The holidays are upon us.  With all that going on, you very well may have missed something good in the Ancestry.com world. Let’s review!

Blog Posts

Ancestry.com

• December7, 1941 Through Your Ancestors’ Eyes
• Sima de los Huesos Produces Another DNA Gem
• Collection Spotlight: Lord Viscount Morpeth’s Testimonial Roll
• Ask Ancestry Anne: Your Top 5 Questions from 2013
• Cool Collection Finds
• Enter to Win the Branch Out Family History Package

Archives

• Expert Series: Curb Your Enthusiasm and Grow as a Genealogist by Harold Henderson

Fold3 Spotlights

• Smiljka’s Story
• Hires Rootbeer

Videos

From the Barefoot Genealogist:

• Researching Your Relatives From the Lone Star State

Five Minute Finds:

• Down on the Farm

Thanksgiving. Black Friday. Cyber Monday.  With all that going on, you very well may have missed something good in the Ancestry.com world. Let’s review!

Blog Posts

Ancestry.com

• Daughters of Utah Pioneers
• What Kind of Beard Did Your Ancestor Sport?
• Thanksgivukkah and Family History
• Every Picture Contains a Story
• New Content: Vets, Criminals, Immigrants, and Engineers
• Window To the Past: Vintage Photos Blended With Modern Day Scenes
• Fill in Ancestral Backstory with New Texas Research Guide
• New Content: British Quakers, Hawaiian Passengers, and AP Stories
• Tips for Memorable Family Photos Fit for Your Family Tree
• Hunger Games Hometown Favorites - Katniss? Haymitch? Coriolanus Snow?

Newspapers.com

• Thanksgiving Sides from Years Past

Archives

• Highlight: Massachusetts Collections

Fold3 Spotlights

• Preventing the Spanish Flu
• An Army of Deception
• A Vietnam War Thanksgiving
• The Legend of Vivia Thomas

Videos

From the Barefoot Genealogist:

• Researching Your Relatives from the Lone Star State

Happy Searching!

We are already into November – where did this year go?  Where did last week go?  Here is what you might have missed around the Ancestry.com world.

Blog Posts

Ancestry.com

• Your Ancestors Are Waiting, They Have Stories To Tell
• For You Comic Fans: Stan Lee’s Family Tree (Autographed)
• The Fold3 Honor Wall
• Going Beyond The Shaky Leaf [VIDEO]
• When Should You Publish Your Family History Book?
• AARP Life@50+ 2013: Discoveries In Atlanta, Georgia
• Electoral Rolls for Family History in the British Empire
• Cemetery Etiquette: Graveyard Do’s and Don’t’s

Fold3 Blog

• Introducing the Honor Wall

Fold3 Spotlights

• The Rebel Yell
• The Eagles of War
• The Wizard of the Saddle

Videos

From the Barefoot Genealogist:

• What’s New at Ancestry.com: November 2013 Edition
• Favorite Resources of Professional Genealogists
• More Opportunities for Genealogy Education

Five Minute Finds:

• Clues from the Graveyard

Happy Searching!

Family History Month is over, but just in case you missed something – check out these posts and videos from last week!

Blog Posts

Ancestry.com Blog

• New Content: Military Records, Virgin Islands Vaccination Journals, and the 1921 Census of Canada to Name a Few
• Haunting the Dead: Death and Burial Records in Family History
• Going Beyond Census and Vital Records Research
• Advanced Research Tip: Five Things You Should Do With Every Record
• Ask Ancestry Anne: My Ancestor Moved Around a Lot and Didn’t Leave Many Records — Now What?
• Most Popular Baby Girl Names Since 1960
• Great and Grand Aunts

Ancestry.co.uk Blog

• The Ancestry.co.uk Criminal Lineup

Fold3 Blog

• TMIH - JFK Assassination

Newspapers.com Blog

• Historical Headline – 50th Anniversary of the Assassination of John F. Kennedy November 22, 1963
• Tip: Search Tutorial Now Online

Archives Expert Series

• Bring Out Your Dead: A Look at Mortality Schedules by Thomas MacEntee

Fold3 Spotlights

• Stamping Out Taxes
• Elk and Grizzly Chairs
• Sluggish Behavior

Videos

Five Minute Finds:

• Five Minute Find: Creating a MyCanvas Poster

 Happy Searching!

Family History Month is almost over, but we aren’t done yet!   Make sure you don’t miss a thing – including these posts and videos from last week!

Blog Posts

• Ask Ancestry Anne: My Ancestor Moved Around a Lot and Didn’t Leave Many Records — Now What?
• Most Popular Baby Girls Names Since 1960
• Great and Grand Aunts
• Just in Time for Halloween, the Death Record Challenge is Back
• What’s Your Family History Story?
• Advanced Research Tip: Always Cite Your Sources and What does that Mean Anyway?
• The Ripple Effect of People’s Lives
• Making More Family Connections With AncestryDNA
• Three Cs: New Content from Connecticut, Canada, and Czechoslovakia
• Top Tips for Italian Family History Research [VIDEO]

Fold3

• Content Update: Iraq and Afghanistan Casualties

Archives Expert Series

• Interviewing Survivors and Liberators of World War II by Jennifer M. Alford
• Twitter and Today’s Genealogist by Stephanie Pitcher Fishman

• The Man Who Beat Lee at West Point
• The Unknown Soldier
• The Only Woman Awarded the Medal of Honor

Videos

From the Barefoot Genealogist:

• AncestryDNA: Ethnicity Update
• Going Beyond The Shaky Leaf

Happy Searching!