The best Family History Finds this week:
Family Stories
Judah Benjamin: A Man with No Name by Gwen Kubberness on Criminal Genealogy
In Search of a Prize Winner by Cheri Hudson Passey on The In-Depth Genealogist
Getting By with a Little Help from My Friends by Julie Roberts Szczepankiewicz on From Shepherds and Shoemakers
What Stories Are You Taking to the Grave? by Michael John Neill on Rootdig
Nuttiest Nuts Series – Marian L. Mills – Part 1 by Bethany (Jensen) Maddox on Roots Stalker Genealogy
Research Resources
Quebec Amateur Historian Created One of the Largest Databases of Indigenous Soldiers by Gail Dever on Genealogy à la Carte
Genealogy and the Basques or Euskaldunak by Dick Eastman on Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter
No Need to Settle for Bad Scans by Janine Adams on Organize Your Family History
Indiana WWI Military Service Cards Are Going Digital! – Tuesday’s Tip by Fountaindale Public Library Genealogy & Research Blog
LAFRANCE Update, Addition of 15,000 Newspaper Obituaries and New Blog Articles on Genealogie Quebec! by the Drouin Institute
In the Parish Chest: Settlement Examinations, Settlement Certificates, Removal Orders on Kindred Past
Tech News
Exploring Family History with the Family Nexus App by Lisa Lisson on Are You My Cousin?
Trying Out the FamilySearch Compare-a-Face App by Randy Seaver on Genea-Musings
Genetic Genealogy
Family Tree DNA Step by Step Guide: How to Upload-Download Files by Roberta Estes on DNAeXplained – Genetic Genealogy
I Did Something to My 23andMe Account That I May Regret by Family History Hound on Hound on the Hunt
Methodology
Genealogy Blogging – a Win – Win – Win! by Dara on Black Raven Genealogy
Searcher vs Researcher by Janine Adams on Organize Your Family History
6 Steps to Make Your Family Tree 10 Times Better by DiAnn Iamarino on Fortify Your Family Tree
A Timeline, See What a Really Good One Should Look Like by Barbara Poole on Life From the Roots
Archival File Folders: A Must for the Genealogist by Melissa Barker on A Genealogist in the Archives
Education Is for Everyone
Cast Studies in American Migration: Part Two: The King’s Highway by James Tanner on Genealogy’s Star
RLP 7: Source Citations by Nicole Dyer on Family Locket
Make Plans Now for an A+ Genealogy Year by Denise May Levenick on The Famiy Curator
Keeping Up with the Times
Like It or Not, Everyone Might Soon Be in a DNA Database by Dick Eastman on Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter
A Call to Action for Scholars of American History: Contribute to Wikipedia by Dick Eastman on Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter
RootsWeb Homepages and Freepages URLs are Working Again by Dick Eastman on Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter
Thanks for the shout out!!! It’s my first of the kind, makes me feel pretty cool! 😋
Hi Bethany, I’m enjoying your blog. Hope you are have a great time blogging. 🙂
Linda, thanks for mentioning my blog post on Parish Chest records! Appreciate it!