The best Family History Finds this week:
Family Stories
What Happened to the Parents of Cecelia J. Flynn? Using Part of FAN Principle to Analyze Margaret Loughrey and Thomas Flynn by Bill Barrett on The Times of Their Lives
Schalene shares an interesting mystery:
Secret Wife of John Wilkes Booth, Presidential Assassin? By Schalene Dagutis on Worldwide Genealogy – A Genealogical Collaboration
Research Resources
The Keepers Registry – Who Is Ensuring Long-Term Access to Scholarly and Cultural Content? By Diane L. Richard on UpFront with NGS
Searching on ScotlandsPeople Website by Wayne Shepheard on Discover Genealogy
Hapsburg Empire (Austrian-Hungarian Empire) map source:
Tuesday’s Tip: Mapire by Beth Gatlin on So Many Ancestors!
Thousands of Photos of Canadian Prairie Towns Available Online by Gail Dever on Genealogy à la Carte
Virginia Reenslavement Petitions: A Little Known Bit of History by Diane L. Richard on UpFront with NGS
Seven counties so far included:
Exploring the New FamilySearch Collection “Pennsylvania Civil Marriages, 1677-1950” by Randy Seaver on Genea-Musings
Tech News
Heredis Genealogy Software Launches New Version for 2017 by James Tanner on Genealogy’s Star
Top 10 Free Alternatives to Expensive Software AND
RansomFree Proactively Protects Your Computer Against Ransomware Attacks, both by Alan Henry on Lifehacker
Methodology
I’ve got the same kinds of dead ends in my tree and I imagine you do, too:
Types of Dead Ends in a Dutch Tree by Yvette Hoitink on Dutch Genealogy
How Do I Know if This Really Is My Ancestor? by Jessaroni on Do As I’m Doing
Janine would like votes:
Please Weigh in on Your Biggest Organizing Challenges by Janine Adams on Organize Your Family History
Education Is for Everyone
A look at 1911 family history research methodology:
How to Trace a Pedigree by John D. Reid on Canada’s Anglo-Celtic Connections
Keeping Up with the Times
Privacy and the Genealogy Part 1 AND Part 2, both by Lori Samuelson on Genealogy at Heart
I love James’s analogy of bailing the ocean with a teaspoon. I have to agree, people would have to spend the rest of their lives trying to get themselves removed from all these databases. Not that it’s right posting so much info about living people, but I don’t think it can be stopped:
Alert! Is Your Private Information Online? by James Tanner on Genealogy’s Star
Linda. Thank you so much for naming me a Friday Find! I appreciate all the traffic you’ve sent my way.
Linda – Thanks for the mention in Friday Finds. I always enjoy these Finds as a way to develop my own skills in research and writing my family history.