The best Family History Finds this week:
Family Stories
Albert Goldsmith, Book Lover AND At the Sign of the Sparrow: The Legacy of Alfred Goldsmith, both by Amy Cohen on Brotmanblog: A Family Journey
The Case of the Second Masonia – Part 1 AND Part 2, both by Adrienne on KINterested
Research Resources
College and University Historical Student Newspaper Links in the U.S. by Kenneth R. Marks on The Ancestor Hunt
Nova Scotia Archives Adds Almost 30,000 Birth, Marriage and Death Records Online by Gail Dever on Genealogy à la Carte
Tech News
Cybersecurity Incident: June 10 Update on MyHeritage Blog
MyHeritage Releases Two-Factor Authentication and Expires User Passwords to Enhance Security by Leland Meitzler on GenealogyBlog
Small Genealogy Website GEDmatch “Never Expected” Its Criminal-Catching Use by Dick Eastman on Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter
How to Create a Photo & Video Slide Show with Microsoft Photos by Selin Tagmat on Organizing Photos
Genetic Genealogy
Ancestry Rolling Out New Percentages by Judy G. Russell on The Legal Genealogist
Family Tree DNA Names 100,000 New Y DNA SNPs by Roberta Estes on DNAeXplained – Genetic Genealogy
Methodology
Jacqi loves finding homes for unwanted family photos and works diligently to locate direct or collateral descendants of those in the pictures. She is just beginning to research little Hazel:
Don’t Think This One Will Be Easy AND Choosing the Right Hazel AND More Choices, AND In Search of Some Dawsons, all by Jacqi Stevens on A Family Tapestry
Trust But Verify Your Relative’s Family Tree by DiAnn Iamarino on Fortify Your Family Tree
Creating Bio Sketches of Your Ancestors by Janine Adams on Organize Your Family History
Pennsylvania Genealogy Brick Wall Strategies by Sunny on Lisa Louise Cooke
Always, always, always and ALWAYS:
Always Keep Backups of Your Online Genealogy Information by Dick Eastman on Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter
Education Is for Everyone
About That Copyright Notice by Judy G. Russell on The Legal Genealogist
Preserving Old Black Paper Photo Albums by Melissa Barker on A Genealogist in the Archives
Keeping Up with the Times
At 72 Years of Age, Two Women Learn They Were Switched at Birth by Dick Eastman on Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter
Reclaim the Records Frees the NYC Marriage License Index for 1996-2017 by James Tanner on Genealogy’s Star