The best Family History Finds this week:
Family Stories
Taube Brotman Hecht’s Son Harry: A Son of Immigrants and a World War I Hero by Amy Cohen on Brotmanblog: A Family Journey
He Reenacted Civil War Battles As a Black Soldier Fighting for Freedom. Then He Learned About His Great Great Grandfather by Dick Eastman on Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter
Surprise: Great Grandpa Had a First Wife! by Marian B. Wood on Climbing My Family Tree
Research Resources
Russian Genealogy Tips for Beginners by Amie Bowser Tennant on The Genealogy Reporter
More Maps from the National Library of Scotland on John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections
Russian Archives Introduce New WWII Database on Nazi Victims by Vera Miller on Find Lost Russian & Ukrainian Family
Budapest Archives/National Archive of Hungary – Ordering Documents by Lara Diamond on Lara’s Jewnealogy
Sharing by Marcia Crawford Philbrick on Heartland Genealogy
Czech Local Archive Publishes Digitized Records Online of the Former Concentration Camp for Romani People at Lety by Dick Eastman on Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter
Tech News
5 Digital Libraries Where You Can Download Ebooks for Free by Dick Eastman on Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter
The Best Portable Document Scanner by Dick Eastman on Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter
Genetic Genealogy
Endogamy v Pedigree Collapse|DNA Matches by Diahan Southard on Your DNA Guide Blog
What’s the Difference Between Pedigree Collapse and Endogamy? by Roberta Estes on DNAeXplained – Genetic Genealogy
How to Find Value in Your Distant DNA Matches by DiAnn Iamarino on Fortify Your Family Tree
Methodology
Analyzing a Complex Challenge on the FamilySearch Family Tree: Part Four by James Tanner on Genealogy’s Star
Seven Ways to Find Sources on FamilySearch by Yvette Hoitink on Dutch Genealogy
Education Is for Everyone
Building a Locality Guide: Published Sources by Cari Taplin on Genealogy Pants
Prepping for 1950 US Census: Address Details Matter! by Marian B. Wood on Climbing My Family Tree
Keeping Up with the Times
“All the Ancestors in That Building Were Holding Up the Wall!” on Arlene Eakle’s Genealogy Blog
Are You a Genealogist or Family Historian? by Paul Chiddicks on The Chiddicks Family Tree
Maine State Library Reopens in Temporary Quarters by Dick Eastman on Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter
Thanks so much for including my blog!
Great links as always 🙂
Many thanks for including my 2 posts this week! Have a good weekend.