The best Family History Finds this week:
Family Stories
Ancestral Weather by Meg on a Genealogist’s Path to History
Flower Power by Joe Smaldone on Vita Brevis
Followup: A Chance Meeting, Part 2: Clues to Benjamin Avery Posten’s Parents by Susan Ellerbee on Posting Family Roots
Moved by Religion by Christopher C. Child on Vita Brevis
Rabbinical Negotiations, 1892 Style by Lara Diamond on Lara’s Jewnealogy
Research Resources
Did You Know that Ancestry Has 1, 175 FREE Collections? by Kenneth Marks on The Ancestor Hunt
The Census Is Coming by Donna Moughty on Irish Family Roots
Preparing for the 1921 England Census by Teresa on Writing My Past
Inquest and My Family History by Jennifer Jones on Tracking Down the Family
For Context of 1950 US Census, See Documents at HathiTrust by Marian B. Wood on climbing My Family Tree
Dutch Genealogy News for October 2021 by Yvette Hoitink on Dutch Genealogy
Tech News
Dear Ancestry by Marcia Crawford Philbrick on Heartland Genealogy
Disproving an AncestryDNA ThruLine by Randy Seaver on Genea-Musings
Silly Suit Season by Judy G. Russell on The Legal Genealogist
Genetic Genealogy
Copying from One Chromosome Map to Another by Jonny Perl on DNA Painter Blog
DNA Testing and Privacy: Ancestry, 23andMe and More by Diahan Southard on Your DNA Guide Blog
Methodology
About That William by Judy G. Russell on The Legal Genealogist
Education Is for Everyone
Digging into the Entire FamilySearch.org Website: Part Two by James Tanner on Genealogy’s Star
Are Genealogy To-Do Lists a Help or a Hindrance? by Dara on Black Raven Genealogy
Back Up to the Rescue by Janine Adams on Organize Your Family History
Pharos Courses Price Increase by Chris Paton on Scottish GENES
Does My Family Story Need a Narrative Arc? by Laura Hedgecock on Treasure Chest of Memories
Free Webinar: The 5 Keys for Effective & Efficient Genealogy Research on Genealogy in Action
This 3-Step Backup Routine Protects Your Family Tree by DiAnn Iamarino on Fortify Your Family Tree
Keeping Up with the Times
Genea-Musings Contest: Win a Free One-Year Ancestry World Explorer Subscription by Randy Seaver on Genea-Musings
Commemorating the 400th Anniversary of the First Thanksgiving by Heather Wilkinson Rojo on Nutfield Genealogy
GeneaWebinars Is Shuttering 1 January 2022 by DearMYRTLE
Let’s Make Genealogy Accessible by Dr. Sophie Kay on The Parchment Rustler
If You Could Change One Thing About the Genealogy Industry, What Would It Be? by Randy Seaver on Genea-Musings
Thanks for the mention 🙂 Lots of great links, as always!!
Great list of finds this week, as always. Thanks so much for including mine! Have a good weekend.
This is a great list which I will be checking out. Thanks for including me
Thanks for including my Mayflower blog post!