The best Family History Finds this week:

Family Stories

The Day My Mama Socked It To. . . on Princes, Paupers, Pilgrims, and Pioneers

Research Resources

Introducing History Chicago Legal Periodicals by Debbie Mieszala on The Advancing Genealogist

Chronicling America Updates – November 2021 by Kenneth Marks on The Ancestor Hunt

Identifying and Using Photographs by Donna Moughty on Irish Family Roots

Missouri Bicentennial Projects Allow Anyone to Peruse Missouri’s History Like Never Before by Dick Eastman on Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter

Reclaim the Records! Offers the Firest-Ever Online Publication of the New Jersey Geographic Birth Index and the New jersey Delayed Birth Index, 1901-1929 by Dick Eastman on Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter

Those OTHER Patents by Judy G. Russell on The Legal Genealogist

Tech News

Live Text OCR Transfers Text in Photos to Word Processing by James Tanner on Genealogy’s Star

Randy Majors Adds “Most Requested Capability Now Available: Draw and Measure on the Map” by Dick Eastman on Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter

What Is ‘Web3’ and Why Should You Care? by Brendan Hesse on Lifehacker

Genetic Genealogy

A DNA Match Is Only the Start – Using the Paper Trail to Find the Connection by Lara Diamond on Lara’s Jewnealogy

Are You Experienced? by Leah Larkin on The DNA Geek

Sort DNA Matches by Place – Why and How by Diahan Southard on Your DNA Guide Blog

Methodology

You Don’t Know What You’ve Got. . . by Dave on Lifelines Research

Put More Logic in Your Genealogical Research by DiAnn Iamarino on Fortify Your Family Tree

Down the Rabbit Hole by Wayne Shepheard on Discover Genealogy

Education Is for Everyone

A Genealogist’s Guide to Archival Supplies by Denise May Levenick on Family Tree Magazine Blog

Getting Started Going Digital by Janine Adams on Organize Your Family History

YouTube for Genealogy by Brenda Leyndyke on Journey to the Past

Tombstone Tuesday  – Book Symbol by Karen Miller Bennett on Karen’s Chatt

6 Family History Graphics to Create for Your Heritage Keepsakes by Prudence on the Creative Family Historian

Quick Tip – Wills in the Third Person by Yvette Hoitink on Dutch Genealogy

Keeping Up with the Times

Updated through the holiday season:
Black Friday, Cyber Monday & Holiday Sales on Family History Products by Elizabeth O’Neal on heart of the Family

USCIS Propose Regulation on Genealogy Index Search Request and Genealogy Records Request by Dick Eastman on Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter

Who Should Own Historical Documents? by Kelly Wheaton on Wheaton Wood