The best Family History Finds this week:
Family Stories
1866: The Intriguing Divorce Deposition of James E. Whitney by Molly on Molly’s Canopy
Was the Verdict in the 1816 Murder Case a Miscarriage of Justice? by Cathy Meder-Dempsey on Opening Doors in Brick Walls
“Caught Running Naked Across Harvard Yard”? on Boston 1775
“There Were Two Brothers” by Jacqi Stevens on A Family Tapestry
The Uncle I Didn’t Know I Had – Finding Yim by Linda Yip on Past Presence
Grandma Minnie’s “Mistake” by Marian B. Wood on Climbing My Family Tree
Sophie Katz Vogel and Her Family: A Brick Wall Falls in My Katzenstein Family by Amy Cohen on Brotmanblog: A Family Journey
Research Resources
Counties of England Part 1 by Sarah Dobby on Family History Ramblings
Dutch Genealogy News for August 2019 by Yvette Hoitink on Dutch Genealogy
Search for Ancestors in Insane Asylums by Lorine McGinnis Schulze on The Olive Tree Genealogy Blog
OurDigitalWorld Digitizes Abolitionist Newspaper Collection to Improve Searchability by Gail Dever on Genealogy à la Carte
Russian World War I Records by Lara Diamond on Lara’s Jewnealogy
FREE Tennessee Probate Records and Wills AND Free Maine Probate Records and Wills AND Free Oklahoma Probate Records and Wills, all by Kenneth R. Marks on The Ancestor Hunt
Quick Tip – Atlas of Mutual Heritage by Yvette Hoitink on Dutch Genealogy
Notman Photo Archives Among Three Collections Added to the Canada Memory of the World Collection by Gail Dever on Genealogy à la Carte
Native American Genealogy Research: 3 FREE How-to Videos by Amie Bowser Tennant on The Genealogy Reporter
Tech News
Why You Might Want to Test for DNA Health Results at MyHeritage by Kitty on Kitty Cooper’s Blog
Genetic Genealogy
Combine Cluster Research with DNA by Donna Moughty on Irish Family Roots
Methodology
A Foundation for Your Genealogy Research Process by DiAnn Iamarino on Fortify Your Family Tree
52 Ancestors – Mistake. . . by Teresa on Writing My Past
Old Photo Identification: Ove Tintypes Update by Michelle on Memoir
Education Is for Everyone
Family Tree Webinars Celebrates 1000th Webinar on GeneaWebinars
Tapping into Revolutionary Networks on Boston 1775
Seating in the Meeting House by Gordon Harris on Historic Ipswich
Signature in Stone by Jennica Bayne on Vita Brevis
New to Photo Organizing? Read Our Top 10 Posts for Beginners by Caroline Guntar on Organizing Photos
Easy to understand why names get misspelled:
A Proper Pronunciation by Jacqi Stevens on A Family Tapestry
Keeping Up with the Times
Introducing: MyHeritage Education by Esther on MyHeritage Blog
MyHeritage LIVE 2019 Amsterdam Day 1 AND Day 2 and Party, both by Roberta Estes on DNAeXplained – Genetic Genealogy
Additional Comments on Claims of Ownership to Genealogical Research by James Tanner on Genealogy’s Star
Thanks for the mention 🙂
Thank you, Linda, for reading my blog and mentioning my post!
Grateful for being included in this week’s list!