NOTE: With Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve falling on Fridays this year, Friday Finds will post today and next Thursday instead.

The best Family History Finds this week:

Family Stories

Spousal Cousins by Michael Dwyer on Vita Brevis

Family Associations by Scott C. Steward on Vita Brevis

Research Resources

The Library of Congress Digital Collections by Kenneth Marks on The Ancestor Hunt

Surprising Finds from Google Books by DiAnn Iamarino on Fortify Your Family Tree

Not Just for Mariners! by Judy G. Russell on The Legal Genealogist

Civilian Pilot Training Program by Marcia Crawford Philbrick on Heartland Genealogy

Tech News

FamilySearch Memories App to Record Your Voice and Voices of Loved Ones by Amie Bowser Tennant on The Genealogy Reporter

Genetic Genealogy

How to Make a RootsFinder Triangulation Network Graph with MyHeritage DNA Matches by Nicole Dyer on Family Locket

Methodology

Connecting the Genealogical Dots. . .Part 2 by Teresa on Writing My Past

Use Nicknames in Your Newspaper Searches to Find 50% More Ancestor Articles by Kenneth Marks on The Ancestor Hunt

Education Is for Everyone

Genealogical Journalism by Tony Proctor on Parallax View

Another New Rule of Genealogy Is Discovered: Number 14 by James Tanner on Genealogy’s Star

Dutch Term – Speelkind by Yvette Hoitink on Dutch Genealogy

Learning not Doing by Jill Ball on Geniaus

Keeping Up with the Times

Latest News: 1950 US Census Release by Marian B. Wood on Climbing My Family Tree

My 2022 Genealogy Goals by Janine Adams on Organize Your Family History

1950 Census Release Will Offer Enhanced Digital Access, Public Collaboration Opportunity by Dick Eastman on Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter

AND, LAST, BUT NOT LEAST:

ICMYI: Twelve Days of Christmas (Randy’s Version) by Randy Seaver on Genea-Musings

Merry Christmas to All!