology when documenting family history.
A lot of her content centers around using digital
recording devices to interview family members. Genealogy is more than names, dates, and
locations: interview your family members while you still can (and digitize
those interviews).
Not as much
genealogy-related technology discussion as I would hope, but still worth taking
a look at.
Quick and
to-the-point. Lots of good info on
reunions and stuff for your living relatives. I like it!
I just found this one
recently and I haven’t listened to any episodes, so I have no comments thus
far.
Another
new one that I have yet to listen to.
Haven’t
listened to this one, either. I think this is a radio show out of
Seems to be focused more on black
genealogy; however, I’m still going to give it a try.
This is video, not audio, so
I can’t really take it on the road with me; but, there are quite a few good
shows on the site.
Finding more genealogy podcasts:
I usually just look for new
genealogy podcasts by searching in Google. There are search engines just dedicated to
audio and video podcasts like PodZinger.
There are also sites that try to index and rank podcasts
like PodcastAlley.
I just signed up to a RootsWeb mailing list on podcasts. Hopefully, it will keep me informed on any
new providers without me having to lift a finger. This researcher
keeps a pretty good list here,
too.
Websites and Mailing Lists
There’s just too many to
mention.