Episode 72 - Probate Records and Genealogy Serendipity with Jana Broglin, Google Books, Genealogy Wise - a podcast by Lisa Louise Cooke

News: Read Lisa's Blog post "" by Tamie Dehler, Tribune-Star  Mailbox: A listener writes in to share her experience with Genealogy Wise Join the at Genealogy Wise. Check out the free program that listeners are raving about.  GEM: Probate Records with Jana Broglin, CG How to Find Probate Records: Research the local jurisdiction Find where wills are filed Look in Index of Testators or General Index to Wills Request the packet Jana's Tips: Don't overlook Vouchers / Receipts Ask for numerous short pages to be photocopied onto one page Just because you find a guardianship record, don't assume both parents are deceased. Visit GEM: Sorting your bookmarks alphabetically in Safari (Mac) Thanks to listener Eiya Loki How to Sort Bookmarks: 1.  On the top of your screen click on Bookmarks 2.  In Bookmarks drop down menu click on Show All Bookmarks3.  In the left pane under Collections click on Bookmarks Menu 4.  click on any bookmark in the right pane 5.  Go directly up to Edit at the top of your screen and click on it 6.  Click on Select All from the drop down menu 7.  Open up Finder and make a folder on your desktop called "bookmarks" 8.  Double click on the folder to open it up. 9.  Then on your keyboard press Command-J. This will open a little window.10. About in the middle of this window you will see the words Arrange By: with a drop down menu right next to it, click the drop down menu option Name.11. Now go back to Safari and drag a third of Safari's window out of screen 12. Position the finder in the empty half of the screen. 13. Go back to the Bookmarks Menu 14. Click and drag all of your bookmarks in the Finder window. 15. There the will be automatically sorted even the bookmarks inside folders! 16. Go back to Safari and re Select All to your bookmarks just as you did before but this time after you have all you bookmarks highlighted 17. Go back up to Edit & click Delete in the drop down window. 18. Go back to the Finder window and Select All just as you did before 19. Drag the bookmarks back into Bookmarks Menu in Safari.

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