The best Family History Finds this week:
Family Stories
An Overlooked Record Opens a Door to Finding Long Lost Family from WWII by Vera Miller on Find Lost Russian and Ukrainian Family
Cynthia Black’s Application for Widow’s Pension by Karen on Family History
Exhausting Research: An Examination of Everything and the Kitchen Sink on Family Sleuther
I love hearing about family lore and how the story turns out:
Jesse James and the Wrights by Margie Tolsdorf on Cousins
Research Resources
Genealogy Indexer – Do NOT Let Its Simplicity Fool You! by Diane L. Richard on UpFront with NGS
For Researchers of Huguenots – FamilySearch Adds Scans from the SHPF by Anne Morddel on The French Genealogy Blog
A Different U.S. Census Record Set by Peggy Lauritzen on Anxiously Engaged
Surprising Church Records Part 2 – Historical Clues Revealed by Igrandy on Atlantic Loyalist Connections
If you have Canadian ancestors, LAC is a great resource:
Did You Know Library and Archives Canada Has a Podcast? by Tracey Arial on Genealogy Ensemble
Cook County Records of Foreign Wills by Cynthia on ChicagoGenealogy: ResearchInsights from Study and Serendipity
On the legal trail:
Federal Legislative Petitions, Introduction, Part 1, AND Part 2 AND Part 3 by Nancy Maxwell on Empty Branches on the Family Tree
Tech News
Fly to Your Ancestral Home on the Newly Updated Google Earth by James Tanner on Genealogy’s Star
Methodology
Concepts – Percentages of Ancestors’ DNA by Roberta J. Estes on DNAeXplained – Genetic Genealogy
You’re Searching. But Are You Researching? by Alona Tester on Lonetester HQ
Tuesday’s Tip – Locate Newspapers in Other Towns by Julie Cahill Tarr on Julie’s Genealogy & History Hub
Six Simple Steps for Bloggers When Someone Plagiarizes Your Research by Janice Brown on Cow Hampshire
Education Is for Everyone
Which DNA Test Is Best? by Roberta J. Estes on DNAeXplained – Genetic Genealogy
Keeping Up with the Times
Preservation Week 2017 by Melissa Barker on A Genealogist in the Archives
Thanks for including my Jesse James story this week. Margie
Hi Margie, Family lore is fun even if it mostly proves to be untrue, isn’t it? It was fun meeting you in PHX.
Thank you for sharing my post on my exhausting patrilineal research. I appreciate the service you provide of culling these posts and drawing our attention to those we may have overlooked.
Hi Michael, The Friday posts are actually a lot of fun to do and it forces me to keep up with the blog reading because I don’t want to miss a good story! It seems that fewer bloggers are posting their favorite finds, which is a shame because I invariably find a great post that I never saw.