The best Family History Finds this week:
Family Stories
I loved the family stories this week:
Diamond Cousins Reunited, 100+ Years Later by Lara Diamond on Lara’s Jewnealogy
Sibling Reunion? by Isreal Pickholtz on All My Foreparents
The Curious Case of Daniel Dill – Part 1 by Karen on Family History
Great Grandpa’s Arrest Record Helps Break Down a Brick Wall by Vera Miller on find Lost Russian and Ukrainian Family
Jack Katz: Pioneer and Entrepreneur AND Jake Katz: Tragedy in the Family, both by Amy Cohen on Brotmanblog: A Family Journey
Unexpected Discovery by Wendy Percival on Family History Secrets
My Unexpected DNA Discovery – Part One AND My Unexpected DNA Discovery – Part Two, My Unexpected DNA Discovery – Part Three, My Unexpected DNA Discovery – Part Four, AND My Unexpected DNA Discovery – Part Five, all on The Genealogy Girl
Research Resources
The Congregational Library and Archives: Opening a Window to Early Colonial History by James Tanner on Genealogy’s Star
NEW Ukraine Genealogy Website Tops List of New Genealogy Records Online by Sunny Morton on Lisa Louise Cooke’s Genealogy Gems
Unprocessed Records Collections in the Archives by Melissa Barker on A Genealogist in the Archives
New Find A Grave Website Easier to Search, But Technical Glitches Cause Some Grumbling by Gail Dever on Genealogy à la Carte
1926 Polish Declarations of Admiration and Friendship for the United States Now Digitized and Accessible on Library of Congress Website by Diane L. Richard on UpFront with NGS
Tech News
AncestorCloud Rebrands As Trace and Acquires Genealogists.com by James Tanner on Genealogy’s Star
I had never heard of this one. It came up with 70 variations for Stufflebean!:
Alternate Spelling Finder – Tuesday’s Tip by Nancy on My Ancestors and Me
July 8th Family Tree Maker 2017 Update by Randy Seaver on Genea-Musings
Although Randy is using RootsMagic, many of his best practices work regardless of the software being used:
My Best Practices for RootsMagic TreeShare and Ancestry WebHints by Randy Seaver on Genea-Musings
Genetic Genealogy
Using Ancestry DNA Hints to Prove and Disprove Ancestors by Miss Kitty on Kitty Cooper’s Blog
DNA and Me The Fourth and Final Part by Ranae on Ranae’s Swedish-Chicago Heritage Blog
Methodology
It takes a bit of effort, but it is possible to plot out land shapes and determine locations in the metes and bounds land system. Randy has worked through where his ancestor lived in early Massachusetts:
Finding the Place Where Shubael Seaver (1640-1730) Lived in Roxbury, Massachusetts by Randy Seaver on Genea-Musings
Mapping Your Ancestry: A Genealogist’s Quick Guide to Google Earth on Family Sleuther
Boy, is it easy for this to happen:
Trying Not to Let a Backlog Build Up by Janine Adams on Organize Your Family History
Missing Canadian Census Images – A Workaround by Lorine McGinnis Schulze on Olive Tree Genealogy Blog
6 Lessons from an Ancestry Message by Joanne Cowden on Researching Relatives
Quick Tip – Repeat Searches Periodically by Yvette Hoitink on Dutch Genealogy
Education Is for Everyone
Last Name Uxor? by John D. Reid on Canada’s Anglo-Celtic Connections
Thank you for including me in your great list Linda! Have a wonderful weekend. 🙂
Linda, thank you! I’ve been struggling to find time and topics to blog about, so I took a break and just focused on my research. Your recognition definitely gives me a boost!
Thank you for including my post about spelling variations, Linda. I appreciate it. Some of the variations are probably not realistic when searching historic documents but one never knows.
Thanks, Linda. Once again I am getting these pingbacks YEARS after your original post.