Family Tree Magazine US

The latest issue of Family Tree US magazine is now available free online for Campaspe Library members via our subscription to Libby eMagazines. 

Inside this month's issue : 

• Tree Talk - We asked where your family was during the 1940s. Here’s how you responded.
• Fascinating Photo Find - One researcher sees himself as part of an ancestral community in a whole new way.
• Life Begins at ‘40 • Follow your relatives through the 1940s (and up to the soon-to-be-released 1950 census) with these records.
• Out of focus • These 12 underused sources will help you find family photos.
• Find Your U.S. Ancestors
• Old Norse • Over the North Sea and through the fjords—back to Old Norge we go! This guide to Norwegian genealogy will help you trace your kin, Viking or not.
• In the Dark • Age has darkened this tintype, but digital enhancements and clothing clues shed light on its subjects.
• Finding Newspapers with Chronicling America • Chronicling America is a free portal to finding and exploring historical US newspapers. A project of the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities, the database’s goal is to grant access to newsprint that represents the diverse stories and viewpoints of the American past.
• Saving Recipe Cards
• Surname Variant Chart • If you’re not having luck finding records of your ancestors, consider the possibility that their name was mistranscribed or misindexed in online databases.
• SURNAMES AND ETHNICITY • Every culture has its own naming traditions, and your surname can give you clues about your paternal line’s ancestral origins. 
• And more