The Library of Congress and National Endowment for Humanities partner to create the National Digital Newspaper program.

Each week, I will share with the rest of the My KinConnections family a site that I bookmarked this week. Hope this helps, and enjoy the journey :-) Be sure to bookmark https://www.archives.gov/research/african-americans/freedmens-bureau If you have any ancestors with roots in the American South or US Civil War, be sure to check out this National Archives resources. –The Freedmen's Bureau --provided assistance to former slaves and the impoverished in the Southern States. The

Be sure to bookmark https://www.usa.gov/genealogy . It has a wealth of resources – military records, census records, ethnic heritage !

Do you have any 2020 goals to better understand your family traditions? Try new recipes? Read more books? The start of a new year is a great time for reflection and setting new goals. There are many tips and tricks to setting goals – one I often reference are the 5 golden rules of goal setting by @Mindtools. The 5 Mindtools guidelines are easy to remember and applicable to many aspects of daily life. Two of the most important principles ---- establishing goals that motivate y