Scores of genealogy and family history bloggers write thousands of posts every week about their research, their families, and their interests. I appreciate each one of them and their efforts.
My criteria for Best of . are pretty simple - I pick posts that advance knowledge about genealogy and family history, address current genealogy issues, provide personal family history, are funny or are poignant. I don t list posts destined for daily blog prompts or meme submissions (but I do include summaries of them), or my own posts.
Here are my picks for great reads from the genealogy blogs for this past week:
Genea-Musings geneamusings.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from geneamusings.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
I am trying to keep up with the new and updated record collections at FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/list) every week.
As of 23 April 2021, there are 2,982 historical record collections on FamilySearch (an increase of 0 from last week):
New and updated collections this week from FamilySearch are: - Collections Deleted -
rch/collection/4127799); 13,151 indexed records with 13,151 record images, DELETED
ch/collection/2849548); 35,336 indexed records with 35,336 record images, DELETED - Collections Added -
ch/collection/4123955); 1,010 indexed records with 1,010 record images, ADDED 23-Apr-2021 Kansas, Military Discharge Records, ca.1862 - ca.1999 (https://familysearch.org/sea
rch/collection/4121697); 740 indexed records with 740 record images, ADDED 22-Apr-2021
However, this year is far from normal, amid the on-going pandemic and rising coronavirus numbers.
Ventura County Marriage and Family Therapist Elizabeth Irias told KCLU that this New Year is an unprecedented challenge. First and foremost we need to acknowledge that this year is different. Many of us were rolling into New Year s Eve on 2020 going, yes, we ve done it, and then about three days in to 2021 - recognising that oh no, we are still in this.
Irias says we are experiencing grief - whether large or small - and she says that we have to be able to recognize that feeling.