The best Family History Finds this week:
Family Stories
Charles Bloch Redux: A Lesson in French Genealogy Research AND Part II, both by Amy Cohen on Brotmanblog: A Family Journey
Voyages Abroad by Gaia Cloutier on Vita Brevis
Signed, Your Father in a Nazi Prison: An Extraordinary Collection of Letters by Esther on MyHeritage Blog
Little Old Cemetery on Our Place on Family Sleuther
Research Resources
Slavery in New France in the 17th & 18th Centuries by Jacques Gagné on Genealogy Ensemble
Best Genealogy Sites for Irish Research: National Library of Ireland by Donna Moughty on Irish Genealogy
Did Your Ancestor Make Medical History? by Diane Boumenot on One Rhode Island Family
Researching the Negro Baseball Leagues by Elizabeth Peay on Vita Brevis
Using Newspapers: The Gossip Column by Cari Taplin on Genealogy Pants
World War II IDPF Records by Nancy Loe on Sassy Jane Genealogy
Irish Ancestors? Short Attention Span? PRONI’s Short How-to YouTube Videos Fit the Bill by Gail Dever on Genealogy a la Carte
Dutch Genealogy News for July 2020 by Yvette Hoitink on Dutch Genealogy
Tech News
Blackstone to Acquire Ancestry.com for $4.7 Billion – My Comments by Randy Seaver on Genea-Musings
AncestryDNA Updates DNA Match Schedule and Genetic Communities by Randy Seaver on Genea-Musings
The MyHeritage Search Engine for Historical Records Just Got Better by Esther on MyHeritage Blog
Genetic Genealogy
My Thoughts on the Changes at Ancestry by Kitty on Kitty Cooper’s Blog
Methodology
My Father Is My Sister-in-Law’s Husband. . .Say What? by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots
The Importance of Exploring Other Repositories by Teresa on Writing My Past
Searching for Sarah Ann Jones – My Great Grandmother by ScotSue on Family History Fun
Amy Johnson Crow’s WANDER Method for Genealogy by Janine Adams on Organize Your Family History
“Was William Shulver a First Cousin of His Wife? Did the Marriage Certificate from England Support My Research?” by Sharn White on Family History 4U
Education Is for Everyone
Did Your Ancestors Have Arranged Marriages? by DiAnn Iamarino on Fortify Your Family Tree
1 Thing You Should Fix Now on Your Ancestry Family Tree by Elizabeth O’Neal on Heart of the Family
Free Individual Genealogical Training and Support by James Tanner on Genealogy’s Star
Lessons from an 1879 Plat Map by Michael John Neill on Rootdig
Conspiracy Theories in Colonial America by Gordon Harris on Historic Ipswich
How to Tackle Your First Big Photo Scanning Project – My Collection of 5 Blogs About Scanning by Linda Yip on Past Presence
IGHR Debrief by Julie Cahill Tarr on Julie’s History and Genealogy Hub
Copyright, Plagiarism, Fair Use, and the Public Domain by James Tanner on Genealogy’s Star
Keeping Up with the Times
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Thanks for the mention! So many good articles to read this morning 🙂
Thank you for including Family Sleuther among your weekly finds, Linda!
Thank you for including my post, Linda! Great list of reads! 🙂