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Author for "Internet Genealogy" (you can download a 24 page sample version)

April/May 2006

* Net Note -- Illinois State Archives

June 2006 (special web issue)

* Article -- FamilyHistoryOnline

June/July 2006

* Article -- My Trees Website

August/September 2006

* Article -- CA Vital Search 

* Net Note -- Immigration History Research Center

October/November 2006

* Net Note -- Iron Range Research Center

December 2006/January 2007

* Article -- A New Dawn for Online Databases (cover story!)

* Net Note -- Online Searchable Death Indexes and Records

* Net Note -- Historical Directories

February/March 2007

* Net Note -- Old Historic Maps

* Article -- Finnish Resources

* Article -- It's Not on The 'Net: Now What?

April/May 2007

* Article -- 20 Billion Names: One Year Later

* Article -- Are You Ready to Unlock Your Genealogy

June/July 2007

* Article -- Family Search Labs: You Be the Judge

* Article -- Searching Digital Documentation on HistoryKat

* Net Notes -- 1. Immigrant Servants Database, 2. Prologue, 3. OCLC/WorldCat, and 4. Free on Ancestry

August/September 2007

* Article -- Footnote

October/November 2007

* Article -- Chronicling America

* Article -- Black Studies Center

* Article -- When Disaster Strikes: Genealogy and Mother Nature

* Net Notes -- 1. GenWeb Search, 2. Encyclopedia of Genealogy, and 3. Geni and Zooof.

 

>> ThinkGenealogy listed us as the most prolific of the "Top 10 Genealogy and Technology Most Published Authors of 2007!"

 

January 2008

* Article -- Lineage, First Family and Pioneer Societies on the Web

* Article -- National Genealogical Society

* Article -- World Vital Records

* Net Note -- Free Public Records Directory

March 2008

* Net Note -- LostCousins

* Article -- Passenger Records and Naturalization Records

May 2008

* Article -- Accessing Family History Books Online

* Article -- US Passport Applications Online

* Net Note -- Paper of Record

July 2008

* Article -- A New and Improved World Vital Records

* Net Notes -- 1. Ghost towns USA and US Ghost Towns, 2. ResourceShelf, and 3. The Poorhouse Story

September 2008

* Article -- Project StoryKeeper and LifeLenz

* Article -- CPS Alumni: School's In on the Web!

* Net Notes -- 1. FamilyRelatives and 2.  Bloodlines of Salem

November 2008

* Article -- Explore Maps From the Comfort of Your Home!

* Article -- What's With All the Fuss About Wikis?

* Net Notes -- 1. Voici Ma Famille/That's My Family, 2. NARA, 3. AncestryBank, 4. Antietam National Cemetery Payroll, 1866-1867

January 2009

* Article -- Chicago Records Go Online!

March 2009

* Article -- Read up on Research: Genealogy Book Reviews

* Article -- Family Tree Connection and Live Roots

* Article -- Family Research Labs: One-Stop Genealogy

* Article -- Olde-English Handwriting: An Online Course

* Net Notes -- 1. In the First Person, 2. Slave Trade, 3. Cassini Maps, 4. Memeo Share

May 2009

* Article -- 1911 UK Census Goes Live and Direct!

* Article -- Facebook for Genealogists

* Net Notes -- 1. Irish Mariners, 2. Archives New Zealand, 3. Institute of Jewish Life Digital Archive Project, 4. Family Old Photos

July 2009

* Net Notes -- 1. 1891 Canadian census, 2. PlaceNames.com, 3. Prague Residence Records, 4. Public Profiler

* Net Notes -- 1. Canadian Headstone Photo Project, 2. It Runs in My Family, 3. Valley of the Shadow, and 4. Non-Conformist UK Records

* Article -- Understanding County Boundaries Through Time

January 2010

* Net Notes -- 1. War Department Papers, 2.Digital Library on American Slavery, 3. Brooklyn Revealed, and 4. US Immigration Map

March 2010

* Net Notes -- 1. Making of African American Identity, 2. Canadian Records, 3. Devon Wills, 4. GenQueries, 5. Immigration to the United States, 1789-1930, 6. Greek Genealogy

