Volume 29 No. 3 Tobucksy News September 2012

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Letter from the Editor:

How to Write Your Family History:

MediaCollege.com is a free educational website containing tutorials, reference and other resource material in all areas of electronic media production. MediaCollege.com is located in New Zealand. The web address for this article is: http://www.mediacollege.com/writing/genealogy/family-history.html

“How to get the most out of OUR Library”, http://www.pittsburgcogenealogical.org/How%20to%20get%20the%20most%20out%20of%20the%20Library/Index.htm

For more information check out Text Editing in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Table_of_keyboard_shortcuts

City Directories are also available at http://mcalesterlibrary.net/citydirectory

PERSI is available on HeritageQuest http://persi.heritagequestonline.com/hqoweb/library/do/login/ipbarcode?aid=10444; login with your library card number may be required.

PERSI is also available from Ancestry (although this index search is for events only, where the Heritage Quest site allows surname search in addition to events) at: http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3165 but requires membership

World Cat http://www.worldcat.org/ recent change, required a Account, but is free

Questions, Tricks and Tips
http://genuine-fractals.en.softonic.com/
http://www.ononesoftware.com/products/suite/perfect-resize/?ind&gclid=CJWsxub2v7ACFSrDtgodNCoHkg

FamilySearch Wiki https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Main_Page

Ancestry is prospecting for a buyer - http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-06-05/ancestry-com-said-to-work-with-qatalyst-partners-to-find-buyers.html

Blank 1940 census form: http://www.archives.gov/research/census/1940/1940.pdf Not supported in I.E., Requires Chrome or FireFox

US 1940 census records are 100% indexed https://familysearch.org/1940census/?cid=fsHomeT1940Text_v2

Legacy Family Tree Online Courses
http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Webinars.asp
URL change after publication: scroll to bottom of above page for: Wednesday, June 6, 2012; Researching Your German Ancestors

and Wednesday, August 8, 2012; Wikis for Genealogists

Additions/Changes to the web site this period:
http://www.pittsburgcogenealogical.org/Books%20Publications/corpcd/Graves%20Relocated.htm
http://pittsburgcogenealogical.org/Indian%20Genealogy/Index.htm

McAlester Public Library http://maclasterlibrary.net If you have not been on this site for a long time, expect a long delay, while the site updates you computer cookies.

Check for library that offers home access to HeritageQuest Online http://www.eogen.com/heritagequestonline This site too 5 minutes for me to load.

Family Tree Magazine guide to HeritageQuest Online http://www.familytreemagazine.com/article/HeritageQuest-Online-Web-Guide

HeritageQuest search tools http://www.proquest.com/assets/downloads/products/hqo_db_guide.pdf

FamilySearch https://familysearch.org/

What is a Plat Map?

Using Maps in Genealogy by the U. S. Geological Survey http://egsc.usgs.gov/isb/pubs/factsheets/fs09902.html

Maps in Family Research in Genealogy.com http://www.genealogy.com/56_donna.html

Online Plat Maps http://genealogy.about.com/od/land_records/tp/land_online.htm and https://familysearch.org/blog/online-united-states-land-records/

More information about U.S. land records can be found by searching the FamilySearch Research Wiki at https://wiki.familysearch.org; enter the name of a state followed by the word land

Pittsburg County Indian Land Allotment Book 1 (Franklin - McCaull):

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