The best Family History Finds this week:
Family Stories
Who Will Tell Their Stories? by Nancy Vest on My Ancestors and Me
Grandma Ruby’s Cactus on Joy Neal Kidney
The Incredible Disappearing Augustine Hoy and His Namesakes Galore by Samantha on Lyfelynes Family History
George Mustin Sinkins . . . in the News . . . Again by Teresa on Writing My Past
” I humbly ask you not to recruit my own sons, but take the sons of my husband’s brother” by Lara Diamond on Lara’s Jewnealogy
Falk Goldschmidt’s Daughter Hedwig: How Did She Survive The Holocaust? by Amy Cohen on Brotmanblog: A Family Journey
Grandma Minnie Goes to the Ball (Spoiler Alert) by Marian B. Woods on Climbing My Family Tree
The Unwed Moms of the North Yorkshire Moors by Dorothy Nixon on Genealogy Ensemble
Research Resources
Free Scottish Resources: Happy Burns Night! by Alison Spring on The Frugal Family Historian
Genealogy in Greeting Cards: Researching the FAN Club by Marian B. Wood on Climbing My Family Tree
Tracing Your Irish Ancestors Part 6: The Power of Local History by Jessica Morgan on Family Locket
Lanark County Resources by John D. Reid on Canada’s Anglo-Celtic Connections
Torrey’s New England Marriages by Christopher C. Child on Vita Brevis
The Poor, Insane, & Abandoned (PIA) by Kathlen Brandt on a3Genealogy
Tech News
None!
Genetic Genealogy
A DNA Success Story by Janice Sellers on Ancestral Discoveries
DNA Testing for a Dutch Ancestor: Unexpected Results by Sunny Morton on Your DNA Guide Blog
Methodology
In Pencil by Scott C. Steward on Vita Brevis
Six Levels of Ancestral Profiles – Level-Up Challenge! by Yvette Hoitink on Dutch Genealogy
Quick Tip #13: Create Follow-up Notebooks to Stay Focused by Janine Adams on Organize Your Family History
Analyze and Refine Your Results by Donna Moughty on Irish Family Roots
How Do We Differentiate Between ‘Fact and Fiction’? on The Chiddicks Family Tree
Education Is for Everyone
So very important for everyone:
Beginning Concepts: Genealogical Education by Cari Taplin on Genealogy Pants
Stories in Stone by Ann Lawthers on Vita Brevis
Free Virtual Scottish Indexes Conference This Saturday by Gail Dever on Genealogy a la Carte
What Attracted Our Ancestors to the New World by Dick Eastman on Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter
Evaluating Progress by Marcia Crawford Philbrick on Heartland Genealogy
Travelling 134 Miles to Naturalize? by Michael John Neill on Rootdig
This applies to all genealogy research, not just genetic genealogy:
DNA Tidbit #6: Search Your Emails by Roberta Estes on DNAeXplained – Genetic Genealogy
My Favourite Migration Books by Jennifer Jones on Tracking Down the Family
Missing Tombstones by Lori on Genealogy at Heart
Cleaning Up Files by Susan Ellerbee on Posting Family Roots
In all genealogy!:
Spelling Is Irrelevant, in Irish Genealogy by Dara on Black Raven Genealogy
Keeping Up with the Times
Canadian Transcription and Indexing Projects at FamilySearch, Library and Archives Canada and Nova Scotia Archives by Gail Dever on Genealogy a la Carte
New Hampshire Tidbits: Wow – Palindrome Dates to Notice in 2021 by Janice Brown on Cow Hampshire
12 Fun Family History Activities for Your Family by Talya on MyHeritage Blog
Thanks for mentioning my post 🙂
Many thanks for including my post about Grandma Minnie this week! Stay well.
Much appreciated, and you’re right, the spelling of ALL surnames is irrelevant when tracing your ancestors.