The best Family History Finds this week:
Family Stories
Eleanor Hope: An 18th Century Single Mum by Suzi on Family Mystery
Another example of the fabulous finds to be had in the Virginia Memory Chancery Court records:
Discovering Henry Downs, A “New” 4X Great Grandfather by Schalene Dagutis on Tangled Roots and Trees
Research Resources
January 2018 Edition of “Facebook for Canadian Genealogy” by Gail Dever on Genealogy à la Carte
Facebook for Australian Genealogy and History by Alona Tester on Lonetester HQ
MyHeritage Announces Mandatory Citizenship Files Acquisition by Israel Pickholtz on All My Foreparents
Dutch Records That Are Public As of 1 January 2018 by Yvette Hoitink on Dutch Genealogy
Vintage Photographs and Letters, and Other Documents from Rockford, Illinois Are Now Available Online by Dick Eastman on Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter
Church of Ireland Gazette Archive Online by John D. Reid on Canada’s Anglo-Celtic Connections
Hallelujah! Parliament Removes Future Restrictions on Access to Canadian Census by Gail Dever on Genealogy à la Carte
New Light in the Show Me State by Judy G. Russell on The Legal Genealogist
Tech News
RootsWeb Is Down: Data Recovery Strategies for the Genealogist by Lisa Cooke on Lisa Louis Cooke
How to Use Firefox’s Killer New Screenshot Tool by Patrick Lucas Austin on Lifehacker
GenSoft Reviews 2017 by Pat Richley-Erickson on GeneaPress
Tamura Jones’s “Genealogy 2017” and “GeneAwards for 2017” by Randy Seaver on Genea-Musings
Genetic Genealogy
Methodology
It’s Time to Get a Genealogy Buddy! by Shelley Murphy on Family Tree Girl
An Inside Look into an FBI Investigation of a Soviet Immigrant by Vera Miller on Find Lost Russian & Ukrainian Family
My Genealogy Bullet Journal, One Year Later by Mary Perkinson Nelson on Celebrating Family Stories
Organizing Your Genealogy, Tips from an Archivist by Melissa Barker on A Genealogist in the Archives
Education Is for Everyone
From Whence and to Thither – Understanding Migration Patterns: Part Two by James Tanner on Genealogy’s Star
Perceptions of Probability in Genealogy by John D. Reid on Canada’s Anglo-Celtic Connections
AmericaGen Study Group: Call for Panel Participants by Ol’ Myrt on Myrt’s Musings
Keeping Up with the Times
For Auld Lang Syne: Reaching Back a Couple Years by Jacqi Stevens on A Family Tapestry