Friday’s Family History Finds

The best Family History Finds this week:

Family Stories

Family Lore by Ann Lawthers on Vita Brevis

Of Patience, Family Bibles and the Internet by Ellie on Ellie’s Ancestors

The Brick Wall: Oliver or Oliphant? on Generations of Nomads

Land of My Fathers by Marian Bulford on Genealogy Ensemble

Research Resources

Counties of England Part 4 by Sarah Dobby on Family History Ramblings

New WWII Soviet Army Database Gives Faces to Veterans by Vera Miller on Find Lost Russian & Ukrainian Family

This is a fabulous collection when seeking information on 20th century family:
Tuesday’s Tip: Ancestry.com, Collection for U.S. Social Security Applications and Claims by Randy Seaver on Genea-Musings

Tech News

Ancestry Updates Your Ethnicity Estimate by James Tanner on Genealogy’s Star

Using the “Mining Ancestry.com Hints from a Specific Collection” Tool by Randy Seaver on Genea-Musings

Genetic Genealogy

Hit a Genetic Genealogy Home Run Using Your Double-Sided Two-Faced Chromosomes While Avoiding Impostors by Roberta Estes on DNAeXplained – Genetic Genealogy

Look Who’s Finally Taken the Autosomal DNA Test by Cathy Meder-Dempsey on Opening Doors in Brick Walls

Why Don’t We Share More DNA with a Sibling? by Kitty on Kitty Cooper’s Blog

Duplicate Copies of Parental Chromosomes – Uniparental Disomy by Roberta Estes on DNAeXplained – Genetic Genealogy

Methodology

3 Reasons to Do Your Own One-Name Study by DiAnn Iamarino on Fortify Your Family Tree

Family History & Getting Things Done Part 4: Reflecting by Diana Elder on Family Locket

Following Thomas Kirk’s FAN Club Across 18th Century Virginia on Family Sleuther

Transcriptions and Their Sources . . . an Adventure by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots

How to Inject New Life into Your Genealogy Research by DiAnn Iamarino on Fortify Your Family Tree

Education Is for Everyone

Check out Randy’s RootsTech London 2019 compendium of blog posts to keep up with all the news:
RootsTech London 2019 Conference Blog Compendium by Randy Seaver on Genea-Musings

Feedly is my choice, too, for following blogs. There is a free version and it’s very easy to use:
Dear Randy: How Do You “Collect” All Those Links? by Randy Seaver on Genea-Musings

RLP 67: Tax Records Part 3 – How to Find Tax Records by Nicole Dyer on Family Locket

7 Practical Reasons to Preserve First by Denise May Levenick

Keeping Up with the Times

What Facebook Genealogy Groups Do You Belong To? by Janine Adams on Organize Your Family History

Royal Claims by Christopher C. Child on Vita Brevis

4 thoughts on “Friday’s Family History Finds”

  1. great list as always 🙂 I make sure I’m up early enough on Friday mornings so I can read through your blog and click on the great links before going to work!

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