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Barefoot Genealogist-Starting September 4, Ancestry.com is relaunching the Barefoot Genealogist segment with Crista Cowan on their YouTube channel. The first week of every month will be a “What’s New at Ancestry” segment and each week will have other additional genealogy-related content. The best way to stay informed as each episode releases is to visit the channel link and click the ”Subscribe” button so you receive notifications when new content is available.


State Archives Announces Collections Newly Accessible for Research – 21 August 2024 The Texas State Library and Archives Commission (TSLAC) announced finding aids and uploads to the Texas Digital Archive
The full list of recent updates to finding aids and digital images can be found in the State Archives’ quarterly blog post, New Online.


Ancestors West–A quarterly publication for the members of the Santa Barbara County Genealogical Society Digital copies of this quarterly contain articles of interest related to genealogy and Santa Barbara County. They also welcome family history or historical articles. You can access their Summer 2024 Vol. 49, No.2 issue here.  Access their archives here.


Using Microsoft Word to make a DNA descendancy tree
Got 10 minutes? Dana Leeds has an informative new YouTube video titled “How to Make a DNA Descendancy Tree in Microsoft Word” on YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnWMNdX7iHI
SmallPDF is a free online resource that will let you take multiple images (.jpg or .png) or multiple document files (.doc, .pdf, .xls, or .ppt) and combine them into one PDF.

A great use for this might be a multi-page/image probate document, or when your family spans the bottom of one census page and the top of the next?
 

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