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The Maryland Historical Society and genealogist and author Robert Barnes will once again present a series of four Family History workshops this year.

This column has previously focused on African-American genealogy blogs, in the articles Shout-outs to African-American Genealogy Blogs and More shout-outs to African-American genealogy blogs. A third edition soon forthcoming will spotlight several new genealogy blogs. The responsible genealogist, however, would be advised to learn more about United States history, including how it affected African-Americans. History blogs are a vital source for keeping up with current perspectives as well as newly available historical resources, many of which may provide genealogically useful information.

Months ago, at the request of a user, uencounter.me introduced a genealogy pin under its "pin types" Since then, we have watched history unfold across the globe with stories of ancestors, requests for information, and wonderful old photos of lost eras. Genealogy is a passion, a past-time, an art, a profession, and a billion dollar industry. More importantly, it is a society dedicated to uncovering history and defining existence for those who can no longer share stories or experiences for themselves.

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This is a great help to those using ESM's Evidence books for sourcing with a genealogy software program. I will use these to help shorten the time to build sources into TMG. Great find Tamura. Thanks for sharing this.

United States County Maps--Maps showing all the county boundries changes for each year overlayed with past and present maps so you can see the changes in county boundries and State Department of Transportation Maps