The best Family History Finds this week:
Family Stories
Those Two sets of Twins on Joy Neal Kidney
Investigating Slaves at the Hooper-Lee-Nichols House by J.L. Bell on Boston 1775
‘All These Many Years’ by Jeff Record on Vita Brevis
‘Even Birds Want to Be Free’ by Aisha Francis on Vita Brevis
A Moynahan Horse Tale by Cindi on My Moynahan Genealogy Blog
A World in Miniature by Judith Batchelor on Genealogy Jude
Power by Marcia Crawford Philbrick on Heartland Genealogy
A Long Search for Hercules Posey by J. L. Bell on Boston 1775
Babies Named for Political Figures on Joy Neal Kidney
Accident Prone? Aaron B. Wilkinson (1827-1897) of Portland, Maine by Heather Wilkinson Rojo on Nutfield Genealogy
Mom Kept Score, So I Keep Score Too by Marian B. Wood on Climbing My Family Tree
Research Resources
Boot Hill by Marcia Crawford Philbrick on Heartland Genealogy
5 Resources to Tracing Missouri Territorial Ancestors by Kathleen Brandt on a3Genealogy
New Irish Newspaper Archives Site Is Now Live by Chris Paton on Scottish GENES
4 Free Online Resources for Studying Women’s History by Julie Cahill Tarr on Julie’s Genealogy & History Hub
Rhode Island Naturalization Records by Diane Boumenot on One Rhode Island Family
Tech News
Introducing VirtualHistorians.com by Alona Tester on Gould Genealogy & History
How to Enable Zoom’s New Live Transcriptions by Brendan Hesse on Lifehacker
Technology That Is Cool by Judy G. Russell on The Legal Genealogist
How to Use Google Photos for Organizing Memories by Selin Tagmat on Organizing Photos
Genetic Genealogy
After the Y-DNA Test by Ann Raymont on DNAsleuth
Methodology
Last Tokens of an Almost Forgotten Life by Jacqi Stevens on A Family Tapestry
Power: Was Thomas N. Davey V.P. of Empire District Electric Company? by Lisa S. Gorrell on My Trails into the Past
Ham Crawford Connection by Marcia Crawford Philbrick on Heartland Genealogy
What Is the Maiden Name of Ann (–?–) Seaver? – Part 4 AND Part 5, both by Randy Seaver on Genea-Musings
Redoing the Research for Ancestors in Printed Genealogies by Marian B. Wood on Climbing My Family Tree
Education Is for Everyone
Record Seek by Marcia Crawford Philbrick on Heartland Genealogy
The U.S. Army’s Remarkable Camel Corps of the 1850s on JSTOR Daily
Adding That Image Citation by Judy G. Russell on The Legal Genealogist
The Omission of Women in Family Trees – Part 2 by Francois Desjardins on Genealogie et Histoire du Quebec
What the Stone Says by Christopher C. Child on Vita Brevis
Tombstone Tuesday – Vacant Chair with Shoes Grave Marker by Karen on Karen’s Chatt
I love these books:
Searching Beyond the Ordinary by James Tanner on Genealogy’s Star
Civil War Genealogy: Following Gordon from Capture to Death by Amie Bowser Tennant on The Genealogy Reporter
It’s All About Location! by Donna Moughty on Irish Genealogy
Keeping Up with the Times
RootsTech Connect Song Contest Winners Announced by Dick Eastman on Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter
My New Book: Getting Started in Chinese Genealogy by Linda Yip on Past Presence
My Highlights at RootsTech Connect 2021 by Louis Kessler on Behold Genealogy
Ancestry Wins Dismissal of Yearbook Database Lawsuit by Dick Eastman on Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter
Great list as always!!
Thank you so much for including me in your week’s “finds” – and wishing you a good weekend!