• Sally Jacobs, Accessioning Archivist for the Wisconsin Historical Society to discuss acid-free and lignin-free archival bond paper and other preservation concerns. Contact: Sally.Jacobs@wisconsinhistory.org  Personal Blog: The Practical Archivist.

• www.Dictionary.com explains that lignin (as in the wood fiber in cheap paper such as newsprint)  is distinctly different from lingon (as in lingonberry, the mountain cranberry.)
  
  
• Gordon  Clarke, FamilySearch Developer Services Manager, to discuss www.FamilySearchIndexing.org  with over 100,000 volunteers and the new FamilySearch Affiliate Programs, Developer Services and Web Services. Contact:  clarkegj@ldschurch.org  Website:  www.FamilySearch.org         
  
  
• Evidence Explained: Citing History Sources from Artifacts to Cyberspace by Elizabeth Shown Mills. The publisher’s website explains: “It begins with a simple question: Why do we invest so much of our energy into the citation of sources? Followed immediately by the intriguing answer: "Because all sources are not created equal."
  
  
• The Autobiography Box: A step-by-step kit for examining the Life Worth Living by Brian Bouldrey that includes a small black book (with memory joggers) and flash cards to assist in modifying the structure, style, point of view and drama of your personal history anecdote. It is kind of like English Composition 101/102 in a box.
  
  
• where Ol' Myrt “agrees wholeheartedly about the need to view microfilm of original documents rather than bother a courthouse clerk.[…] I consider it frivolous to write to a courthouse when the cited source is already available on microfilm.”

• www.TimeandDate.com for calculating time zone differences in preparation for that family history interview with Great Aunt Matilda.
  

• Archaic Medical Termsincluding links to definitions of obsolete and old medical terminology you may encounter in your ancestral quest, and a timeline of diseases and epidemics in the UK.

• The FamilySearchIndexing.org project and how volunteers can assist with the work.

• Volunteers: Have you indexed your 50 names this month?
  
• READER'S FEEDBACK: FamilySearchIndexing
• Are you indexing your share?
• How to sign up for FamilySearch Indexing

• FamilySearch RECORDS ACCESS program featuring affiliates  which are named in
• More Web Site Service Providers Team With FamilySearch 25 May 2007
• The Genealogy Guys Podcast – congrats on your 100th episode. Producing a weekly podcast is a big job, and you guys do it with flair.

THIS WEEK'S DearMYRTLE’s Blog posts include:

• Puget Sound Chapter APG meets 11 Aug 2007
• National Archives Films to Be Made Available (on DVD)
• CSI software used to create a family tree
• Add your story to Muskegon history compilation
• Trouble getting into the FH Fair?
• Why microfilm is the first choice
• Getting to the original will - Part II
• Tuscaloosa & Greene County AL courthouse records at immediate risk
• Code for attending FamilyHistoryLiveOnline classes
• Getting to the original will
• National Archives Sept 2007 events schedule

Happy family tree climbing!

Myrt     

DearMYRTLE,

Your friend in genealogy.
Myrt@DearMYRTLE.com

http://www.DearMYRTLE.com

(c) 2007 Pat Richley All Rights Reserved.

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