The best Family History Finds this week:
Family Stories
Remembering My Paternal Grandmother on Her Birthday by Anne Young on Anne’s Family History
From BSO to Family History, Part 1 and Part 2, both by Marian B. Wood on Climbing My Family Tree
My Great-Great-Great Grandmother’s Grave by Lara Diamond n Lara’s Jewnealogy
Susanna Elisabetha Koob (1731- after 1776), Refugee – 52 Ancestors #290 by Roberta Estes on DNAeXplained – Genetic Genealogy
Buried in a Common Grave. . . by Teresa on Writing My Past
Mrs. Potts Sadiron on Joy Neal Kidney
The Trouble with Jimmie by Jeff Record on Vita Brevis
Life of Fern Laurine Stoddard Woodbury 1929-2020 Part II: Growing Up on the Ranch by Paul Woodbury on Genealogenes
Research Resources
WW2 Prisoner of War Records from the Archives of the Red Cross by Genealogy Jude
Popularity on the FamilySearch Family Tree Is Not Always Productive by James Tanner on Genealogy’s Star
Introverts, Extroverts, Newspapers, and Ancestors by Nancy on My Ancestors and Me
Best Genealogy Sites for Irish Genealogy: IrishGenealogy.ie by Donna Moughty on Irish Genealogy
Dutch Genealogy News for June 2020 by Yvette Hoitink on Dutch Genealogy
National Archive Launched New Presentation (Beta) by Yvette Hoitink on Dutch Genealogy
Tech News
GEDmatch Introduces Automatic Tree Matching by Roberta Estes on DNAeXplained – Genetic Genealogy
Genetic Genealogy
Easy Manual Clustering at Ancestry DNA by Jim on Segment-ology
Download Your Ancestry Tree and Upload It Elsewhere for Added Benefit by Roberta Estes on DNAeXplained – Genetic Genealogy
Where Are the “Holes” in My Pedigree Chart? Can DNA Help? – Post 2 by Randy Seaver on Genea-Musings
Methodology
Sentimental Sunday: St. Margaret Mary Window, October 1938 by Amanda on ABT UNK
How to Create a Targeted Genealogy Research Plan by DiAnn Iamarino on Fortify Your Family Tree
Education Is for Everyone
Finding Family Photo Clues by Nancy Loe on Sassy Jane Genealogy
Languages, Scripts and Genealogy by James Tanner on A Genealogy’s Star
RLP 103: Creating Layered Source Citations by Nicole Dyer on Family Locket
German Surnames: Where They Come From and What They Mean by Talya on MyHeritage Blog
Genealogy Education: Study by Julie Cahill Tarr on Julie’s Genealogy & History Hub
Keeping Up with the Times
For Kids of All Ages: Family History Coloring Book by Marian B. Wood on Climbing My Family Tree
New Hampshire Tidbits: A 1944 “Sour Grapes” Party on the Fourth of July by Janice Brown on Cow Hampshire
Thanks for including me in this week’s round-up 🙂
Linda, You always have such COOL stuff here! I’m honored to have “Jimmie” mentioned among these truly great articles, stories, and information.
Kind regards,
Jeff Record
Hi Jeff. Thank you – I’m glad you enjoy my Friday list. I try to include a variety of posts and news. Vita Brevis is a great blog – one of my favorites.
Wishing you and your family a happy and healthy holiday weekend. Many thanks for including my BSO posts and my family history coloring book post this week! And thanks as always for collecting so many interesting posts in one place…I get at least one new idea every week after reading the posts you curate.
Thanks for the mention, Linda. One more in the series to go!
Thanks for the mention, Linda! It was a fun problem to solve.