The best Family History Finds this week:
Family Stories
Why Our Ancestors Marched Hours-Old Babies into Town by DiAnn Iamarino on Fortify Your Family Tree
A Moon River Mercer by Jacqi Stevens on A Family Tapestry
Third Great-Grandmother’s Photo in a Museum by Elizabeth Handler on From Maine to Kentucky
Digging for Victory: Sepia Saturday by ScotSue on Family History Fun
Research Resources
Around the Island: A Tour of Ireland in Photographs by John D. Reid on Canada’s Anglo-Celtic Connections
DPLA, Free Ebooks Online for Everyone by James Tanner on Genealogy’s Star
Top 10 Dutch Genealogy Websites by Yvette Hoitink on Dutch Genealogy
A Quick List of French Military Websites for Your Lockdown Research by Anne Morddel on French Genealogy Blog
Can’t Find the Family Bible? 10 Places You May Not Have Looked by Lisa on Are You My Cousin?
Affadavits for Genealogy by Amie Bowser Tennant on The Genealogy Reporter
Ancestors in 18th Century Mortality Schedules by Marian B. Wood on Climbing My Family Tree
Tech News
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Genetic Genealogy
What Dutch DNA Looks Like – 2020 Edition by Yvette Hoitink on Dutch Genealogy
Improving the Odds on The DNA Geek
Some Fine DNA by Lara Diamond on Lara’s Jewnealogy
Genetic Affairs: AutoPedigree Combines AutoTree with WATO to Identify Your Potential Tree Locations by Roberta Estes on DNAeXplained – Genetic Genealogy
Methodology
Peeling Back the Layers: Online Source Citations Part I by Diana Elder on Family Locket
How to Join a Lineage Society + 6 Tips for a Successful Application by Elizabeth O’Neal on Heart of the Family
Did Sarah Giberson Marry Two Different Seaver Men? – Part III by Randy Seaver on Genea-Musings
Point and Click Oversights by Michael John Neill on Rootdig
Loyalist William How(e) of Kingston. . .Who Are Your Parents? By Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots
Education Is for Everyone
The Benefits of Working on Family History Projects by Clemence Scouten on Organizing Photos
The Grim Reaper by Alicia Crane Williams on Vita Brevis
Keeping Up with the Times
Joel Weintraub Has Videos About 1950 U.S. Census Locational Tools by Randy Seaver on Genea-Musings
Beware Coronavirus-Themed Malware Disguised as Excel Spreadsheets by Brendan Hesse on Lifehacker
A Possible Silver Lining to the COVID Pandemic: Can a 20th Century Cultural Phenomenon Make a Comeback for Us and Our Descendants? by John Tew on Filiopietism Prism
Thanks for the mention 🙂
Appreciate being included in your finds this week…stay well.
Linda, thanks for including my twisted tale in your recap this week!