I listed my nominations of posts for "Best of Genea-Musings" for 2007, but there were a lot more highlights (at least for me!) in the 990 notes posted in 2007. Included on my highlight list are:
1. Serials
* The Adventures of Benjamin Franklin Seaver - 10 posts - historical newspaper articles about one mariner in the early 1800's - see here and here.
* Della's Journal - 52 posts - a week-by-week transcription of my great-grandmother's 1929 daily journal. The last week is here.
* The Search for Cornelia Bresee - the index for my online search is here, and a plan for traditional research is here. The last post is here.
* The Best of the Genea-Blogs - a regular Sunday post since August highlighting my favorite articles for each week. Last week's is here.
* Christmas Advent Memories - 24 posts with Christmas memories submitted to the Christmas Advent Calendar Carnival.
Genealogy News Commentary
* Ancestry cuts off the FHC - the announcement, personal subscriptions, and Ancestry in the FHL and 13 FHCs.
* The "Genealogy is Bunk" article and reaction - "Genealogy is NOT Bunk"
* The Internet Biographical Collection on Ancestry - the problem, further discussion, the legal quandary. Craig Manson did an excellent series on the legal issues.
* FamilyTreeMaker 2008 problems - Beta testing here and here, first release, more comments and Webinar.
* Acquisition of The Generations Network - questions and analysis here.
Genealogy Research Notes
* The futile search for Robert Leroy Thompson's family in the census records - the brick wall summary here, and the census summary here.
* Success finding living people - summary here.
* The Cornelia Bresee search noted above.
* Probate records for several Rhode Island ancestors.
* The William Hutchi(n)son search results - here, here and here.
* Monthly CVGS Research and Computer Group notes - too many to link to.
Testing Web Sites and Databases
* www.WeRelate.org -- a summary, and a test.
* www.MyHeritage.com -- the concept, acquisitions, the search with results.
* AncestryPress -- first look, second look and webinar.
* www.411.com - summary here.
* FamilySearch Record Search -- pilot experiences, list of databases.
I think I'll end there ... one of my reasons for making this list is so that I can FIND links to my body of work.
Welcome to my genealogy blog. Genea-Musings features genealogy research tips and techniques, genealogy news items and commentary, genealogy humor, San Diego genealogy society news, family history research and some family history stories from the keyboard of Randy Seaver (of Chula Vista CA), who thinks that Genealogy Research Is really FUN! Copyright (c) Randall J. Seaver, 2006-2024.
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