The best Family History Finds this week:
Family Stories
A Survivor’s Story: The Shoah Foundation Testimony of Inge Goldschmidt Oppenheimer AND Part II, both by Amy Cohen on Brotman Blog: A Family Journey
A Very Young Marriageable Girl by Claire Lindell on Genealogy Ensemble
Fractured Fairy Tale by Jeff Record on Vita Brevis
Research Resources
Tips to Locating Civil War Medical Records by Kathleen Brandt on a3Genealogy
Finding Family: J-Roots and Google Combined by Lara Diamond on Lara’s Jewnealogy
Franco-American Digital Archives Website Launched by Gail Dever on Genealogy a la Carte
The Three Most Relevant Archives by Yvette Hoitink on Dutch Genealogy
Tech News
Watch the Latest “What’s New in RootsMagic 8” Webinar by Randy Seaver on Genea-Musings
It Always Feels Like Someone Is Watching Me. . .So Get a VPN! by Dick Eastman on Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter
Genetic Genealogy
Estating the Obvious by Judy G. Russell on The Legal Genealogist
DNA Account Usernames Contain Clues by Michael John Neill on Rootdig
Genetic Affairs – New AutoKinship Tool Predicts Relationships and Builds Genetic Trees by Roberta Estes on DNAeXplained – Genetic Genealogy
Methodology
Which Name to Choose and Use? By Nancy on My Ancestors and Me
What Indexes and Transcripts Don’t Tell You by Susan Posten Ellerbee on Posting Family Roots
In Defense of Rabbit Holes and BSOs by Jill Ball on GeniAus
Education Is for Everyone
Genealogy Extras: Free Course & Free Conference! by Alison Spring on The Frugal Family Historian
The Family History Federation Announces the REALLY USEFUL PODCAST by Dick Eastman on Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter
THE Genealogy Show: Winter Event by Wayne Shepheard on Discover Genealogy
Going Through My Box of Inherited Items: Step Two by Janine Adams on Organize Your Family History
Keeping Up with the Times
The Non-Writers’ Writing Guide to Write Your Family History by Prudence on The Creative Family Historian
New Collection of Books for Sale at the Genealogical Association of Nova Scotia by Gail Dever on Genealogy a la Carte
Thank you for sharing Inge’s story!