The best Family History Finds this week:

Family Stories

Determination to Get One Record Leads to a Pile of Records on Family Mysteries by Vera Miller on Find Lost Russian & Ukrainian Family

Was Eleanor of Aquitaine My Ancestor? Generation 17 – Barbara Willems Pijlijser by Yvette Hoitink on Dutch Genealogy

You Know What They Say About Assuming by Ellen Thompson-Jennings on Hound on the Hunt

A Musket Ball “whizzed by old Mrs. Hancock’s head”? by J.L. Bell on Boston 1775

Harry Dana Spradlin: Missing by Gwen Kubberness on Criminal Genealogy

Research Resources

Digging Deep by Rhonda McClure on Vita Brevis

100+ Online Resources for Quebec Genealogical Research by Gail Dever on Genealogy à la Carte

Small Irish Sources by John D. Reid on Canada’s Anglo-Celtic Connections

Tech News

ThruLines Is Changing Your Tree Before Displaying It by Michael John Neill on Rootdig

Genetic Genealogy

Thirteen Good Reasons to Test Your Mitochondrial DNA by Roberta Estes on DNAeXplained – Genetic Genealogy

Another Confusing Set of Shared DNA Matches by Michael John Neill on Rootdig

Common Ancestor Puzzle by Marcia Crawford Philbrick on Heartland Genealogy

Finding John Costello – A DNA Journey: Progress Update by The Genealogy Girl

Methodology

Whitwick Historical Group by Tony Proctor on A Parallax View

5 Tips for Researching the In-Laws by DiAnn Iamarino on Fortify Your Family Tree

Archiving Your Digital Family History Files: Introduction (Part 1) by Eva Anne on The Family History Librarian

Out of Place Records by Nancy on My Ancestors and Me

The Census Taker Missed by Ann Lawthers on Vita Brevis

Education Is for Everyone

Wicked Apparell by Heather Wilkinson Rojo on Nutfield Genealogy

Keeping Up with the Times

Reclaim the Records Files the Biggest Lawsuit Ever by James Tanner on Genealogy’s Star

Revolutionary War Graves Lost and Found by Lorine McGinnis Schulze on Olive Tree Genealogy Blog