Videos vs. Blog Posts

 

https://youtu.be/YRYn7wyo7OA?si=kyHm8Xe-6bEps7Ds Using the FamilySearch Full Text Search Feature-A Genealogical Goldmine

During the past month, I have researched and produced about 11 presentations, eight, of which, are now on the BYU Library Family History Center YouTube Channel, Being involved with this level of in-person presentations takes some significant time. Of course living takes some time also. We have had significant family events and some medical involvement, so writing blog posts has been put on hold for a few weeks. Notwithstanding, the amount of time spent on other issues, I have not forgotten the blog. 

Now, if you really want to know what is going on, I suggest looking at the stream of videos we are collectively producing each week from the BYU Library Family History Center. Oh, by the way, we have a new website, although the old one is still online. See https://familyhistory.lib.byu.edu/ There is also a set of all the nearly 1000 videos on the BYU Library website. We also do live online classes every week. See https://familyhistory.lib.byu.edu/learning/virtual-classes We also have a webinar scheduled during the week. See https://familyhistory.lib.byu.edu/learning/webinars 

There is a lot more going on than just presentations and classes. But to see what I am working on, you can see the videos as a good sample of other activities. 

OldNews.com Grows by 11.6 Million Nordic Newspapers

OldNews.com

This isn't exactly new news but it is an indication of the way the OldNews.com website is likely to grow. If you haven't looked at the OldNews.com website, you should. Quoting from the announcement back in May:

The new content includes historical local, regional and national newspapers, periodicals and gazettes from Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Iceland, Norway, Greenland, and the Faroe Islands, with articles dating back to 1666, but mostly from the 19th century.

They are incredibly useful for anyone researching Nordic roots: we’ve gathered them from various sources into one place, making it easier than ever to search through them.

Here is a link to a video explaining the content and function of the OldNews.com website. 

https://youtu.be/StUOcj-tWHo?si=CFygzqRKFZc69nI-

I tried a search for a local Eastern Arizona newspaper and immediately found 188 results for one of my ancestors. Here is an example of one article. 

I am sure that the collection will focus on European newspapers from the list of countries in the place search but a general search for pages from the U.S. came up with almost 115 million pages. This is a paywall program but some of the content is also available on the MyHeritage.com website.