* Article -- Sign of the Times: Timelines in Genealogy

* Article -- Special Delivery: State Postal History

May 2010

* Net Notes -- 1. DAR Patriot Online Database, 2. Jott, 3. EMILE: Early Migrant Letter Stories, 4.Transcript, 5. Forces Genealogy: Military History in the Making, 6. Sanborn Maps Online Checklist

* Article -- Save Your Memories: Arcalife

July 2010

* Net Notes -- 1. Founders Early Access, 2. Irish Maps Online, 3.Welsh Wills, 4. Google Voice, and 5. Eastern European Research 

* Article -- More Than Just the Census: Find My Past

* Article -- Long Distance Research: Genlighten

September 2010

* Net Notes -- 1. Minnesota Marriages, 2. Applachian American Genealogy, 3. Mount of Olives Cemetery, 4. ICON — Newspaper Digitization, 5. Britains' Small Wars

* Article -- African-American Newspapers
* Article -- Researching Your African-American Roots
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Article -- Georgia Digital Archives
November 2010

* Net Notes -- 1. Atlanta Historic Newspaper Archive, 2. Old Fulton New York Postcards, 3. Digitized New Jersey Sanborn Maps, 4. Ohio Obituary Index, 5. Swiss Refugees Database, 6. London Lives

* Article -- Top 30 Websites For Family Research [cover article!]
* Article -- In Motion: The African-American Migration Experience
* Article -- Ulster Historical Foundation
January 2011

* Net Notes -- 1. Name Changes British Mandate Period; 2. Italian Genealogy Group; 3. Federal Register 2.0 (US); 4. X1.com; 5. Shades of the Departed
* Article -- 25 Obscure Databases You Need to Know About

* Article -- Need to "Finnish" Your Genealogy Research

* Article -- Arkiv Digital: A Mini Review

March 2011

* Net Notes -- 1. Canadian Naturalization Records/Upper Canada Land Petitions, 2. University of Toronto Library's Digital Books to Internet Archive, 3. Philadelphia City Archive, 4. Genealogy Blog Finder
July 2011

* Net Notes -- 1. Digitized Historical Nova Scotia Newspapers; 2. The 1939 National Identity Card (UK); 3. Jewish Databases at Ancestry.com & Central Database of Holocaust Victims; 4. Norwegian 1910 Census; 5. Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery
* Article -- Family History Centers: Visited One Lately?

* Article -- Top Websites for Irish Research

* Article -- Two Great Collections Available Online
September 2011

* Net Notes -- 1. Donauschwaben Villages Helping Hands (DVHH); 2. The Canadian Letters and Images Project; 3. Dayton, OH Rare Photos; 4. British Workhouse Records
* Article -- [book review] What's in Your Google Toolbox

 

{note: any item, article or reference, that is a bold underlined title is able to be downloaded or viewed, just click on it!}

{note: most articles become available 1+ years after they were originally published}

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Author for "Discovering Family History" This new, in early 2008, publication comes from Moorshead Magazines, who brings you Internet Genealogy and Family Chronicle. You can download a copy of the 56 page preview issue.

Since the 1st issue (June 2008) we have authored a recurring piece ...

First Things First -- This is a forum filled with short news blurbs on database updates, new books, new web-sites, new resources ... the coverage is global and covers anything we think might be of interest to both the novice and experienced genealogist.

* September/October 2008
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November/December 2008
* January/February 2009
* March/April 2009
* May/June 2009
* July/August 2009
* September/October 2009

Additionally, we have authored these articles.

August 2008

* Article -- Black Sheep and Bad Seeds

October 2008

* Article -- Linkpendium

* Article -- Making of America

December 2008

* Article -- reCAPTCHA

February 2009

* Article -- If I Were to Start My Genealogy Now

June 2009

* Article -- North Carolina and Beyond

* Article -- Coming to America, Eh?

August 2009

* Article -- Godfrey Memorial Library

December 2009

* Article -- Who is Joe Beine?

* Article -- AGES-Online Review

February 2010

* Article -- Irish Made Easy, The Irish Family History Foundation

 

NOTICE: DFH ceased publication with the April 2010 issue.

