The best Family History Finds this week:
Family Stories
A Troubled Sage by Jeff Record on Vita Brevis
Finding John Costello – A DNA Journey: The Missing Brother on The Genealogy Girl
Research Resources
Ask Yvette – What Happened to the Population Registers from the 1900s? by Yvette Hoitink on Dutch Genealogy
Mapping the Great Migration by Robert Charles Anderson on Vita Brevis
Revolutionary Names: Privateer and Prize Ships, 1777-1814, Part 2 by Lgrandy on Atlantic Loyalist Connections
Tech News
The Dangers of Using GEDCOM by James Tanner on Genealogy’s Star
Scanners for Genealogy Research by Nancy Loe on Sassy Jane Genealogy
DNA Website of My Dreams (*does not yet exist) by Matthew Miller on Matt’s Genealogy Blog
Re-Learning to Use Shared Events by Marcia Crawford Philbrick on Heartland Genealogy
Genetic Genealogy
DNA, Genealogy & Political Entities by James Tanner on Genealogy’s Star
Now THAT’S a Large Segment by Lara Diamond on Lara’s Gewnealogy
Wowsers! Ancestry Fixed My ThruLines by Cathy Meder-Dempsey on Opening Doors in Brick Walls
Ancestry’s ThruLines by Don Taylor on Don Taylor Genealogy
What Do You Want to Know? 3 Steps to Focus Your DNA Research by Robin Worthlin on Family Locket
Methodology
Remember Soundex? Consider Sound AND Spelling! by Marian B. Woods on Climbing My Family Tree
Using Land to Verify Heirs by Marcia Crawford Philbrick on Heartland Genealogy
The Archive Lady: 5 Genealogical Records You Should Never Throw Away by Melissa Barker on Abundant Genealogy
Education Is for Everyone
10 Mythbusters for Making Breakthroughs in Russian Genealogy by Vera Miller on Find Lost Russian & Ukrainian Family
“Paul Revere Never Made the Midnight Ride”? by J.L. Bell on Boston 1775
More Than 400 Short Videos on Europen History, Culture and Geography on Rick Steves’ Classroom AND Rick Steves’ Travel Videos in Full Length, both by Gail Dever on Genealogy à la Carte
Keeping Up with the Times
Interesting Article About Finding Autosomal DNA Matches by Randy Seaver on Genea-Musings
Thanks once again, Linda, for the mention.
Thank you for including me on your great list, Linda! Have a wonderful weekend.