With the New Year holiday on the weekend, today’s
FFHF is a day early. It will be back to Friday next week.
The best Family History Finds this week:
Family Stories
Christmas in the Orphanage by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections
Memories of a 1950 British Christmas by Marian Bulford on Genealogy Ensemble
New Ukrainian Database Breaks Down Brick Wall on Christmas Morning by Vera Miller on Find Lost Russian & Ukrainian Family
Jewish Burials in Eastern Europe – Relatives Left Behind? by Lara Diamond on Lara’s Jewnealogy
Research Resources
13 Reasons to Include Tax Records in Your Genealogy Research by Kenneth Marks on The Ancestor Hunt
Is Information onf FamilySearch.org Family Tree Accurate by Amie Bowser Tennant on The Genealogy Reporter AND
The Irony of the FamilySearch Family Tree by James Tanner on Genealogy’s Star
Why Family Historians Are Excited About the 1921 Census Release by Jane Roberts on PasttoPresentGenealogy
Tech News
My Top Programming and Genealogy Q & As by Louis Kessler on Behold Genealogy
Genetic Genealogy
Ancient DNA Reveals the World’s Oldest Family Tree by Dick Eastman on Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter
The Biggest Shared Match May Be Inconsequential by Michael John Neill on Rootdig
GeneticAffairs AutoKinship: A Tool to Build Family Trees Based on Amounts of Shared DNA by Robin Wirthlin on Family Locket
Methodology
12 for ’22 and Playing with the Puzzle Pieces, both by Jacqui Stevens on A Family Tapestry
Education Is for Everyone
Big News! Legacy Family Tree Webinars 2022 Available for Registration by Melissa Barker on A Genealogist in the Archives
Create an Ancestor Profile from Vital Records by DiAnn Iamarino on Fortify Your Family Tree
The Holidays and Coping with Grief by Roberta Estes on DNAeXplained – Genetic Genealogy
What Are Revolving Door Ancestors and Why Do They Exist? by James Tanner on Genealogy’s Star
Tombstone Tuesday – Anchor Symbol by Karen Miller Bennett on Karen’s Chatt
The Laws of Christmas: 2021 Reprise by Judy G. Russell on The Legal Genealogist
Keeping Up with the Times
A (Doggie) DNA Christmas by Eilene Lyon on Myricopia
Iowa: Original Birth Certificate Access Begins on 1 January 2022 by Debbie Mieszala on The Advancing Genealogist
Introducing “Ancestor.Photos” – Images of Your Ancestors from the Victorian Era by Kenneth Marks on The Ancestor Hunt