The best Family History Finds this week:
Family Stories
Kerry Chronicles: Nohoval Cemetery by Cindi on My Moynahan Genealogy Blog
Incorrigible & Worthless on Lifelines Research
Getting in Trouble in Early Rhode Island: John SHELDEN/SHELDON of Newport and Kingstown by Kelly on Wheaton Wood
This Thing of Ours Is Bananas by Justin Cascio on Mafia Genealogy
Research Resources
Database Locates More Than 270,000 Vanished Villages from Maps by Vera Miller on Find Lost Russian & Ukrainian Family
1950 US Census: “Errors in Age Statistics” by Marian B. Wood on Climbing My Family Tree
25 North Carolina Historical Newspapers Added to DigitalNC by Kenneth Marks on The Ancestor Hunt
British Newspaper Archive Passes 46 Million Pages by Chris Paton on Scottish GENES
Clues from a Query in an Old County Quarterly by Marie on MarieB’s Genealogy Blog – Southeastern USA
New Brunswick Loyalist Journeys: Meet the Loyalist Youth by Leah Grandy on Atlantic Loyalist Connections
Top 40 Free Online Genealogy Websites You Should Be Visiting Now by Kenneth Marks on The Ancestor Hunt
Tech News
SVG Family-Tree Generator (v6.1) by Tony Proctor on Parallax View
A New Website for Ancestor Tracks! by Dick Eastman on Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter
Introducing Labels for DNA Matches on MyHeritage by Esther on MyHeritage Blog
Skiff: the Decentralized, Encrypted, and Super Secure Word Processor by Dick Eastman on Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter
Genetic Genealogy
DNA as Negative Evidence on The DNA Geek
Welcome, Cuz – NPE Results in a Newly Found Relative by Lori on Genealogy at Heart
Automated DNA Icons in Your Ancestry Tree by Kitty on Kitty Cooper’s Blog
Methodology
Double-check Those Online Repository Reference Numbers by Teresa on Writing My Past
Followup: A Chance Meeting – Part 3 (Conclusion): Identifying Benjamin Avery Posten’s Parents by Susan Ellerbee on Posting Family Roots
More Progress with the Millers by Wayne Shepheard on Discover Genealogy
Quick Tip – Jump the Pond by Yvette Hoitink on Dutch Genealogy
Dear Randy: Should I Use FamilySearch Family Tree As My Main Genealogy Database? by Randy Seaver on Genea-Musings
Education Is for Everyone
The Trail of Tears & the American Indian Removal of 1831 to 1838 by Leland Meitzler on GenealogyBlog
Treatying History by Judy G. Russell on The Legal Genealogist
Tombstone Tuesday – Bird Symbol by Karen Bennett on Karen’s Chatt
Is a Family History Blog the Best Way to Share Your Ancestral Stories? by Prudence on The Creative Family Historian
Preparing for a Research Trip: Repository Visits by Cari Taplin on Genealogy Pants
Keeping Up with the Times
Sharing Genealogy by History Explorer on A Genealogist’s Path to History
I missed a few of these finds and I’m glad you highlighted them. TY!
Thanks, Linda. Have you tried it yet?
Thanks for including my post this week 🙂