The best Family History Finds this week:
Family Stories
Finding Sarah’s Name – Wild Card Clues Offer Potential Link to Benjamin Mac/Mack and Andrew Entz by Bill Barrett on The Times of Their Lives
What a great find for recent family history:
Autobiography of Agnes Panther Miller by Matt Miller on Matt’s Genealogy Blog
Dueling for Honour or (Il)legal Murder?: Two Case Studies by L Grandy on Atlantic Loyalist Connections
Research Resources
How to Order a Notary Record from the Quebec Archives After Finding It in an Index on Ancestry by Gail Dever on Genealogy à la Carte
How to Find Your Dutch Ancestor’s Occupation by Yvette Hoitink on Dutch Genealogy
Virginia Genealogical Resources by James Tanner on Genealogy’s Star
Extra! Extra! Read All About It! The 1776 Luxembourg Census Is Online! by Cathy Meder-Dempsey on Opening Doors in Brick Walls
IRAD at NEIU: Collections for Chicago Research by Cynthia on Chicago Genealogy
England Census Dates by Nancy on My Ancestors and Me
Genealogy from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) by James Tanner on Genealogy’s Star
Great Animation Showing Two Centuries of U.S. Immigration by Barbara Poole on Life from the Roots
Ontario Genealogical Society to Operate CanadianHeadstones.com by Gail Dever on Genealogy à la Carte
Tech News
For WordPress bloggers:
99 Incredible WordPress Stats and Facts by Maddy Osman on WPMU DEV Blog
RootsMagic TreeShare for Ancestry – Hopeful Solution for Those API Errors by Donna Cox Baker on The Golden Egg Genealogist
Genetic Genealogy
Cousins Find Each Other Around the World by Helen Holshouser on Heart of a Southern Woman
The 25% Relationship: A First Look at the Data by Ms Kitty on Kitty Cooper’s Blog
Durham DNA – 10 Thins I Learned Despite No Y DNA Matches, 52 Ancestors #167 by Roberta Estes on DNAeXpalined – Genetic Genealogy
Concepts – Imputation by Roberta Estes on DNAeXplained – Genetic Genealogy
Why Do DNA Testing for Family History If You Already “Know” Your Tree by Diahan Southard on Lisa Louise Cooke’s Genealogy Gems
Endogamy, A Closer Look (Part 1) by Lara Diamond on Lara’s Jewnealogy
Methodology
52 Documents in 52 Weeks #35 – Jodi Lynn Strait’s Scrapbook on Strait from NJ
Why WWI Widows Had to Emigrate by Anne Morddel on French Genealogy Blog
How Family Stories Fill in the Gaps: A Case Study by Laura Hedgecock on Treasure Chest of Memories
Yes, FHL microfilm digitization is moving along at a good clip:
When I Looked, Every Microfilm Had Been Digitized by James Tanner on Genealogy’s Star
The Archive Lady: Why Genealogists Should NEVER Laminate Genealogical Documents by Melissa Barker on Genealogy Bargains
5 First Aid Tips for Water Damaged Family Photos by Denise May Levenick on The Family Curator
Education Is for Everyone
When There Are No Records for Your Family’s Town on JewishGen by Lara Diamond on Lara’s Jewnealogy
Free Access to Geneanet Genealogy Library September 7-10 by Gail Dever on Genealogy à la Carte
Another great FamilySearch series coming up:
FREE United States and Canada Research Seminar, October 16-20, 2017 by Sherri on Pima County Genealogy Society Blog
Track Down Your WWI Military Ancestors with Free Multi-Session Webinar by Randy Seaver on Genea-Musings
Keeping Up with the Times
Now Indexing on the New Web-Based Interface! by Jacqi Stevens on A Family Tapestry
What Would You Do? by Lori Samuelson on Genealogy at Heart
Just for Fun!
Too Hot for a Relevant Genealogy Post by Christine Manczuk on Ancestry Island
Linda – thanks for including in the “Friday Finds”!
Thank you for including my post in your roundup!