The best Family History Finds this week:
Family Stories
A DNA-Inspired Family Reunion – Part 3 by Sam Williams on Ancestral Anamnesis
A Santa Claus Letter Documents a Birth Date by Michael John Neill on Rootdig
Another Cousin Discovered: The Granddaughter of Etta Wolfe Wise, My Third Cousin Sally by Amy Cohen on Brotmanblog: A Family Journey
Curiouser & Curiouser by Jamie Gates on Applegate Genealogy
Prefers Jail to Husband by Nancy Loe on Sassy Jane Genealogy
Johann Diedrich Menke’s Death Record by Matthew Miller on Matt’s Genealogy Blog
Research Resources
189 Ontario City Directories Now Online, Thanks to Partnership with Ontario Ancestors and Library and Archives Canada by Gail Dever on Genealogy à la Carte
Ancestry Releases Important Database on WWII Displaced Persons by Vera Miller on Find Lost Russian & Ukrainian Family
Book Review: Tracing Your Ancestors Using DNA, and More by John D. Reid on Canada’s Anglo-Celtic Connections
TWO New WWII-Related Databases by Lara Diamond on Lara’s Jewnealogy
Quick Tip – Use Scanning On Demand by Yvette Hoitink on Dutch Genealogy
Tech News
Using the New Ancestry DNA Match Features by Kitty on Kitty Cooper’s Blog
SnipTag: The Easiest Way to Caption Your Scanned Photos by Caroline Guntur on Organizing Photos
Genetic Genealogy
Your Mitochondrial DNA Journey – Free New Video at Family Tree DNA by Roberta Estes on DNAeXplained – Genetic Genealogy
Methodology
Genealogy by Locality Immersion by Jacqi Stevens on A Family Tapestry
I Think I’d Be Happier If I Wasn’t So Thorough by Ellie on Ellie’s Ancestors
Lydia Lawley Project (Conclusion. . .with Lingering Questions) by Teresa on Writing My Past
To Use or Not Use a Published Family History? by Susan Ellerbee on Posting Family Roots
Establishing Photo Provenance: A Collaborative Cousin Project by Amberly on The Genealogy Girl
Research Like a Pro Using the FAN Club by Hazel Scullin on Family Locket
Education Is for Everyone
Free Genealogy Webinars for August 2019 by Amie Bowser Tennant on The Genealogy Reporter
Aunts and Uncles: Grand, not Great by Diane Haddad on Family Tree
ICYMI: Sex in Middlesex by Alicia Crane Williams on Vita Brevis
Keeping Up with the Times
Genealogy Quotes by Sarah Dobby on Family History Ramblings
Thanks for the mention 🙂 Happy Friday!!!
Linda, thank you for including me in your Friday’s Finds this week! Honored to be included along with so many interesting posts and articles!
Thanks for the mention!
Thank you for the call-out! I appreciate it! I noticed that there is no link in your mention of my blog.
https://matthewkmiller.blogspot.com/2019/08/johann-diedrich-menkes-death-record.html
Fixed. 🙂 Thanks, Matt, for letting me know.