Monday Recap for April 2, 2012

Posted April 2, 2012 by Amanda | No Comment

It’s been an exciting day today with the release of the 1940 U.S. census. While you wait for your images to load, take a look at some interesting genealogy articles from the past week.

The Genealogy Sphere

Genealogy Art (Past-Present-Future) – Smadar Belkind Gerson shares a piece from her husband’s art work inspired by their ancestors
Unlocking a new door to the 1940s (Chicago Tribune) – Some tips on how to search the 1940 census records
1940 Census opens window on history (USA Today) – Cool graphic of the 1940 census demographics
Genealogy turns to Facebook (Standard-Examiner) – A new game on Facebook called The Family Village turns genealogy into a fun Facebook game
1940 census records to reveal great things about ‘Greatest Generation’ (The Gazette) – The 1940 census captures the life of Grace Amemiya, a Japanese-American living in California before she was sent to an internment camp
NY WWII history project lists entire Guard roster (Desert News) – Learn about the New York State Military Museum’s World War II project’s goal to index information from almost 29,000 index cards to their digital database
One Mother: Four Birth Certificates; Finding Mistakes in Vital Records (Ancestral Breezes) – Jen Baldwin offers an important reminder to research other branches of your tree to build an accurate family history

On Geni

Monday Recap for March 26, 2012 – Last week’s recap
Today’s Release: Enhancements to Family Group – We made some minor changes to Family Group and released some fixes
How I Met the Bloomfields – Guest blogger Smadar Belkind Gerson of Past-Present-Future shares how she made a family connection through Geni