The best Family History Finds this week:
Family Stories
A Branch That Survived! by Lara Diamond on Lara’s Jewnealogy
William Henry Theodore Durrant: Murderer by Gwen Kubberness on Criminal Genealogy
Depositions from Two Prisoners of War by J.L. Bell on Boston 1775
Jacques Archambault, Ville-Marie’s First Well Digger by Claire Lindell on Genealogy Ensemble
Pollywogs Become Shellbacks on Joy Neal Kidney
Research Resources
Free Database on WWII Soldiers Grows by More Than 5 Million Records by Vera Miller on Find Lost Russian & Ukrainian Family
Old New York City Photos by Matthew Miller on Matt’s Genealogy Blog
Quick Tip – Use the Dutch Genealogy Search Function by Yvette Hoitink on Dutch Genealogy
Quebec Archives to Allow Free Use of More Than 100,000 Digitized Historical Documents by Gail Dever on Genealogy à la Carte
Tech News
Save Those Shoebox Photos by John D. Reid on Canada’s Anglo-Celtic Connections
Digital Drama, Part 1: How to Recover Permanently Deleted Photos from the Recycle Bin and Digital Drama, Part 2: How to Recover Deleted Photos and Videos from iCloud, both by Selin Tagmat on Organizing Photos
Genetic Genealogy
Finding John Costello – A DNA Journey: Isadore Fried & Sarah Esther Salzman Data Analysis on The Genealogy Girl
Free From Diahan Southard by John D. Reid on Canada’s Anglo-Celtic Connections
Mitochondrial DNA: Part 1 – Overview by Roberta Estes on DNAeXplained – Genetic Genealogy
Methodology
A French Stumbling Block on Your GPS Road on The French Genealogy Blog
It’s Not All on the Internet and Genealogy Methodology by Michael John Neill on Rootdig
How Far Did Your Ancestors Commute to Work? by DiAnn Iamarino on Fortify Your Family Tree
How to Find & Use Google Books for Genealogy Research by Lisa on Are You My Cousin?
Education Is for Everyone
There are tons of well-done family histories not available online because of copyright laws. Take some time and search for them!:
The Professor Wrote My Family History on The Family Sleuther
Getting the Rest of the Gold Out of the Google Goldmine for Genealogists Part One by James Tanner on Genealogy’s Star
Podcast on Quebecers’ Migration to the US in the 1840s by Gail Dever on Genealogy à la Carte
The Archive Lady: There’s an Archival Box for That! by Melissa Barker on Genealogy Bargains
Keeping Up with the Times
Copyright, Contracts, Commitments and Human Decency by Michael Lacopo on Hoosier Daddy?