{"id":492,"date":"2016-12-04T01:13:12","date_gmt":"2016-12-04T01:13:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/?p=492"},"modified":"2016-12-04T01:13:12","modified_gmt":"2016-12-04T01:13:12","slug":"genealogy-gift-ideas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/?p=492","title":{"rendered":"Genealogy Gift Ideas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Tis the Season to Merrily Spend! \u00a0Here&#8217;s some things that I requested Santa get me this year:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><u>A Stranger in My Genes<\/u> by Bill Griffin. \u00a0I&#8217;d like the Kindle edition.<\/li>\n<li><u>Genetic Genealogy in Practice<\/u> by Blaine Bettinger. \u00a0I&#8217;d like the paperback edition. \u00a0Yes, it costs \u00a0a whole bunch more than the Kindle edition but I want to flag pages. \u00a0It&#8217;s also one of my New Year&#8217;s resolutions to learn as much as I can about DNA in 2017.<\/li>\n<li>Red Pens &#8211; I still underline relationship info with them.<\/li>\n<li>Renew my memberships to my state and local society &#8211; they&#8217;re due January 1st!<\/li>\n<li>Register for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ngsgenealogy.org\/cs\/home\">National Genealogical Society Conference<\/a> that will be held in Raleigh, North Carolina May 9-13.<\/li>\n<li>A sterling silver charm shaped like a tree that I saw at a local art&#8217;s festival.<\/li>\n<li>A package containing primary source documents for relationship of any of my numerous brick wall ancestors. \u00a0No preference of person! \u00a0I&#8217;d be thankful for any tidbit placed where I could find it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>If you&#8217;re a Santa&#8217;s helper and are looking for the perfect gift for the Genea in your life, here&#8217;s some ideas:<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>A scanner. \u00a0Check out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shopfamilytree.com\/flippal-mobile-scanner?utm_source=yahoo&amp;utm_medium=cpc&amp;utm_campaign=352129078&amp;utm_content=9064604152+(32313375140)&amp;utm_term=flip+pal+mobile+scanner+(flippal)\">Flippal<\/a><\/li>\n<li>A jeweler&#8217;s head magnifier to better read those records. \u00a0They start at $7.85 on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/SE-MH1047L-Illuminated-Multi-Power-Magnifier\/dp\/B003UCODIA\/ref=sr_1_1?s=office-products&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1480812191&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=jewelers+magnifying+glass\">Amazon<\/a>. \u00a0I have a different model that came with interchangeable lenses that I love.<\/li>\n<li>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Heart-Genealogy-Mousepad-Office-Product\/dp\/B003DN79AK\/ref=sr_1_14?s=office-products&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1480813135&amp;sr=1-14&amp;keywords=genealogy+mouse+pad\">genealogy mousepad<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/HEART-GENEALOGY-Occupation-License-Holder\/dp\/B00RUDKUK0\/ref=sr_1_2?s=automotive&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1480813187&amp;sr=1-2&amp;keywords=genealogy+license+plate+holder\">A genealogy license plate holder<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Wild-Bramble-Genealogy-Relatives-Stainless\/dp\/B01HBD16B0\/ref=sr_1_1?s=home-garden&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1480813251&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=genealogy+travel+mug\">A genealogy travel mug<\/a><\/li>\n<li>A subscription to &#8211; Ancestry.com, MyHeritage.com, Fold3.com, Newspapers.com, LegacyFamilyTree.com, National Genealogical Society, New England Historic Genealogical Society, New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, your state or local society. \u00a0These organizations offer classes\/workshops\/conferences, journals\/newsletters, and a community of like minded helpful individuals for support and ideas.<\/li>\n<li>DNA test kits for the entire family (Ancestry.com, MyHeritage.com, FamilyTreeDNA.com, 23andme.com) \u00a0Check the pricing and buy the lowest.<\/li>\n<li>A promise you will not roll your eyes, sigh or look bored when your Genea excitedly begins to tell you about the most recent discovery. \u00a0That&#8217;s the best gift ever and it&#8217;s free!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tis the Season to Merrily Spend! \u00a0Here&#8217;s some things that I requested Santa get me this year: A Stranger in My Genes by Bill Griffin. \u00a0I&#8217;d like the Kindle edition. Genetic Genealogy in Practice by Blaine Bettinger. \u00a0I&#8217;d like the paperback edition. \u00a0Yes, it costs \u00a0a whole bunch more than the Kindle edition but I &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/?p=492\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Genealogy Gift Ideas&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[381],"class_list":["post-492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cost-savings","tag-genealogy-gift-ideas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=492"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":493,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492\/revisions\/493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}