October 7, 2010
IN THIS EDITION
FROM THE EDITOR Happy Family History Month! We have a few freebies going on, including our 10 Steps to Discover Your Roots webinar Oct. 16, Discover Your Family Tree: Genealogy for the Absolute Beginner Family Tree University Course starting Oct. 11, Ultimate Family History Giveaway Sweepstakes, and 2011 Desk Calendar giveaway. I hope you'll take advantage of these offerings, and those of your local library and genealogical society.
Also in this week's newsletter: our list of the best state websites for doing genealogy, tips for browsing the new records on FamilySearch, our Family Tree Firsts blogger search, help finding Civil War photos and more.
—Diane Haddad, Newsletter Editor
ftmnews-editor@fwpubs.com
NEW THIS WEEK Best State Websites for Genealogy! It's all about location in genealogy, because finding out where your ancestors lived is key to finding the records they left behind.
For the December 2010 issue of Family Tree Magazine, we put together a list of 75 of the best US state-focused websites for genealogical research. We've posted them all online for you to check out, free.
New Records on FamilySearch FamilySearch has added its first Chinese record collection, plus other international and US records.
Most of the additions aren't yet indexed—we'll give you tips on using these record images.
Be Our Family Tree Firsts Blogger We're looking for a beginning genealogist who enjoys writing to blog about his or her experiences and finds as a newbie researcher. Read more about this gig on the Genealogy Insider blog.
Enter Our Ultimate Family History Giveaway Sweepstakes! This Family History Month, you could win more than $2,000 worth of prizes in our Ultimate Family History Giveaway Sweepstakes! See the blog to find out how!
How to Win One of Our 2011 Desktop Calendars Our three 2011 genealogy desktop calendars are now available, and we're giving away one of each on the Genealogy Insider blog.
Click here to find out how to enter.
FROM THE FORUM How Did You Learn?
How did you learn to do genealogy—did you take a class, read a book, figure it out as you went, or another option? Take our survey in the Back Fence Forum.
Note you must register with the Forum to post. Click here to browse the Forum.
WEEKLY SHOP SPECIAL  Your 2011 Family Tree Magazine Desktop Calendars Now!
PHOTO DETECTIVE  Drum Roll for the Civil War
Photo Detective Maureen A. Taylor is working on our forthcoming book Life in Civil War America. This week, she's offering tips on searching for photos of your own Civil War ancestors.
If you have a family photo mystery for Taylor to solve, check out our Submission Guidelines.
October Family Tree University Lineup We're offering three new courses in October—Death Records 101, Cemetery Research 101, and the free beginner-oriented Discover Your Family Tree—plus student favorites from past sessions. Visit the Genealogy Insider blog to see the October lineup and click through to course descriptions.
TIP OF THE WEEK He Died of What-itis? This tip about interpreting your ancestors' death certificates comes from the new Family Tree University course Death Records 101, taught by Diana Crisman Smith:
You may come across unfamiliar or archaic medical terminology as a cause of death on your ancestors' death certificates. For contemporary definitions, try typing the term into the dictionary of medical terms at Medline Plus, an online service of the National Institute of Health. If you have a speaker on your computer, the site will even pronounce the term for you.
Another excellent source for information on archaic illnesses is the Antiquus Morbus website.
 FAMILY TREE MAGAZINE PLUS ARTICLE OF THE WEEK
Researching Wagon Trains
See our expert advice on searching for records of pioneer ancestors' wagon train migrations.
You must be a Family Tree Magazine Plus member to view this Plus article.
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