Don’s Genealogy News – 3 January 2021

Scarborough Historical Society

• Added book: Grandfather Tales of Scarborough by Augustus Freedom Moulton. Uploaded to  Digital Maine & Internet Archive because it came out of copyright on January 1st. (See Blogs Below.)

Greater Portland Chapter of the Maine Genealogical Society

Had a great meeting yesterday, via Zoom, of the Greater Portland Chapter of the Maine Genealogical Society. I was elected Chapter President. Next month (February 6th) we will be doing a three-person panel and will discuss various genealogical techniques and resources. More to come in future weeks.

Don Taylor Genealogy Blog

• For my “Photo Friday,” I published photos of Dahlgren, Daigle, Dallachie Davenport, & Davis in “Ethel Wight Collection – Part 10”
• I published a 2020 Year in Review
• I published an ancestor sketch about my stepfather Edgar Jerome Matson.

Other Blogs

The Legal Genealogist has a great article about “Welcome to 1925!” In it she describes some copyright history and why 1925 books are now out of copyright.

Roberta Estes, in her blog “DNAeXplained” has a great article about Y-DNA — “Y-DNA Resources and Repository.” Not only does she provide general information, but she also provides links to step-by-step actions to using your Y-DNA and a plethora of links to DNA educational articles. If you want to know more about Y-DNA, this is the article to read.

Conferences

I had always wanted to travel to Salt Lake City to attend RootsTech. This year the largest Genealogy is both FREE and it is Online. No excuse for missing this one. I’ve registered and expect to be busy February 25 to 27 with RootsTech.  Be sure to register NOW and get it on your calendar. https://www.rootstech.org/?lang=eng.

New England Regional Genealogical Conference (NERGC) will be virtual this year and will be in April and May 2021. For the latest info, see their E-Zine at https://nergc.org/e-zines/

Family History Fanatics will be having “A Winter of DNA eConference” on 30 January 2021. “Early Bird” price  $19.99 until January 22^nd then $24.99. There are four presentations, “DNA & Law Enforcement,” “GEDmatch Basics,” “Tracing Ancestral Lines in the 1700s Using DNA,” and “A Guide to Chromosome Browsers & DNA Segment Data.” This will be followed by a “Genealogy Unscripted” panel discussion. You will be able to replay any of the sessions until Feb 26^th. To Register see: https://www.familyhistoryfanatics.com/winterdna

Services

Do you use Google Calendar to manage your activities as I do?  Actually, my calendar is my home page when I open Google. Anyway, if you are interested in Webinars and would like to know what is going on, I highly recommend Genea Webinars. At the bottom of their calendar, there is a “Plus Google Calendar” add-in. Adding it adds Genea Webinars to your Google Calendar. There are typically 2 to 5 webinars available daily (Mon-Fri). Once it is added to your Calendar, you can turn it on or off as you wish. So, I’m looking for something to fulfill my weekly one-hour genealogy education goal, I can easily pick something from the list of presentations to watch.