Friday’s Family History Finds

The best Family History Finds this week:

Family Stories

Are you up for a challenge?
Help Needed 1577 Inventory of My 12th Great Grandpa by Lorine McGinnis Schulze on The Olive Tree Genealogy Blog

1850-58: The Later Married Years of Hannah (Hance) Blakeslee by Molly on Molly’s Canopy

An Unreal Surprise Appears When Research on a Great Grandfather Seems Stalled by Vera Miller on Find Lost Russian & Ukrainian Family

Moe Lifshitz/Joseph Schiffman Continued by nwpaintedlady on Branches on Our Haimowitz Family Tree

A Last Photo with the Family Before Emigrating to America by Cather Meder-Dempsey on Opening Doors in Brick Walls

What Happened to Mary (Unknown) Shehan: Part 1 AND Part 2: What Happened to Mary (Unknown) Shehan both by Marian B. Wood on Climbing My Family Tree

Freedom Began with Jenny Slew, A History of the Beginning of the End of Slavery in America: Part 1 by James Tanner on Genealogy’s Star

Research Resources

200,000 Documents Now in Public Domain on BAnQ’s Website by Gail Dever on Genealogy à la Carte

Free Maine Naturalization Records by Kenneth R. Marks on The Ancestor Hunt

Tech News

DNA File Upload-Download and Transfer Instructions to and from DNA Companies by Roberta Estes on DNAeXplained – Genetic Genealogy

Genealogy and Microsoft ICE by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots

Genetic Genealogy

Jumping Down from My Jumped to Conclusion by Michael John Neill on Rootdig

Did You Know DNA Profiles Can Be Faked? by James Tanner on Genealogy’s Star

Triangulation in Action at Family Tree DNA by Roberta Estes on DNAeXplained – Genetic Genealogy

Methodology

Abraham’s Wife Is the Key by Michael John Neill on Rootdig

How to Use Your Personal Genealogy Database by DiAnn Iamarino on Fortify Your Family Tree

Keeping an Eye on the Neighbors by Jacqi Stevens o A Family Tapestry

How a Research Timeline Helps You Spot Gaps and Problems by DiAnn Iamarino on Fortify Your Family Tree

Identifying Jane Browning by Teresa on Writing My Past

Searching Maiden Names by Nancy Loe on Sassy Jane Genealogy

Education Is for Everyone

Riley Says by Michael John Neill on Rootdig

Quick Tip – Don’t Rely on Automatic Translators by Yvette Hoitink on Dutch Genealogy

Keeping Up with the Times

The Dark Side of DNA on Genealogy at Heart

They “Stole” My Information by Michael John Neill on Rootdig

3 thoughts on “Friday’s Family History Finds”

  1. Hi Linda, thank you so much for including my two-part posts on Mary Shehan! Lots of fascinating posts in this week’s list. I’m going to have fun reading ’em.

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