 

{note: any item, article or reference, that is a bold underlined title is able to be downloaded or viewed, just click on it!}

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Author for "Family Chronicle" (you can download a 24 page sample version)

May 2006

* Forum Piece on "Polish Roots"

October 2006

* Contributed to piece on "Essential Books"

April 2007

* Article -- Genealogy Web Sites Worth Surfing

June 2007

* Article -- 40 Fabulous Websites

June 2009

* Article -- Forgotten Patriots: A Book Review

August 2009

* Article -- Looking for a Man Who Didn't Want to be Found! (with Dr. M.A. Boyle)

* Article -- Capturing WWII Veteran Memories

October 2009

* Article -- Couldn't Make It (a few websites to help find records of the conferences we just didn't get around to)

* Article -- Genealogy Web Sites Worth Surfing

December 2009

* Article -- Case Study of the Miles Family

February 2010

* Article -- Family Bibles

August 2010

* Article -- Proving Revolutionary War Service

October 2010
* Article -- Replacing the Irish Census

December 2010
* Article -- Sto Lat: A Review of a Book for Polish Genealogy Research

August 2011
* Article --
What's In a Name
 

{note: any item, article or reference, that is a bold underlined title is able to be downloaded or viewed, just click on it!}

 

>> Author for North Carolina Genealogical Society (NCGS) Journal
Volume 36, No 2
*Runaway Slave Advertisements in North Carolina Newspapers
Volume 36, No 3
* Delinquent Taxpayers Whose Property Was Sold for the Federal Direct Tax of  1813
* Notices of Letters Left at North Carolina Post Offices
* Runaway Slave Advertisements in North Carolina Newspapers
Volume 36, No 4
* Some North Carolina Civil War Records
* “She Has Left My Bed and Board”: North Carolina Wives Who Abandoned their Husbands
* Chandler, Moore-Shipman, and Mattie Church Moore Bible Records
Volume 37, No 1
* Introduction to the Freedman's Bureau Records
* Some North Carolina Ration Applications and Lists, 1866-1867
* Newspaper Notices Seeking the Lost, Mislaid, and Stolen
Volume 37, No 2
* Roll of Slaves from Greene, Jones, and Wake Counties Hired to Work on Neuse Defenses
Volume 37, No 3
* Using Newspapers in Civil War Research
* Freedmen's Bureau Greensboro Police Court Ledger, 1865-1866
* Freedmen's School Records from Davidson County
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Author for the Expert Series at GenealogyArchives
* Locate Ancestors with UK Vital Records (2009)
*
UK Census Records Uncovered (2009)

* Why They Moved and How to Find Them (2009)

* Tips to Help You Find Seemingly “Lost” Ancestors (2009)

* How To Find Immigration Records & Passenger Lists (2009)

* The Freedmen's Bureau Records -- Research Your Southern Ancestors (2011)

* Contributions to "State Resources for Genealogy Research" for AL, AR, GA, LA, MS, SC, TN and TX (2011)

 

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Regular contributor to WCGS Wake Treasures

~~ "Looking for Scots Heritage Becomes a Lesson in the History of Wake and Johnston Counties" (Winter/Spring 2007)

~~ "University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill – Manuscripts Department" (Summer/Fall 2007)

~~ "Wake County Court Papers, UNC-CH, Willis G. Briggs Collection #3077" (Winter/Spring 2008)

~~ Articles acquired from early 19th century Raleigh newspapers for publication

Regular contributor to WCGS Updates -- Pieces that focus on new resources @ Wake County GenWeb site, NC State Archives & Library, Wake County GenWeb archives, etc. and a column titled "Research the Cosmos - Learn about internet resources all over the planet"

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Internet Resources for Genealogy and Family Research in North Carolina (lulu.com) contains 21 pages of internet-based resources for NC ancestral research -- 19 pages cover NC-focused resources & 2 pages cover some broader databases/subscription services that you definitely want to check out! (January 2008)

[NOTE: this will be updated soon]

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Internet Genealogy Resources - Searching “Anywhere” USA!,  is available at Lulu.com. (Updated 9/18/2007)

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