The best Family History Finds this week:
Family Stories
Robert Buchanan: Poker Party Murder by Gwen Kubberness on Criminal Genealogy
1918: A Severe Influenza Emerges in Kansas by Molly Charboneau on Molly’s Canopy
Snapshots from Siberia 1918-1919 by Diana on Moments in Time, A Genealogy Blog
Springer Fortune – Fact or Fiction? by Deb Ruth on Deb’s Adventures in Genealogy
Tragedy and Escape: The Story of Helen Schnadig Cohn and Her Children by Amy Cohen on BrotmanBlog: A Family Journey
Research Resources
Finding Your Ancestors Using Military Records by James Tanner on Genealogy’s Star
New Soviet Era Database Releases Free Documents on More Than 1 Million Citizens by Vera Miller on Find Lost Russian & Ukrainian Family
Underused Genealogically Important Websites: ArchiveGrid by James Tanner on Genealogy’s Star
Searching for London Ancestors by Alison Spring on The Frugal Family Historian
The Magic of Local Facebook Groups – My “Well Known” Tolchinskys by Lara Diamond on Lara’s Jewnealogy
Tech News
What Type of Computer Should I Get for Photo Organizing? by Caroline Guntur on Organizing Photos
Genetic Genealogy
DNA: Using the What Are the Odds Tool Version 2 by Anne Young on Anne’s Family History
3 Steps to Solving DNA Matches by DiAnn Iamarino on Fortify Your Family Tree
Comparing Ethnicity Estimates Across Companies by Kitty on Kitty Cooper’s Blog
Methodology
Why I Love Bite-Sized Family History Projects by Marian B. Wood on Climbing My Family Tree
What’s Hiding in Your Unprocessed Documents? by Janine Adams on Organize Your Family History
Matrilineal Mergers: Part Two by Christopher C. Child on Vita Brevis
Researching the Doppelganger Family by Jacqi Stevens on A Family Tapestry
Education Is for Everyone
The Inaugural Bi-Monthly Newsletter from The Ancestor Hunt by Kenneth R. Marks on The Ancestor Hunt
Writing to Family You’ve Never Met by Jacqi Stevens on A Family Tapestry
Loudon, New Hampshire Town Pound by Heather Wilkinson Rojo on Nutfield Genealogy
Each genealogy software program offers so much:
Reports, Reports, Reports . . . by Teresa on Writing My Past
eBay = Family Treasure by Deb Ruth on Deb’s Adventures in Genealogy
How Did Your Ancestors Meet? by Dawsr on The Genealogy Corner
Keeping Up with the Times
A Strange Way to Select a Genealogy Research Project by Lori on Genealogy at Heart
A Genealogy Record Actually Got Cheaper! by Marian B. Wood on Climbing My Family Tree
Genealogy, the Pandemic, and the Digital Divide by James Tanner on Genealogy’s Star
Thanks for the mention 🙂 I’ve clicked through to so many of the other links!
Really appreciate my posts being included in your finds this week! Have a good weekend.
Thank you for including my post in your finds!