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• A friendly reader told us about another genealogy app for the iPhone called Traces,
  which searches the databases at the FamilySearch beta site. beta.familysearch.org.
  The reader (who’s not affiliated with the product other than using it) recommends
  it as “far and away the best iPhone app … I’ve found to facilitate actual genealogy
  research and database searching.” See
  a list of iPhone/iTouch genealogy apps on the MobileGenealogy.com website.

• If you have Minnesota ancestors, you can use the index on the Minnesota
  Official Marriage System website to search for marriage records. You’ll get the
  names of the bride and groom, date, county and certificate number; and a link to order
  a copy of the record. See
  the County Index Dates page to find out which counties and dates are covered in the
  index.

• The National Archives is holding a day-long symposium called The Civil War: Fresh
  Perspectives on Saturday, Nov. 20, from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m, at its Washington, DC
  headquarters. It’ll feature panel discussions related to themes from the archives’
  special exhibit, Discovering the Civil War. Registration is required, along with a
  fee of $50. Click
  here to learn more and register.

• The National Genealogical Society has posted online video that shows you where Civil
  War Pension files are stored at the National Archives (in an area is closed to the
  general public) and lets you look inside a pension file with professional genealogist
  John Humphrey. It’s
  called Finding Your Family at the National Archives, and you can click here to watch
  it. 

• UK family history subscription website Findmypast.co.uk and FamilySearch are
  beginning a project to digitize the Greater Manchester County Record Office’s cemetery
  registers and institutional records (from gaols, schools and workhouses), which date
  as far back as the 16th century. When the project is complete, you’ll be able to search
  indexes free at FamilySearch. The indexed information will link to the records at
  FindMyPast.co.uk, where you’ll be able to view the record images for a fee.

• There’s more for those with UK roots: Old-maps.co.uk has
  added 60 more years of town plans and other maps to its collection, which now covers
  1850 to 1996. In addition, new spy maps produced by the Russian military from 1950
  to 1997 cover 16,000 sq km of the UK, including 103 major towns and cities. You can
  search and browse maps for free and purchase printed or downloadable PDF versions.

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