GeneaBabble

Yet another video illustrating one of the frustrations of genealogy.  This one appears to be a scene from The Stupids done with clips from Futurama.  I’d really like to know where people get this much free time…

I read about this on the Genealogue and thought I’d pass it along.  Fiona Wilson is conducting a survey concerning the importance of old family photos in family history research as part of the research for her dissertation.  I’m sure many of you genealogists (i.e., BOTH of my readers) have photos of an appropriate age, so take a few minutes to complete the survey.

I don’t know who this guy is, but i like him!

While writing up my last post I decided to see what else was new in the world of land records on Ancestry and I found out that I REALLY NEED TO PAY MORE ATTENTION!!!  On June 24, 2007, Ancestry.com added a collection called U.S. County Land Ownership Atlases, c. 1864-1918.  This will make life so much easier!  I already have access to all the local atlases I need, but it can be difficult to find an obscure atlas from a state you’ve never been in.  This will help especially when I’m doing research for others.  Plus, it’s just plain interesting to go through old atlases.  If you don’t think so then you’re just weird…

I should be on top of these things, but I’m exceptionally lazy and it’s always easier to let others do the work… I just read at the Genealogy Blog that Ancestry.com has posted a new collection: U.S. War Bounty Land Warrants, 1789-1858.  A brief search for some of my relatives turned up a big pile of nothing, but that generally happens when I’m in a hurry and I hope to have a chance to take a closer look at the collection soon.  The images I looked at, however, look great and this is a very welcome collection!