The best Family History Finds this week:
Family Stories
Sailors Will Be Sailors? by Pamela Athearn Filbert on Vita Brevis
Recent Visitors to the Grave of Lt. Daniel S. Wilson in France on Joy Neal Kidney
Operation Market Garden – From sky to earth for liberty I fell, I fought, I won my wings again, farewell by Judith Batchelor on Genealogy Jude
The Irish Orphan Girl in Our Family by Jennifer Jones on Tracking Down the Family
Research Resources
The Original and Best by Dave on Lifelines Research
Scanned Records of Ukraine’s Partisans from WWII Go Online by Vera Miller on Find Lost Russian & Ukrainian Family
Changing Rules for Civil War Pensions by History Explorer on A Genealogist’s Path to History
Navigating the Unique Texas Land Grant System: Republic and Statehood Era 1836-1898 by Diana Elder on Family Locket
Researching at the National Archives of Ireland by Donna Moughty on Irish Family Roots
Land Mystery by Marcia Crawford Philbrick on Heartland Genealogy
Olive Tree Genealogy Website to Remain Online by Gail Dever on Genealogy a la Carte
Tech News
Why Has ScotlandsPeople Changed Its Name Search Tool Options? by Chris Paton on Scottish GENES
How to Force Google Chrome to Download PDFs Instead of Opening Them by Pranay Parab on Lifehacker
Rabbit Holes with Randy – Working with Family Tree Analyzer by Randy Seaver on Genea-Musings
Genetic Genealogy
Should We Include DNA Results in Family Stories? by Laura Hedgecock on Treasure Chest of Memories
AutoKinship at GEDmatch by Genetic Affairs by Roberta Estes on DNAeXplained – Genetic Genealogy
A World of DNA by Dr. Leah Larkin on The DNA Geek
Should I Sort My 23andMe Matches by Percent or Strength of Relationship? by Nicole Elder on Family Locket
Methodology
Part 3: Pennsylvania Germans: Guiding Principles for Research by Alice Childs on Family Locket
The Whys and What-ifs by Judy G. Russell on The Legal Genealogist
Civil Registration Documents Don’t Always Complete the Story by Teresa on Writing My Past
Case Study – Diving Deep into Ontario Lands Records by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots
Finding and Using Archives of Michigan Circulars by Brenda Leyndyke on Journey to the Past
Education Is for Everyone
Gen-Fed 2022 Goes Virtual by Judy G. Russell on The Legal Genealogist
Kentucky Genealogical Society Announces a Completely Virtual Webinar Series During March 2022 by Dick Eastman on Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter
New Tools for My Toolbox by Ellen Thompson-Jennings on Hound on the Hunt
About That Legal Limit by Judy G. Russell on The Legal Genealogist
Using Color to Understand Your Family’s Last Names by DiAnn Iamarino on Fortify Your Family Tree
Many Paths to Sources: It’s Not All Online by Cari Taplin on Genealogy Pants
Allen County Public Library Adds More Genealogy Videos to YouTube by Gail Dever on Genealogy a la Carte
Keeping Up with the Times
1950 US Census Prep: Using ED Maps and Descriptions by Marian B. Wood on Climbing My Family Tree
Native American DNA by Ann Raymont on DNA Sleuth
Ancestry and FamilySearch Join Together to Check Ancestry’s Automated Index of the 1950 United States Federal Census by James Tanner on Genealogy’s Star
Wyoming Bill Restricting Sale of DNA Data Passes Introduction by Dick Eastman on Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter
Thanks for including my post 🙂
Many thanks for listing my post in your “finds” this week! Have a good weekend as you get ready for RootsTech!