The presentation (4/17) by Jacquie Beveridge on Lineage Societies was an informative one, revealing many new resources to utilize for our research. There was good participation by those present, and an interest for resource links.  As such, Jacquie has made the following documents and video available.
Lineage Society Resources
Lineage_Worksheet
Video on Using the Worksheet

Other News
Family Search has added an index of Oregon World War I veteran state aid applications. The card index for 1921 – 1938 includes name, place of enlistment, DOB, name of nearest relative, and much more.  View the search tool HERE.

A recent article from Wired.com, entitled ‘The Future of Crime Fighting is Family Tree Forensics may be of interest to the genetic genealogist. The article features work done by ‘citizen scientist’ Barbara Rae-Venter and genealogist Ce Ce Moore.  Read it HERE.