The best Family History Finds this week:
Family Stories
A Channel Islands Legacy by Meg on A Genealogist’s Path to History
How the Jean Majerus Brick Wall Crumbled – The Keys and Doors Which Made It Happen by Cathy Meder-Dempsey on Opening Doors in Brick Walls
Hannah, the Airedale Who Loved Me by Nancy on My Ancestors and Me
“A Mother’s Love . . .or Something Else?” by Peter E. Small: Part II AND Part III, both on Randy Seaver’s Genea-Musings
A Little Family History Book from Spain by Heather Wilkinson Rojo on Nutfield Genealogy
The Mystery of Hilda’s Foot by Lorine McGinnis Schulze on Olive Tree Genealogy Blog
Shared Birthdays by Tricia Mitchell on Vita Brevis
Research Resources
City Directories – 2019 Update by Don Taylor on Don Taylor Genealogy
Links to the first six posts are found at the bottom of the current post:
Getting the Rest of the Gold Out of the Google Goldmine for Genealogists- Part Seven by James Tanner on Genealogy’s Star
Dave Obee’s Genealogy Jamboree Talk about Treasures on Canadiana.ca Is Must Viewing by Gail Dever on Genealogy à la Carte
The Revision Books at PRONI AND Irish Census Substitutes, both by Donna Moughty on Irish Genealogy
D-Day Top-Secret Maps by Nancy Loe on Sassy Jane Genealogy
American Legion Adds 7,500 Pages of Newsletters to Its Digital Archive by Gail Dever on Genealogy à la Carte
Tech News
Genographic Project Prepares to Shut Down Consumer Data Base by Roberta Estes on DNAeXplained – Genetic Genealogy
Ancestry Brings Back RootsWeb WorldConnect, Sort of by Matthew Miller on Matt’s Genealogy Blog
Genetic Genealogy
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Methodology
This method would work with Scandinavian families using patronymics, too:
Ask Yvette – How to Organize Family Files for Dutch Ancestors by Yvette Hoitink on Dutch Genealogy
How to Make Your Sources Clear and Accurate by DiAnn Iamarino on Fortify Your Family Tree
Following Women to Find Hints by Marcia Crawford Philbrick on Heartland Genealogy
Education Is for Everyone
Mitochondrial DNA: Part 3 – Haplogroups Unraveled by Roberta Estes on DNAeXpalined – Genetic Genealogy
Keeping Up with the Times
After our recent cruise and completing all my spring cleaning, I need to get back to renaming and reattaching all my images. I’m in for a 30 x 30 challenge. How about you?:
Impromptu 30 x 30 Challenge! by Janine Adams on organize Your Family History
Thanks for the mention, Linda.
Re: the Slave Schedules
I’m glad to see they’ve added the fields for the slave owners’ first/middle and surname. This makes it much easier than using the keyword field to search for a name. I would have preferred seeing it at the top and not at the bottom. I nearly missed it.