The best Family History Finds this week:
Family Stories
My Grandfather’s Brilliant City Hall Career in Four Scandals – Part 3 by Dorothy Nixon on Genealogy Ensemble
What’s in a Name? by Alicia Crane Williams on Vita Brevis
The Things Family Don’t Know Astound Me! by Lorine McGinnis Schulze on The Olive Tree Genealogy Blog
Beaver Hill Miners by Pamela Athearn Filbert on Vita Brevis
James Sutherland Music Man by Mary Sutherland on Genealogy Ensemble
Research Resources
Getting More Out of Yearbooks for Genealogy on Amy Johnson Crow
Arolsen Archives Updates It WWII Database Once Again by Vera Miller on Find Lost Russian & Ukrainian Family
Savoir Fair – BIFHSGO Launches New Website by Gail Dever on Genealogy a la Carte
An Introduction to NRS Archives Talk by Tessa Spencer by Chris Paton on Scottish GENES
Quick Tip from the England Census 1841-1901 by Teresa on Writing My Past
The Mayflower Silver Book Project Update by Heather Wilkinson Rojo on Nutfield Genealogy
Tech News
Google’s New 5TB Cloud Storage Plan by Dick Eastman on Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter
Genetic Genealogy
Here’s Why You’ve Had No New DNA Matches on Ancestry by Gail Dever on Genealogy a la Carte
Methodology
The Wrong Blood! by Christopher C. Child on Vita Brevis
FGB – Free Clinic – Case No. 9 – Marie Fouyol, Parisian Wife of Thomas Mansell, Part 8 – Next Steps – Know the Sources by Anne Morddel on The French Genealogy Blog
Add Context to Your Family Tree with Historic Photos by DiAnn Iamarino on Fortify Your Family Tree
Education Is for Everyone
The Origins of the Melungeons by Dick Eastman on Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter
Rethinking Your Family Stories by Lori on Genealogy at Heart
Is it Worth it? By Michael John Neill on Rootdig
Tombstone Tuesday – Rising/Setting Sun Symbol by Karen Miller Bennett on Karen’s Chatt
Probate Genealogy: An Intriguing Field of Research on Ancestry Bird Dog
Keeping Up with the Times
California Genetic Information Privacy Act Heads to Governor by Dick Eastman on Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter
Books for Sale: Bargains & Treasure by Chris Pattillo on California Genealogical Society Blog
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