Today’s blog is a special GuestBlog from Barbara Poole, with whom I recently took an online class on using Family Tree Maker .\u00a0 Thanks, Barbara, for giving me a day off!<\/p>\n
Tidbits from Barbara:\u00a0 Newsletters, Blogs, and New Magazine<\/strong><\/p>\n So much of my information comes from the genealogy newsletters I subscribe to. All four are free .\u00a0 There has been a big change in several of the newsletter formats .\u00a0 The two mentioned in this paragraph have gone to a blog format (blog explained later) .\u00a0 Most have an archive where you can look at past articles, and if at any time, you decide you don’t want the publication, it is easy to unsubscribe .\u00a0 Three are delivered weekly, on different days and one is now monthly .\u00a0 Not discussed is the newsletter by RootsWeb, which is free, but I no longer subscribe to .\u00a0 Four is enough for me.<\/p>\n My favorite newsletter is by Dick Eastman and you can subscribe by going to\u00c2\u00a0http:\/\/www.eogn.com<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0and sign up for the Free Standard Newsletter<\/a> .\u00a0 This is delivered every Monday, with updates during the week (a new feature of his) .\u00a0 You can also get his plus edition<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0for $19.95 per year, and receive it Sunday evening .\u00a0 Dick Eastman tends to have very up-to-date bits of information.<\/p>\n Ancestry.com usually publishes articles to its\u00c2\u00a0Ancestry Blog<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0on a (usually) daily basis. You can sign up to have the articles delivered to your mailbox either by RSS feed or by direct email using the links on the right-hand side of the blog page.<\/p>\n I also\u00c2\u00a0read The National Genealogical Society’s newsletter UpFront with NGS,\u00a0available as online in blog format at http:\/\/upfront.ngsgenealogy.org\/<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0, and the New England Historic and Genealogical Society’s free newsletter, The Weekly Genealogist, delivered on Wednesday. \u00c2\u00a0To subscribe to The Weekly Genealogist, go to\u00c2\u00a0the American Ancestors website<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0and click on the link that says “Subscribe to The Weekly Genealogist today!”.<\/p>\n The first two newsletters are in blog format .\u00a0 From Wikipedia<\/a>, the definition of Blog means: A blend of the terms web and log (usually shortened to blog, but occasionally spelled web log or weblog) is a web-based publication consisting primarily of periodic articles, most often in reverse chronological order .\u00a0 The first two newsletters allow you to make comments and read what others have written .\u00a0 It is a nice way to exchange information .\u00a0 Often there is an archives of past issues, a calendar, and various tidbits from the author.<\/p>\n Another blog devoted to genealogy is http:\/\/www.genealogyguys.com<\/a> maintained by two well known genealogists.<\/p>\n A new genealogy magazine has arrived on the scene; it is Internet Genealogy and can be ordered as a hard copy or downloaded from the internet (different prices for each) .\u00a0 To order go to http:\/\/www.internet-genealogy.com<\/a> and you can see the specifics as well as download a preview issue.<\/p>\n Copyright \u00a9 2006 by Barbara Poole<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Today’s blog is a special GuestBlog from Barbara Poole, with whom I recently took an online class on using Family Tree Maker .\u00a0 Thanks, Barbara, for giving me a day off! Tidbits from Barbara:\u00a0 Newsletters, Blogs, and New Magazine So … Continue reading