The best Family History Finds this week:

Family Stories

Family Stories from Documents by Teresa on Writing My Past

Flying Farmer by Marcia Crawford Philbrick on Heartland Genealogy

Schumm Family Enumerated Twice in 1920 by Karen Bennett on Karen’s Chatt

Research Resources

American Prison Newspapers by Kenneth Marks on The Ancestor Hunt

Finding Christmas in the Archives by Melissa Barker on A Genealogist in the Archives

WASP by Marcia Crawford Philbrick on Heartland Genealogy

What Is Online in the National Archives Archival Databases? by Kenneth Marks on The Ancestor Hunt

Thousands of Historic Photos in Nova Scotia Archives New Online Collection by Gail Dever on Genealogy a la Carte

New WWII Database Documents Soldiers, Bombing Victims and Citizens Forced to Germany from Stalingrad by Vera Miller on Find Lost Russian & Ukrainian Family

More Irish Genealogy Research Videos Added to John Grenham’s YouTube Channel by Gail Dever on Genealogy a la Carte

South Dakota Historical Society Digitizes Important Suffrage Papers by Dick Eastman on Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter

Cherokee Nation Celebrating Grand Opening of National Research Center in Tahlequah by Dick Eastman on Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter

Dutch Genealogy News for November 2021 by Yvette Hoitink on Dutch Genealogy

Tech News

Microsoft Makes Breakthrough in the Quest to Use DNA as Data Storage by Dick Eastman on Eastman’s Online Genealogy newsletter

Genetic Genealogy

Y DNA Tree of Mankind Reaches 50,000 Branches by Roberta Estes on DNAeXplained – Genetic Genealogy

Family Stories vs. Documents & DNA by Lara Diamond on Lara’s Jewnealogy

The Westbye Mystery: Finding a Y Tester by Kitty on Kitty Cooper’s Blog

Methodology

Another Theory Shot Down by Judy G. Russell on The Legal Genealogist

Two More Reasons to Create Virtual Cemeteries on FindAGrave by Marian B. Wood on Climbing My Family Tree

Keep These Genealogy Resources Always Within Reach by DiAnn Iamarino on Fortify Your Family Tree

It Pays to Share by Joe Smaldone on Vita Brevis

Education Is for Everyone

Applied Genealogy Registration Opens January 2 on California Genealogical Society Blog

Can Slave Families Be Traced Before 1870? by Kathleen Brandt on a3Genealogy

The Photo Organizing Process – Simplified by Caroline Guntur on Organizing Photos

Paleography for Genealogists: Working with 17th Century Documents in Latin by Kelly on Wheaton Wood

Passenger Lists: How Do We Know Which Database to Search? on Auntie Jen’s Family Trees

Keeping Up with the Times

My Genealogy Christmas Tree by Lorine McGinnis Schulze on The Olive Tree Genealogy Blog

For those in FB genealogy groups:
SteveMorse.org Is Not Spam by Dick Eastman on Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter

Collect Moments Not Things by Paul Chiddicks on The Chiddicks Family Tree

2021 Holiday Gift Guide for Genealogists by Julie Cahill Tarr on Julie’s Genealogy & History Hub

The 12 Genealogy Days of Christmas by Lorine McGinnis Schulze on The Olive Tree Genealogy Blog