Friday’s Family History Finds

The best Family History Finds this week:

Family Stories

Bessie Bond & Gertrude Heightler: Pick Pockets by Gwen Kubberness on Criminal Genealogy

Family History: On the Air in Cleveland, Ohio by Marian B. Wood on Climbing My Family tree

Almost Forgotten: Mother’s Nine Baby  Nancy H. Vest Writer

Yom Hashoah 2020 by Lara Diamond on Lara’s Jewnealogy AND

Yom HaShoah: Remembering the Names of the Lost by Janice Sellers on Ancestral Discoveries

Our Heirloom Watches by Wayne Shepheard on Discover Genealogy

Research Resources

NYPD Unearths Over 100 Years of Photos Documenting NYC’s History by Lorine McGinnis Schulze on The Olive Tree Genealogy Blog

Dutch Term: Fout by Yvette Hoitink on Dutch Genealogy

Arolsen Archives Quietly Adds 13 Million More WWII Records by Vera Miller on Find Lost Russian & Ukrainian Family

Almost 4,000 Canadian Historical Newspaper Links on The Ancestor Hunt by Gail Dever on Genealogy à la Carte

Tech News

Stuck at Home, Bored by Jacqi Stevens on A Family Tapestry

AncestryDNA Adds DNA Match Tree Icon to Ancestry Member Tree Profiles by Randy Seaver on Genea-Musings

Genetic Genealogy

A Private Tree for My DNA Results by Michael John Neill on Rootdig

Concepts: Chromosome Browser – What Is It, How Do I Use It, and Why Do I Care? by Roberta Estes on DNAeXplained -Genetic Genealogy

Methodology

A Sister Emerges from the Shadows by Michael on Family Sleuther

Make Consistency King in Your Family Tree by DiAnn Iamarino on Fortify Your Family Tree

How to Identify Relatives in an Old Photo by DiAnn Iamarino on Fortify Your Family Tree

Cousin Bait on Find a Grave by Marian B. Wood on Climbing My Family Tree

Education Is for Everyone

How to Create a Digital Document Storing Protocol by Diana Elder on Family Locket

Find & Retrieve a Specific Article in the American Ancestors Database by Julie Cahill Tarr on Julie’s Genealogy & History Hub

Ancestor Landing Pages As Genealogical Cousin Bait by Marian B. Wood on Climbing My Family Tree

How to Analyze Genealogical Sources: Part Two by James Tanner on Genealogy’s Star

Adding a Table of Contents to an Evernote Notebook by Diana Elder on Family Locket

Where Is the United Kingdom? More About Standardized Place Names by James Tanner on Genealogy’s Star

The Significance of House Names to Family History on Genealogy Jude

Videos: Using U.S. Records to Find Your Immigrant Ancestor’s Original Surname and Village of Origin on Spartan Roots

Keeping Up with the Times

New Jersey Archives Starts Indexing Early NJ Tax Lists by Lorine McGinnis Schulze on The Olive Tree Genealogy Blog

GRO of Ireland Not Issuing Birth, Marriage, Death Registration During Pandemic by Gail Dever on Genealogy à la Carte

Ancestors and Epidemics by Nancy Loe on Sassy Jane Genealogy

2 thoughts on “Friday’s Family History Finds”

  1. Great list as always!

    The GRO for England/Wales is also asking people not to order right now unless absolutely necessary. Hardly surprising. I’m just keeping a list of what I need to order when things return to “normal”.

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