Many bloggers are taking this holiday week off and the list is quite a bit shorter than usual. The best Family History Finds this week:
Family Stories
Yvette is almost there – only 4 generations to go!:
Was Eleanor of Aquitaine My Ancestor? Generation 24 – Margaret of Flanders by Yvette Hoitink on Dutch Genealogy
Hollywood by Valerie Hughes on Genealogy with Valerie
Billingtons Three by Christopher C. Child on Vita Brevis
The Tale of Arthur Taylor Friend by Valerie Hughes on Genealogy with Valerie
Research Resources
Chronicling America Adds 302 New Titles in 2020 by Kenneth R. Marks on The Ancestor Hunt
Updated! The Genealogy Spot Has a Facelift – Please Check It Out by Lorine McGinnis Schultze on The Olive Tree Genealogy Blog
Suffrage Scrapbooks: Forgotten Histories of Political Activism on Untold Lives
North Carolina State Archives Website Was Just Updated by Dick Eastman on Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter
Records That Became Public in 2021 by Yvette Hoitink on Dutch Genealogy
Tech News
2020 GenSoftReviews Users Choice Awards by Louis Kessler on Behold Blog
Have You Checked Out WhooWe? Fascinating New App for Saving Your Legacy by Kenneth R. Marks on The Ancestor Hunt
Genetic Genealogy
Harvesting Clues from Your DNA Matches by DiAnn Iamarino on Fortify Your Family Tree
Methodology
Multi-Source Research – Connecting Chana Lefand by Lara Diamond on Lara’s Jewnealogy
A String of Finds to Get to Ben by Michael John Neill on Rootdig
Education Is for Everyone
What Does the New Year Mean? It’s Jamboree Time! by Megan Lee on Genealogy Jamboree Blog
Documentary about the Irish Famine on YouTube by Gail Dever on Genealogy a la Carte
It Is Not an “Immigration” FamilySearch by Michael John Neill on Rootdig
Keeping Up with the Times
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