Express links (to major categories below):
   1. GSP News
   2. Genealogical Resources
   3. Other Non-profits and Governmental Organizations
   4. Commercial Organizations
   5. Technology
   6. Miscellaneous

   Category details and links to sub-categories.

   Links to other editions of Timely Resources

1. Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania: Resources, News & Announcements:

Honing Your Research Skills. A one-day conference on Saturday, 29 October 2005, 8:30am–3:30pm, West Chester, PA, sponsored by the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania and the Chester County Historical Society.
http://www.genpa.org/HoningSkills.htm

2. Genealogical Resources (by type):

  Birth Records (official):

West Virginia Vital Records.
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr

  Cemetery/Funeral Director Records:

Fremont Methodist Episcopal Cemetery, Chester County.
http://www.idreamof.com/cemetery/pa/chester/fremont.html

  Census Records (local population, agricultural, manufacturing, mortality):

History of the US Census.
http://www.census.gov/mso/www/history/index.html

  Directories (business, city, professional, rural, telephone):

Directories for just about everywhere.
http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/default.aspx?rt=37 Then scroll down.

  Instructions in Genealogical Research:

Dear Myrtle's Family History Hour is back.
http://www.genealogytoday.com/roots/xweb.mv?xc=Display&xo=rescms&xn=-1&xr=670&xz

Hiring a professional genealogist.
http://www.genealogytoday.com/genealogist/hiring.html

Genealogy Credentials – a guide to the abbreviations.
http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library/article.aspx?article=10370

  Maps & Gazetteers; Migration Routes:

Washington, PA. Map, 1897.
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&f3=&f7=Pennsylvania&gskw=&f10=&year=&yearend=&db=locmaps&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs&fh=176

Map of Delaware River Settlements of the Dutch, Swedes, and Finns, 1631-34.
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=locmaps%2c&f3=&f7=Delaware&gskw=&f10=&year=&yearend=&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs&fh=6

  Names, Surnames:

Nicknames.
http://genealogy.about.com/cs/surname/a/nicknames.htm?nl=1   Obituaries/Death Notices (published):

  Photographs; Portraits; Private Motion Pictures:

National Portrait Gallery – portrait search.
http://npgportraits.si.edu/code/emuseum.asp

  Private Papers (diaries/journals, correspondence, unpublished autobiographies, Bibles, etc.):

Index to letters, diaries, oral histories and personal narratives.
http://www.alexanderstreet7.com/firp/

3. Other (non-GSP) Non-profit and Governmental Organizations: Resources, News & Announcements:

LDS to put microfilm in vaults on Internet.
http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,605153189,00.html
http://www.harktheherald.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=64017

Changes at FamilySearch.com.
http://genealogy.about.com/b/a/201217.htm?nl=1

4. Commercial Organizations: Resources, News & Announcements:

Upcoming developments at Ancestry.com.
http://landing.ancestry.com/new/mercury.aspx?html=features

5. Technology:

  Digital Cameras, Scanners; Digitization of Records:

Scanning and Restoring.
http://genealogy.about.com/cs/digitalphoto/a/digital_photos.htm

Transferring film to digital video.
http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library/article.aspx?article=10338

Making a DVD.
http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library/article.aspx?article=10417

Are DVDs and CDs disintegrating?
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,1854081,00.asp

  Genealogical Software:

Family Tree Maker 2006.
http://genealogy.about.com/b/a/192177.htm#more

Family Tree Legends – Version 5.
http://eogn.typepad.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/2005/08/family_tree_leg.html#more