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52 Weeks – Challenge 11 – Transitional Genealogists Forum

52 Weeks To Better Genealogy – Challenge 11
Read the back posts from the Transitional Genealogists Forum. This is a message board for genealogists who are taking the steps needed to become professional genealogists. Even if you aren’t interested in that goal, you will benefit from the questions and answers provided on this excellent discussion list. [...]

52 Weeks – Challenge 10 – Family Search Pilot

52 Weeks To Better Genealogy – Challenge 10
Investigate Family Search Pilot, which is part of FamilySearch.org. This is a wonderful collection of records which literally grows every day. In the middle left of the page is a link that says “Browse our record collections.” Click it and pick a region. Search collections outside your research [...]

52 Weeks – Challenge 9 – Genealogy Blogs

52 Weeks To Better Genealogy – Challenge 9
Pick five genealogy blogs and read them every day. Meet new people and networking within the online genealogy community is a great way to expand your own research and experience. Reading the blogs of others will help you get to know others. Try to find some blogs that [...]

52 Weeks – Challenge 8 – Online Map Collections

52 Weeks To Better Genealogy – Challenge 8
Discover online map collections. Historical maps are wonderful tools for historical research. Fortunately for genealogists, many map collections are located online. Some of the more prominent collections are: the American Memory Collection at the Library of Congress, the David Rumsey Map Collection, and the Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection [...]

52 Weeks – Challenge 7 – Google Maps

52 Weeks To Better Genealogy – Challenge 6
Play with Google Maps. This is a helpful tool for determining the locations of addresses in your family history. Where your ancestral homestead once stood may now be a warehouse, a parking lot or a field. Perhaps the house is still there. When you input addresses in Google [...]

52 Weeks – Challenge 6 – Online Databases

52 Weeks To Better Genealogy – Challenge 6
Online databases at your public library. Search your library’s web site and see if your card grants you access to online databases. Libraries (even small ones) often have wonderful online tools including genealogy databases, historical newspapers and more! Take some time and play with these little perks that [...]

52 Weeks – Challenge 5 – WorldCat

52 Weeks To Better Genealogy – Challenge 5
Play with WorldCat.org. WorldCat is a massive network of library content that the public can search for free (user name and password not required). Not every library is a part of WorldCat, but the vast size of the network makes it an important genealogy tool. If you are [...]

52 Weeks – Challenge 4 – Inter-Library Loan

52 Weeks To Better Genealogy – Challenge 4
Learn about your local public library’s inter-library loan (ILL) policy. Pick a genealogy-related book that you want to read that is not in your library’s collection. Ask the librarian how to request the book from another library. Find the different library systems from which you can request books [...]

52 Weeks – Challenge 3 – Assess Yourself

52 Weeks To Better Genealogy – Challenge 3
Assess yourself! You’re great at researching everyone else’s history, but how much of your own have you recorded? Do an assessment of your personal records and timeline events to ensure your own life is as well-documented as that of your ancestors. If you have a genealogy blog, write [...]

52 Weeks – Challenge 2 – Local Public Library Continued

52 Weeks To Better Genealogy – Challenge 2
Go to your local public library branch again. Examine the local history, archives and/or special collections section. Ask a librarian if you don’t know if your library has special collections or where they are located. Be sure to check the reference section, too, as many of the newer [...]