The best Family History Finds this week:
Family Stories
Was Eleanor of Aquitaine My Ancestor? Generation 20 – Jan vanWijfliet by Yvette Hoitink on Dutch Genealogy
The Story of Julius Seligmann, Scorned for Not Being Jewish and for Being Jewish by Amy Cohen on Brotmanblog: A Family Journey
We Might As Well Die Here by Jamie Gates on Applegate Genealogy
Lost Faces of WWI: More Gold Star Nurses by Janice Brown on Cow Hampshire
Medical Pioneers: Peter Huggerford and the Horrors of 18th Century Surgery by lgrandy on Atlantic Loyalist Connections
The Family Jewels and Other Treasures by Lucy H. Anglin on Genealogy Ensemble
African American Genealogy: Finding Out a Little More About the Enslaver, Part 3 by Robin Foster on IAAM Center for Family History
Research Resources
British Columbia Sessional Papers Collection Online by John D. Reid on Canada’s Anglo-Celtic Connections
Mugbooks are terrific places to find clues:
Little Clue by Marcia Crawford Philbrick on Heartland Genealogy
Use ArchiveGrid to Find Old Documents & Family Records by Lisa on Are You My Cousin?
Town Finding Aid Created for Novohrad-Volynskyi District Revision Lists on Krakovsky Website by Lara Diamond on Lara’s Jewnealogy
Quick Tip – Was That Lost Record Transcribed or Indexed? by Yvette Hoitink on Dutch Genealogy
Tech News
Putting Trello to Work by Marcia Crawford Philbrick on Heartland Genealogy
Creating a GEDCOM from a Text File by Kitty on Kitty Cooper’s Blog
PictureEcho: Another Way to Deduplicate Your Photo Collection by Caroline Guntur on Organizing Photos
Genetic Genealogy
Finding Jeanie’s Father with DNA Part 4: Combining Traditional Research with DNA Analysis by Hazel Scullin on Family Locket
Genealogy Abbreviations and Terms for Beginners by maltsoda on Jennealogie
23andMe Connects Up with FamilySearch by Roberta Estes on DNAeXplained – Genetic Genealogy
Methodology
3 Ways to Find Double Ancestors in Your Family Tree by DiAnn Iamarino on Fortify Your Family Tree
Find Your Palatine Ancestors by Lorine McGinnis Schulze on Olive Tree Genealogy Blog
Who Was Mary Hart Who Knew the Natural Children of James Orrey? by Michael John Neill on Rootdig
Indexing Problems by Wayne Shepheard on Discover Genealogy
A ton of clues in one short news article:
A Bride, A Divorce, A Lawsuit, and a War Baby by Michael John Neill on Rootdig
Another ton of clues, this time in a letter:
Clues from a Letter by Marcia Crawford Philbrick on Heartland Genealogy
Family History & Getting Things Done Part 2: Clarify by Diana Elder on Family Locket
Education Is for Everyone
Don’t Miss the Code – Read/Photocopy the Preface by Marcia Crawford Philbrick on Heartland Genealogy
The Archive Lady: Preserving the Family Quilt by Melissa Barker on Genealogy Bargains
Keeping Up with the Times
Researcher to Researcher Connections by Jacqi Stevens on A Family Tapestry
The Shallow Well Cemetery Project by Nancy on Nancy H. Vest, Writer
Gnashing of the Ancestry.com Teeth by Michael John Neill on Rootdig
AND, a related post by Randy:
“The Pending Reinvention of Ancestry.com” Article on Counting Chromosomes by Randy Seaver on GeneaMusings
Top 10 Back to School Supplies for Genealogists by Amie Bowser Tennant on The Genealogy Reporter
Visiting Dead Relatives on Google Street View by Jenny Schiewe on OK Whatever
Last, but not least, the big FGS/NGS news this week:
What the FGS/NGS Merger Could Mean for Societies by Amy on Amy Johnson Crow
So many wonderful links and so little time! Will be bookmarking a few to read later 🙂
Linda, as always, thanks for stopping by and for including one of my posts in your column today. Appreciate the shout out!