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MidwestRoots

  1. Newspapers tie Midwesterners back to New England, and a double dose of Henry: Newspapers tie Midwesterners back ... bit.ly/LOrRMl
  2. The toughest genealogy course you can take?: I haven't taken every possible genealogy course, but I suspect that... bit.ly/KIX3MV
  3. New on Midwest Roots: I've added nine more free lookups at Midwest Roots for a total of sixteen. LA PORTE COUNT... bit.ly/Ltcfee
  4. Weekend wonderings: discursive endnotes: Why do so many publications at the state level continue to use endnotes... bit.ly/MGmoH1
  5. Hidden in plain sight: Indiana Historical Society manuscripts: As a member of the Indiana Historical Society, ev... bit.ly/LgzZWt
  6. To finish the job, go off-line: Experienced genealogists frequently admonish novices, "Not everything is on line... bit.ly/KgZXHu
  7. Indirect evidence tour de force in the new NYGBR: Back in February I blogged about Susan Farrell Bankhead's arti... bit.ly/JGeU95
  8. Lidie Harkness Newton, an appreciation (possibly off topic): Last week I grabbed a 50-cent used paperback from o... bit.ly/K7fQjC
  9. June tour of Maple Grove Cemetery: The La Porte County Genealogical Society will hold its annual cemetery tour ... bit.ly/McaQey
  10. Good lessons in NGS Magazine April-June 2012: You could get a darn good genealogical education just by reading e... bit.ly/K6Nsi5
  11. Weekend wonderings for your comment: I see that Rootstech 2013 once again will not compensate most speakers. I a... bit.ly/JtNUcE
  12. Ramping up the web site: This past week I've added a couple of features to my Midwest Roots web site -- sixteen ... bit.ly/KMoiGL
  13. Don't confuse me with the facts!: Writing over at the American Historical Association's blog AHA Today, Allen Mi... bit.ly/KHlFWO
  14. "If you can't say anything nice, then don't say anything at all." . . .: That's what everyone's grandmother said... bit.ly/LVm32M
  15. Two more tempting books: Published just in time for the National Genealogical Society's gathering earlier this m... bit.ly/LR0AYT
  16. Moderately Recent Blog Posts I Have Enjoyed #2: Diana Dretske at Illuminating Lake County History posted a detai... bit.ly/LR0AYQ
  17. Hoosier Zion: I've been reading L. C. Rudolph's 1963 book, Hoosier Zion: The Presbyterians in Early Indiana (ful... bit.ly/Kk6TF0
  18. NGS Day Four (Saturday the 12th) -- the end . . . or is it?: Leaving the Saturday midafternoon lecture, we walke... bit.ly/Kfh8dX
  19. NGS Day Three (Friday the 11th): At this stage of a national conference, many of us are operating like the eleva... bit.ly/JpRLnW
  20. NGS Day Two (Thursday the 10th): Games conferencegoers play: Many vendors and groups have little ribbons that ca... bit.ly/JhWSr7