As we get closer to Christmas, there are fewer genealogy news and updates. But there are always new and interesting changes in our genealogy world that you may find of interest to your area of research.
How to find your Irish ancestors online
2016 Family History is a new, free Irish genealogy education website, produced as a collaboration between the National Archives, the Department of Education and IrishGenealogy.ie.
Begin with www.irishgenealogy.ie/en/2016-family-history/welcome which will lead you to an introduction and seven modules tailored to Irish family history:
- Surnames
- Placenames
- Census
- Civil
- Church
- Property
- Military
You can also download the entire course as a pdf at: https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/images/content/family2016/pdf/2016FamilyHistory_Workbook.pdf
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Finding Your Canadian Story
Candice McDonald is a new blogger on researching your Canadian story. She has two new articles on laying the groundwork when researching Canadian census records.
Canadian Census Records Part 1
Canadian Census Records Part 2
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Legacy Family Tree Webinars Announced
Millennia Corporation and FamilyTreeWebinars.com are pleased to announce that registration is now open for its 2017 Legacy Family Tree Webinar Series. Choose from 76 classes from genealogy’s leading educators on topics ranging from genealogy technology, to DNA, to in-depth research methodologies.
All live webinars are free and their recordings are free to watch for the first 7 days. With a webinar subscription you also get all of this and a host of additional benefits. It’s just $49.95/year ($44.95 through 12/31/16).
Please click here for more information on the 2017 Family Tree webinar series.
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Just for Fun
The following is a collection of keytab shortcuts you can use when browsing the web using your favourite browser (courtesy of Readers Digest).
| CTRL > SHIFT > T | Open the most recently closed tab |
| CTRL > back arrow | Go back one page in your browsing history |
| CTRL > D | bookmark a page |
| CTRL > L | Move the cursor to the URL bar |
| CTRL > K | Move the cursor to the search box |
| CTRL > 1 | Switch to the first tab |
| CTRL > Plus sign | Zoom in |
| CTRL > Minus sign | Zoom out |
| CTRL > W | Close current tab |
| Space bar | Automatically scroll down a page while browsing |
| J and K for effortless scrolling down and up |