Friday’s Family History Finds

The best Family History Finds this week:

Family Stories

Clabe Wilson: Hiring Out During the Great Depression by Joy on Joy Neal Kidney

Heartbreaking Reality. . . by Teresa on Writing My Past

Like Something Out of a Movie by Jamie Gates on Applegate Genealogy

Research Resources

In-person visits can bring great results:
Genealogy Road Trip Yields Blakeslee Breakthroughs in Montrose, Penna. by Molly on Molly’s Canopy

Harvard Digital Collections from the Colonial Period on Boston 1775

More Than 70,000 Records Added to Quebec City Municipal Archives Website by Gail Dever on Genealogy à la Carte

Off the Shelf: Encyclopedia of Diasporas by Jacqi Stevens on A Family Tapestry

548 Volumes of U.S. Navy Muster Rolls Now Digitized by John D. Reid on Canada’s Anglo-Celtic Connections

More Wexford and Limerick Records Coming to Rootsireland.ie by John D. Reid on Canada’s Anglo-Celtic Connections

Ontario Civil Registration by John D. Reid on Canada’s Anglo-Celtic Connections

Paging Through the Town of Boston’s Tax Records on Boston 1775

Quebec Archives Digitizes Historic Montreal Postcard Collection by Gail Dever on Genealogy à la Carte

Wills and Administrations in Ireland Prior to 1858 by Donna Moughty on Irish Genealogy

Tech News

None!

Genetic Genealogy

Finding Jeanie’s Father with DNA part 3: Identifying a Familial Cluster by Helen Scullin on Family Locket

Fishing in many ponds is a good thing:
New Clues in Genetic Genealogy Challenge by Marian B. Wood on Climbing My Family Tree

Creating Trees in DNA Painter by Anne Young on Anne’s Family History

Methodology

Anatomy of a Genealogy Mistake by Nancy Loe on Sassy Jane Genealogy

You’re the Scientist in Your Family Tree by DiAnn Iamarino on Fortify Your Family Tree

Documenting Migrations Via Pension Applications by Michael John Neill on Rootdig

July is the time for a mid-year progress check on meeting your 2019 goals:
Am I Making Genealogical Progress? by Marian B. Wood on Climbing My Family Tree

Manhood Franchise: An Interesting Puzzle in the 1890 Voters’ List by Lorine McGinnis Schulze on Olive Tree Genealogy Blog

What’s in a Name – Sally or Ciety or Suzetta or Sarah Bailey? by Susan Ellerbee on Posting Family Roots

When Unrelated People Finally Fit Your Family Tree by DiAnn Iamarino on Fortify Your Family Tree

Education Is for Everyone

Duplicate Birth Records – Different Names, Different Information, Same Person by Lara Diamond on Lara’s Jewnealogy

Annual Review of The Rules of Genealogy: A New Rule Is Added by James Tanner on Genealogy’s Star

Pictures Are More Than Images by Michael John Neill on Rootdig

Resources for Learning About Genetic Genealogy by Nicole Dyer on Family Locket

Keeping Up with the Times

Summertime Reading for the Family Historian by John D. Reid on Canada’s Anglo-Celtic Connections

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